# Brian Jones

Brian Jones is a Republican member of the California Senate for district 40.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: California Senate, district 40
- Serving since: 2022-12-05
- Current term: CA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ea5c3b3d-bbad-41f6-a912-69f60f1553a4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ea5c3b3d-bbad-41f6-a912-69f60f1553a4 (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

58% of Jones’s statements criticize a policy, 6.2 times the State Senate Republican average of 9.5%.

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

639 classified statements: 639 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Jones | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 7.4% | 2.3% | 35 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 58.4% | 9.5% | 1 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 81.8% | 37.3% | 3 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 5.3% | 2.3% | 38 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 13.9% | 15.4% | 170 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 5.0% | 1.3% | 23 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 25% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Energy 20% (State Senate Republicans 5.8%); Crime and Law Enforcement 17% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Government Operations and Politics 16% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Health 12% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.52 (standard error 0.02), from 658 donors and 1,050 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 75% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (CA 2025–26 session)

3,673 roll calls. Attendance 90% (California Senate 93.8%). Party unity 99.2% (98.7%). 28 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-01 · voted nay · 3rd Reading AB113 Gabriel By Laird · AB 113 Budget Act of 2026. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB113/
- 2026-08-31 · voted nay · 3rd Reading AB2564 Ward et al. By Wiener · AB 2564 Surveillance pricing. · pass · https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/AB2564/
- 2026-08-31 · voted nay · 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 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 31 bills: 31 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 91. 54.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California Senate 88.1%; rank 39 of 39).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SJR 15: The federal Unemployment Trust Fund: debt. (in committee, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SJR15/
- SCR 168: Relative to Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in California. (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SCR168/
- SCR 155: Relative to the Officer Kirk Leland Johnson Memorial Interchange. (became law, 2026-07-16) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SCR155/
- SB 1325: CalFood Program. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1325/
- SB 1307: False or forged instruments. (became law, 2026-09-27) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1307/
- SB 1384: Certificates of public convenience and necessity. (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1384/
- SB 1338: Vehicles: repossession. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1338/
- SB 1377: Immunizations: medical exemptions. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1377/
- SB 1298: Real property tax: exemptions: religious services: parking. (in committee, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1298/
- SB 1333: Naturopathic doctors: scope of practice. (in committee, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1333/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $20.1K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 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 · https://x.com/SenBrianJones/status/2114727824963912012
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/SenBrianJones/status/2114728288782631237
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenBrianJones/status/2111110917123690604
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenBrianJones/status/2108263849115926845
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenBrianJones/status/2107845544349753798
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenBrianJones/status/2105712356567535908
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenBrianJones/status/2105714494467117424
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenBrianJones/status/2105329471431811239
- 2026-09-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenBrianJones/status/2103527056239993166
- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenBrianJones/status/2102485834960404616

## Links

- Official site: https://sr40.senate.ca.gov/
- Campaign site: https://www.electbrianjones.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenBrianJones
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senbrianjones
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senbrianjones/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Wzv7JDuYQcQzxpADvVqOQ
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-jones-bb3365b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ea5c3b3d-bbad-41f6-a912-69f60f1553a4