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 1306 (Teacher preparation programs: school districts and county offices of education: English learners.). It passed. Jun 11, 2025
- Voted Yes on AB 243 (Postsecondary education: student financial aid dependency status: juveniles.). It passed. Jun 11, 2025
- Voted Yes on AB 1438 (School finance: administrative employee-to-teacher ratio: Paradise Unified School District.). It passed. Jun 11, 2025
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Office
- Office
- State Senator
- District
- Senate District 37
- Party
- Republican
- Website
- Official site ↗
Source
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 1306
Teacher preparation programs: school districts and county offices of education: English learners.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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AB 243
Postsecondary education: student financial aid dependency status: juveniles.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1438
School finance: administrative employee-to-teacher ratio: Paradise Unified School District.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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AB 681
California DREAM Loan Program: limits.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
No Source ↗ -
AB 786
California Pollution Control Financing Authority: name change.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 655
California-Mexico Border Relations Council.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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AB 50
Pharmacists: furnishing contraceptives.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Not voting Source ↗ -
AB 521
Contractors State License Board: bond deposits: liability for legal fees and costs.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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AB 529
Pharmacy: declared state of emergency.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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AB 226
California FAIR Plan Association.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Insurance]
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AB 516
Registered veterinary technicians and veterinary assistants: scope of practice.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 380
Sexually violent predators: transitional housing facilities: report.
Special Consent (Urgency Clause)
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SB 756
California Film Commission: motion picture tax credits: tracking and compliance program.
3rd Reading SB756 Smallwood-Cuevas
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SB 638
California Education Interagency Council: California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program.
3rd Reading SB638 Padilla et al.
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SB 261
Division of Labor Standards Enforcement: orders, decisions, and awards.
3rd Reading SB261 Wahab et al.
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SB 540
Independent System Operator: independent regional organization: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.
3rd Reading SB540 Becker et al.
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SB 84
Disability access: construction-related accessibility claims: notice of violation and opportunity to correct.
3rd Reading SB84 Niello et al.
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SB 472
Pupil instruction: Holocaust and genocide education: notice, survey, and grant program.
3rd Reading SB472 Stern et al.
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SB 271
Public postsecondary education: students with dependent children: childcare services, resources, and programs.
Special Consent
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Not voting Source ↗
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SB 716
Local government: ordinances: penalties for violation: nonresidential structures.
3rd Reading
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SB 423
California Public Records Act: private detention facilities.
3rd Reading SB423 Smallwood-Cuevas
Yes 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
Committees
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Issues
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