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Roger Niello

Senator, State Senate

Running in 2026: State Senate District 6 (June 2) “California State Senator” · State Senate District 6 (November 3) “California State Senator”

In the Legislature

Senate District 6 R · 3,677 floor votes this session, 14% not voting

Committees they vote in: Judiciary · Business, Professions and Economic Development · Budget and Fiscal Review · Insurance · Banking and Financial Institutions · Human Services · Energy, Utilities and Communications

Bills they lead: 62 (23 became law) — SB 1047, SB 1082, SB 1148, SB 1347, SB 1374, SB 359, SB 517, SB 568, SB 701, SB 765, SB 788, SB 992 …

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 1776
Cartwright Act: violations.		No
2026-08-30		Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); DAVITA INC. ($5,900 campaign); Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,000 campaign); CVS HEALTH ($4,000 campaign) and 6 more
AB 1405
Artificial intelligence: auditors: registration.		No
2026-08-30		Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,000 campaign); ERNST & YOUNG LLP ($3,500 campaign); KPMG LLP ($3,500 campaign) and 2 more
SB 1119
Companion chatbots: children’s safety.		Aye
2026-08-31		Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,000 campaign); ERNST & YOUNG LLP ($3,500 campaign); KPMG LLP ($3,500 campaign) and 1 more
SB 813
Independent verification organizations.		Aye
2026-08-30		Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,000 campaign); ERNST & YOUNG LLP ($3,500 campaign); KPMG LLP ($3,500 campaign)
AB 1609
Customer service chatbots.		No
2026-08-30		Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,000 campaign); CVS HEALTH ($4,000 campaign); UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ($2,500 campaign)
SB 898
Connected consumer products.		Not voting
2026-05-27		Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,000 campaign); Alliance for Automotive Innovation ($4,000 campaign); ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION ($2,000 campaign)
AB 221
Tribal Nation Grant Fund.		Aye
2025-09-03		SAN MANUEL BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($4,000 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($2,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($1,500 campaign) and 1 more
SB 259
Elections: vote by mail ballots.		No
2026-08-30		Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY ($3,000 campaign); UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ($2,500 campaign); TARGET CORPORATION ($1,000 campaign)
SB 690
Crimes: invasion of privacy.		Aye
2026-08-28		Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,000 campaign); FOX CORPORATION ($1,500 campaign)
SB 4
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Justice Program.		Aye
2025-06-02		SAN MANUEL BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,900 campaign); MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($4,000 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($2,000 campaign)
AB 1331
Workplace surveillance.		No
2026-08-31		CALPORTLAND COMPANY ($3,500 campaign); CALIFORNIA COMMERCE CLUB ($1,500 campaign); Granite Construction Company ($1,500 campaign); RESOURCE RECOVERY COALITION OF CALIFORNIA ($1,500 campaign) and 5 more
AB 831
Gambling: operation of a contest or sweepstakes.		Aye
2025-09-08		MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($4,000 campaign); Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation ($2,000 campaign); CALIFORNIA COMMERCE CLUB ($1,500 campaign); FOX CORPORATION ($1,500 campaign) and 3 more
SB 122
Taxation.		No
2026-06-18		ERNST & YOUNG LLP ($3,500 campaign); KPMG LLP ($3,500 campaign); NIKE INC. ($3,000 campaign); PayPal ($1,500 campaign)
SB 1130
Invasion of privacy: wearable recording devices.		No
2026-08-31		Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,000 campaign); REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts); PANDA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC. ($12 gifts)
SB 594
Short-Term Rental Facilitator Act of 2026.		Aye
2026-08-27		AIRBNB, INC. ($8,000 campaign); AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS ($1,500 campaign); RESOURCE RECOVERY COALITION OF CALIFORNIA ($1,500 campaign)
AB 2564
Surveillance pricing.		No
2026-08-31		Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,000 campaign); WALMART INC. ($2,500 campaign); UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ($2,500 campaign); TARGET CORPORATION ($1,000 campaign)
SB 384
Preventing Algorithmic Price Fixing Act: prohibition on certain price-setting algorithm uses.		No
2025-06-03		Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); WALMART INC. ($2,500 campaign); UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ($2,500 campaign); REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 503
Health care services: artificial intelligence.		Aye
2026-08-25		Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,000 campaign)
SB 1094
Prescription drugs.		Aye
2026-08-27		Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,000 campaign); CVS HEALTH ($4,000 campaign); AMGEN ($1,500 campaign)
SB 420
Property tax: welfare exemption: detention facilities.		Not voting
2026-08-28		Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); AMERICAN EXPRESS ($2,500 campaign); ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION ($2,000 campaign)
AB 853
California AI Transparency Act.		Not voting
2025-09-11		Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); WALMART INC. ($2,500 campaign); ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION ($2,000 campaign)
SB 354
Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act.		No
2026-08-28		Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,000 campaign); GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY ($3,000 campaign); ZENITH INSURANCE COMPANY ($1,500 campaign)
SB 1000
California AI Transparency Act.		Aye
2026-08-27		Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,000 campaign); AMERICAN EXPRESS ($2,500 campaign); ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION ($2,000 campaign)
SB 947
Employment: automated decision systems.		No
2026-08-31		Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,000 campaign); UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ($2,500 campaign); CALIFORNIA POULTRY FEDERATION ($1,500 campaign)
SB 886
California Technology Innovation and Ratepayer Protection Act.		No
2026-08-31		Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,000 campaign); CALPINE CORPORATION ($4,000 campaign)
SB 887
California Environmental Quality Act: environmental leadership development projects: data centers: geothermal powerplant projects.		No
2026-08-31		Amazon.com Services LLC ($5,000 campaign); CALPINE CORPORATION ($4,000 campaign)
SB 295
California Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act of 2025.		No
2025-06-03		Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); CALIFORNIA POULTRY FEDERATION ($1,500 campaign); CENCORA ($1,500 campaign); REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 682
Environmental health: product safety: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.		No
2025-09-13		Alliance for Automotive Innovation ($4,000 campaign); RESOURCE RECOVERY COALITION OF CALIFORNIA ($1,500 campaign); Edwards Lifesciences ($1,500 campaign); CALIFORNIA POULTRY FEDERATION ($1,500 campaign)
SB 53
Artificial intelligence models: large developers.		No
2025-09-13		Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900 campaign); WALMART INC. ($2,500 campaign)
SB 346
Local agencies: transient occupancy taxes: short-term rental facilitator.		Aye
2025-09-02		AIRBNB, INC. ($8,000 campaign)

