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Gregg A Hart

Assembly Member, State Assembly

Running in 2026: State Assembly Member District 37 (June 2) “State Assemblymember” · State Assembly Member District 37 (November 3) “State Assemblymember”

In the Legislature

Assembly District 37 D · 4,006 floor votes this session, 6% not voting

Committees they vote in: Appropriations · Transportation · Utilities and Energy · Water, Parks and Wildlife · Business and Professions · Judiciary · Natural Resources · Public Safety · Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials · Privacy and Consumer Protection

Bills they lead: 41 (19 became law) — AB 1108, AB 14, AB 1448, AB 1466, AB 1682, AB 1703, AB 1744, AB 1804, AB 1875, AB 2011, AB 2257, AB 2734 …

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
2025-09-12		TWENTY-NINE PALMS BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($11,800 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,500 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($5,000 campaign) and 1 more
AB 221
Tribal Nation Grant Fund.		Aye
2025-09-08		TWENTY-NINE PALMS BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($11,800 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,500 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($5,000 campaign) and 1 more
AB 1156
Williamson Act contracts: cancellation fees: photovoltaic solar facilities.		Aye
2026-08-31		INVENERGY, LLC ($1,000 campaign, $15,000 behested); CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($14,000 campaign); Intersect Power ($3,000 campaign); CLEARWAY ENERGY GROUP LLC ($1,000 campaign) and 1 more
AB 825
Independent System Operator: independent regional organization.		Aye
2025-09-13		INVENERGY, LLC ($1,000 campaign, $15,000 behested); CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($14,000 campaign); ELEVATE CALIFORNIA ($3,000 campaign); California Environmental Voters ($187 gifts)
AB 1776
Cartwright Act: violations.		Aye
2026-08-30		WALMART INC. ($7,000 campaign); GILEAD SCIENCES INC. ($6,000 campaign); DAVITA INC. ($5,900 campaign); AMGEN ($4,000 campaign) and 5 more
AB 1417
Energy: Voluntary Offshore Wind and Coastal Resources Protection Program: community capacity funding activities and grants.		Aye
2025-09-13		INVENERGY, LLC ($1,000 campaign, $15,000 behested); VINEYARD OFFSHORE, LLC ($15,000 behested)
AB 531
Geothermal powerplants and projects: certification and environmental review.		Aye
2025-09-12		INVENERGY, LLC ($1,000 campaign, $15,000 behested); CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($14,000 campaign)
AB 52
Farmer equity: advisory committees.		Aye
2026-01-26		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians ($5,900 campaign); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,500 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($5,000 campaign) and 2 more
AB 609
California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: housing development projects.		Not voting
2025-05-19		CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($14,000 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); ELEVATE CALIFORNIA ($3,000 campaign); Granite Construction Company ($3,000 campaign) and 1 more
SB 222
Residential heat pump water heater or heat pump HVAC systems.		Aye
2026-08-24		CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($14,000 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); California Environmental Voters ($187 gifts)
AB 1751
Missing Middle Townhome Ownership Act.		Not voting
2026-08-26		CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($14,000 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION ($55 gifts)
AB 697
Protected species: authorized take: State Route 37 project.		Not voting
2025-06-03		CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($14,000 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign)
AB 2383
