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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AB 870
California Children's Services Program: county designation.
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
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AB 77
Gaming Policy Advisory Committee.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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AB 1177
California Prompt Payment Act: late payment penalties.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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AB 1075
Fire protection: privately contracted fire prevention resources: public water sources.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water]
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AB 831
Gambling: operation of a contest or sweepstakes.
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
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AB 344
Alcoholic beverages: beer price posting and marketing regulations: definitions.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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AB 233
Alcoholic beverages: licensees.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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AB 1008
Alcoholic beverages: licenses: County of San Luis Obispo.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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AB 881
Public resources: transportation of carbon dioxide.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality]
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AJR 11
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program: federal funding cuts.
Be adopted and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
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SB 380
Sexually violent predators: transitional housing facilities: report.
Special Consent (Urgency Clause)
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SB 756
California Film Commission: motion picture tax credits: tracking and compliance program.
3rd Reading SB756 Smallwood-Cuevas
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SB 638
California Education Interagency Council: California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program.
3rd Reading SB638 Padilla et al.
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SB 261
Division of Labor Standards Enforcement: orders, decisions, and awards.
3rd Reading SB261 Wahab et al.
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SB 540
Independent System Operator: independent regional organization: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.
3rd Reading SB540 Becker et al.
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SB 84
Disability access: construction-related accessibility claims: notice of violation and opportunity to correct.
3rd Reading SB84 Niello et al.
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SB 472
Pupil instruction: Holocaust and genocide education: notice, survey, and grant program.
3rd Reading SB472 Stern et al.
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SB 271
Public postsecondary education: students with dependent children: childcare services, resources, and programs.
Special Consent
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SB 716
Local government: ordinances: penalties for violation: nonresidential structures.
3rd Reading
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SB 423
California Public Records Act: private detention facilities.
3rd Reading SB423 Smallwood-Cuevas
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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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