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YOU’RE TRACKING (2025–2026 session)

Senate District 13 - Josh Becker         Assembly District 21 - Diane Papan

WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW
Legislators returned last week from spring recess. Hearings are underway in policy committees to consider pending bills. Informational hearings are being held for legislators to learn more about priority topics. Bills that require funding must be moved to fiscal committees by April 20.

Josh Becker (D)
State Senate: District 13, Menlo Park
(916) 651-4013, senator.becker@senate.ca.gov
Chair, Senate Human Services
Chair, Senate Natural Resources and Water
Time in office: 2020–present

💬 Notable quote this week
“So this bill is really about providing people with control over how they would like these tools, to how they'd like to use these tools and whether or not they want these tools to be used on them within the context of social media.”
SB 1142: Digital Dignity Act. View video and transcript.

Videos of public hearings and floor sessions are automatically transcribed, then reviewed by our team.

🏆 Current session rankings (among 120 legislators)
#23
Most bills passed
10 bills

#107
Most missed votes
41 votes

#88
Most bipartisan bills
9 bills

#30
Most talkative
118,509 words

Learn more about how we score bipartisanship and rank legislators.

🗳 Votes cast
🚫 NVR (no vote recorded) counts as a ➖ NO vote, whether a legislator abstains, has an excused absence, or otherwise doesn’t vote. Learn more about NVRs, and why they matter.

➕ AYE    ➖ NO    🚫 NVR
Votes this week    30    0    0
Current session rank and votes    #82
(2,159 votes)    #113
(3 votes)    #107
(41 votes)
Noteworthy votes this week
Becker had 30 chances to vote this week. These are among the most interesting, according to Digital Democracy. PASS and FAIL indicate the results of a vote during the legislative process, not the final status of the bill. Learn more about which votes we highlight and what PASS and FAIL mean.

POLITICS
➕ SB 1078: Transactions and use taxes: County of Santa Cruz. (PASS – Committee)

MISC.
➕ SB 1025: Office of Food Security and Affordability. (PASS – Committee)

➕ SB 1079: Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: Fire Innovation Unit. (PASS – Committee)

➕ SB 1110: Early learning and care: rates. (PASS – Committee)

➕ SB 1120: Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: credits: CalCompetes. (PASS – Committee)

➕ SB 1197: Permanent standard time. (PASS – Committee)

➕ SB 1265: California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority: financial assistance programs and products. (PASS – Committee)

➕ SB 1315: Drive My Car Act. (PASS – Committee)

➕ SB 1337: Transportation fuels: interagency working group. (PASS – Committee)

➕ SB 913: Resource adequacy: aggregated distributed capacity resources. (PASS – Committee)

📃 Status of bills authored by Becker
Becker has authored 37 bills this session.

6 bills discussed this week (5 shown)
SB 1057: Licensing: certified nurse assistants and home health aides. (PASS – Committee)

SB 911: Transfer of real property: fire hazard severity zones: compliance documentation. (PASS – Committee)

SB 913: Resource adequacy: aggregated distributed capacity resources. (PASS – Committee)

SB 1142: Digital Dignity Act. (PASS – Committee)

SB 923: Consumer privacy requests: deletion request records and request submission methods. (PASS – Committee)

📂 Josh Becker’s record
Top donors (2019–present)*
$65,200 Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
$63,200 Govern for California
$37,600 California State Council Of Laborers
*Cumulative donations since our earliest available filings.

More on Josh Becker
Read our coverage of Josh Becker on Digital Democracy.

View press releases from the state senator’s office.

Diane Papan (D)
State Assembly: District 21, San Mateo
assemblymember.papan@assembly.ca.gov
Chair, Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife
Time in office: 2022–present

💬 Notable quote this week
“I would add that children are dying in my community.”
AB 2346: Vehicles: electric bicycles and speed limits. View video and transcript.

Videos of public hearings and floor sessions are automatically transcribed, then reviewed by our team. Reply to this email if you find any inaccuracies.

🏆 Current session rankings (among 120 legislators)
#88
Most bills passed
4 bills

#24
Most missed votes
305 votes

#72
Most bipartisan bills
15 bills

#66
Most talkative
66,465 words

Learn more about how we score bipartisanship and rank legislators.

🗳 Votes cast
🚫 NVR (no vote recorded) counts as a ➖ NO vote, whether a legislator abstains, has an excused absence, or otherwise doesn’t vote. Learn more about NVRs, and why they matter.

➕ AYE    ➖ NO    🚫 NVR
Votes this week    69    0    1
Current session rank and votes    #50
(2,425 votes)    #80
(7 votes)    #24
(305 votes)
Noteworthy votes this week
Papan had 70 chances to vote this week. These are among the most interesting, according to Digital Democracy. PASS and FAIL indicate the results of a vote during the legislative process, not the final status of the bill. Learn more about which votes we highlight and what PASS and FAIL mean.

ECONOMY
➕ AB 1859: Public works. (PASS – Committee)

EDUCATION
➕ AB 2067: School facilities: leasing real property. (PASS – Assembly Floor)

➕ AB 2107: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program: offering access: unduplicated pupils. (PASS – Assembly Floor)

ENVIRONMENT
➕ AB 2086: Pest control licenses: personal information: confidentiality. (PASS – Committee)

JUSTICE
➕ AB 1918: Human trafficking: body art practitioners. (PASS – Committee)

➕ AB 1957: Mortgages: foreclosure. (PASS – Committee)

TRANSPORTATION
➕ AB 1608: Office of the Inspector General, High-Speed Rail. (PASS – Committee)

MISC.
➕ AB 1640: California Restaurant Reservation AntiPiracy Act. (PASS – Committee)

➕ AB 1930: Legally protected health care activity: inquiries, investigations, subpoenas, or summons. (PASS – Committee)

➕ AB 2305: Corporate investment in litigation practice. (PASS – Assembly Floor)

📃 Status of bills authored by Papan
Papan has authored 38 bills this session.

1 bill discussed this week
AB 2111: Electricity: transmission planning and transmission facilities. (PASS – Committee)

📂 Diane Papan’s record
Top donors (2021–present)*
$71,600 Govern for California
$62,300 Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
$32,000 United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC)
*Cumulative donations since our earliest available filings.

More on Diane Papan
Read our coverage of Diane Papan on Digital Democracy.