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Suzette Valladares

State Senator · Senate District 23 · Party: Republican

3009 final-passage votes on record.

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A member of California's state Senate, which votes on the state's laws and budget.

Latest votes
  • Voted No on SB 518 (Descendants of enslaved persons: reparations.). It passed. Jun 2, 2025
  • Voted Yes on SB 386 (Dental providers: fee-based payments.). It passed. Jun 2, 2025
  • Voted Yes on SB 414 (School accountability: Office of the Education Inspector General: school financial and performance audits: charter school authorization, oversight, funding, operations, and networks: flex-based instruction: local educational agency contracting.). It passed. Jun 2, 2025

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Record at a glance

3009
Final-passage votes
5056
All recorded votes

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OfficeRepublican
Office
State Senator
District
Senate District 23
Party
Republican
SourceOct 9, 2026

Last verified Oct 9, 2026.

Official source ↗

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This tab shows Suzette Valladares'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.

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  • SB 518

    Descendants of enslaved persons: reparations.

    3rd Reading SB518 Weber Pierson et al.

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 386

    Dental providers: fee-based payments.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 414

    School accountability: Office of the Education Inspector General: school financial and performance audits: charter school authorization, oversight, funding, operations, and networks: flex-based instruction: local educational agency contracting.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 52

    Housing rental terms: algorithmic devices.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 298

    State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: seaports: plan: alternative fuels.

    3rd Reading SB298 Caballero et al.

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 804

    Hydrogen Pipeline Safety Act.

    3rd Reading SB804 Archuleta et al.

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 497

    Legally protected health care activity.

    3rd Reading SB497 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 439

    California Health Benefit Review Program: extension.

    3rd Reading SB439 Weber Pierson

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 5

    Enhanced infrastructure financing districts and community revitalization and investment areas: allocation of taxes: agricultural land exclusion.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 436

    Unlawful detainer: notice to terminate tenancy.

    3rd Reading SB436 Wahab et al.

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 703

    Ports: truck drivers.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 594

    Short-Term Rental Facilitator Act of 2026.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 790

    Postsecondary education: interstate reciprocity agreements for distance education: out-of-state postsecondary educational institutions.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 48

    Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators.

    3rd Reading SB48 Gonzalez et al. Urgency Clause

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 42

    Political Reform Act of 1974: public campaign financing: California Fair Elections Act of 2026.

    3rd Reading SB42 Umberg et al.

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 82

    Contracts: consumer goods and services: dispute resolution provisions.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 245

    Criminal procedure.

    3rd Reading SB245 Reyes By Arreguín

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 369

    Salton Sea: restoration projects: skilled and trained workforce.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 81

    Health and care facilities: information sharing.

    3rd Reading SB81 Arreguín et al. Urgency Clause

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 221

    Crimes: stalking.

    3rd Reading SB221 Ochoa Bogh et al.

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 258

    Crimes: rape.

    3rd Reading SB258 Wahab et al.

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 25

    Antitrust: premerger notification.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 766

    California Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Act.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 22

    Gift certificates.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 59

    Change of name or gender and sex identifier.

    3rd Reading SB59 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 550

    California State University, San Jose: legal partnership pilot program.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 358

    Mitigation Fee Act: mitigating vehicular traffic impacts.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 545

    High-speed rail: economic opportunities.

    3rd Reading SB545 Cortese et al.

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 470

    Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act: teleconferencing.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 580

    Attorney General: immigration enforcement policies.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 333

    Transactions and use taxes: San Luis Obispo Council of Governments.

    3rd Reading SB333 Laird et al.

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 847

    Workers' compensation: uninsured employer: transfer of real property.

    3rd Reading SB847 Reyes By Cortese

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 809

    Employees and independent contractors: construction trucking.

    3rd Reading

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 328

    California Environmental Quality Act: exempt surplus land.

    3rd Reading

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 593

    Electrical corporations: significant voltage-related incidents: studies.

    3rd Reading

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SR 45

    Relative to California Drowning Awareness and Prevention Month.

    3rd Reading SR45 Rubio et al.

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 653

    Wildfire prevention: environmentally sensitive vegetation management.

    3rd Reading

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 786

    Planning and zoning: general plan: judicial challenges.

    3rd Reading

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 404

    Hazardous materials: metal shredding facilities.

    3rd Reading SB404 Caballero et al.

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 28

    Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) court program.

    3rd Reading SB28 Umberg et al. Urgency Clause

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 279

    Solid waste: compostable materials.

