California Senate · District 35
Laura Richardson
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Laura Richardson's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Laura Richardson.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Laura Richardson.
Bills
The bills Laura Richardson sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 34 |
| Passed both chambers | 21 |
| Became law | 16 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 5 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 17 of 39 in the Senate (tied with 2 others) · 17 of 29 Democrats (tied with 2 others)
A bill's sponsor is its primary author, as the Legislature marks it on the bill's last version; joint authors and coauthors aren't counted, and a committee's bill counts for no member.
Bills that passed both chambers
| Bill | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|
| SB 1089 Preventive Treatment Health Care Act. |
Became law | Sept. 28, 2026 |
| SB 505 Money Transmission Act: authentication. |
Became law | Sept. 27, 2026 |
| SB 1340 Small business liaison: contract information: small business procurement participation. |
Vetoed | Sept. 27, 2026 |
| SB 1337 State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: air districts and local governments: transportation fuels refining facilities: memoranda of… |
Became law | Sept. 27, 2026 |
| SB 1322 Community Care Expansion Program. |
Became law | Sept. 27, 2026 |
| SB 1312 Cemeteries. |
Became law | Sept. 27, 2026 |
| SB 1420 Vote by mail ballots and early voting. |
Became law | Sept. 19, 2026 |
| SB 757 Local government: nuisance abatement. |
Vetoed | March 2, 2026 |
| SB 717 Ken Maddy California Cancer Registry. |
Vetoed | March 2, 2026 |
| SB 703 Ports: truck drivers. |
Vetoed | March 2, 2026 |
| SB 34 Air pollution: South Coast Air Quality Management District: mobile sources: Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. |
Vetoed | March 2, 2026 |
| SB 631 Charter School Revolving Loan Fund. |
Became law | Oct. 13, 2025 |
| SB 533 Electric vehicle charging stations: arenas: payments: internet-based applications. |
Became law | Oct. 13, 2025 |
| SB 515 Local government: collection of demographic data. |
Became law | Oct. 13, 2025 |
| SB 777 Abandoned cemeteries: report. |
Became law | Oct. 11, 2025 |
| SB 767 Energy: transportation fuels: supply: reportable pipelines. |
Became law | Oct. 11, 2025 |
| SB 748 Encampment Resolution Funding program: safe parking sites: reporting. |
Became law | Oct. 10, 2025 |
| SB 530 Medi-Cal: time and distance standards. |
Became law | Oct. 6, 2025 |
| SB 611 Planning and zoning: community plans: review under the California Environmental Quality Act. |
Became law | Oct. 1, 2025 |
| SB 510 Pupil instruction: treatment of African Americans. |
Became law | Aug. 28, 2025 |
| SB 652 Private security services: security guards: training. |
Became law | July 30, 2025 |
Budget projects
California's Budget Act doesn't name the legislator who asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for California legislators.
Contested votes where they split
3 against the Senate President pro Tem; 3 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Senate President pro Tem | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 26, 2026 | AB 2038: Residential property insurance: cancellations and nonrenewals. Third Reading |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| Sept. 12, 2025 | SB 79: Housing development: transit-oriented development. Concurrence in Assembly Amendments |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 3, 2025 | SCR 7: Permanent standard time. Third Reading |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How Laura Richardson voted on each of the 3,677 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Senate President pro Tem | Yeas–nays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.
Contact, committees and caucuses
Contact
- Official page
- www.senate.ca.gov
- senator.richardson@senate.ca.gov
- Capitol office
- 1021 O St. Suite 7340, Sacramento, CA 95814
916-651-4035 - District office
- 1 W. Manchester Blvd. Suite 600, Inglewood, CA 90301
310-412-6120 - District office
- 302 W. 5th St. Suite 203, San Pedro, CA 90731
310-514-8573
Committees
- Appropriations
- Arts
- Banking and Financial Institutions
- Budget and Fiscal Review
- Energy, Utilities and Communications
- Governmental Organization
- Green Economic Development Select
- Insurance
- International Sporting Events: Olympics and World Cup Soccer Special
- Legislative Budget
- Ports and Goods Movement Select
- Transportation
Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the California Legislature, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.
Source: the California Legislature's floor vote records, Dec. 2, 2024 to Sept. 1, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections