California State Senate
Senator Dave Cortese
| Seat | Senate District 15 |
|---|---|
| Party | Democratic |
| Capitol office | Room 7520 · 1021 O Street |
| Mailing address | 1021 O St. Suite 7520, Sacramento, CA 95814 |
| Capitol phone | 916-651-4015 |
| Write to | senator.cortese@senate.ca.gov (official address) |
| Tenure | Serving since December 7, 2020 |
Committees 12
- Senate Transportation Committee Chair standing
- Joint Fisheries and Aquaculture Committee joint
- Joint Legislative Audit Committee joint
- Joint Rules Committee joint
- Senate Education Committee standing
- Senate Housing Committee standing
- Senate Hydrogen Energy Select Committee select
- Senate International Sporting Events: Olympics and World Cup Soccer Special Committee standing
- Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee standing
- Senate Legislative Ethics Committee standing
- Senate Public Safety Committee standing
- Senate Select Committee on Bay Area Public Transit Committee select
Bills, 2025–2026 session 47 as principal author · 129 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- SB 1306Controlled substances: gamma-butyrolactone.Enacted100
- SB 1425High-Speed Rail Authority: property: operating right-of-way.Enacted100
- SB 1392Smog check: exemption: collector motor vehicles.Enacted100
- SCR 129Relative to the Rusty Areias Highway.Adopted100
- SJR 6Federal funding for essential state infrastructure, technology, and economic development.Enacted100
- SB 33Public contracts: claim resolution.Enacted100
- SCR 157Relative to School Bus Drivers' Day.Adopted100
- SR 106Relative to Black April Memorial Month.Adopted100
- SR 96Relative to National County Government Month.Adopted100
- SR 93Relative to Jim Plunkett.Adopted100
- SB 30Diesel-powered on-track equipment: decommissioning: resale and transfer restrictions.Enacted100
- SB 597Labor-related liabilities: direct contractor and subcontractor.Enacted100
- SB 653Wildfire prevention: environmentally sensitive vegetation management.Enacted100
- SB 695Transportation: climate resiliency: projects of statewide and regional significance.Enacted100
- SB 753Special business regulations: shopping carts.Enacted100
All 47 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of AB 1230, AB 1912, AB 1928, AB 2156, AB 247, AB 2507, AB 2541, AB 268, AB 2694, AB 2756, AB 288, AB 49 and 117 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
79th percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 37 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 37 / 31 / 25 |
| … became law | 19 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 0 (0) |
| Points vs. Senate majority average | 244 ÷ 193.97 = 1.26 |
| Most-authored topics | Business, jobs & the economy (9), 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
- Sasha Pérez DSenate 25 26
- Ash Kalra DAssembly 25 25
- Sabrina Cervantes DSenate 31 24
- Liz Ortega DAssembly 20 22
- Anna Caballero DSenate 14 21
- Laura Richardson DSenate 35 21
- Eloise Reyes DSenate 29 20
- Jesse Arreguín DSenate 7 20
- Josh Becker DSenate 13 20
- Scott Wiener DSenate 11 19
“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 15
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- Santa Clara
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- Marc Berman (23), Alex Lee (24), Ash Kalra (25), Patrick Ahrens (26), Gail Pellerin (28), Robert Rivas (29)
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