DemocratAlex Padilla
U.S. Senator · California
U.S. Senator from California
11 tracked promises, 7 rated
California
Represents California statewide
How they won their seat
Alex Padilla won the 2022 U.S. Senate election in California with 61.1% of the vote (6,621,621 votes).
- Alex Padilla · Democrat61.1%6,621,621
- Mark P. Meuser · Republican38.9%4,222,029
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Alex Padilla's record shows involvement in issues related to immigration, health care, and environmental concerns. He has sponsored multiple bills addressing immigration pathways, such as the Citizenship for Essential Workers Act and the VISIBLE Act, as well as health care affordability initiatives like the insulin cap. Additionally, his involvement in committees related to public lands and wildfire resilience shows involvement in environmental protection. Focus areas (from the record): Immigration · Health Care · Public Lands · Wildfire Resilience · Voting Rights Alignment with declared positions: Consistent. Padilla's sponsored bills and committee memberships align with his declared positions on immigration reform, health care affordability, and environmental conservation. What this can't tell you: The effectiveness of his sponsored bills in becoming law is not evident, as none have passed; There are no statements on file to provide insight into his public messaging or rationale behind his actions; The record does not reveal any potential unlogged work or informal efforts outside of sponsored bills and committee activities. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Alex Padilla has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2022. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Alex Padilla has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.
Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$554K55%
- Large individual (itemized)$300K30%
- PAC / committee$145K15%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — EnergyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Public Lands, Forests, and MiningOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Water and PowerOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and SafetyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Fisheries, Wildlife, and WaterOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Transportation and InfrastructureOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Rules and AdministrationOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Member, Senate Committee on the BudgetOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the JudiciaryOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal RightsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Border Security and ImmigrationOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Privacy, Technology, and the LawOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — the ConstitutionOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Joint Committee on PrintingOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Joint Committee of Congress on the LibraryOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+75 · based on 7 rated promises
- Championed 7
Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.
Integrity over time
In office since Jan 2021 · 7 rated promisesThe line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.
| Date | Integrity Score |
|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 75 |
| Jul 2026 | 75 |
| Jul 2026 | 75 |
| Jul 2026 | 75 |
| Jul 2026 | 75 |
| Jul 2026 | 75 |
| Jul 2026 | 75 |
| Jan 2029 | 75 (current, held from last rating) |
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept7
- Against0
- No opportunity0
- In progress0
Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.
Topic coverage
11 promises across 9 topicsWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- Immigration3
- Climate / Children's health1
- Health care1
- Health care / Prescription drug costs1
- Immigration / Veterans1
- Immigration enforcement / oversight1
- Public lands / Conservation1
- Voting rights / Democracy1
- Wildfire / Public lands1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)11100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
11 tracked promises
“Make health care more affordable and lower prescription drug costs, including lowering the cost of insulin for millions of Californians (supporting a $35/month insulin cap).”
“Advance the For the People Act (S.1) to enact national voting-rights and election reforms strengthening election security and boosting voter turnout.”
“Pass the Citizenship for Essential Workers Act — his first bill as a U.S. Senator — to create an expedited pathway to citizenship for the more than 5 million undocumented essential workers who worked on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
“Advance the Clean Commute for Kids Act to help school districts transition the nation's diesel school bus fleet to domestically manufactured zero-emission buses and reduce children's exposure to harmful pollution.”
“As lead sponsor, advance a bipartisan bill to provide a pathway to citizenship for 'Documented Dreamers' — children of long-term visa holders who risk aging out of legal status.”
“Work to guarantee quality, affordable, and equitable health care for every American.”
“Enact legislation to ensure that military veterans are not subject to deportation.”
“Work to pass into law his bill (Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929) to reopen a lawful pathway to permanent residency / legalization for millions of long-term U.S. residents.”
“Enact the VISIBLE Act (co-introduced with Sen. Cory Booker) to require immigration enforcement officers to display clearly visible identification — their agency and name or badge number — during public-facing enforcement actions.”
“Pass the bipartisan Fix Our Forests Act to reduce wildfire risk, advance watershed restoration, improve forest health, and protect communities from catastrophic wildfires.”
“Get his legislation to expand the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (incorporating the Scarper Ridge property) passed and signed into law to protect threatened wildlife and connect public lands and hiking trails.”
