# Laura Richardson

Laura Richardson is a Democratic member of the California Senate for district 35.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: California Senate, district 35
- Serving since: 2006-12-04
- Current term: CA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bd78b1b9-6d92-4c67-a1f4-0548575f3aa5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bd78b1b9-6d92-4c67-a1f4-0548575f3aa5 (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

Richardson reported $689.9K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State Senate Democrats (median $55.5K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.81 (standard error 0.05), from 116 donors and 296 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 27% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CA 2025–26 session)

3,673 roll calls. Attendance 98.3% (California Senate 93.8%). Party unity 99.7% (98.7%). 3 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-01 · voted yea · 3rd Reading AB113 Gabriel By Laird · AB 113 Budget Act of 2026. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB113/
- 2026-08-31 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 37 bills: 37 reached committee, 30 passed one chamber, 21 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 135. 97.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California Senate 88.1%; rank 11 of 39).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 102: Relative to National Safe Boating Week. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SR102/
- SB 1292: Enhanced curb management system. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-29) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1292/
- SB 1286: California State Library: study: state pinniped. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1286/
- SB 1337: State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: air districts and local governments: transportation fuels refining facilities: memoranda of… (became law, 2026-09-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1337/
- SB 1340: Small business liaison: contract information: small business procurement participation. (passed both chambers, 2026-09-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1340/
- SB 1312: Cemeteries. (became law, 2026-09-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1312/
- SB 1413: State vehicle fleet: zero-emission vehicles. (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1413/
- SB 1420: Vote by mail ballots and early voting. (became law, 2026-09-19) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1420/
- SB 1322: Community Care Expansion Program. (became law, 2026-09-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1322/
- SB 1270: Wildfire mitigation program: financial assistance to counties. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1270/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $689.9K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://sd35.senate.ca.gov/
- Campaign site: https://www.laura4senate.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/laura4senateca/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurarichardsonforca
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-richardson-40732a43/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bd78b1b9-6d92-4c67-a1f4-0548575f3aa5