# Steve Padilla Steve Padilla is a Democratic member of the California Senate for district 18. - Party: Democrat - Seat: California Senate, district 18 - Serving since: 2022-12-05 - Current term: CA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/eb745b9e-4ced-494a-a298-fdffa9207b0d Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/eb745b9e-4ced-494a-a298-fdffa9207b0d (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 Padilla reported $503.3K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State Senate Democrats (median $55.5K). ## What Padilla says (CA 2025–26 session) 3 classified statements: 3 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Padilla | State Senate Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 249 of 330 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.3% | 304 of 330 | | Policy discussion | 33.3% | 42.9% | 230 of 330 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 330 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 16.1% | 322 of 330 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 330 | Most discussed policy areas: Emergency Management 100% (State Senate Democrats 3.7%); Environmental Protection 100% (State Senate Democrats 4.4%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Democrats 3.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.65 (standard error 0.04), from 176 donors and 579 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 51% of State Senate Democrats score lower. ## Votes (CA 2025–26 session) 3,673 roll calls. Attendance 92.6% (California Senate 93.8%). Party unity 99.7% (98.7%). 4 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 42 bills: 42 reached committee, 34 passed one chamber, 27 passed both, 23 became law. Cosponsored 89. 95.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California Senate 88.1%; rank 16 of 39). Recent sponsored bills: - SR 111: Relative to International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SR111/ - SJR 13: Transboundary flow pollution: United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. (became law, 2026-07-02) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SJR13/ - SCR 148: Relative to GM1 Gangliosidosis Awareness Day. (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SCR148/ - SB 1223: Fairs: contracting. (became law, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1223/ - SB 1247: Social media platforms: child influencers. (became law, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1247/ - SB 1138: Load-serving entities: resource adequacy requirements. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-13) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1138/ - SB 1119: Companion chatbots: children's safety. (became law, 2026-09-10) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1119/ - SR 80: Relative to César Chávez Day. (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SR80/ - SB 1033: Protein products. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB1033/ - SB 996: Manufactured housing: conformity. (became law, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20252026/SB996/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $503.3K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 88% 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. - 2025-06-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/StevePadillaCV/status/1930681452506845236 - 2025-05-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/StevePadillaCV/status/1926027535063621974 - 2025-02-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/StevePadillaCV/status/1895533112819638703 ## Links - Official site: https://sd18.senate.ca.gov/ - Campaign site: https://www.votestevepadilla.com/ - X: https://x.com/StevePadillaCV - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorStevePadilla - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/steve.padilla.73 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VoteStevePadilla Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/eb745b9e-4ced-494a-a298-fdffa9207b0d