California Assembly · District 26
Patrick Ahrens
Where they sit
Every current Assembly member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Patrick Ahrens'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
On the November 3 ballot
Running for California Assembly District 26.
Also on the ballot: Tim Gorsulowsky (Republican)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current Assembly member, by party; the dot is Patrick Ahrens.
Each tick is a current Assembly member, by party; the dot is Patrick Ahrens.
Bills
The bills Patrick Ahrens sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 37 |
| Passed both chambers | 15 |
| Became law | 13 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 2 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 43 of 79 in the Assembly (tied with 5 others) · 41 of 60 Democrats (tied with 4 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AB 635 Mobilehome Residency Law Protection Program: Attorney General. |
Became law | Sept. 30, 2026 |
| AB 2231 California Environmental Quality Act: hospital projects. |
Became law | Sept. 30, 2026 |
| AB 1961 Civil actions: protective orders: workplace violence. |
Became law | Sept. 30, 2026 |
| AB 2768 Student financial aid: waiver or deferment of fees and costs: foster youth. |
Became law | Sept. 27, 2026 |
| AB 2764 Extended foster care. |
Became law | Sept. 27, 2026 |
| AB 2765 CalFresh and CalWORKs: childhood hunger and foster youth. |
Became law | Sept. 18, 2026 |
| AB 2756 Medi-Cal: vision services: performance measures. |
Became law | Sept. 18, 2026 |
| AB 1599 Public transit: California Transit Stop Registry: transit datasets. |
Became law | Sept. 18, 2026 |
| AB 2766 Public postsecondary education: student housing: foster youth and homeless youth. |
Became law | Sept. 14, 2026 |
| AB 1359 Jury service exemptions. |
Became law | Sept. 14, 2026 |
| AB 1332 Medicinal cannabis: shipments. |
Vetoed | Jan. 22, 2026 |
| AB 1326 Health masks: right to wear. |
Vetoed | Jan. 22, 2026 |
| AB 243 Postsecondary education: student financial aid dependency status: juveniles. |
Became law | Oct. 11, 2025 |
| AB 461 Truancy. |
Became law | Oct. 1, 2025 |
| AB 1314 Transitional housing placement providers. |
Became law | Oct. 1, 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
2 against the Speaker; 1 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Speaker | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 30, 2026 | SB 1009: Juveniles: detention. Appeal of the Chair's Ruling |
Yea | Nay (split) | Yea |
| Sept. 3, 2025 | SB 551: Corrections and rehabilitation: state policy. Third Reading |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How Patrick Ahrens voted on each of the 4,006 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Speaker | 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.assembly.ca.gov
- assemblymember.ahrens@assembly.ca.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 6110, 1021 O St. P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249
916-319-2026 - District office
- 20111 Stevens Creek Blvd. Suite 220, Cupertino, CA 95014
408-446-2810
Committees
- Aging and Long-Term Care Chair
- Asia/California Trade and Investment Promotion Select
- Biotechnology and Medical Technology Select
- Budget
- Business and Professions
- CalFresh Enrollment and Nutrition Select
- California-México Bi-National Affairs Select
- Child Care Costs Select
- Domestic Violence Select
- Health
- Housing Finance and Affordability Select
- Master Plan for Higher Education Select
- Sea Level Rise and the California Economy 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