# Akilah Weber Pierson

Akilah Weber Pierson is a Democratic member of the California Senate for district 39.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: California Senate, district 39
- Serving since: 2021-04-19
- Current term: CA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6c2a35d5-c04c-44d0-8bd9-92a625e2b525

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6c2a35d5-c04c-44d0-8bd9-92a625e2b525 (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 Pierson’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from California, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.82 (standard error 0.04), from 449 donors and 848 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 26% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CA 2025–26 session)

3,673 roll calls. Attendance 95.3% (California Senate 93.8%). Party unity 100% (98.7%). 4 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 yea · 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 52 bills: 52 reached committee, 44 passed one chamber, 34 passed both, 32 became law. Cosponsored 134. 96.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California Senate 88.1%; rank 12 of 39).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 123: Relative to medically supportive food and nutrition services. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-13) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SR123/
- SR 124: Relative to Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month of 2026. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-10) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SR124/
- SCR 183: Relative to Juneteenth. (became law, 2026-07-16) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SCR183/
- SCR 177: Relative to World No Tobacco Day. (became law, 2026-06-09) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SCR177/
- SCR 175: Relative to Behavioral Health Awareness Month. (became law, 2026-06-09) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SCR175/
- SR 107: Relative to Lupus Awareness Month. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SR107/
- SCR 164: Relative to Black Health Equity Advocacy Week. (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SCR164/
- SCR 161: Relative to Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month. (became law, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SCR161/
- SCR 160: Medically supportive food. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SCR160/
- SCR 145: Relative to Mental Health Peer Appreciation Week. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SCR145/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $289.6K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://a79.asmdc.org/
- Campaign site: https://drakilahweber.com/
- X: https://x.com/drakilahweber
- X: https://x.com/asmakilahweber
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asmakilahweber
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drakilahweber
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asmakilahweber
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drakilahweber/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akilah-weber-3164404/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6c2a35d5-c04c-44d0-8bd9-92a625e2b525