Electricity: data centers.		Aye
2026-08-31		CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($14,000 campaign); WALMART INC. ($7,000 campaign)
AB 1018
Automated decision systems.		Aye
2025-06-02		AIRBNB, INC. ($8,000 campaign); WALMART INC. ($7,000 campaign); AT&T Services Inc. and its Affiliates ($3,000 campaign); Pfizer Inc. ($2,500 campaign) and 1 more
SB 607
Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District: contributions and loans.		Aye
2026-08-06		CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($14,000 campaign); ELEVATE CALIFORNIA ($3,000 campaign); Granite Construction Company ($3,000 campaign); California Environmental Voters ($187 gifts)
SB 302
Personal Income Tax Law and Corporation Tax Law: exclusions: environmental credits.		Aye
2025-09-10		INVENERGY, LLC ($1,000 campaign, $15,000 behested); Intersect Power ($3,000 campaign); CLEARWAY ENERGY GROUP LLC ($1,000 campaign)
AB 2234
California Environmental Quality Act: geothermal exploratory projects.		Aye
2026-08-31		INVENERGY, LLC ($1,000 campaign, $15,000 behested); CALPINE CORPORATION ($4,000 campaign)
AB 2187
Public contracts: contracts for services.		Aye
2026-05-22		TWENTY-NINE PALMS BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($11,800 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign)
AB 2506
Cannabis: tribal-state agreements.		Aye
2026-05-26		TWENTY-NINE PALMS BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($11,800 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign)
SB 254
Energy.		Aye
2025-09-13		INVENERGY, LLC ($1,000 campaign, $15,000 behested); Intersect Power ($3,000 campaign); California Environmental Voters ($187 gifts)
AB 1485
Property tax: documentary transfer tax: exemptions: Native American tribes.		Aye
2026-01-29		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians ($5,900 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($5,000 campaign)
AB 527
California Environmental Quality Act: geothermal exploratory projects: geothermal field development projects: enhanced geothermal system wells.		Aye
2025-09-10		CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($14,000 campaign); CALPINE CORPORATION ($4,000 campaign)
SB 86
California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act: sales and use tax exclusion.		Aye
2025-09-08		CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($14,000 campaign); CALPINE CORPORATION ($4,000 campaign)
AB 1004
Tribal financial information: public records: exemption.		Aye
2025-09-04		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($5,000 campaign); MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($4,000 campaign)
AB 1378
Child welfare services: prevention services: Indian tribes.		Aye
2025-09-10		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($5,000 campaign); MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($4,000 campaign)
SB 61
Private works of improvement: retention payments.		Aye
2025-06-23		CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($14,000 campaign); Granite Construction Company ($3,000 campaign)
AB 1574
The Tribal Foster Care Prevention Program.		Aye
2026-05-21		Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($8,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($5,000 campaign); MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($4,000 campaign)
AB 1815
Factory-built housing: building standards and local requirements.		Not voting
2026-08-30		CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($14,000 campaign); ELEVATE CALIFORNIA ($3,000 campaign)
AB 443
Energy Commission: integrated energy policy report: curtailed solar and wind generation: hydrogen production.		Aye
2025-06-02		INVENERGY, LLC ($1,000 campaign, $15,000 behested)
SB 298
State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: seaports: plan: alternative fuels.		Aye
2025-09-09		INVENERGY, LLC ($1,000 campaign, $15,000 behested)

