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Running forState Senate, District 20

Caroline Menjivar

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Overview

Caroline Menjivar is an American politician and United States Marine Corps veteran, who has served as a member of the California State Senate since 2022.

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Facts from Wikipedia.

How to reach them
Source: Open States

Bills they wrote

Bills and joint resolutions where they're the main author, since 2023. Laws first, then the ones that got furthest.

Wrote

69 bills

Became law

28 became law. Another 40 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Feb 20, 2026SB 1364: Child custody.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2026SB 1051: Foster care: childcare.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2026SB 1024: Firefighter postpartum and recovery leave.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2026SB 991: Residential care facilities for the elderly: categorization of citations.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2025SB 709: Self-service storage facilities: rental agreement disclosures.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2025SB 596: Health facilities: administrative penalties.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2025SB 660: California Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2025SB 471: Office of the Developmental Services Ombudsperson.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2025SB 450: Adoption.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2025SB 337: Prisons.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2025SB 331: Health care coverage: hearing aids.
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 13, 2025SB 68: Major food allergens.
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2025SB 62: Health care coverage: essential health benefits.
    Became law
  • Introduced Dec 2, 2024SB 20: Occupational safety: high-exposure trigger tasks on artificial stone.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2024SB 1323: Criminal procedure: competence to stand trial.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2024SB 1193: Airports: leaded aviation gasoline.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2024SB 1142: Electrical and gas corporations: restoration and termination of services.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2024SB 1112: Childcare: alternative payment programs.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2024SB 1103: Tenancy of commercial real properties: agreements: building operating costs.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2024SB 1091: School facilities: school projects: accessible path of travel requirements.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2024SB 1069: State prisons: Office of the Inspector General.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2024SB 1027: Political Reform Act of 1974: disclosures.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2023SB 732: Bats.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2023SB 729: Health care coverage: treatment for infertility and fertility services.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 15, 2023SB 611: Residential rental properties: fees and security.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2023SB 457: Vision care: consent by a minor.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 9, 2023SB 372: Department of Consumer Affairs: licensee and registrant records: name and gender changes.
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 19, 2023SB 223: Pupil personnel services: child welfare and attendance services.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2026SB 1272: Local ordinances: administrative fines or penalties.
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2026SB 1314: Cigarette or tobacco product retailers: new retail locations and sale of nitrous oxide.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2026SB 1200: Family daycare homes.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2026SB 1198: Vehicles: reckless driving: impoundment.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2026SB 1125: Water Rate Assistance Program.
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Feb 9, 2026SB 1007: Common interest developments: annual reports: assessments: discipline.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2026SB 938: Peace officers: training requirements.
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2025SB 608: Sexual health.
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2025SB 418: Health care coverage: prescription hormone therapy and nondiscrimination.
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2025SB 357: Juveniles: delinquency.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 11, 2025SB 322: Urban equestrian inclusion zones.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 11, 2025SB 324: Medi-Cal: enhanced care management and community supports.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 15, 2024SB 1281: Advancing Equity and Access in the Self-Determination Program Act.
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2024SB 1170: Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign funds.
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Feb 8, 2024SB 1057: Juvenile justice coordinating council.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2024SB 987: Pretrial release: pretrial assessment agencies.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2024SB 959: Trans-inclusive care: resources and support services.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Jan 22, 2024SB 954: Sexual health.
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023SB 635: Health care coverage: hearing aids.
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2023SB 541: Sexual health: contraceptives.
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2023SB 499: School facilities: School Extreme Heat Action Plan Act of 2023.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2023SB 456: Multifamily Housing Program: nonprofit corporations: homeless or at-risk youth.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 9, 2023SB 373: Board of Behavioral Sciences, Board of Psychology, and Veterinary Medical Board: licensees' and registrants' addresses.
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2023SB 260: CalWORKs: aid payments.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2026SB 1390: Online dating services: background checks.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2026SB 1179: Doctors from El Salvador Program.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2026SB 915: Health care provider entities: patients accompanied by immigration enforcement officers.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2025SB 824: Secure youth treatment facilities.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2025SB 789: Taxation: information returns: vacant commercial real property.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2025SB 684: Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2025SB 636: Electrical or gas corporations: deferment of payments: hardship.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2024SB 1492: Medi-Cal reimbursement rates: private duty nursing.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2024SB 1497: Polluters Pay Climate Cost Recovery Act of 2024.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2024SB 1124: Deceptive practices: service members and veterans.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2024SB 1079: Youth Housing Bond Act of 2024.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2024SB 1033: Medi-Cal cost reporting: private duty nursing and congregate living health facilities.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 22, 2024SB 953: Medi-Cal: menstrual products.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2023SB 838: Victim compensation: use of force by a law enforcement officer.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 15, 2023SB 600: California CalFresh Minimum Benefit Adequacy Act of 2023.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023SB 289: Identification cards.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Jan 18, 2024SB 944: Juvenile hall.
    Introduced

Source: Open States

How they voted

Final votes on bills that passed either chamber of the California legislature, since 2023. Votes on amendments, committees, and procedure are left out.

Votes shown

6,298 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 154 of 6,298 votes (2%). California counts being absent and choosing not to vote the same way.

By topic
Accountability and Administrative Review6 votes
    Aging and Long-Term Care10 votes
      Agriculture64 votes
        Appropriations5 votes
          Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism13 votes
            Banking and Finance36 votes
              Banking and Financial Institutions32 votes
                Budget377 votes
                  Business and Professions180 votes
                    Business, Professions and Economic Development90 votes
                      Communications and Conveyance19 votes
                        Education516 votes
                          Elections89 votes
                            Elections and Constitutional Amendments102 votes
                              Emergency Management50 votes
                                Energy, Utilities and Communications90 votes
                                  Environmental Quality190 votes
                                    Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials69 votes
                                      Governance and Finance80 votes
                                        Governmental Organization265 votes
                                          Health522 votes
                                            Higher Education128 votes
                                              Housing133 votes
                                                Housing and Community Development177 votes
                                                  Human Services220 votes
                                                    Insurance128 votes
                                                      Judiciary619 votes
                                                        Labor and Employment128 votes
                                                          Local Government301 votes
                                                            Military and Veterans Affairs25 votes
                                                              Natural Resources122 votes
                                                                Natural Resources and Water214 votes
                                                                  Privacy and Consumer Protection77 votes
                                                                    Public Employment and Retirement85 votes
                                                                      Public Safety569 votes
                                                                        Rules3 votes
                                                                          Taxes (Revenue and Taxation)149 votes
                                                                            Transportation300 votes
                                                                              Utilities and Energy112 votes
                                                                                Other3 votes

                                                                                  Source: Open States, California Legislative Information. Topics from the state legislature.