# Henry Stern

Henry Stern is a Democratic member of the California Senate for district 27.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: California Senate, district 27
- Serving since: 2016-12-05
- Current term: CA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/66bd4b32-5536-4bae-ab55-08c0b70ca5fd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/66bd4b32-5536-4bae-ab55-08c0b70ca5fd (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

The policy areas Stern talks about and legislates on agree at 0.67 on a 0–1 scale, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats.

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

110 classified statements: 110 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Stern | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.8% | 2.4% | 107 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 10.0% | 10.3% | 139 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 60.9% | 42.9% | 62 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.5% | 3.4% | 87 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 20.9% | 16.1% | 102 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 2.7% | 0.8% | 37 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Emergency Management 25% (State Senate Democrats 3.7%); Environmental Protection 24% (State Senate Democrats 4.4%); Energy 18% (State Senate Democrats 4.1%); Education 10% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Health 10% (State Senate Democrats 17%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.83 (standard error 0.04), from 137 donors and 1,011 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CA 2025–26 session)

3,673 roll calls. Attendance 91.0% (California Senate 93.8%). Party unity 98.6% (98.7%). 23 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB113 Gabriel By Laird · AB 113 Budget Act of 2026. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB113/
- 2026-08-31 · voted not voting · 3rd Reading AB2564 Ward et al. By Wiener · AB 2564 Surveillance pricing. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2564/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB1349 Bryan et al. By Cabaldon · AB 1349 Consumer protection: ticket sellers. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB1349/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB187 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Laird · AB 187 Employment. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB187/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB2694 Alvarez et al. By Cabaldon · AB 2694 Public postsecondary education: community colleges: statewide baccalaureate degree program. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2694/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB191 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Laird · AB 191 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB191/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB2059 Wilson et al. By Cortese · AB 2059 California Environmental Quality Act: transportation impacts: vehicle miles traveled: mitigation. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2059/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB1680 Calderon et al. By Allen · AB 1680 California FAIR Plan Association. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB1680/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB1331 Elhawary et al. By Durazo · AB 1331 Workplace surveillance. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB1331/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB173 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Laird · AB 173 Health. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB173/

## Legislation (CA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 39 bills: 39 reached committee, 29 passed one chamber, 21 passed both, 19 became law. Cosponsored 130. 92.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California Senate 88.1%; rank 22 of 39).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SCR 192: Relative to open water lifeguards. (became law, 2026-08-24) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SCR192/
- SB 1295: Electrical corporations: distributed energy storage systems. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-13) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1295/
- SB 1401: Criminal procedure: competence to stand trial. (became law, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1401/
- SB 1359: Natural Gas Ratepayer Protection Act. (became law, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1359/
- SB 1404: Wildfire prevention: state responsibility areas: fire prevention fee. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1404/
- SB 1423: Regional planning: standardized spatial planning datasets. (became law, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1423/
- SB 1370: Covered wildfire mitigation projects: consolidated and expedited review. (became law, 2026-09-29) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1370/
- SB 1411: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: funding conditions: high-speed rail. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1411/
- SB 1300: Natural Resources Agency: Secretariat for International Climate Coordination and Cooperation. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-13) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1300/
- SB 1387: State agencies: collection and reporting of demographic data: Jewish identity. (became law, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1387/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,500 (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

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

- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenHenryStern, https://www.twitter.com/HenrySternCA/status/2112731846060728683
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/SenHenryStern, https://www.twitter.com/HenrySternCA/status/2108351640382345280
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenHenryStern, https://www.twitter.com/HenrySternCA/status/2108351671462232508
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenHenryStern, https://www.twitter.com/HenrySternCA/status/2105878643633447087
- 2026-09-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenHenryStern, https://www.twitter.com/HenrySternCA/status/2100723894022029745
- 2026-09-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenHenryStern, https://www.twitter.com/HenrySternCA/status/2095016896144044066
- 2026-08-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenHenryStern, https://www.twitter.com/HenrySternCA/status/2090512760656597237
- 2026-05-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/SenHenryStern, https://www.twitter.com/HenrySternCA/status/2059090390326956308
- 2026-05-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenHenryStern, https://www.twitter.com/HenrySternCA/status/2057311990805356631
- 2026-05-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/SenHenryStern, https://www.twitter.com/HenrySternCA/status/2056588162382852250

## Links

- Official site: https://sd27.senate.ca.gov/
- Campaign site: https://henrystern.org/
- X: https://x.com/SenHenryStern
- X: https://x.com/HenrySternCA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HenrySternCA/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/henry.stern.10
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/henrysternca
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/henry-stern-3805713/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/66bd4b32-5536-4bae-ab55-08c0b70ca5fd