# Jacqui Irwin

Jacqui Irwin is a Democratic member of the California House for district 42.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: California House, district 42
- Serving since: 2022-12-05
- Current term: CA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e7ad99fd-fda5-4114-af3e-320f5be9be3c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e7ad99fd-fda5-4114-af3e-320f5be9be3c (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

Irwin reported $735.3K in the 2024 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Democrats (median $5,075).

## What Irwin says (CA 2025–26 session)

648 classified statements: 648 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 | Irwin | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 3.1% | 10.4% | 564 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 55.6% | 39.2% | 154 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.4% | 2.9% | 462 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 20.8% | 14.4% | 221 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Emergency Management 32% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Transportation and Public Works 12% (State House Democrats 5.3%); Environmental Protection 9.8% (State House Democrats 3.4%); Education 9.5% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 8.9% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.45 (standard error 0.01), from 661 donors and 1,012 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 75% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CA 2025–26 session)

4,001 roll calls. Attendance 90.5% (California House 92.3%). Party unity 97.3% (97.7%). 31 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 38 bills: 37 reached committee, 29 passed one chamber, 25 passed both, 24 became law. Cosponsored 326. 97.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California House 80.8%; rank 9 of 79).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AB 2779: Food labeling: quality dates, safety dates, and sell-by dates. (became law, 2026-09-18) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2779/
- AB 2482: School districts: reorganization. (introduced, 2026-02-21) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2482/
- AB 2532: Cannabis: labels, packaging, and advertising. (became law, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2532/
- AB 2389: Property taxation: active solar energy systems: customer sited: extension. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2389/
- AB 2531: Public health: abortion services. (became law, 2026-09-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2531/
- AB 2589: Public utilities: rates: changes to federal law. (became law, 2026-09-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2589/
- AB 2396: Community choice aggregators: eligible transmission projects. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2396/
- AB 2692: Common interest developments: reinstatement of terminated declarations: County of Los Angeles. (became law, 2026-08-24) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2692/
- AB 2182: Energy efficiency: financing options: custom agricultural and industrial efficiency projects. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-13) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2182/
- AB 2221: Supervision of Trustees and Fundraisers for Charitable Purposes Act. (became law, 2026-09-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2221/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $735.3K (State House Democrats median $5,075). 93% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/ASM_Irwin/status/2114836960309367120
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ASM_Irwin/status/2113704287012544519
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/ASM_Irwin/status/2113406573091631201
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/ASM_Irwin/status/2112650607450620274
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/ASM_Irwin/status/2112662009158492629
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ASM_Irwin/status/2111148681361776927
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ASM_Irwin/status/2111177896069111811
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ASM_Irwin/status/2110525538398085141
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ASM_Irwin/status/2110829556332736568
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ASM_Irwin/status/2110460612442767379

## Links

- Official site: https://a42.asmdc.org/
- Campaign site: https://jacquiirwin.com/
- X: https://x.com/ASM_Irwin
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AssemblymemberJacquiIrwin
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElectJacquiIrwin
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jacqui.v.irwin
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asm_irwin/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@irwinforassembly780
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqui-irwin-3101828/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e7ad99fd-fda5-4114-af3e-320f5be9be3c