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Dennis K Seyarto

Senator, State Senate

Running in 2026: State Senate District 32 (June 2) “State Senator” · State Senate District 32 (November 3) “State Senator”

In the Legislature

Senate District 32 R · 3,677 floor votes this session, 8% not voting

Committees they vote in: Appropriations · Public Safety · Local Government · Natural Resources and Water · Transportation · Housing · Budget and Fiscal Review · Emergency Management · Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection

Bills they lead: 51 (23 became law) — AB 88, SB 1186, SB 233, SB 255, SB 308, SB 385, SB 67, SB 78, SB 87, SB 904, SB 918, SB 946 …

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 1485
Property tax: documentary transfer tax: exemptions: Native American tribes.		Aye
2025-09-11		Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($4,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($3,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,500 campaign) and 1 more
AB 1776
Cartwright Act: violations.		No
2026-08-30		DAVITA INC. ($5,900 campaign); Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,000 behested); WASTE MANAGEMENT & AFFILIATED ENTITIES ($3,000 campaign); AMGEN ($1,500 campaign)
AB 52
Farmer equity: advisory committees.		No
2026-08-20		Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($4,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($3,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,500 campaign)
AB 831
Gambling: operation of a contest or sweepstakes.		Aye
2025-09-08		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($4,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($3,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($1,500 campaign); TWENTY-NINE PALMS BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($1,500 campaign) and 2 more
AB 221
Tribal Nation Grant Fund.		Aye
2025-09-03		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($4,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($3,000 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($1,500 campaign); TWENTY-NINE PALMS BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($1,500 campaign) and 1 more
SB 1326
California Environmental Quality Act: tribal cultural resources: mitigation measures.		Aye
2026-05-22		Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians ($5,900 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,500 campaign)
SB 54
Court fee waivers: veterans.		Aye
2025-05-29		AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION ($5,900 campaign); WASTE MANAGEMENT & AFFILIATED ENTITIES ($3,000 campaign); CR&R INCORPORATED ($2,000 campaign)
SB 14
State agencies: solid waste diversion: single-use plastic bottles.		No
2025-06-04		AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION ($5,900 campaign); WASTE MANAGEMENT & AFFILIATED ENTITIES ($3,000 campaign); CR&R INCORPORATED ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1004
Tribal financial information: public records: exemption.		Aye
2025-09-03		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($4,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($3,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,500 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($1,500 campaign)
AB 1378
Child welfare services: prevention services: Indian tribes.		Aye
2025-09-08		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($4,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($3,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,500 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($1,500 campaign)
SB 222
Residential heat pump water heater or heat pump HVAC systems.		No
2026-08-25		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($4,000 campaign); PHILLIPS 66 ($2,000 campaign); MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES ($2,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,500 campaign)
SB 633
Plastic beverage containers: recycling.		No
2026-08-26		AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION ($5,900 campaign); WASTE MANAGEMENT & AFFILIATED ENTITIES ($3,000 campaign)
AB 2173
Tribal gaming: compact ratification.		Aye
2026-08-25		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($4,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($3,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,500 campaign)
AB 1641
Postsecondary education: segments: tribal colleges and universities.		Aye
2026-08-26		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($4,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($3,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,500 campaign)
SB 594
Short-Term Rental Facilitator Act of 2026.		Aye
2026-08-27		WASTE MANAGEMENT & AFFILIATED ENTITIES ($3,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($3,000 campaign); AIRBNB, INC. ($2,000 campaign)
SB 259
Elections: vote by mail ballots.		No
2026-08-30		Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,000 behested); AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($2,900 campaign)
AB 1609
Customer service chatbots.		No
2026-08-30		Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,000 behested); AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($2,900 campaign)
SB 1119
Companion chatbots: children’s safety.		Aye
2026-08-31		Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,000 behested); KPMG LLP ($2,000 campaign); CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts)
SB 295
California Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act of 2025.		No
2025-06-03		Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,000 behested); MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES ($2,000 campaign); REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 237
Oil spill prevention: gasoline specifications: suspension: California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: County of Kern: transportation fuels assessment: coastal resources. 		Aye
2025-09-13		WASTE MANAGEMENT & AFFILIATED ENTITIES ($3,000 campaign); MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES ($2,000 campaign); PHILLIPS 66 ($2,000 campaign)
SB 4
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Justice Program.		Aye
2025-06-02		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,500 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($1,500 campaign)
AB 1369
Pupil rights: school graduation ceremonies and related events: adornments.		Aye
2025-09-02		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,500 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($1,500 campaign)
AB 893
Housing development projects: objective standards: campus development zone.		No
2025-09-03		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($4,000 campaign); FIELDSTEAD AND COMPANY, INC. ($1,500 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,500 campaign)
SB 813
Independent verification organizations.		Not voting
2026-08-30		Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,000 behested); KPMG LLP ($2,000 campaign)
SB 891
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Justice Program.		Aye
2026-08-28		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,500 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($1,500 campaign)
SB 954
California Environmental Quality Act: advanced manufacturing facilities: exemption.		No
2026-08-28		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,500 campaign); FIELDSTEAD AND COMPANY, INC. ($1,500 campaign)
AB 2187
Public contracts: contracts for services.		Aye
2026-08-20		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($4,000 campaign); TWENTY-NINE PALMS BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($1,500 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,500 campaign)
AB 1592
California Indian Heritage Center support organization.		Aye
2026-08-20		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,500 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($1,500 campaign)
AB 31
Peace officers: tribal police.		Aye
2026-08-24		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,500 campaign); SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS ($1,500 campaign)
AB 1751
Missing Middle Townhome Ownership Act.		Aye
2026-08-26		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($4,000 campaign); SHINGLE SPRINGS BAND OF MIWOK INDIANS ($1,500 campaign); FIELDSTEAD AND COMPANY, INC. ($1,500 campaign)

