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Steve Padilla
State Senator · Senate District 18 · Party: Democratic
2999 final-passage votes on record.
Record at a glance
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Office
- Office
- State Senator
- District
- Senate District 18
- Party
- Democratic
- Website
- Official site ↗
Source
No platform recorded yet
This tab shows Steve Padilla'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 2348
Medi-Cal: enhanced care management and community supports.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 2598
Health care facilities: notification of next of kin.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 306
California Building Standards Commission: appeals: code interpretations.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 2626
Housing programs: financing.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 2540
Public health: public postsecondary education: student health centers: abortion by medication techniques.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education]
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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AB 2352
Medi-Cal providers: nonprofit public benefit corporations.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 2296
Planning and zoning: housing element: regional housing needs allocation.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1680
California FAIR Plan Association.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 2194
Medi-Cal: special commissions.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 2135
Long-term health care facilities.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 311
Consumer Driving Data Protection Act of 2026.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 2613
Health care service plans: provider contract termination: notice.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1751
Missing Middle Townhome Ownership Act.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Local Government]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 2415
Transit-oriented housing developments: alternative plans.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1970
Health care coverage: mental health or substance use disorders.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 69
FAIR Plan policy notices and renewals.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1899
Office of Youth Homelessness Prevention.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 387
Nevaeh Youth Sports Safety Act.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1924
Statewide homelessness prevention strategy.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1931
Insurance: home protection companies.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1915
Accelerated restaurant equipment permitting approval: retail food safety.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development]
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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AB 2093
State 988 system.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Emergency Management]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1868
Health facilities: cardiac surgery.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 2174
Mobilehomes and manufactured housing: registration and titling documentation.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 2601
Planning and zoning: housing development: streamlined approval and subdivisions.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 2594
Voluntary employees' beneficiary association pilot program.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 2044
Building standards: approval or adoption: cost of compliance estimate.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1696
Emergency services and care: nurse-midwives.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1070
Residential developments: building standards: review.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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AB 2612
Building standards: qualified plug-in photovoltaic systems.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 2651
Informed Parents, Healthy Schools Act.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 2433
Housing development: density bonus.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Environmental Quality]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 2792
Horse racing: out-of-state thoroughbred races: New York Stakes.
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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AB 2360
State agencies: governmental linguistics.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1807
Immigration enforcement: use of state-owned property.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1991
Alcoholic beverages: market research study: taste testing.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1578
State agency officials: training on responding to hate: local agency officials: anti-hate speech training.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1841
State holidays: Native American Day.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 2375
Alcoholic beverage control.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 2272
State contracting: subcontractors: prompt payment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1652
State agencies: regulations and legislation: nondisclosure agreements.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 2115
California Native Americans: formal apology.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 2211
Craft distilled spirits manufacturers: licenses and fees.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1947
Surplus land.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1754
State general obligation bonds: requirements.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 2187
Public contracts: contracts for services.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗
Money raised and spent by the campaign committees Steve Padilla 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
$860,287
Spent $609,645
Totals
- Raised$860,287
- Spent$609,645
- From individuals (itemized)$36,160 4%
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)
- Labor unions$111,700
- Finance, insurance and banking$92,857
- Tribal governments$62,133
- Health care$60,300
- Agriculture and food$42,100
- Energy and utilities$38,300
- Technology and telecommunications$33,000
- Issue and advocacy groups$32,400
Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in organizations' names and in the employers individual donors named; 71% 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. $17,760 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
- United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund$17,700
- Building a Stronger Future for California PAC, sponsored by Western States Regional Council of Carpenters$11,800
- California State Association of Electrical Workers$11,800
- California Teachers Association/Association for Better Citizenship$11,800
- Peace Officers Research Association of California PAC (PORAC PAC)$11,800
- SEIU California State Council Small Contributor Committee$11,800
- Turo, Inc.$9,800
- Association of California Life & Health Insurance Companies PAC (ACLHIC PAC)$9,500
- California Professional Firefighters Political Action Committee$9,000
- Anthropic PBC$8,900
Contributions itemized on Schedule A from political committees, parties, businesses and other organizations, by the name reported. Transfers between Steve Padilla'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 Padilla 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 (1)
The committees Steve Padilla 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.
Steve Padilla for State Senate 2026
- Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026$136,120 received
- May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026$95,730 received
- Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026$34,710 received
- Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026$107,857 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.
No Form 700 filed as State Senator under this name was found in the FPPC's search.
Committees
No committee assignments loaded for this legislator.
Issues
No reports yet. Reporting opens when accounts launch.
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