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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.
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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 14
State agencies: solid waste diversion: single-use plastic bottles.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 840
Greenhouse gases: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: studies.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 724
Public housing: lead testing.
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 30
Diesel-powered on-track equipment: decommissioning: resale and transfer restrictions.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 493
Unlawful business practices: price gouging.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 715
Elections.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 772
Infill Infrastructure Grant Program of 2019: applications: eligibility.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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SB 489
Local agency formation commissions: written policies and procedures: Permit Streamlining Act: housing development projects.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 341
Instructional School Gardens Program: reestablishment: Department of Food and Agriculture.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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SB 21
Single-room occupancy units: demolition and replacement: housing assistance programs: eligibility for homeless individuals and families.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 655
Dwelling units: indoor temperature.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 606
Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program: reporting requirements: functional zero unsheltered.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 507
Planning and zoning: regional housing needs allocation.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 802
Housing finance and development: Sacramento Regional Housing and Homelessness Joint Powers Authority Act.
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 457
Housing element compliance: committed assistance: in-kind services: realistic capacity formula.
[First] hearing set for [04-30-2025]: Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted
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SB 18
Food Desert Elimination Grant Program.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 312
Dog importation: health certificates.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 814
Homelessness.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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SB 457
Housing element compliance: committed assistance: in-kind services: realistic capacity formula.
Do pass
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SB 748
Encampment Resolution Funding program: safe parking sites: reporting.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 484
Coastal resources: coastal development permits: infill area categorical exclusion.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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ACR 55
ARC v. Department of Developmental Services: 40th anniversary.
Special Consent ACR55 Jeff Gonzalez et al.
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SB 830
Public Transit Revenue Measure District: revenue measure: election procedures.
Consent Calendar 2nd
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ACR 39
Relative to Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month.
Special Consent ACR39 Ramos et al.
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SB 533
Electric vehicle charging stations: arenas: payments: internet-based applications.
Consent Calendar 2nd
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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
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