Verified record
265 sponsored billsFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored S 5020: A bill to require a study on manufactured homes in areas at high risk of natural hazards and weather extremes. ↗Jul 16, 2026
- Sponsored S 4849: State and Local Election Security Act of 2026 ↗Jun 22, 2026
- Sponsored S 4812: FIRE SMART Act of 2026 ↗Jun 17, 2026
- Sponsored S 4800: Land of the Free Act of 2026 ↗Jun 16, 2026
- Sponsored S 4722: A bill to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2777 Logan Avenue in San Diego, California, as the "Armando Rodriguez Post Office". ↗Jun 9, 2026
- Sponsored S 4640: 9–8–8 Connect Act ↗May 21, 2026
- Sponsored SRES 739: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of John Seymour, the late Senator for the State of California. ↗May 19, 2026
- Sponsored SRES 699: A resolution expressing support for the recognition of April as "National Language Access Month". ↗Apr 29, 2026
- Sponsored S 4417: Pechanga Band of Indians Water Rights Settlement Technical Amendments Act ↗Apr 28, 2026
- Sponsored S 4368: Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Water Rights Settlement Act ↗Apr 22, 2026
- Sponsored S 4369: Absentee and Mail Voter Protection Act ↗Apr 22, 2026
- Sponsored SJRES 159: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2022-05: Debt Collection and Consumer Reporting Practices Involving Invalid Nursing Home Debts". ↗Apr 13, 2026
Showing the 12 most recent of 265 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 890
- Yea
- 243
- Nay
- 614
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 33
Full voting record
890 votes- S5271Nay
- PN1078Nay
- PN1078Nay
- HR6500Yea
- HR6500Nay
- HR6500Yea
- PN73011Nay
- HR5334Nay
- HR5334Yea
- SJRES187Yea
- PN73011Nay
- PN932Nay
- PN932Nay
- HR6500Yea
- SRES817Nay
- SJRES181Yea
- SJRES199Yea
- SRES817Nay
- HR5334Nay
- HR5334Nay
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Positions on record
12 positions on recordThe record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.
- Health careStated position
Work to guarantee quality, affordable, and equitable health care for every American.
SourcesSenator Alex Padilla (padilla.senate.gov)· archivedOffice of California State Senator Steve Padilla (sd18.senate.ca.gov)· archivedOffice of California State Senator Steve Padilla (sd18.senate.ca.gov)View position & sources → - Immigration / VeteransStated position
Enact legislation to ensure that military veterans are not subject to deportation.
SourcesSenator Alex Padilla (padilla.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Public lands / ConservationStated position
Get his legislation to expand the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (incorporating the Scarper Ridge property) passed and signed into law to protect threatened wildlife and connect public lands and hiking trails.
SourcesSenator Alex Padilla (padilla.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyStated position
On record asserting that the government ordinarily must obtain a judicial warrant to compel cell phone location data, and urging the DHS Inspector General to open a second investigation into ICE and other DHS components purchasing Americans' location data from commercial data brokers without one.
SourcesBicameral letter to DHS Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari requesting a second investigation of warrantless purchases of Americans' cell phone location data by ICE and other DHS componentsView position & sources → - ImmigrationStated position
Pass the Citizenship for Essential Workers Act — his first bill as a U.S. Senator — to create an expedited pathway to citizenship for the more than 5 million undocumented essential workers who worked on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic.
SourcesSenator Alex Padilla (padilla.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Immigration enforcement / oversightStated position
Enact the VISIBLE Act (co-introduced with Sen. Cory Booker) to require immigration enforcement officers to display clearly visible identification — their agency and name or badge number — during public-facing enforcement actions.
SourcesSenator Alex Padilla (padilla.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Wildfire / Public landsStated position
Pass the bipartisan Fix Our Forests Act to reduce wildfire risk, advance watershed restoration, improve forest health, and protect communities from catastrophic wildfires.
SourcesSenator Alex Padilla (padilla.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting NAY on Paul Amendment No. 1829 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment whose stated purpose was to append the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act to the bill. The amendment was rejected 31 to 61, a three-fifths majority being required.
SourcesSenate Roll Call Vote 144, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On the Amendment, Paul Amdt. No. 1829 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Amendment Rejected, 31 yeas to 61 nays with a three-fifths majority required, April 19, 2024.View position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting YEA on Durbin Amendment No. 1841, as modified, to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment whose stated purpose was to prohibit warrantless access to the communications and other information of United States persons. The amendment was rejected 42 to 50.
SourcesSenate Roll Call Vote 148, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On the Amendment, Durbin Amdt. No. 1841 as Modified to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Amendment Rejected, 42 yeas to 50 nays, April 19, 2024.View position & sources → - Health care / Prescription drug costsStated position
Make health care more affordable and lower prescription drug costs, including lowering the cost of insulin for millions of Californians (supporting a $35/month insulin cap).
SourcesCalifornia Legislative Information (official)· archivedSenator Alex Padilla (padilla.senate.gov)· archivedCalifornia Legislative Information (official)· archivedCalifornia Legislative Information (official)· archivedOffice of Sen. Scott WienerView position & sources → - Climate / Children's healthStated position
Advance the Clean Commute for Kids Act to help school districts transition the nation's diesel school bus fleet to domestically manufactured zero-emission buses and reduce children's exposure to harmful pollution.
SourcesSenator Alex Padilla (padilla.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Voting rights / DemocracyStated position
Advance the For the People Act (S.1) to enact national voting-rights and election reforms strengthening election security and boosting voter turnout.
SourcesSenator Alex Padilla (padilla.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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