    3rd Reading SB279 McNerney et al.

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 385

    Peace officers.

    3rd Reading SB385 Seyarto et al. Urgency Clause

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 280

    Elections.

    3rd Reading SB280 Cervantes et al.

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 398

    Election crimes: payment based on voting or voter registration.

    3rd Reading SB398 Umberg et al.

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 515

    Local government: collection of demographic data.

    3rd Reading

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 647

    Energy: Equitable Building Decarbonization Program: Low-Income Oversight Board: membership.

    3rd Reading

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 530

    Medi-Cal: time and distance standards.

    3rd Reading

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 731

    Trash receptacles and storage containers: reflective markings.

    3rd Reading

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 615

    Vehicle traction batteries.

    3rd Reading

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 549

    Heritage schools: enrollment and notice.

    3rd Reading

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

Older votes

Money raised and spent by the campaign committees Suzette Valladares 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

$905,606

Spent $432,756

Totals

  • Raised
    9 statements, Summary Page line 5
    $905,606
  • Spent
    Summary Page line 11
    $432,756
  • From individuals (itemized)
    301 contributions of $100 or more, net of refunds
    $204,410 23%

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)

  • Health care
    $91,322
  • Finance, insurance and banking
    $57,948
  • Construction and engineering
    $56,900
  • Agriculture and food
    $53,750
  • Tribal governments
    $44,700
  • Issue and advocacy groups
    $35,375
  • Energy and utilities
    $32,825
  • Labor unions
    $32,400

Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in organizations' names and in the employers individual donors named; 64% of these itemized dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed.

How industries are assigned

Top employers of individual donors

  • PACIFIC PARK
    4 donors · Not classified
    $4,150
  • SIX FLAGS
    6 donors · Not classified
    $2,724
  • CORBEN OPTOMETRY
    3 donors · Health care
    $1,600
  • DANIEL COMPANY
    3 donors · Not classified
    $1,250
  • HENRY MAYO
    3 donors · Not classified
    $1,100
  • LIEF LABS
    3 donors · Not classified
    $499
  • FAMILY TAX INC
    3 donors · Not classified
    $450
  • KITE PHARMACEUTICALS
    7 donors · Pharmaceuticals and medical products
    $400
  • CAMACHO MITSUBISHI
    5 donors · Not classified
    $375
  • MG ELECTRIC INC
    5 donors · Energy and utilities
    $375

The employers individual donors named, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. $56,249 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

  • California Real Estate Political Action Committee (CREPAC) - California Association of Realtors
    2 contributions · small contributor committee · Real estate
    $11,800
  • Pechanga Band of Indians
    2 contributions · organization · Tribal governments
    $11,800
  • Philip Morris USA Inc and its Affiliates
    2 contributions · organization · Not classified
    $11,800
  • Barona Band of Mission Indians
    4 contributions · organization · Tribal governments
    $10,000
  • Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation
    3 contributions · organization · Not classified
    $10,000
  • Google LLC and Affliated Entities
    5 contributions · organization · Technology and telecommunications
    $9,400
  • United Contractors PAC
    2 contributions · committee · Construction and engineering
    $8,900
  • Blue Shield of California
    3 contributions · organization · Health care
    $8,400
  • The Gardens Casino
    3 contributions · organization · Not classified
    $8,400
  • Centene and its affiliate Health Net
    5 contributions · organization · Health care
    $8,000

Contributions itemized on Schedule A from political committees, parties, businesses and other organizations, by the name reported. Transfers between Suzette Valladares'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 Suzette Valladares 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 (2)

The committees Suzette Valladares 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.

Suzette Martinez Valladares For Senate 2028

  • Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026
    Spent $68,216 · cash at end $481,114 Statement ↗
    $104,099 received
  • May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
    Spent $44,257 · cash at end $444,705 Statement ↗
    $101,705 received
  • Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026
    Spent $50,815 · cash at end $387,258 Statement ↗
    $68,375 received
  • Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026
    Spent $87,579 · cash at end $369,697 Statement ↗
    $82,163 received
Committee record ↗

Suzette Martinez Valladares for Senate 2024

  • Jan 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
    Spent $512 · cash at end $0 Statement ↗
    $0 received
  • Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
    Spent $432 · cash at end $353 Statement ↗
    $0 received
  • Jan 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025
    Spent $6,675 · cash at end $785 Statement ↗
    $25 received
  • Oct 20, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
    Spent $397,393 · cash at end $8,712 Statement ↗
    $255,539 received
Committee record ↗

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.

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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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