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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
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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 final-passage votes only. Choose “All votes” to include procedural and other votes, clearly labeled.
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SB 641
Department of Consumer Affairs and Department of Real Estate: states of emergency: waivers and exemptions.
Unfinished Business SB641 Ashby et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence
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SB 756
California Film Commission: motion picture tax credits: tracking and compliance program.
Unfinished Business SB756 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence
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SB 274
Automated license plate recognition systems.
Unfinished Business SB274 Cervantes et al. Concurrence
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SB 155
Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development: California Civic Media Program.
Unfinished Business SB155 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence
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SB 429
Wildfire Safety and Risk Mitigation Program.
Unfinished Business SB429 Cortese et al. Concurrence
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SB 775
Board of Psychology and Board of Behavioral Sciences.
Unfinished Business SB775 Ashby Concurrence
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SB 547
Commercial property insurance cancellation and nonrenewal.
Unfinished Business SB547 Pérez et al. Concurrence
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SB 415
Planning and zoning: logistics use developments: truck routes.
Unfinished Business SB415 Reyes et al. Concurrence
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SB 848
Pupil safety: school employee misconduct: child abuse prevention.
Unfinished Business SB848 Pérez et al. Concurrence
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SB 63
San Francisco Bay area: local revenue measure: public transit funding.
Unfinished Business SB63 Wiener et al. Concurrence
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SB 647
Energy: Equitable Building Decarbonization Program: Low-Income Oversight Board: membership.
Unfinished Business SB647 Hurtado Concurrence
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SB 638
California Education Interagency Council: California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program.
Unfinished Business SB638 Padilla et al. Concurrence
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SB 59
Change of name or gender and sex identifier.
Unfinished Business SB59 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence
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SB 614
Public resources: transportation of carbon dioxide.
Unfinished Business SB614 Stern et al. Concurrence
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SB 414
School accountability: Office of the Education Inspector General: school financial and performance audits: charter school authorization, oversight, funding, operations, and networks: flex-based instruction: local educational agency contracting.
Unfinished Business SB414 Ashby Concurrence
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SB 67
Student financial aid: Cal Grants: Middle Class Scholarship Program: eligibility: dependents of members of the armed services stationed outside of California.
Unfinished Business SB67 Seyarto et al. Concurrence
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SB 682
Environmental health: product safety: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Unfinished Business SB682 Allen Concurrence
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SB 720
Automated traffic enforcement system programs.
Unfinished Business SB720 Ashby et al. Concurrence
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SB 616
Community Hardening Commission: wildfire mitigation program.
Unfinished Business SB616 Rubio et al. Concurrence
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SB 613
Methane emissions: petroleum and natural gas producing low methane emissions.
Unfinished Business SB613 Stern et al. Concurrence
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SB 822
Unclaimed property: digital financial assets.
Unfinished Business SB822 Becker et al. Concurrence
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AB 1231
Criminal procedure: Safer Communities Through Opportunities Act.
3rd Reading AB1231 Elhawary et al. By Cortese
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SB 629
Wildfires: fire hazard severity zones: post-wildfire safety areas.
Unfinished Business SB629 Durazo et al. Concurrence
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SB 378
Online marketplaces: illicit cannabis: reporting and liability.
Unfinished Business SB378 Wiener Concurrence
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SB 75
Employment: Preapprenticeship Pathways to Employment Pilot Program.
Unfinished Business SB75 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence
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SB 733
Sexual assault forensic evidence: testing.
Unfinished Business SB733 Wahab et al. Concurrence
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SB 57
Electrical corporations: data centers: report.
Unfinished Business SB57 Padilla et al. Concurrence
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SB 34
Air pollution: South Coast Air Quality Management District: mobile sources: Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
Unfinished Business SB34 Richardson Concurrence
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AB 1043
Age verification signals: software applications and online services.
3rd Reading AB1043 Wicks et al. By Umberg
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AB 1454
Pupil literacy: credential program standards and professional development: instructional materials.
3rd Reading AB1454 Rivas et al. By Weber Pierson
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SB 293
Real property tax: transfer of base year value: generational transfers: wildfire.
Unfinished Business SB293 Pérez Concurrence
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AB 378
Education finance: Classified School Employee Summer Assistance Program.
3rd Reading AB378 Valencia et al. By Cervantes
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AB 1156
Williamson Act contracts: cancellation fees: photovoltaic solar facilities.
3rd Reading AB1156 Wicks By Laird
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SB 568
Pupil health: epinephrine delivery systems: schoolsites and childcare programs.
Unfinished Business SB568 Niello Concurrence
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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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