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2025 Annual (amendment)
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2026-02-264 gifts
2025 Annual
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2026-02-191 income, 12 gifts, 4 travel
2024 Annual
Assembly Member, State Assembly		2025-02-271 income, 19 gifts

Findings

Worth a look Lobbying · the statement

Lobbying reports name $86.32 in gifts to them in 2025 from 1 source 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: California Environmental Voters $86.32 (meal).

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).
California Environmental Voters $86.32
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

Worth a look Lobbying · the statement

Lobbying reports name $77.97 in gifts to them in 2024 from 1 source this statement doesn't list

Lobbyist employers' reports to the Secretary of State (Cal-Access) list activity expenses that benefited them in 2024, $50 or more from each of these sources, none named among the statement's gifts or travel: California Environmental Voters $77.97 (meal, meal for staff, meal for staff member).

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).
California Environmental Voters $77.97
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 $239,000 paid at their request since 2024: 1 source ($15,000) also gave $1,000 to their campaign; 4 sources ($60,000) are registered lobbyist employers

Payments made at their request (Form 803) from sources that also appear in Cal-Access: Invenergy, LLC ($15,000 to California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation; gave $1,000 to the campaign; lobbyist employer); Vineyard Offshore ($15,000 to California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation; lobbyist employer); Pacific Gas and Electric Company ($15,000 to California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation; lobbyist employer); Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc. ($15,000 to California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation; 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

32 of their donors and benefactors lobbied on 388 bills they voted on

Employers that lobbied on bills they voted on (as their lobbying reports name the bills) and that gave $122,100 to their campaign, $273 in gifts reported by lobbying interests, $45,000 in payments at their request. Largest: INVENERGY, LLC ($16,000); VINEYARD OFFSHORE, LLC ($15,000); MAXIM HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC. ($15,000); CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ($14,000); TWENTY-NINE PALMS BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($11,800). They voted aye on 360 of the 388.

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: Twenty Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians ($11,800).

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: Twenty Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians p.3

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 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: Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians ($11,800).

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: Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians p.3

Rule: Campaign donors also on the statement

How this rule works

Behested payments

What Gregg A Hart reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $239,000 in 10 payments to 6 recipients. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.

Largest recipients: Santa Barbara Foundation $150,000 · California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation $75,000 · Joellen Augustt $4,000 · Jessica Lopez Santiago $4,000 · Martin Diaz $3,000

Paid byTo, forAmount
California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation
Los Angeles		Santa Barbara Foundation · charitable funding
Charitable · 2026-06-18		$150,000
Invenergy, LLC
Chicago · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor		California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation · Charitable Funding
Charitable · 2025-05-06		$15,000
Vineyard Offshore
Eureka · registered lobbyist employer		California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation · charitable funding
Charitable · 2025-09-18		$15,000
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor		California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation · charitable funding
Charitable · 2025-09-09		$15,000
Association of California School Administrators Issues PAC
Sacramento		California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation · Charitable Funding.
Charitable · 2026-04-01		$15,000
Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc.
Columbia · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor		California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation · Charitable Funding.
Charitable · 2026-04-14		$15,000
California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation
Los Angeles		Joellen Augustt · Scholarship.
Charitable · 2026-06-05		$4,000
California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation
Los Angeles		Jessica Lopez Santiago · Scholarship.
Charitable · 2026-06-05		$4,000
California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation
Los Angeles		Martin Diaz · scholarship
Charitable · 2025-07-21		$3,000
California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation
Los Angeles		Arianna Giselle Escamilla · scholarship
Charitable · 2025-07-21		$3,000

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 Gregg A Hart since 2024: $434 across 10 items from 5 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported byWhat, whenTo them
California Environmental Voters
$187 in all		Meal at Frank Fat's · 2026-02-18 · report$22.27
Meal at Frank Fat's · 2025-06-18 · report$52.58
Meal at Frank Fat's · 2025-05-21 · report$33.74
Meal at Frank Fat's · 2024-08-21 · report$30.36
Meal for Staff at Frank Fat's · 2024-08-21 · report$30.36
Meal for Staff Member at Frank Fat's · 2024-01-17 · report$17.25
CALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
$149 in all		RECEPTION at KIMPTON SAWYER HOTEL · 2026-02-10 · report$148.53
CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION
$55 in all		Breakfast at Sheraton Grand · 2024-05-21 · report$54.81
FAMILY WINEMAKERS OF CALIFORNIA
$32 in all		FOOD/BEVERAGE at MIX DOWNTOWN · 2025-01-28 · report$31.65
CALIFORNIA CITRUS MUTUAL
$12 in all		Citrus box @ $12 each at California Citrus Mutual · 2024-02-21 · report$12

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Campaign money: State Assembly Member District 37

$1,166,017itemized, 415 contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

