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Steve Padilla

DemocratSteve Padilla

State Senator · California

California District 18

DemocratState

State legislator — California

0 tracked promises

California

California

Represents California statewide

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Positions on record

9 positions on record

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  • Health careStated position

    Work to guarantee quality, affordable, and equitable health care for every American.

    SourcesSenator Alex Padilla (padilla.senate.gov)· archived
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  • Immigration / VeteransStated position

    Enact legislation to ensure that military veterans are not subject to deportation.

    SourcesSenator Alex Padilla (padilla.senate.gov)· archived
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  • 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)· archived
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  • 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)· archived
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  • 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)· archived
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  • 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).

    SourcesSenator Alex Padilla (padilla.senate.gov)· archived
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  • 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)· archived
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  • 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)· archived
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  • 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)· archived
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Disclosure
No undisclosed priorities on record

Disclosure

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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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