California State Senate
Senator John Laird
| Seat | Senate District 17 |
|---|---|
| Party | Democratic |
| Capitol office | Room 8720 · 1021 O Street |
| Mailing address | 1021 O St. Suite 8720, Sacramento, CA 95814 |
| Capitol phone | 916-651-4017 |
| Write to | senator.laird@senate.ca.gov (official address) |
| Tenure | Serving since December 7, 2020 |
Committees 14
- Joint Legislative Budget Committee Chair joint
- Joint Rules Committee Vice-chair joint
- Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Chair standing
- Senate Older LGBTQ+ Californians Select Committee Chair select
- Senate Community College: The Hub of the Community Select Committee select
- Senate Human Services Committee standing
- Senate Judiciary Committee standing
- Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee standing
- Senate Local Government Committee standing
- Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee standing
- Senate Nonprofit Sector Select Committee select
- Senate Rules Committee standing
- Senate Select Committee on Bay Area Public Transit Committee select
- Senate Wine Industry Select Committee select
Bills, 2025–2026 session 52 as principal author · 84 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- SB 1288Property: nonprobate transfer of ownership.Enacted100
- SB 1023Health care coverage: antiretroviral drugs, drug devices, and drug products.Enacted100
- SB 1078Gift certificates: cash redemption.Enacted100
- SB 1261Aging and Disability Resource Connection program.Enacted100
- SB 114Budget Acts of 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.Enacted100
- SB 1055Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency: contracts.Enacted100
- SB 1253Salinas Reservoir: recreational use.Enacted100
- SB 952State Water Project: renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources.Enacted100
- SB 1038The Public Employees' Retirement System.Enacted100
- SB 1207California Conservation Corps.Enacted100
- SB 575California Sea Otter Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund.Enacted100
- SB 917Alcoholic beverages: certified farmers' market sales permit.Enacted100
- SB 922Vehicles: local agency charges: use of streets or highways.Enacted100
- SB 939Public employees' retirement: service credit: payments.Enacted100
- SCR 136Relative to the California Coastal Act of 1976.Adopted100
All 52 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of AB 1084, AB 1362, AB 1919, AB 2156, AB 309, AB 471, AB 679, AB 82, ACA 20, ACA 8, ACR 103, ACR 149 and 72 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
100th percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 47 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 46 / 43 / 36 |
| … became law | 35 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 0 (0) |
| Points vs. Senate majority average | 379 ÷ 193.97 = 1.95 |
| Most-authored topics | Budget & taxes (11), Environment, water & wildlife (8), State government & agencies (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
- Scott Wiener DSenate 11 17
- Christopher Cabaldon DSenate 3 16
- Sabrina Cervantes DSenate 31 15
- Sasha Pérez DSenate 25 15
- Chris Ward DAssembly 78 13
- Corey Jackson DAssembly 60 11
- Mark González DAssembly 54 11
- María Elena Durazo DSenate 26 10
- Ash Kalra DAssembly 25 9
- Josh Becker DSenate 13 9
“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 17
- Counties
- Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz
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- Assembly members sharing a county
- Gail Pellerin (28), Robert Rivas (29), Dawn Addis (30), Gregg Hart (37)
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Source
Copied from https://sd17.senate.ca.gov/ on October 30, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0), checked against official legislature rosters. Not endorsed by the California State Senate.