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2025 Annual (amendment)
Senator, State Senate		2026-03-081 travel
2025 Annual
Senator, State Senate		2026-02-14108 investments, 27 businesses & trusts, 1 income, 13 gifts, 2 travel
2024 Annual
Senator, State Senate		2025-03-01109 investments, 25 businesses & trusts, 1 income, 4 gifts, 2 travel

Findings

Worth a look Lobbying · the statement

Lobbying reports name $239.57 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: CALIFORNIA BUSINESS PROPERTIES ASSOCIATION $86.60 (lunch); PERSONAL INSURANCE FEDERATION OF CALIFORNIA $84.65 (legislative reception); ELEVATION ENTERTAINMENT GROUP AND AFFILIATED ENTITIES $68.32 (dinner).

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 BUSINESS PROPERTIES ASSOCIATION $86.60
PERSONAL INSURANCE FEDERATION OF CALIFORNIA $84.65
  • 2025-03-10 LEGISLATIVE RECEPTION at THE SUTTER CLUB $84.65 (of $7,618.54 for everyone it lists) · lobbyist employer report
ELEVATION ENTERTAINMENT GROUP AND AFFILIATED ENTITIES $68.32
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

Context Lobbying

46 of their donors and benefactors lobbied on 334 bills they voted on

Employers that lobbied on bills they voted on (as their lobbying reports name the bills) and that gave $120,200 to their campaign, $773 in gifts reported by lobbying interests. Largest: AIRBNB, INC. ($8,000); AMAROK, LLC ($6,000); Meta Platforms, Inc. ($5,900); SAN MANUEL BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,900); DAVITA INC. ($5,900). They voted aye on 202 of the 334.

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

8 sources on this statement also gave to their campaign

Listed here and among the campaign's contributors in Cal-Access: The Niello Company ($5,900), The Niello Company ($5,900), The Niello Company ($5,900), The Niello Company ($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).

