# Mia Bonta Mia Bonta is a Democratic member of the California House for district 18. - Party: Democrat - Seat: California House, district 18 - Serving since: 2021-09-07 - Current term: CA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/a467d09d-289d-4e5a-a2af-a0ce20af14e1 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a467d09d-289d-4e5a-a2af-a0ce20af14e1 (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 Bonta sits at −1.40 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 99% of State House Democrats. ## What Bonta says (CA 2025–26 session) 53 classified statements: 53 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Bonta | State House Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 1.9% | 2.5% | 263 of 764 | | Policy criticism | 26.4% | 10.4% | 55 of 764 | | Policy discussion | 66.0% | 39.2% | 55 of 764 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 | | Credit claiming | 35.9% | 14.4% | 46 of 764 | | Extreme labels | 3.8% | 1.0% | 52 of 764 | Most discussed policy areas: Health 43% (State House Democrats 15%); Immigration 17% (State House Democrats 4.3%); Families 14% (State House Democrats 5.0%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 11% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Labor and Employment 11% (State House Democrats 5.7%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −1.40 (standard error 0.03), from 549 donors and 763 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 0.9% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (CA 2025–26 session) 4,001 roll calls. Attendance 92.2% (California House 92.3%). Party unity 100% (97.7%). 2 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 36 bills: 36 reached committee, 29 passed one chamber, 22 passed both, 21 became law. Cosponsored 362. 100.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California House 80.8%; rank 3 of 79). Recent sponsored bills: - HR 110: Relative to Food as Medicine. (passed both chambers, 2026-08-06) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/HR110/ - AB 2600: Immigration: access to legal counsel. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2600/ - AB 2434: Inmates: visitation. (became law, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2434/ - AB 2624: Privacy for immigration support services providers. (became law, 2026-08-22) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2624/ - AB 2651: Informed Parents, Healthy Schools Act. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-13) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2651/ - AB 2729: Medi-Cal: Employer Responsibility for Medi-Cal Trust Fund. (in committee, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2729/ - AB 2351: General plan: annual report: shelter beds. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2351/ - AB 2368: Low-income health care: internet website and information. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-13) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2368/ - AB 2348: Medi-Cal: enhanced care management and community supports. (became law, 2026-09-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2348/ - AB 2092: Early Childhood Integrated Data System. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2092/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $624.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 96% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2026-08-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AsmMiaBonta/status/2091310021309235205 - 2026-08-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/AsmMiaBonta/status/2090146575452639376 - 2026-04-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/AsmMiaBonta/status/2045224067788321252 - 2026-04-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/AsmMiaBonta/status/2044229820968796573 - 2026-04-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AsmMiaBonta/status/2043788668759093342 - 2025-03-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/AsmMiaBonta/status/1904945424877879763 - 2025-03-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/AsmMiaBonta/status/1904580140149227607 - 2025-03-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/AsmMiaBonta/status/1902841284441821336 - 2025-03-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/AsmMiaBonta/status/1902427056358707332 - 2025-03-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AsmMiaBonta/status/1902047802315960397 ## Links - Official site: https://www.assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers/18 - Campaign site: https://www.miabonta.com/ - X: https://x.com/AsmMiaBonta - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/miabonta/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asmmiabonta/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asmmiabonta/?hl=en - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mia.bonta/?hl=en - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUWDXPiiAM-Jm-pRCz3kJJBpssREJfvi5 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mialisabonta Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a467d09d-289d-4e5a-a2af-a0ce20af14e1