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2025 Annual (amendment)
Senator, State Senate		2026-03-021 travel
2025 Annual
Senator, State Senate		2026-02-111 investments, 2 businesses & trusts, 10 gifts
2024 Annual
Senator, State Senate		2025-02-261 investments, 2 businesses & trusts, 8 gifts

Findings

Worth a look Lobbying · the statement

Lobbying reports name $479.08 in gifts to them in 2025 from 3 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: FanDuel Group, Inc $204.84 (food, beverage & entertainment); CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES $139.05 (food and beverage); DRAFTKINGS, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES $135.19 (food, beverage & entertainment).

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).
FanDuel Group, Inc $204.84
CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES $139.05
DRAFTKINGS, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES $135.19
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 Lobbying

29 of their donors and benefactors lobbied on 284 bills they voted on

Employers that lobbied on bills they voted on (as their lobbying reports name the bills) and that gave $58,600 to their campaign, $664 in gifts reported by lobbying interests, $5,000 in payments at their request. Largest: AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION ($5,900); Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians ($5,900); DAVITA INC. ($5,900); Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,000); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($4,000). They voted aye on 171 of the 284.

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 Campaign money · the statement

1 source on this statement also gave to their campaign

Listed here and among the campaign's contributors in Cal-Access: Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians ($5,900).

What to check
  • Context: a donor who is also an employer, client or gift-giver is public on both records.
  • Whether the official later acted on matters involving them (votes, contracts, recusals).

Gifts: Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians p.4

Rule: Campaign donors also on the statement

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 Behested payments

Of $5,000 paid at their request since 2024: 1 source ($5,000) is a registered lobbyist employer

Payments made at their request (Form 803) from sources that also appear in Cal-Access: Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,000 to Milvet; 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

Behested payments

What Dennis K Seyarto reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $5,000 in 1 payment to 1 recipient. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.

Largest recipients: Milvet $5,000

Paid byTo, forAmount
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Menlo Park · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor		Milvet · Christmas Meet & Greet
Charitable · 2025-12-16		$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 Dennis K Seyarto since 2024: $992 across 9 items from 8 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported byWhat, whenTo them
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
FanDuel Group, Inc
$205 in all		Food, Beverage & Entertainment at California Tribal Business Association · 2025-01-16 · report$204.84
CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES
$139 in all		FOOD AND BEVERAGE at SMIC'S · 2025-07-16 · report$139.05
DRAFTKINGS, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES
$135 in all		Food, Beverage & Entertainment at California Tribal Business Association · 2025-01-16 · report$135.19
Reyes Holdings L.L.C.
$94 in all		Food, Beverage, Glassware at Cafeteria 15L · 2024-08-20 · report$94
NATIONAL COALITION FOR ASSISTIVE & REHAB TECHNOLOGY (NCART)
$71 in all		FOOD & BEVERAGE at CALIFORNIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION · 2026-04-28 · report$71
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES
$53 in all		Reception at MIX Downtown · 2026-05-20 · report$52.96
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR
$44 in all		CSU Alumni and Capitol Community Reception at CSU Chancellor's Office · 2024-02-20 · report$44.48

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Campaign money: State Senate District 32

$638,282itemized, 198 contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

Plus $31,800 in 11 contributions reported within 24 hours since their latest full report, which ends 2026-09-19: not yet in the totals above (they'll move into them, not be added twice, when the next full report comes in).

