# Robert Rivas

Robert Rivas is a Democratic member of the California House for district 29.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: California House, district 29
- Serving since: 2022-12-05
- Current term: CA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/68f5ee30-aa70-489b-84b7-6501e6188751

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/68f5ee30-aa70-489b-84b7-6501e6188751 (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

Rivas reported $1.7M in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.72 (standard error 0.03), from 981 donors and 1,198 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 34% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CA 2025–26 session)

4,001 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (California House 92.3%). Party unity 99.8% (97.7%). 1 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 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 311. 100.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California House 80.8%; rank 3 of 79).

Recent sponsored bills:

- ACA 21: A resolution directing the Secretary of State to withdraw from the consideration of the people of the State of California Assembly Constitutional Amendment… (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/ACA21/
- ACR 184: Relative to Stuttering Awareness and Acceptance Week. (became law, 2026-06-18) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/ACR184/
- AB 2156: Holidays: Farmworkers Day. (became law, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2156/
- ACR 86: Relative to National Stuttering Acceptance Awareness Week. (became law, 2025-06-25) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/ACR86/
- AB 1454: Pupil literacy: credential program standards and professional development: instructional materials. (became law, 2025-10-09) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB1454/
- ACA 8: A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by adding Section 4 to Article XXI thereof,… (became law, 2025-08-21) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/ACA8/
- HR 3: Relative to the organization of the Assembly for the 2025–26 Regular Session. (passed one chamber, 2024-12-02) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/HR3/
- HR 2: Relative to the election of officers of the Assembly for the 2025–26 Regular Session. (passed one chamber, 2024-12-02) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/HR2/
- AB 2830: Foster care: relative placement: approval process. (became law, 2024-09-22) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20232024/AB2830/
- AB 2798: Collective bargaining: Legislature. (in committee, 2024-04-03) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20232024/AB2798/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1.7M (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://a29.asmdc.org/
- Campaign site: https://www.rivasca.com/
- X: https://x.com/RobertRivas_CA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsmRobertRivas
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/assemblymemberrivas
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robert.rivas.5099
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caspeakerrivas
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robertrivas_ca
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RobertRivasCA
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-rivas-8924b141/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/68f5ee30-aa70-489b-84b7-6501e6188751