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Brian W Jones

Senator, State Senate

In the Legislature

Senate District 40 R · 3,677 floor votes this session, 10% not voting

Committees they vote in: Governmental Organization · Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection · Insurance

Bills they lead: 36 (9 became law) — SB 1150, SB 1256, SB 1307, SB 380, SB 525, SB 586, SCR 155, SCR 168, SCR 80, SB 1043, SB 1131, SB 1212 …

Bills their donors lobbied on

Bills they voted on (latest floor vote) that were lobbied by employers that gave to their campaign, reported spending on them, or paid at their request: the largest first. A lobbying report names the bill, not the side the employer took.

BillTheir voteEmployers that lobbied on it, and what they gave
AB 831
Gambling: operation of a contest or sweepstakes.		Aye
2025-09-08		BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($675 gifts, $15,000 behested); SIDEPRIZE LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES D/B/A PRIZEPICKS ($443 gifts)
AB 130
Housing.		No
2025-06-30		BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($675 gifts, $15,000 behested)
AB 221
Tribal Nation Grant Fund.		Aye
2025-09-03		BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($675 gifts, $15,000 behested)
AB 52
Farmer equity: advisory committees.		No
2026-08-20		BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($675 gifts, $15,000 behested)
SB 354
Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act.		No
2026-08-28		NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS/CALIFORNIA ($568 gifts)
AB 943
Insurance agents: prelicensing education.		Aye
2025-09-11		NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS/CALIFORNIA ($568 gifts)
SB 1244
Public Agency Benefits Intermediary Compensation Disclosure Act. 		No
2026-08-26		NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS/CALIFORNIA ($568 gifts)
AB 1798
Genetic testing for life and disability insurance. 		Not voting
2026-08-27		NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS/CALIFORNIA ($568 gifts)
AB 69
FAIR Plan policy notices and renewals. 		Aye
2026-08-30		NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS/CALIFORNIA ($568 gifts)
SB 682
Environmental health: product safety: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.		No
2025-09-13		CALIFORNIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION ($251 gifts); DEXCOM INC. ($50 gifts)
SB 646
Prenatal multivitamins.		Aye
2025-09-13		CALIFORNIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION ($251 gifts)
SB 615
Vehicle traction batteries.		No
2026-08-31		CALIFORNIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION ($251 gifts)
SB 766
California Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Act.		No
2025-09-11		CALIFORNIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION ($251 gifts)
SB 791
Vehicle dealers: document processing charge.		Aye
2025-09-10		CALIFORNIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION ($251 gifts)
SB 690
Crimes: invasion of privacy.		Aye
2026-08-28		CALIFORNIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION ($251 gifts)
AB 483
Fixed term installment contracts: early termination fees.		Aye
2025-09-09		CALIFORNIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION ($251 gifts)
AB 2564
Surveillance pricing.		No
2026-08-31		CALIFORNIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION ($251 gifts)
AB 1246
Alcoholic beverages: distilled spirits.		Aye
2025-09-11		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts); DISTILLED SPIRITS COUNCIL ($83 gifts)
AB 720
Beverages: alcohol permits: container labeling.		Aye
2025-09-11		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts); DISTILLED SPIRITS COUNCIL ($83 gifts)
AB 2211
Craft distilled spirits manufacturers: licenses and fees.		Aye
2026-08-25		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts); DISTILLED SPIRITS COUNCIL ($83 gifts)
AB 1331
Workplace surveillance.		Not voting
2026-08-31		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts); CALIFORNIA ATTRACTIONS AND PARKS ASSOCIATION ($35 gifts); PANDA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC. ($12 gifts)
SB 54
Court fee waivers: veterans.		Aye
2025-05-29		DISTILLED SPIRITS COUNCIL ($83 gifts); PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA ($53 gifts)
SB 294
The Workplace Know Your Rights Act.		No
2025-09-13		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts); CALIFORNIA ATTRACTIONS AND PARKS ASSOCIATION ($35 gifts)
SB 238
Workplace surveillance tools.		No
2025-06-03		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts); CALIFORNIA ATTRACTIONS AND PARKS ASSOCIATION ($35 gifts)
AB 592
Business: retail food.		Aye
2025-09-04		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts); CALIFORNIA ATTRACTIONS AND PARKS ASSOCIATION ($35 gifts)
AB 692
Employment: contracts in restraint of trade.		No
2025-09-10		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts); CALIFORNIA ATTRACTIONS AND PARKS ASSOCIATION ($35 gifts)
SB 869
Restaurant menus: added sugar warnings. 		Not voting
2026-08-28		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts); PANDA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC. ($12 gifts)
SB 1130
Invasion of privacy: wearable recording devices.		No
2026-08-31		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts); PANDA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC. ($12 gifts)
SB 1185
Pharmaceutical facilities: skilled and trained workforce.		Not voting
2026-05-19		PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA ($53 gifts); American Council of Engineering Companies - California ($51 gifts)
SB 395
Alcoholic beverages: additional licenses: hospitality zone.		Aye
2025-09-02		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2025 Annual (amendment)
Senator, State Senate		2026-04-225 gifts, 1 travel
2025 Annual
Senator, State Senate		2026-03-021 businesses & trusts, 1 income, 10 gifts, 10 travel
2024 Annual
Senator, State Senate		2025-03-031 businesses & trusts, 1 income, 26 gifts, 5 travel

