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 ↗
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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SJR 8
The Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929.
3rd Reading SJR8 Arreguín et al.
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SCR 100
Relative to California Youth Homelessness Outreach, Prevention, and Education (HOPE) Month.
3rd Reading
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SCR 96
Relative to the 50th anniversary of Southeast Asian American resettlement.
3rd Reading SCR96 Wahab et al.
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AB 418
Property taxation: tax-defaulted property.
Consent Calendar 2nd AB418 Wilson et al. By Seyarto
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AB 1139
California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: public access: nonmotorized recreation.
Consent Calendar 2nd
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AB 457
Farmworker housing: streamlined, ministerial approval: Counties of Fresno, Madera, and Merced.
Consent Calendar 2nd AB457 Soria et al.
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AB 977
California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 2001: California State University: burial sites: human remains.
Consent Calendar 2nd AB977 Ramos et al.
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AB 498
Self-service storage facilities: lien notices: email.
Consent Calendar 2nd AB498 Michelle Rodriguez
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AB 665
Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation: report: Office of the Ombuds.
Consent Calendar 2nd
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AB 1308
Residential building permits: inspections: Housing Accountability Act.
Consent Calendar 2nd AB1308 Hoover et al.
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AB 1375
Consideration when determining child custody: human trafficking.
Consent Calendar 2nd AB1375 Hoover et al.
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AB 1412
Special education: pupil transfers: residency requirements: records.
Consent Calendar 2nd AB1412 Jeff Gonzalez et al.
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ACA 8
A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by adding Section 4 to Article XXI thereof, relating to redistricting.
3rd Reading ACA8 Rivas et al. By McGuire
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AB 604
Redistricting: congressional districts.
3rd Reading AB604 Aguiar-Curry et al. By Gonzalez Urgency Clause
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AB 493
Mortgages: hazard insurance proceeds.
Consent Calendar 2nd AB493 Harabedian et al. Urgency Clause
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SJR 6
Federal funding for essential state infrastructure, technology, and economic development.
3rd Reading SJR6 Cortese et al.
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AB 1029
Statements of financial interest: digital financial assets.
Consent Calendar 2nd AB1029 Valencia et al.
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ACR 93
Relative to Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase Deficiency Awareness Day.
Special Consent ACR93 Dixon et al.
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AB 821
Pupil instruction: high school graduation requirements: career technical education.
Consent Calendar 2nd
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AB 14
Coastal resources: Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies Program.
Consent Calendar 2nd AB14 Hart et al.
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AB 1479
County road commissioner: Counties of Madera and Tehama.
Consent Calendar 2nd AB1479 Tangipa 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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