# Rebecca Bauer-Kahan

Rebecca Bauer-Kahan is a Democratic member of the California House for district 16.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: California House, district 16
- Serving since: 2018-12-03
- Current term: CA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2918acca-40a2-4819-a79a-b2873c7895bc

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2918acca-40a2-4819-a79a-b2873c7895bc (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

100% of Bauer-Kahan’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from California, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## What Bauer-Kahan says (CA 2025–26 session)

45 classified statements: 45 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 | Bauer-Kahan | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 20.0% | 10.4% | 124 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 75.6% | 39.2% | 21 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.2% | 2.9% | 347 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 48.9% | 14.4% | 8 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 29% (State House Democrats 15%); Science, Technology, Communications 24% (State House Democrats 2.5%); Government Operations and Politics 15% (State House Democrats 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 12% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Emergency Management 12% (State House Democrats 3.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.64 (standard error 0.03), from 187 donors and 1,095 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 48% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CA 2025–26 session)

4,001 roll calls. Attendance 90.2% (California House 92.3%). Party unity 99.3% (97.7%). 10 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 yea · 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 35 bills: 34 reached committee, 28 passed one chamber, 22 passed both, 18 became law. Cosponsored 314. 94.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California House 80.8%; rank 19 of 79).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 132: Relative to Young Women's Reproductive Health Awareness Month. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-13) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/HR132/
- HR 117: Relative to Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act of 1996. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-06) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/HR117/
- HR 98: Relative to California Holocaust Memorial Day. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/HR98/
- AB 2710: Public utilities: electrical and gas corporations: financial distress: reporting. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2710/
- AB 2447: Water: Nitrogen Pollution Reduction Act. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2447/
- AB 2664: Places of religious worship: unlawful activities. (became law, 2026-09-25) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2664/
- AB 2504: Community colleges: artificial intelligence: pilot program. (became law, 2026-09-18) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2504/
- AB 2557: Legislative information system: bill position letters. (introduced, 2026-02-21) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2557/
- AB 2631: Criminal procedure: prohibited violations. (became law, 2026-09-20) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2631/
- AB 2724: Insurance: distressed areas. (became law, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2724/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $297.3K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% 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.

- 2025-03-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/BauerKahan, https://www.twitter.com/RBKforAssembly/status/1905366383250342313
- 2025-03-21 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/BauerKahan, https://www.twitter.com/RBKforAssembly/status/1903147867872825696
- 2025-03-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/BauerKahan, https://www.twitter.com/RBKforAssembly/status/1902847018835513627
- 2025-03-18 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/BauerKahan, https://www.twitter.com/RBKforAssembly/status/1902083979811111082
- 2025-03-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/BauerKahan, https://www.twitter.com/RBKforAssembly/status/1900597851069313402
- 2025-03-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/BauerKahan, https://www.twitter.com/RBKforAssembly/status/1899516119486234858
- 2025-03-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/BauerKahan, https://www.twitter.com/RBKforAssembly/status/1896655098916581533
- 2025-02-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/BauerKahan, https://www.twitter.com/RBKforAssembly/status/1895183757910646972
- 2025-02-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/BauerKahan, https://www.twitter.com/RBKforAssembly/status/1892997292166357450
- 2025-02-21 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/BauerKahan, https://www.twitter.com/RBKforAssembly/status/1893013264642261398

## Links

- Official site: https://a16.asmdc.org/
- Campaign site: https://www.rebeccabauerkahan.com/
- X: https://x.com/BauerKahan
- X: https://x.com/RBKforAssembly
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RBKcalifornia
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RBKforAssembly
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rebeccabk
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rebeccaforassembly/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRxY2YX2rEvmPQhOU-Fzn5w
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-bauer-kahan-27bb7240/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2918acca-40a2-4819-a79a-b2873c7895bc