# Avelino Valencia

Avelino Valencia is a Democratic member of the California House for district 68.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: California House, district 68
- Serving since: 2022-12-05
- Current term: CA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/87062971-b583-4983-8ac5-4af98bef354d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/87062971-b583-4983-8ac5-4af98bef354d (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

Valencia reported $933.7K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.48 (standard error 0.03), from 145 donors and 499 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 71% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CA 2025–26 session)

4,001 roll calls. Attendance 92.0% (California House 92.3%). Party unity 97.8% (97.7%). 18 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 34 bills: 34 reached committee, 31 passed one chamber, 22 passed both, 21 became law. Cosponsored 286. 94.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California House 80.8%; rank 21 of 79).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 125: Relative to Chicano Heritage Month. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-10) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/HR125/
- AB 2421: Political Reform Act of 1974: committee termination. (became law, 2026-07-13) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2421/
- AB 2655: Campaign funds: security expenses: security personnel. (became law, 2026-07-13) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2655/
- AB 2512: Surplus Land Act: exemption: Angel Stadium. (became law, 2026-08-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2512/
- AB 2409: Digital assets: meme coins. (became law, 2026-09-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2409/
- AB 2561: Operating systems and applications: privacy settings. (became law, 2026-09-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2561/
- AB 2490: Teacher credentialing: emergency career substitute teaching permit: alternative qualifications. (became law, 2026-09-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2490/
- AB 2285: Digital Financial Asset Banking Act. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2285/
- AB 2197: School employees: solicitation: financial services or products. (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2197/
- AB 2194: Medi-Cal: special commissions. (became law, 2026-09-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2194/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $933.7K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://a68.asmdc.org/
- Campaign site: https://www.avelinovalencia.com/
- X: https://x.com/AVforCA
- X: https://x.com/AsmValencia
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AvelinoValenciaOC
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsmAvelinoValencia
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/avelino.valenciaiii
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/avelinovalenciaoc/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asmvalencia/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avelino-valencia-70395b62/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/87062971-b583-4983-8ac5-4af98bef354d