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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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SB 982
Climate disasters: civil actions.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 1026
Bail Fugitive Recovery Agent Reform Act.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 1199
Prescription drug cost sharing.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 1092
Mobilehome parks: resident organizations: option to purchase.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 1361
Transit-oriented housing developments: local governments: transit agencies and projects.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Local Government]
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SB 908
Residential windows: retrofitting: residential window replacement projects: California Building Code compliance.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 1014
Development projects: preliminary estimate of required improvements: onsite and offsite improvements.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 1003
Prohousing enhanced infrastructure financing districts.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 1072
Housing omnibus.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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SB 1093
Mobilehome parks: disaster assistance.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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AB 736
Transfer taxes: limitation.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 1074
Covered provider: goods and services: self-preferencing conduct.
[First] hearing set for [04-21-2026]: Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted
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SB 1130
Invasion of privacy: wearable recording devices.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 903
Mental health professionals: artificial intelligence.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 1101
Postsecondary education: sharing personal information: notice.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 1139
Monterey Peninsula Water Management District: nonfunctional turf: noncompliance and enforcement.
Consent Calendar 2nd
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SB 951
Employment: technological displacement: notice.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 1013
Automated license plate recognition systems.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 1011
Energy: Utility Infrastructure AI Safety, Oversight, and Workforce Protection Act.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 1074
Covered provider: goods and services: self-preferencing conduct.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 947
Employment: automated decision systems.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 1119
Companion chatbots: children's safety.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
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SB 1428
Gravity-Based Energy Storage Well Pilot Program: marine invasive species: Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force: public lands.
Consent Calendar 2nd SB1428 N.R. & W.
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SCR 158
Relative to Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month and the 50th Anniversary of the California Arts Council.
3rd Reading SCR158 Allen et al.
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SB 1248
State agencies: automated decision systems.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 1104
California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: data broker registration: accessible deletion mechanism.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 1426
Planning and zoning: annual report.
Consent Calendar 2nd SB1426 HOUSING (Arreguín) Urgency Clause
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ACR 154
Relative to California Down Syndrome Awareness Week and Day.
Special Consent ACR154 Patterson et al.
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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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