Plus $57,900 in 16 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 $10,800 2026-10-05 · California Dental Association Political Action Committee (CDA PAC) $5,900 2026-10-07 · Santa Ynez Band of Mission Indians $5,900 2026-09-28 · Arnold Shapiro $5,900 2026-10-08 · Trout Political Action Committee ('TROUTPAC') $5,000 2026-09-30 · United Nurses Associations of California / Union of Health Care Professionals PAC (UNAC PAC) $4,000 2026-10-06 · California New Car Dealers Association PAC $3,900 2026-10-01 · Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles PAC $3,000 2026-10-06 · United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria $3,000 2026-09-22 · Abbott Laboratories Employee Political Action Committee (Fed PAC ID #: C00040279) $2,000 2026-09-28

Where their outside money comes from

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

Plus $344,873 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $734,592

Transfers to their other committees$344,873
Consultants$158,423
Contributions to others$140,775
Filing and ballot fees$25,257
Legal and accounting$19,565
Office expenses$13,443
Fundraising events$12,164
Other (described)$11,987
Civic donations$7,800
Meetings and appearances$304

Largest payees: Gregg Hart for Assembly 2026 $344,873 Transfers to their other committees · Pruitt LLC $87,923 Consultants · C&I Consulting $83,948 Legal and accounting · California Democratic Party $51,475 Contributions to others · Santa Barbara County Registrar of Voters $23,090 Filing and ballot fees · Pilar Schiavo for Assembly 2026 $11,800 Contributions to others · Patel for Assembly 2026 $11,800 Contributions to others · Corey Jackson For Assembly 2026 $11,800 Contributions to others

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
Gregg Hart for Assembly 2024
Santa Barbara		Committee$344,873.14
United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$17,700
Santa Barbara County Registrar of Voters
Goleta		Business/other$16,570.59
California State Pipe Trades Council Political Action Committee
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$15,000
California State Association of Electrical Workers
San Francisco		Small contributor cmte$14,000
California Nurses Association Political Action Committee (CNA-PAC)
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$13,500
Columbia Bank
Santa Barbara		Business/other$12,627.74
Association of California School Administrators Political Action Committee
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$11,800
Faculty for Our University's Future, Local Committee, sponsored by the California Faculty Association
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$11,800
John McManus
Retired · Retired · Santa Barbara		Person$11,800
PG&E Corporation
Oakland		Business/other$11,800
Pechanga Band of Indians
Temecula		Business/other$11,800
Patty Quillin
Not employed · Not employed · Santa Cruz		Person$11,800
Santa Barbara County Firefighters Government PAC
Santa Barbara		Committee$11,800
Elizabeth Simons
Retired · Retired · Atherton		Person$11,800

Committees: Gregg Hart for Assembly 2024, Friends of Gregg Hart, Gregg Hart for Assembly 2022, Gregg Hart for Assembly 2026. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 state candidates.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund
Labor union · Sacramento		$17,70052
California State Pipe Trades Council Political Action Committee
Labor union · Sacramento		$15,00026
California State Association of Electrical Workers
Labor union · San Francisco · registered lobbyist employer		$14,00030
California Nurses Association Political Action Committee (CNA-PAC)
Labor union · Sacramento		$13,50033
Pechanga Band of Indians
Tribal government · Temecula · registered lobbyist employer		$11,800103
PG&E Corporation
Business · Oakland		$11,80042
Elizabeth Simons
Retired, N/A · Atherton		$11,80015
Patty Quillin
Homemaker, n/a · Santa Cruz		$11,80068
Southern California Edison
Business · Rosemead		$11,80028
Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians
Tribal government · Coachella · registered lobbyist employer		$11,80054
Association of California School Administrators PAC
Group or PAC · Sacramento		$11,80035
California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) Local Political Action Committee
Labor union · Sacramento		$9,0002
Anheuser Busch Companies
Business · Saint Louis · registered lobbyist employer		$8,40081
Airbnb, Inc.
Business · San Francisco · registered lobbyist employer		$8,00087
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation
Tribal government · Brooks · registered lobbyist employer		$8,00099