California Real Estate Political Action Committee (CREPAC) SCC $11,800 2026-09-21 · Daniel Deng $4,000 2026-09-28 · CALCIMA Political Action Committee $2,500 2026-10-06 · Cemex Materials, LLC(Robert L. Sullivan) $2,500 2026-10-01 · William R. Johnson $2,500 2026-10-02 · Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians $2,000 2026-09-30 · AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates $1,500 2026-10-02 · Calpine Corporation $1,500 2026-10-06 · PBF Energy Holding Company, LLC - PBF Energy(Trecia Canty, Sr VP, General Counsel) $1,500 2026-09-28 · California Mortgage Association PAC $1,000 2026-09-28

Where their outside money comes from

IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders

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How it was spent: $552,504

Contributions to others$349,100
Consultants$63,998
Other (described)$48,274
Campaign paraphernalia, misc.$20,658
Literature and mailings$19,482
Legal and accounting$16,711
Civic donations$14,273
Filing and ballot fees$13,092
Fundraising events$4,913
Office expenses$1,755

Largest payees: San Bernardino County Republican Central Committee $150,000 Contributions to others · Chase Card Services $57,568 Office expenses · Sutter County Republican Party $50,000 Contributions to others · Sutter County Republican Central Committee $50,000 Contributions to others · Wendy Warfield & Associates $31,748 Consultants · Kristy MacDougal $26,498 Staff travel and meals · Genesis Consulting $24,458 Campaign paraphernalia, misc. · Vona Copp $15,561 Legal and accounting

Payments on their full reports (Form 460 Schedule E) covering 2025–2026, by the FPPC's expense codes; a consultant's payments to others (ads, mail) show under the consultant.

Top contributorsTypeTotal
California Republican Party
Sacramento		Committee$300,000
California Real Estate Political Action Committee (CREPAC) SCC
Los Angeles		Small contributor cmte$11,800
Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association PAC
Sacramento		Committee$11,800
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association SCC
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$9,500
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC(Melissa Plotsky)
North Palm Beach		Business/other$8,500
PG&E Corporation and affiliated entities
San Francisco		Business/other$7,900
Reed Hastings
Retired · n/a · Santa Cruz		Person$7,500
California Correctional Peace Officers Association PAC (CCPOA PAC)
Sacramento		Committee$7,400
Sempra Energy
San Diego		Business/other$6,900
California Building Industry Association PAC
Sacramento		Committee$6,400
Pechanga Band of Indians
Temecula		Business/other$6,300
American Beverage Association
San Rafael		Business/other$5,900
Brian Jones for Lt. Governor 2026
Hilmar		Committee$5,900
California New Car Dealers Association PAC
Sacramento		Committee$5,900
Chevron U.S.A., Inc.
San Ramon		Business/other$5,900

Committees: Seyarto for Senate 2026, Seyarto for Assembly 2022, Seyarto for Assembly 2020, Seyarto for Senate 2022. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.

Outside spending for and against them

$11,325spent supporting them
$0spent opposing them
SpenderAmount
Riverside Sheriffs' Association Public Education Fund
primary · latest report		for$11,325

Independent expenditures reported within 24 hours (Form 496), from 2025. The candidate doesn't control them.

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 state candidates.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
California Republican Party
Party committee · Sacramento		$300,00010
Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association PAC
Group or PAC · Sacramento		$11,80036
California Real Estate PAC (CREPAC) SCC
Group or PAC · Los Angeles		$11,8005
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association SCC
Group or PAC · Sacramento		$9,5003
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC(Melissa Plotsky)
Business · North Palm Beach		$8,5003
PG&E Corporation and Affiliated Entities
Business · Oakland		$7,90016
Reed Hastings
Retired, Netflix · Santa Cruz		$7,50071
California Correctional Peace Officers Association PAC (CCPOA PAC)
Labor union · Sacramento		$7,4003
Sempra Energy
Business · San Diego		$6,90038
California Building Industry Association PAC
Group or PAC · Sacramento		$6,40074
Pechanga Band of Indians
Tribal government · Temecula · registered lobbyist employer		$6,300103
California New Car Dealers Association PAC
Group or PAC · Sacramento		$5,900106
Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians
Tribal government · Alpine · registered lobbyist employer		$5,90065
Brian Jones for Lt. Governor 2026
Candidate or officeholder committee · Hilmar		$5,90016
Davita
Business · Federal Way · registered lobbyist employer		$5,90037