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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Not voting Source ↗
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ACR 86
Relative to National Stuttering Acceptance Awareness Week.
Special Consent ACR86 Rivas et al.
Not voting Source ↗ -
ACR 74
Relative to Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in California.
Special Consent ACR74 Wilson et al.
Not voting Source ↗ -
ACR 87
Relative to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month.
Special Consent ACR87 Nguyen et al.
Not voting Source ↗ -
Not voting Source ↗
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ACR 69
Relative to California Physical Fitness and Mental Well-Being Month.
Special Consent ACR69 Berman et al.
Not voting Source ↗ -
Not voting Source ↗
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Not voting Source ↗
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Not voting Source ↗
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AB 990
Public water systems: emergency notification plan.
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
Not voting Source ↗ -
SJR 5
Enteric methane reduction solutions: cattle industries.
Be adopted as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
Not voting Source ↗ -
AB 272
Heavy-Duty Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program.
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
Not voting Source ↗ -
AB 951
Health care coverage: behavioral diagnoses.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 64
Vital records.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 309
Hypodermic needles and syringes.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1478
Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Act: mattress recycling charge: consumer education.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Not voting Source ↗ -
AB 1459
Hazardous waste: underground storage tanks.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Not voting Source ↗ -
AB 471
County air pollution control districts: Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District: board members: compensation.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Local Government]
Not voting Source ↗ -
AB 543
Medi-Cal: field medicine.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 594
Student health insurance.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 618
Medi-Cal: behavioral health: data sharing.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 787
Provider directory disclosures.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 663
Hydrofluorocarbon gases: sale and distribution prohibition: exemptions.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Not voting Source ↗ -
AB 571
California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: Gypsum Canyon Veterans Cemetery.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Not voting Source ↗ -
AB 894
General acute care hospitals: patient directories.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1326
Health masks: right to wear.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 57
California Dream for All Program: descendants of formerly enslaved people.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
Not voting Source ↗ -
AB 413
Department of Housing and Community Development: guidelines: translation.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Not voting Source ↗ -
AB 1061
Housing developments: urban lot splits: historical resources.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]
Not voting Source ↗ -
AB 480
Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: insurance tax law: low-income housing tax credit:
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Not voting Source ↗ -
AB 1296
Local educational agencies: reserve funds.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Not voting Source ↗ -
AB 457
Farmworker housing: streamlined, ministerial approval: Counties of Fresno, Madera, and Merced.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Not voting Source ↗ -
AB 301
Planning and zoning: housing development projects: postentitlement phase permits: state agencies.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Not voting Source ↗ -
SCR 75
Relative to Alzheimer's Disease and Brain Awareness Month and The Longest Day.
3rd Reading SCR75 Weber Pierson et al.
Not voting Source ↗ -
Not voting Source ↗
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Not voting Source ↗
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SJR 1
Rescinding previous applications for a federal constitutional convention.
3rd Reading SJR1 Wiener et al.
Not voting Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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AJR 11
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program: federal funding cuts.
Consent Calendar 2nd AJR11 Ransom et al.
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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AB 583
Death certificates.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 40
California Environmental Quality Act: environmental impact reports: coal handling, storage, and export.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 574
Prior authorization: physical therapy.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 55
Alternative birth centers: licensing and Medi-Cal reimbursement.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 708
California Youth Football Act: safety equipment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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AB 492
Alcohol and drug programs: licensing.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 627
California Health Facilities Financing Authority Act.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 260
Sexual and reproductive health care.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 463
Emergency medical services: dogs and cats.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗
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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