State · State Senate
Steve Choi
State Senator · Senate District 37 · Party: Republican
3011 final-passage votes on record.
A member of California's state Senate, which votes on the state's laws and budget.
- Voted Yes on AB 529 (Pharmacy: declared state of emergency.). It passed. Jul 3, 2025
- Voted Yes on AB 370 (California Public Records Act: cyberattacks.). It passed. Jul 3, 2025
- Voted Yes on AB 1478 (Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Act: mattress recycling charge: consumer education.). It passed. Jul 3, 2025
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Office
- Office
- State Senator
- District
- Senate District 37
- Party
- Republican
- Website
- Official site ↗
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No platform recorded yet
This tab shows Steve Choi's platform in two parts. In their own words: a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, with a link to the whole page, and statements their office submits, labeled as such. Commitments tracked: specific, checkable promises (signing a named bill, funding a program at a stated amount, finishing a project by a date), each quoted with its date and source and checked in code before it's published, with a status that changes only with evidence.
How the platform is recordedShowing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.
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AB 1478
Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Act: mattress recycling charge: consumer education.
Consent Calendar 2nd
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No Source ↗
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ACR 77
Relative to Drowning Awareness and Prevention Month.
Special Consent ACR77 Davies et al. By Niello
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1034
Teacher credentialing: programs of professional preparation: youth mental health.
Consent Calendar 2nd AB1034 Ávila Farías
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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Yes Source ↗
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AB 90
Public postsecondary education: overnight student parking.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary]
No Source ↗ -
AB 917
County offices of education: school districts: average daily attendance of less than 250 pupils: permanent status.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
No Source ↗ -
AB 1479
County road commissioner: Counties of Madera and Tehama.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 347
Pupil instruction: animal dissection.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1021
Housing: local educational agencies.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Housing]
No Source ↗ -
AB 320
Public social services: eligibility: income exclusions.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1111
Pupil transportation: schoolbuses: zero-emission vehicles: scrapping.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1445
Downtown revitalization and economic recovery financing districts.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Housing]
Not voting Source ↗ -
AB 507
Adaptive reuse: streamlining: incentives.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Housing]
No Source ↗ -
AB 1264
Pupil nutrition: restricted school foods and ultraprocessed foods of concern: prohibition.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 660
Planning and Zoning Law: postentitlement phase permits: Housing Accountability Act.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Housing]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 632
Local ordinances: administrative fines or penalties.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
No Source ↗ -
AB 821
Pupil instruction: high school graduation requirements: career technical education.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 818
Permit Streamlining Act: local emergencies.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 291
Teachers: credentialed educator apprenticeship programs.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor, Public Employment and Retirement ] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 920
Permit Streamlining Act: housing development projects: centralized application portal.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 694
Department of Industrial Relations: advisory committee: occupational safety and health.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
No Source ↗ -
AB 1224
Teacher credentialing: substitute teachers: days of service.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 782
Unlawfully restrictive covenants: redevelopment of commercial property for residential uses.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 542
Continuation schools and classes: youth workforce development programs.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1230
Pupil discipline: expulsions: procedures.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 39
General plans: Local Electrification Planning Act.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Energy, Utilities and Communications]
No Source ↗ -
AB 699
Elections: local tax measures.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Elections and Constitutional Amendments]
No Source ↗ -
AB 477
Fair Pay for Educators Act: local control funding formula: base grants: funding targets.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
No Source ↗ -
AB 253
California Residential Private Permitting Review Act: residential building permits.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Housing]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1007
Land use: development project review.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 917
County offices of education: school districts: average daily attendance of less than 250 pupils: permanent status.
[First] hearing set for [07-02-2025]: Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 598
School safety: School Mapping Data Grant Program.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SCR 82
Relative to artificial intelligence in public higher education.
Be adopted and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 642
Emergencies proclaimed by the Governor: school employee catastrophic leave.
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 602
Public postsecondary education: student behavior: drug and alcohol use: rehabilitation programs.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
No Source ↗ -
AB 88
Student financial aid: Cal Grants: Middle Class Scholarship Program: eligibility: dependents of members of the armed services stationed outside of California.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 359
Fair Political Practices Commission.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 827
Voting: signature verification.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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AB 502
Elections: deceptive media in advertisements.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules]
Not voting Source ↗
Money raised and spent by the campaign committees Steve Choi controls in 2025–2026, as reported to the California Secretary of State. These are facts about money; they don't explain any vote or action in office.
Raised · 2025–2026
$83,000
Spent $45,587
Totals
- Raised$83,000
- Spent$45,587
- From individuals (itemized)$4,900 6%
Sums of each statement's own figures for its period. Contributions under $100 aren't itemized, so they're in "Raised" but not in the lists below.
Top contributing industries (approximate)
- Health care$13,500
- Tribal governments$10,900
- Technology and telecommunications$7,500
- Media and entertainment$4,500
- Finance, insurance and banking$3,000
- Transportation$3,000
- Construction and engineering$2,500
- Energy and utilities$2,000
Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in organizations' names and in the employers individual donors named; 64% of these itemized dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed.
How industries are assignedTop employers of individual donors
No employer was named by 3 or more donors.
The employers individual donors named, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. $400 came from people who listed no employer (retired, not employed or self-employed). Individual donors are never named on ThePillory, at any amount.
Committees, parties and organizations
- California Correctional Peace Officers Association PAC$6,900
- CALPAC California Medical Assoc$6,000
- Irvine management company$4,900
- Pachanga band of Indians$4,900
- Aristotle International Inc FBO Amazon.com$4,000
- California dental Association PAC$4,000
- Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians$3,000
- Barona Band of Mission Indians$3,000
- California new car dealers association PAC$3,000
- LAND PAC Calif Landscape COntractors Assoc$2,500
Contributions itemized on Schedule A from political committees, parties, businesses and other organizations, by the name reported. Transfers between Steve Choi's own committees aren't counted.
Independent expenditures for and against
Spent to support: $0
None reported.
Spent to oppose: $0
None reported.
Spending on ads and outreach about Steve Choi by committees that don't coordinate with the campaign; this money isn't given to the campaign. From Form 496 reports, which are filed for independent expenditures of $1,000 or more made in the 90 days before an election; spending outside that window isn't included. Each spender links to its committee record, where its own donors are listed.
Campaign committees and statements (2)
The committees Steve Choi controls, and each campaign statement (Form 460) with its own totals for its period. A committee can be for another office or a future race, or an officeholder account; each is listed under its own name.
Steven Choi Senate Officeholder Account 2024
- Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026$4,500 received
- Jan 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026$20,500 received
- Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025$36,100 received
- Jan 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025$21,800 received
Steven Choi for Senate 2024
- Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025$0 received
- Jan 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025$100 received
- Oct 20, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024$358,468 received
- Sep 22, 2024 to Oct 19, 2024$177,444 received
From the Cal-Access export of Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:54:52 GMT. California replaces Cal-Access with a new disclosure system after the November 2026 election.
MethodologyDisclosures
Statements of economic interests (Form 700)
California officials file a Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700) each year: their investments, real property, income and gifts. Statewide officers and members of the Legislature file theirs with the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), which publishes them.
- Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 27, 2026 · covers 2024 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 27, 2026 · covers 2025 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 27, 2025 · covers 2024 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Candidate Senator · State Senate Filed Dec 5, 2023 · covers 2023 Statement (PDF) ↗
Source: FPPC Form 700 search ↗, searched Oct 7, 2026. How
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