California Assembly · District 57
Sade Elhawary
Where they sit
Every current Assembly member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Sade Elhawary'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 57.
Also on the ballot: Constance Jewel Menzies (Republican)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current Assembly member, by party; the dot is Sade Elhawary.
Each tick is a current Assembly member, by party; the dot is Sade Elhawary.
Bills
The bills Sade Elhawary sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 31 |
| Passed both chambers | 16 |
| Became law | 12 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 4 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 35 of 79 in the Assembly (tied with 7 others) · 35 of 60 Democrats (tied with 5 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 1886 Wards: probation. |
Became law | Sept. 30, 2026 |
| AB 1331 Workplace surveillance. |
Became law | Sept. 30, 2026 |
| AB 2318 Law enforcement: facilitating medical care. |
Became law | Sept. 29, 2026 |
| AB 2593 Corrections: treatment of prisoners. |
Vetoed | Sept. 27, 2026 |
| AB 2551 Equity in Higher Education Act: time, place, and manner policies: student code of conduct violations: open forum. |
Vetoed | Sept. 27, 2026 |
| AB 2483 Wildland firefighters: Formerly Incarcerated Firefighter Certification and Employment Program. |
Became law | Sept. 27, 2026 |
| AB 2247 Trauma Healing and Resilience Investment for Victimized and Exposed Youth Act. |
Vetoed | Sept. 27, 2026 |
| AB 1932 Department of Social Services: C.R.I.S.E.S. Grant Pilot Program 2.0. |
Became law | Sept. 27, 2026 |
| AB 1843 Communicable diseases: hepatitis C. |
Became law | Sept. 27, 2026 |
| AB 742 Department of Consumer Affairs: licensing: applicants who are descendants of slaves. |
Vetoed | Jan. 22, 2026 |
| AB 952 Youth Offender Program Camp Pilot Program. |
Became law | Oct. 13, 2025 |
| AB 822 Commission on the State of Hate. |
Became law | Oct. 13, 2025 |
| AB 681 California DREAM Loan Program: limits. |
Became law | Oct. 13, 2025 |
| AB 896 Foster care: placement transition planning. |
Became law | Oct. 10, 2025 |
| AB 1275 Regional housing needs: regional transportation plan. |
Became law | Oct. 10, 2025 |
| AB 1037 Public health: substance use disorder. |
Became law | Oct. 10, 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; 2 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 |
| May 28, 2026 | AB 2497: Physical therapists. Third Reading |
Yea | Not voting | Nay (split) |
| May 19, 2025 | AB 46: Diversion. Third Reading |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How Sade Elhawary 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.elhawary@assembly.ca.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 6320, 1021 O St. P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249
916-319-2057 - District office
- 700 Exposition Park Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90037
213-744-2111
Committees
- 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games Select
- Arts
- Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Tourism
- Business and Professions
- Climate Innovation and Infrastructure Select
- Downtown Recovery Select
- Elections
- Housing Construction Innovation Select
- Housing Construction Innovation Select
- Human Services
- Labor and Employment
- Latina Inequities Select
- Social Housing Select
- Status of Boys and Men of Color Select
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