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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 ↗
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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 333
Transactions and use taxes: San Luis Obispo Council of Governments.
Unfinished Business SB333 Laird et al. Concurrence
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SB 610
Disaster assistance: tenants, mobilehome parks, and mortgages.
Unfinished Business SB610 Pérez et al. Concurrence
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AB 798
State Emergency Food Bank Reserve Program: diapers and wipes.
3rd Reading AB798 Calderon et al. By Limón
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AB 1319
Protected species: California Endangered Species Act.
3rd Reading AB1319 Schultz et al. By Limón
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AB 243
Postsecondary education: student financial aid dependency status: juveniles.
3rd Reading AB243 Ahrens By Wahab
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SB 71
California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: transit projects.
Unfinished Business SB71 Wiener et al. Concurrence
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AB 1445
Downtown revitalization and economic recovery financing districts.
3rd Reading AB1445 Haney et al. By Ashby
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AB 727
Pupil and student safety: identification cards.
3rd Reading AB727 Mark González et al. By Pérez
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SB 786
Planning and zoning: general plan: judicial challenges.
Unfinished Business SB786 Arreguín et al. Concurrence
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SB 261
Division of Labor Standards Enforcement: orders, decisions, and awards.
Unfinished Business SB261 Wahab et al. Concurrence
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AB 753
Childcare: facility licensure: teacher requirements.
3rd Reading AB753 Garcia By Reyes Urgency Clause
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AB 742
Department of Consumer Affairs: licensing: applicants who are descendants of slaves.
3rd Reading AB742 Elhawary et al. By Weber Pierson
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SB 676
California Environmental Quality Act: judicial streamlining: state of emergency: wildfire.
Unfinished Business SB676 Limón et al. Concurrence
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SB 437
California State University: claim eligibility: genealogy and descendancy.
Unfinished Business SB437 Weber Pierson et al. Concurrence
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AB 812
Recall and resentencing: incarcerated firefighters.
3rd Reading AB812 Lowenthal et al. By Arreguín
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SB 454
State Water Resources Control Board: PFAS Mitigation Program.
Unfinished Business SB454 McNerney et al. Concurrence
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AB 1250
Transit operators: paratransit: recertification of eligibility.
3rd Reading AB1250 Papan By Strickland
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SB 262
Housing element: prohousing designations: prohousing local policies.
Unfinished Business SB262 Wahab et al. Concurrence
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SB 5
Enhanced infrastructure financing districts and community revitalization and investment areas: allocation of taxes: agricultural land exclusion.
Unfinished Business SB5 Cabaldon Concurrence
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AB 1224
Teacher credentialing: substitute teachers: days of service.
3rd Reading AB1224 Valencia et al. By Limón
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AB 1487
Public health: Two-Spirit, Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex Wellness and Equity Fund.
3rd Reading AB1487 Addis et al. By Menjivar
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SB 597
Labor-related liabilities: direct contractor and subcontractor.
Unfinished Business SB597 Cortese Concurrence
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SB 86
California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act: sales and use tax exclusion.
Unfinished Business SB86 McNerney et al. 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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