My Legislator Weekly Report

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You’re Tracking (2025–2026 session)

• Senate District 8 – Angelique Ashby
• Assembly District 10 – Stephanie Nguyen

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.

Angelique Ashby

Angelique Ashby (D)
State Senate: District 8, Sacramento
Phone: (916) 651-4008
Email: senator.ashby@senate.ca.gov
Title: Senate Majority Floor Leader
Time in office: 2022–present

Notable quote this week

“Count me amongst the people who believe that our only pathway out of the affordability housing crisis that we're in will definitely include manufactured homes.”

SB 1092: Mobilehome parks: resident organizations: option to purchase.

Current session rankings (among 120 legislators)

• #28 Most bills passed — 9 bills
• #93 Most missed votes — 78 votes
• #55 Most bipartisan bills — 21 bills
• #31 Most talkative — 117,660 words

Votes cast

• Votes this week: 16 AYE, 0 NO, 0 NVR
• Current session rank and votes: #27 AYE (2,625 votes), #66 NO (10 votes), #93 NVR (78 votes)

NVR (no vote recorded) counts as a NO vote, whether a legislator abstains, has an excused absence, or otherwise doesn’t vote.

Noteworthy votes this week

• SB 1166: Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District: employee relations. (PASS – Committee)
• SB 972: California Financing Law: commercial loans: investment advisers. (PASS – Committee)
• SB 911: Transfer of real property: fire hazard severity zones: compliance documentation. (PASS – Committee)
• SB 1078: Transactions and use taxes: County of Santa Cruz. (PASS – Committee)
• SB 1120: Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: credits: CalCompetes. (PASS – Committee)
• SB 1160: Judicial Council: eviction data reporting. (PASS – Committee)
• SB 1237: Civil Rights Department. (PASS – Committee)
• SB 1349: Taxation: tax expenditures: Legislative Analyst’s Office: report and recommendation. (PASS – Committee)
• SB 1365: Unlawful business practices: price gouging. (PASS – Committee)
• SB 934: Sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts: actions for recovery of damages: statute of limitations. (PASS – Committee)

Status of bills authored by Ashby

Ashby has authored 35 bills this session. One bill was discussed this week:

• SB 1050: False advertising: synthetic digital performers. (PASS – Committee)

Angelique Ashby’s record

Top donors (2021–present)

• $34,300 Govern for California
• $24,300 Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, Transportation Workers' International Union (SMART)
• $19,400 Los Angeles Police Protective League

*Cumulative donations since Digital Democracy’s earliest available filings.

Read Digital Democracy coverage of Angelique Ashby
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Stephanie Nguyen

Stephanie Nguyen (D)
State Assembly: District 10, Elk Grove
Email: Assemblymember.Nguyen@assembly.ca.gov
Time in office: 2022–present

Notable quote this week

“At the end of the day, this is about helping businesses deal with costs they should not be carrying on their own.”

AB 1606: Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: credits: cleanup costs.

Current session rankings (among 120 legislators)

• #75 Most bills passed — 5 bills
• #17 Most missed votes — 370 votes
• #76 Most bipartisan bills — 13 bills
• #99 Most talkative — 33,559 words

Votes cast

• Votes this week: 75 AYE, 0 NO, 4 NVR
• Current session rank and votes: #75 AYE (2,232 votes), #79 NO (7 votes), #17 NVR (370 votes)

NVR (no vote recorded) counts as a NO vote, whether a legislator abstains, has an excused absence, or otherwise doesn’t vote.

Noteworthy votes this week

• AB 2067: School facilities: leasing real property. (PASS – Assembly Floor)
• AB 2107: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program: offering access: unduplicated pupils. (PASS – Assembly Floor)
• AB 2290: Civil discovery: oral depositions: transcriptions. (PASS – Assembly Floor)
• AB 2153: Voter registration: residency confirmation. (PASS – Assembly Floor)
• AB 1775: Veterans. (PASS – Committee)
• AB 1778: Controlled substances: testosterone. (PASS – Committee)
• AB 1965: Cannabis: testing: quality assurance. (PASS – Committee)
• AB 2256: Radiologist assistants. (PASS – Committee)
• AB 2305: Corporate investment in litigation practice. (PASS – Assembly Floor)
• AB 2633: Secondhand dealers. (PASS – Committee)

Status of bills authored by Nguyen

Nguyen has authored 37 bills this session. Three bills were discussed this week:

• AB 2727: Corrections: parole and prerelease treatment. (PASS – Committee)
• AB 1758: Sellers of travel. (PASS – Committee)
• AB 1606: Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: credits: cleanup costs. (UNKNOWN – Committee)

Stephanie Nguyen’s record

Top donors (2021–present)

• $34,800 Peace Officers Research Association Of California
• $30,106 United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada (UA)
• $25,700 California Association Of Realtors

*Cumulative donations since Digital Democracy’s earliest available filings.

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