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Steve Padilla

State Senator · Senate District 18 · Party: Democratic

2999 final-passage votes on record.

Record at a glance

2999
Final-passage votes
4420
All recorded votes

Counts of recorded votes only. ThePillory doesn't score or grade officials.

OfficeDemocratic
Office
State Senator
District
Senate District 18
Party
Democratic
SourceOct 9, 2026

Last verified Oct 9, 2026.

Official source ↗

Photo: Photo via Open States

Today
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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 recorded

Showing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.

  • SB 378

    Online marketplaces: illicit cannabis: reporting and liability.

    Unfinished Business SB378 Wiener Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 75

    Employment: Preapprenticeship Pathways to Employment Pilot Program.

    Unfinished Business SB75 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 733

    Sexual assault forensic evidence: testing.

    Unfinished Business SB733 Wahab et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 57

    Electrical corporations: data centers: report.

    Unfinished Business SB57 Padilla et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 34

    Air pollution: South Coast Air Quality Management District: mobile sources: Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

    Unfinished Business SB34 Richardson Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1376

    Wards: probation.

    3rd Reading AB1376 Bonta et al. By Arreguín

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 500

    Energy: usage data.

    Unfinished Business SB500 Stern Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1043

    Age verification signals: software applications and online services.

    3rd Reading AB1043 Wicks et al. By Umberg

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 870

    California Children's Services Program: county designation.

    2nd Reading AB870 Hadwick By Seyarto

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1454

    Pupil literacy: credential program standards and professional development: instructional materials.

    3rd Reading AB1454 Rivas et al. By Weber Pierson

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 293

    Real property tax: transfer of base year value: generational transfers: wildfire.

    Unfinished Business SB293 Pérez Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 378

    Education finance: Classified School Employee Summer Assistance Program.

    3rd Reading AB378 Valencia et al. By Cervantes

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 715

    Educational equity: discrimination: antisemitism prevention.

    2nd Reading AB715 Zbur et al. By Wiener

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SCR 105

    Relative to human rights in Gaza.

    3rd Reading SCR105 Wahab et al.

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1156

    Williamson Act contracts: cancellation fees: photovoltaic solar facilities.

    3rd Reading AB1156 Wicks By Laird

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 258

    Crimes: rape.

    Unfinished Business SB258 Wahab et al. Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 596

    Elections: ballot disclosures.

    2nd Reading AB596 Ortega By Cervantes

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 568

    Pupil health: epinephrine delivery systems: schoolsites and childcare programs.

    Unfinished Business SB568 Niello Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 144

    Health.

    3rd Reading AB144 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 881

    Public resources: transportation of carbon dioxide.

    3rd Reading AB881 Petrie-Norris et al. By Stern

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 159

    Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: exemptions: wildfire.

    Unfinished Business SB159 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 777

    Abandoned cemeteries: report.

    Unfinished Business SB777 Richardson Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 403

    End of Life Option Act: sunset.

    Unfinished Business SB403 Blakespear Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 78

    Department of Transportation: report: state highway system: safety enhancements.

    Unfinished Business SB78 Seyarto et al. Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 963

    Public works: prevailing wages: access to records.

    3rd Reading AB963 Petrie-Norris By Durazo

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 753

    Special business regulations: shopping carts.

    Unfinished Business SB753 Cortese Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1079

    Civil appeals: stay of enforcement.

    3rd Reading AB1079 Ávila Farías By Arreguín

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 149

    Public resources trailer bill.

    3rd Reading AB149 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 940

    Economic development: industry strategies.

    2nd Reading AB940 Wicks et al. By Grayson

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1388

    Law enforcement: settlement agreements.

    3rd Reading AB1388 Bryan By Arreguín

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 643

    Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchase Program.

    Unfinished Business SB643 Caballero et al. Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 157

    Public safety.

    Unfinished Business SB157 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 847

    Peace officers: confidentiality of records.

    3rd Reading AB847 Sharp-Collins et al. By Arreguín

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 596

    Health facilities: administrative penalties.

    Unfinished Business SB596 Menjivar Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 695

    California Community Colleges Access and Continuity for Deported Students Act.

    3rd Reading AB695 Fong et al. By Rubio Urgency Clause

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1127

    Firearms: converter pistols.

    3rd Reading AB1127 Gabriel et al. By Blakespear

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 645

    Juries: peremptory challenges.

    Unfinished Business SB645 Umberg Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 774

    Department of Real Estate and the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers: Bureau of Automotive Repair.

    Unfinished Business SB774 Ashby Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 162

    Elections.

    Unfinished Business SB162 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 151

    Early childhood education and childcare.

    Unfinished Business SB151 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 154

    Greenhouse gases: climate corporate accountability: climate-related financial risk: regulations: California Environmental Quality Act exemption.

    3rd Reading AB154 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 234

    California FAIR Plan Association governing committee.

    3rd Reading AB234 Calderon et al. By Caballero Urgency Clause

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 572

    Criminal procedure: interrogations.

    3rd Reading AB572 Kalra et al. By Cortese

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 789

    Political Reform Act of 1974: security expenses.

    3rd Reading AB789 Bonta et al. By Cabaldon

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1108

    County officers: coroners: in-custody deaths.

    3rd Reading AB1108 Hart et al. By Limón

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1036

    Criminal procedure: postconviction discovery.

    3rd Reading AB1036 Schultz By Arreguín

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 838

    Housing Accountability Act: housing development projects.

    Unfinished Business SB838 Durazo Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 732

    Agriculture: neglected or abandoned crops: public nuisances: pests.

    3rd Reading AB732 Macedo By McNerney

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 366

    Ignition interlock devices.

    3rd Reading AB366 Petrie-Norris et al. By Archuleta

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1143

    State Fire Marshal: home hardening certification program.

    3rd Reading AB1143 Bennett By Limón

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

Older votes

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
    6 statements, Summary Page line 5
    $860,287
  • Spent
    Summary Page line 11
    $609,645
  • From individuals (itemized)
    15 contributions of $100 or more, net of refunds
    $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 assigned

Top 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
    2 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $17,700
  • Building a Stronger Future for California PAC, sponsored by Western States Regional Council of Carpenters
    2 contributions · committee · Labor unions
    $11,800
  • California State Association of Electrical Workers
    2 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $11,800
  • California Teachers Association/Association for Better Citizenship
    1 contribution · small contributor committee · Education
    $11,800
  • Peace Officers Research Association of California PAC (PORAC PAC)
    1 contribution · small contributor committee · Not classified
    $11,800
  • SEIU California State Council Small Contributor Committee
    2 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $11,800
  • Turo, Inc.
    3 contributions · organization · Not classified
    $9,800
  • Association of California Life & Health Insurance Companies PAC (ACLHIC PAC)
    3 contributions · committee · Health care
    $9,500
  • California Professional Firefighters Political Action Committee
    6 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $9,000
  • Anthropic PBC
    2 contributions · organization · Not classified
    $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
    Spent $217,514 · cash at end $520,678 Statement ↗
    $136,120 received
  • May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
    Spent $34,091 · cash at end $610,282 Statement ↗
    $95,730 received
  • Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026
    Spent $17,993 · cash at end $523,702 Statement ↗
    $34,710 received
  • Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026
    Spent $87,520 · cash at end $502,694 Statement ↗
    $107,857 received
Committee record ↗

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.

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Disclosures

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

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