California State Senate
Senator Catherine Blakespear
| Seat | Senate District 38 |
|---|---|
| Party | Democratic |
| Capitol office | Room 7720 · 1021 O Street |
| Mailing address | 1021 O St. Suite 7720, Sacramento, CA 95814 |
| Capitol phone | 916-651-4038 |
| Write to | senator.blakespear@senate.ca.gov (official address) |
| Tenure | Serving since December 5, 2022 |
Committees 7
- Senate Environmental Quality Committee Chair standing
- Joint Climate Change Policies Legislative Committee joint
- Joint Legislative Emergency Management Committee joint
- Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee standing
- Senate Emergency Management Committee standing
- Senate Governmental Organization Committee standing
- Senate Transportation Committee standing
Bills, 2025–2026 session 46 as principal author · 107 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- SB 965Public libraries: library cards.Enacted100
- SB 1046Occupational safety: transboundary pollution.Enacted100
- SB 1088Health care decisions: life-sustaining treatment.Enacted100
- SB 329Alcohol and drug recovery: licensed treatment facilities and certified programs: investigations.Enacted100
- SB 561Appointment of public guardians.Enacted100
- SB 989Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program.Enacted100
- SB 16Mental health: involuntary commitment.Enacted100
- SB 633Plastic beverage containers: recycling.Enacted100
- SB 741Low Carbon Transit Operations Program.Enacted100
- SB 936Nitrous oxide: sales.Enacted100
- SB 955Beverage containers: supermarkets: reverse vending machines.Enacted100
- SB 1324Passenger and freight rail: LOSSAN Rail Corridor: working group report.Enacted100
- SCR 84Relative to California Rail Month.Adopted100
- SR 67Relative to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.Adopted100
- SCR 131Housing: unsheltered homelessness.Adopted100
All 46 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of AB 1078, AB 1127, AB 1363, AB 14, AB 1753, AB 1887, AB 2009, AB 2156, AB 2180, AB 2453, AB 288, AB 35 and 95 more.
Bills and sponsors: Open States bulk data (public domain dedication), 2026-10-public.pgdump; status is read from the official actions. About the momentum score
Effectiveness 2025–26 session
61st percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 35 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 35 / 28 / 22 |
| … became law | 17 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 0 (0) |
| Points vs. Senate majority average | 220 ÷ 193.97 = 1.13 |
| Most-authored topics | Health & mental health (7), Courts & civil law (4), Environment, water & wildlife (4) |
Senate rankings · How the score works. A count of bill progress, not a judgment of the member's work.
Closest allies co-authorship, 2025–26
Most bills written together
- Henry Stern DSenate 27 17
- Dawn Addis DAssembly 30 16
- Josh Becker DSenate 13 16
- Tom Umberg DSenate 34 15
- Ash Kalra DAssembly 25 14
- Ben Allen DSenate 24 14
- Damon Connolly DAssembly 12 14
- Jesse Arreguín DSenate 7 13
- Laura Richardson DSenate 35 13
- Rick Zbur DAssembly 51 13
“Written together” = 2025–2026 session bills and joint resolutions on which both are principal author or coauthor (measures with more than 60 sponsors are left out). Sharing bills does not imply a personal or political alliance.
District 38
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