# Nick Schultz

Nick Schultz is a Democratic member of the California House for district 44.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: California House, district 44
- Serving since: 2024-12-02
- Current term: CA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/06ae0707-255b-4af9-8e3e-c940e8f29600

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/06ae0707-255b-4af9-8e3e-c940e8f29600 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Schultz sits at −1.18 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 96% of State House Democrats.

## What Schultz says (CA 2025–26 session)

43 classified statements: 43 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Schultz | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 7.0% | 2.5% | 91 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 18.6% | 10.4% | 142 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 39.5% | 39.2% | 391 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.7% | 2.9% | 162 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 7.0% | 14.4% | 511 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 24% (State House Democrats 15%); Housing and Community Development 24% (State House Democrats 6.2%); Immigration 24% (State House Democrats 4.3%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 12% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Crime and Law Enforcement 12% (State House Democrats 8.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.18 (standard error 0.04), from 438 donors and 297 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 3.7% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CA 2025–26 session)

4,001 roll calls. Attendance 94.4% (California House 92.3%). Party unity 100% (97.7%). 3 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 195 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL · SB 195 Income taxes: exclusions: wildfire loss mitigation payments. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB195/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 1098 Pérez Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris · SB 1098 Public Utilities Commission: memorandum and balancing accounts. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1098/
- 2026-09-01 · voted not voting · SB 1370 Stern Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris · SB 1370 Covered wildfire mitigation projects: consolidated and expedited review. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1370/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 1119 Padilla Senate Third Reading By Wicks · SB 1119 Companion chatbots: children's safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1119/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 931 Grove Third Reading Urgency By Krell · SB 931 Dolly Parton Day. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB931/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 1079 Stern Senate Third Reading By Connolly · SB 1079 Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: Fire Innovation Unit. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1079/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 1203 Smallwood-Cuevas Senate Third Reading By Haney · SB 1203 Security services. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1203/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 193 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL · SB 193 Public resources: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: programs. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB193/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 16 Blakespear Senate Third Reading By Krell · SB 16 Mental health: involuntary commitment. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB16/
- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · SB 186 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL · SB 186 Income taxes: film tax credits. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB186/

## Legislation (CA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 37 bills: 37 reached committee, 29 passed one chamber, 19 passed both, 16 became law. Cosponsored 358. 97.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California House 80.8%; rank 10 of 79).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 97: Relative to the Armenian Genocide. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/HR97/
- AB 2582: Crimes: prostitution. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2582/
- AB 2612: Building standards: qualified plug-in photovoltaic systems. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-13) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2612/
- AB 2509: Education finance: average daily attendance: apportionments. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2509/
- AB 2560: Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure: goals. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-13) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2560/
- AB 2478: Kinship family approval. (became law, 2026-09-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2478/
- AB 2277: California State Park Stewardship Act of 2026. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2277/
- AB 2266: Electricity: load-serving entities. (became law, 2026-09-20) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2266/
- AB 2319: Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: credits: qualified motion picture: post-production. (became law, 2026-09-19) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2319/
- AB 1975: Electrical corporations: distribution grid utilization metric. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB1975/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $680.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 90% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2025-06-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/votenickschultz/status/1934757939556004185
- 2025-06-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/votenickschultz/status/1934299315603984761
- 2025-06-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/votenickschultz/status/1934377356317405268
- 2025-06-10 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/votenickschultz/status/1932231486465519931
- 2025-06-10 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/votenickschultz/status/1932231488348794884
- 2025-06-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/votenickschultz/status/1932231490064257245
- 2025-06-08 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/votenickschultz/status/1931507800200655015
- 2025-06-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/votenickschultz/status/1931795136704639300
- 2025-06-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/votenickschultz/status/1931443038372712866
- 2025-06-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/votenickschultz/status/1931443041858208129

## Links

- Official site: https://a44.asmdc.org/
- Campaign site: https://www.votenickschultz.com/
- X: https://x.com/votenickschultz
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VoteNickSchultz/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/votenickschultz/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/06ae0707-255b-4af9-8e3e-c940e8f29600