State · State Senate
Steve Padilla
State Senator · Senate District 18 · Party: Democratic
2999 final-passage votes on record.
Record at a glance
Counts of recorded votes only. ThePillory doesn't score or grade officials.
Office
- Office
- State Senator
- District
- Senate District 18
- Party
- Democratic
- Website
- Official site ↗
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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 every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.
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SB 400
Labor: elective compensation under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
Unfinished Business SB400 Cortese Urgency Clause Concurrence
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SB 364
Outdoor advertising displays: permits: new alignments.
Unfinished Business SB364 Strickland et al. Concurrence
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SB 37
Attorneys: unlawful solicitations and advertisements.
Unfinished Business SB37 Umberg Concurrence
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AB 808
Campaign statements and registrations: filing online or electronically.
3rd Reading AB808 Addis By Weber Pierson
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SB 147
Education finance: education omnibus trailer bill.
Unfinished Business SB147 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence
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AB 1273
Public utilities: ratesetting proceedings: local publicly owned electric utilities: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.
3rd Reading AB1273 Patterson By Becker
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SB 148
Higher education budget trailer bill.
Unfinished Business SB148 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence
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SB 27
Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program.
Unfinished Business SB27 Umberg Concurrence
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SB 161
State employment: state bargaining units.
Unfinished Business SB161 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence
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SB 630
State parks: real property: acquisitions and leases.
Unfinished Business SB630 Allen et al. Concurrence
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SB 79
Housing development: transit-oriented development.
Unfinished Business SB79 Wiener et al. Concurrence
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AB 962
Pupil safety: comprehensive school safety plans: use of smartphones.
3rd Reading AB962 Hoover By Allen
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AB 299
Motels, hotels, and short-term lodging: disasters.
3rd Reading AB299 Gabriel et al. By Pérez Urgency Clause
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SB 24
Public utilities: review of accounts: electrical and gas corporations: rates: political influence activities.
Unfinished Business SB24 McNerney et al. Concurrence
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SB 233
Regional housing need: determination: consultation with councils of governments.
Unfinished Business SB233 Seyarto et al. Concurrence
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AB 1009
Teacher credentialing: administrative services credential: occupational and physical therapists.
Special Consent AB1009 Blanca Rubio By Ashby
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SB 307
Public postsecondary education: immigration enforcement.
Unfinished Business SB307 Cervantes Concurrence
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AB 1293
Workers' compensation: qualified medical evaluators.
Special Consent AB1293 Wallis By Strickland
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ACR 102
Relative to California Native American Day and the California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference.
Special Consent ACR102 Ramos et al.
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AB 1264
Pupil nutrition: restricted school foods and ultraprocessed foods of concern: prohibition.
3rd Reading AB1264 Gabriel et al. By Weber Pierson
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AB 985
Chiquita Canyon Landfill: property tax reassessment and penalties.
3rd Reading AB985 Schiavo et al. By Blakespear Urgency Clause
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AB 709
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act: groundwater sustainability plans.
3rd Reading AB709 Jeff Gonzalez By Seyarto
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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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