# Tom Lackey

Tom Lackey is a Republican member of the California House for district 34.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: California House, district 34
- Serving since: 2022-12-05
- Current term: CA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a8879d70-713c-4d0c-b723-77d0e96c18df

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a8879d70-713c-4d0c-b723-77d0e96c18df (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

Lackey missed 21% of 4,001 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the California House (average 92.3%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.19 (standard error 0.01), from 123 donors and 867 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (CA 2025–26 session)

4,001 roll calls. Attendance 79% (California House 92.3%). Party unity 96.8% (97.7%). 28 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 nay · 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 not voting · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 39 bills: 34 reached committee, 24 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 307. 71.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California House 80.8%; rank 64 of 79).

Recent sponsored bills:

- ACR 205: Relative to Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month. (became law, 2026-06-26) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/ACR205/
- ACR 147: Relative to Special Olympics Day. (became law, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/ACR147/
- AB 2501: Local government. (introduced, 2026-02-21) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2501/
- AB 2570: Elderly Parole Program. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2570/
- AB 2676: Housing Crisis Act of 2019. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-24) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2676/
- AB 2290: Civil discovery: oral depositions: transcriptions. (became law, 2026-09-20) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2290/
- AB 2376: Vehicles: automated enforcement systems. (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2376/
- AB 2337: Peace officers: theft. (passed both chambers, 2026-09-20) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2337/
- AB 2264: District agricultural associations: real property: affordable housing. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2264/
- AB 2358: The Parent's Accountability and Child Protection Act. (introduced, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2358/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $14.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://ad34.asmrc.org/
- Campaign site: https://lackeyforassembly.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AssemblymanLackey
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LackeyforAssembly/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tom.lackey
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomlackey/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-lackey-85a9a365/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a8879d70-713c-4d0c-b723-77d0e96c18df