Findings

Worth a look Lobbying · the statement

Lobbying reports name $4,317.98 in gifts to them in 2025 from 6 sources this statement doesn't list

Lobbyist employers' reports to the Secretary of State (Cal-Access) list activity expenses that benefited them in 2025, $50 or more from each of these sources, none named among the statement's gifts or travel: Association of California Life & Health Insurance Companies $2,869.86 (food, beverage & lodging (speaker exception), golf); NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS/CALIFORNIA $567.70 (golf fees and food and beverage); SIDEPRIZE LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES D/B/A PRIZEPICKS $443.33 (food, beverage & entertainment); California Correctional Peace Officers Association $318.13 (golf club rental, round of golf); and more.

What to check
  • Whether they attended or accepted it: the report is the lobbyist employer's account.
  • What Schedule D doesn't require (Form 700 instructions): gifts returned within 30 days; free admission and food at an event where they made a speech, from its organizer; up to two tickets to a campaign or 501(c)(3) fundraiser from the organization holding it; informational material; plaques worth less than $250.
  • Whether it's on the statement under another name.
  • That the report's beneficiary is this person (matched by name and office).
Association of California Life & Health Insurance Companies $2,869.86
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS/CALIFORNIA $567.70
  • 2025-10-10 GOLF FEES AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE at ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA LIFE & HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES $567.70 · lobbyist employer report
SIDEPRIZE LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES D/B/A PRIZEPICKS $443.33
California Correctional Peace Officers Association $318.13
EDVOICE $67.79
American Council of Engineering Companies - California $51.17
Rule: Lobbying gifts not on the statement
“A gift is reportable if its fair market value is $50 or more. In addition, multiple gifts totaling $50 or more received during the reporting period from a single source must be reported.”Form 700 (2025/2026), Instructions – Schedule D ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Behested payments

Of $15,000 paid at their request since 2024: 1 source ($15,000) is a registered lobbyist employer

Payments made at their request (Form 803) from sources that also appear in Cal-Access: Barona Band of Mission Indians ($15,000 to Ramona High School, Tierra del Sol Middle School; lobbyist employer).

What to check
  • Context: behested payments are legal and public; this puts two public records side by side.
  • Whether the official later acted on matters involving these sources.
  • The full Form 803 reports (available from the FPPC on request).
Rule: Behested payments from donors or lobbyist employers
“Unlike gifts and contributions, there are no limits on the amount of payments an official may behest.”FPPC, Reporting Behested Payments – Form 803 ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Lobbying

11 of their donors and benefactors lobbied on 109 bills they voted on

Employers that lobbied on bills they voted on (as their lobbying reports name the bills) and that gave $2,314 in gifts reported by lobbying interests, $15,000 in payments at their request. Largest: BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($15,675); NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS/CALIFORNIA ($568); SIDEPRIZE LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES D/B/A PRIZEPICKS ($443); CALIFORNIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION ($251); REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94). They voted aye on 60 of the 109.

What to check
  • Context: lobbying a bill and funding a member are both legal and public.
  • A report names the bills an employer lobbied on, not which side it took: read the bill and the employer's position before drawing anything from a vote.
  • The bills on their page, sorted by how much these interests gave.
Rule: Bills their donors lobbied on

How this rule works

Context Travel payments · the statement

Lists $44,220.03 in travel paid by others (10 payments)

Largest: Spain ($15,557.78, California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy), Israel ($7,256.09, American Jewish Committee), Maui, HI ($4,731.72, Independent Voter Project). 10 of 10 are listed as gifts.

What to check
  • Who paid, and for what: speeches, conferences and nonprofit-paid travel are treated differently (Schedule E instructions).
  • Whether the paying organizations have business before the office.

Travel: California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy $15,558 p.7Travel: American Jewish Committee $7,256 p.6Travel: Independent Voter Project $4,732 p.7

Rule: Travel paid by others
“Travel payments from third parties (not your employer).”Form 700 (2025/2026), Types of reportable interests ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Amendments · the statement

Amends an earlier statement

This is an amendment. The original stays on file; what changed is in the amendment itself.

