# Sade Elhawary

Sade Elhawary is a Democratic member of the California House for district 57.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: California House, district 57
- Serving since: 2024-12-02
- Current term: CA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6d83a613-6815-48c9-bb31-94adb1ee92ea

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6d83a613-6815-48c9-bb31-94adb1ee92ea (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

Elhawary sits at −1.27 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 98% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.27 (standard error 0.03), from 751 donors and 295 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 2.4% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CA 2025–26 session)

4,001 roll calls. Attendance 94.2% (California House 92.3%). Party unity 99.8% (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 not voting · 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 34 bills: 30 reached committee, 25 passed one chamber, 18 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 377. 82.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California House 80.8%; rank 48 of 79).

Recent sponsored bills:

- ACR 209: Relative to Behavioral Health Awareness Month. (became law, 2026-06-26) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/ACR209/
- HR 106: Relative to High School Voter Education Weeks. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/HR106/
- ACR 176: Relative to Second Chance Month. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/ACR176/
- AB 2642: Prisons: employment of inmates. (introduced, 2026-02-21) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2642/
- AB 2551: Equity in Higher Education Act: time, place, and manner policies: student code of conduct violations: open forum. (passed both chambers, 2026-09-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2551/
- AB 2593: Corrections: treatment of prisoners. (passed both chambers, 2026-09-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2593/
- AB 2451: Dependency: victims of human trafficking. (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2451/
- AB 2403: Income tax: credits: commercial production. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-13) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2403/
- AB 2755: Unlawful detainer defined. (introduced, 2026-02-21) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2755/
- AB 2483: Wildland firefighters: Formerly Incarcerated Firefighter Certification and Employment Program. (became law, 2026-09-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2483/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $635.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://a57.asmdc.org/
- Campaign site: https://sadeforassembly.com/
- X: https://x.com/sadeelhawary
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sadeelhawary/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sadeelhawary/?hl=en
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SadeElhawaryforAssembly
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sadeforassembly
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sadeelhawary/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6d83a613-6815-48c9-bb31-94adb1ee92ea