State · State Senate
Steve Padilla
State Senator · Senate District 18 · Party: Democratic
2999 final-passage votes on record.
A member of California's state Senate, which votes on the state's laws and budget.
- Voted Yes on SB 400 (Labor: elective compensation under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.). It passed. May 8, 2025
- Voted Yes on SCR 64 (Relative to Student Mental Health Awareness Week in California.). It passed. May 8, 2025
- Voted Yes on SR 20 (Relative to California Human Milk Donation Month.). It passed. May 8, 2025
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Office
- Office
- State Senator
- District
- Senate District 18
- Party
- Democratic
- Website
- Official site ↗
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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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SCR 64
Relative to Student Mental Health Awareness Week in California.
3rd Reading SCR64 Rubio et al.
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SB 62
Health care coverage: essential health benefits.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 486
Regional housing: public postsecondary education: changes in enrollment levels: California Environmental Quality Act.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 626
Perinatal health screenings and treatment.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 242
Medicare supplement coverage: open enrollment periods.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 755
California Contractor Climate Transparency Act.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 298
State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: seaports: plan: alternative fuels.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 474
State Air Resources Board: regulatory authority: revocation.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 812
Qualified youth drop-in center health care coverage.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 535
Obesity Care Access Act.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 582
Health and care facilities: licensing during emergencies or disasters.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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SB 754
Menstrual products: disposable tampons and pad products: concerning chemicals.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 31
Water quality: recycled water.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 348
State Air Resources Board: Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 520
Nurse-midwifery education program.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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SB 567
Gravity-Based Energy Storage Well Pilot Program.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 646
Prenatal multivitamins.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 234
Wildfires: workgroup: toxic heavy metals.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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SB 862
Health.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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SB 548
California Overdose Death and Addiction Reduction Act of 2025.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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SB 839
Oil spills: fishing: water closure: grants: liability.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 660
California Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 682
Environmental health: product safety: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 643
Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchase Program.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 32
Health care coverage: timely access to care.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 614
Public resources: transportation of carbon dioxide.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 474
State Air Resources Board: regulatory authority: revocation.
[First] hearing set for [04-30-2025]: Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted
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SB 528
Health care: maintenance and expansion.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 330
Budgets: multiyear financial commitments.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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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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