# Steve Choi

Steve Choi is a Republican member of the California Senate for district 37.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: California Senate, district 37
- Serving since: 2024-12-02
- Current term: CA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8b61aa87-d573-47e2-b17b-bd0edd3c8cf2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8b61aa87-d573-47e2-b17b-bd0edd3c8cf2 (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 Choi’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from California, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.39 (standard error 0.02), from 464 donors and 635 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 55% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (CA 2025–26 session)

3,673 roll calls. Attendance 90% (California Senate 93.8%). Party unity 98.4% (98.7%). 27 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-01 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 46 bills: 46 reached committee, 24 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 109. 78.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California Senate 88.1%; rank 32 of 39).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SCR 198: University of California: admissions: standardized tests. (in committee, 2026-08-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SCR198/
- SR 117: Relative to Taiwan. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-18) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SR117/
- SJR 17: Korean American veterans. (became law, 2026-08-11) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SJR17/
- SR 113: Relative to the International Day of Peace. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SR113/
- SCR 166: Relative to Soju Day. (became law, 2026-08-11) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SCR166/
- SCR 150: Relative to National Librarian Day. (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SCR150/
- SB 1372: Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission. (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1372/
- SB 1380: Mortgage brokers. (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1380/
- SB 1331: Community care facilities. (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1331/
- SB 1310: Voter registration: prospective jurors. (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1310/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $52.7K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://sr37.senate.ca.gov/
- X: https://x.com/asmstevenchoi68
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drstevenchoi/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drstevenchoi/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-choi-a871aa70/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8b61aa87-d573-47e2-b17b-bd0edd3c8cf2