What to check
  • Compare with the original statement for the same year.
Rule: An amended statement

How this rule works

Context Travel payments · the statement

Lists $25,137.25 in travel paid by others (5 payments)

Largest: United Kingdom ($13,948.18, California Foundation on the Envrionment and the Economy), Wailea, HI ($5,970.94, Independent Voter Project), San Diego, CA ($2,214.20, Association of California Life and Health Insurance Companies). 5 of 5 are listed as gifts.

What to check
  • Who paid, and for what: speeches, conferences and nonprofit-paid travel are treated differently (Schedule E instructions).
  • Whether the paying organizations have business before the office.

Travel: California Foundation on the Envrionment and the Economy $13,948 p.8Travel: Independent Voter Project $5,971 p.9Travel: Association of California Life and Health Insurance Companies $2,214 p.8

Rule: Travel paid by others
“Travel payments from third parties (not your employer).”Form 700 (2025/2026), Types of reportable interests ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Behested payments

What Brian W Jones reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $15,000 in 3 payments to 2 recipients. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.

Largest recipients: Tierra del Sol Middle School $10,000 · Ramona High School $5,000

Paid byTo, forAmount
Barona Band of Mission Indians
Lakeside · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor		Ramona High School · Grant monies for the purchase of books, computers, audio/visual equipment, etc.
Governmental · 2024-12-16		$5,000
Barona Band of Mission Indians
Lakeside · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor		Tierra del Sol Middle School · Grant monies for the purchase of books, computers, audio/visual equipment, etc.
Governmental · 2025-12-02		$5,000
Barona Band of Mission Indians
Lakeside · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor		Tierra del Sol Middle School · Grant funds for the purchase of books, computers, audio/visual equipment etc.
Charitable · 2026-08-19		$5,000

From the FPPC's Form 803 data (search and download). “Campaign donor” links to a donor who gave to two or more 2026 state candidates.

Reported by lobbying interests

What lobbyist employers, lobbyists and lobbying firms told the Secretary of State they spent on Brian W Jones since 2024: $8,634 across 23 items from 16 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported byWhat, whenTo them
Association of California Life & Health Insurance Companies
$5,674 in all		Food, Beverage & Lodging (Speaker Exception) at The Lodge at Torrey Pines · 2025-10-10 · report$2,471.86
Golf at The Lodge at Torrey Pines · 2025-10-10 · report$398
Lodging, Food & Beverage (Speaker Exception) at Fairmont Grand Del Mar · 2024-10-13 · report$2,214.20
Golf, Food & Beverage at Fairmont Grand Del Mar · 2024-10-13 · report$590
BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS
$675 in all		meal for member and wife at Barona Resort and Casino · 2026-01-22 · report$327.74
meal for member and spouse at Barona Resort and Casino · 2024-09-23 · report$347.06
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS/CALIFORNIA
$568 in all		GOLF FEES AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE at ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA LIFE & HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES · 2025-10-10 · report$567.70
SIDEPRIZE LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES D/B/A PRIZEPICKS
$443 in all		Food, Beverage & Entertainment at Sacramento Kings · 2025-03-10 · report$443.33
California Correctional Peace Officers Association
$318 in all		Round of Golf at Wailea Golf Club · 2025-11-19 · report$213.13
Golf Club Rental at Wailea Golf Club · 2025-11-19 · report$105
CALIFORNIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION
$251 in all		FOOD AND BEVERAGE at CAFETERIA 15L · 2026-04-07 · report$83.59
FOOD AND DRINK at REVIVAL · 2024-03-20 · report$167.30
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
$145 in all		Tickets - SDSU Football Game at San Diego State University · 2024-11-30 · report$145
PERSONAL INSURANCE FEDERATION OF CALIFORNIA
$115 in all		RECEPTION at PRELUDE KITCHEN & BAR · 2025-04-07 · report$35.84
RECEPTION at THE SUTTER CLUB · 2024-03-11 · report$79.12
Reyes Holdings L.L.C.
$94 in all		Food, Beverage, Glassware at Cafeteria 15L · 2024-08-20 · report$94
DISTILLED SPIRITS COUNCIL
$83 in all		Dinner on 06/10/2024 at Ella Dining Room & Bar · 2024-06-10 · report$82.64
EDVOICE
$68 in all		RECEPTION: FOOD AND BEVERAGE at SMIC'S · 2025-06-17 · report$67.79
PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA
$53 in all		RECEPTION at MULVANEY'S B&L · 2024-05-13 · report$53.25
American Council of Engineering Companies - California
$51 in all		Legislative Reception at Tequila Museo Mayahuel · 2025-05-01 · report$51.17
DEXCOM INC.
$50 in all		continuous glucose monitor at Dexcom · 2025-12-01 · report$49.50
CALIFORNIA ATTRACTIONS AND PARKS ASSOCIATION
$35 in all		FOOD AND BEVERAGE · 2024-02-27 · report$35
PANDA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
$12 in all		LUNCH EVENT at VALLEY LUXURY EVENTS · 2024-05-20 · report$12

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