Businesses & trusts: The Niello Company p.29Businesses & trusts: The Niello Company p.30Businesses & trusts: The Niello Company p.30Businesses & trusts: The Niello Company p.31Businesses & trusts: The Niello Company p.31Businesses & trusts: The Niello Company p.32Businesses & trusts: The Niello Company p.32Businesses & trusts: The Niello Company p.33

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

7 sources on this statement also gave to their campaign

Listed here and among the campaign's contributors in Cal-Access: The Niello Company ($5,900), The Niello Company ($5,900), The Niello Company ($5,900), The Niello Company ($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).

Businesses & trusts: The Niello Company p.30Businesses & trusts: The Niello Company p.30Businesses & trusts: The Niello Company p.31Businesses & trusts: The Niello Company p.31Businesses & trusts: The Niello Company p.32Businesses & trusts: The Niello Company p.32Businesses & trusts: The Niello Company p.33

Rule: Campaign donors also on the statement

How this rule works

Reported by lobbying interests

What lobbyist employers, lobbyists and lobbying firms told the Secretary of State they spent on Roger Niello since 2024: $937 across 8 items from 7 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported byWhat, whenTo them
CALIFORNIA ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION
$504 in all		DINNER AND LODGING at JONATHAN CLUB · 2024-01-12 · report$504.36
PERSONAL INSURANCE FEDERATION OF CALIFORNIA
$164 in all		LEGISLATIVE RECEPTION at THE SUTTER CLUB · 2025-03-10 · report$84.65
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
CALIFORNIA BUSINESS PROPERTIES ASSOCIATION
$87 in all		LUNCH at HYATT REGENCY SACRAMENTO · 2025-03-19 · report$86.60
ELEVATION ENTERTAINMENT GROUP AND AFFILIATED ENTITIES
$68 in all		DINNER at STONES GAMBLING HALL · 2025-07-31 · report$68.32
PANDA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
$12 in all		LUNCH EVENT at VALLEY LUXURY EVENTS · 2024-05-20 · report$12
CALIFORNIA BIOMASS ENERGY ALLIANCE
$8 in all		BIOMASS TOUR LUNCH at PIONEER COMMUNITY ENERGY · 2025-03-07 · report$7.74

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Campaign money: State Senate District 6

$1,233,013itemized, 594 contributions
$11,800from the candidate (incl. loans)

Plus $118,800 in 31 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).

San Bernardino County Republican Central Committee - State $15,000 2026-10-06 · California Real Estate PAC (CREPAC) $11,800 2026-09-26 · California Business Properties Association PAC $5,900 2026-09-23 · California Fuels & Convenience Alliance PAC $5,900 2026-09-28 · Edison International & Affiliated Entities $5,900 2026-09-28 · Greater Anesthesia Service and PAC $5,900 2026-09-28 · Meta Platforms, Inc. $5,900 2026-10-09 · North Coast States Regional Council of Carpenters Power PAC $5,900 2026-10-08 · The Niello Company $5,900 2026-09-21 · Synchrony Financial Employees PAC $5,500 2026-10-09

Where their outside money comes from

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

Plus $11,800 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $965,167

Contributions to others$592,100
Consultants$105,070
Literature and mailings$75,748
Filing and ballot fees$41,717
Polling$35,000
Legal and accounting$29,109
Other (described)$24,382
Fundraising events$22,032
Internet and email$19,358
Campaign paraphernalia, misc.$12,325

Largest payees: Sutter County Republican Central Committee $250,000 Contributions to others · San Bernardino County Republican Central Committee - State $200,000 Contributions to others · Strategy Insights $123,901 Internet and email · Golden State Strategy Group $102,519 Fundraising events · California Republican Party $50,000 Contributions to others · Candid Research Solutions $35,000 Polling · Think Right Compliance, Inc. $32,762 Legal and accounting · Sacramento County Voter Registration $30,150 Filing and ballot fees

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		Party$425,000
California Real Estate PAC (CREPAC)
Los Angeles		Small contributor cmte$11,800
Comcast Financial Agency Corporation
Philadelphia		Business/other$11,800
Soyoung Lee
Vice President · Zurich · Alamo		Person$11,800
David Niello
Vice President · The Niello Company · Alamo		Person$11,800
Peace Officers Research Association of California PAC
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$11,800
Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh for Senate 2028
Hilmar		Committee$11,800
Western Manufactured Housing Communities Assocation PAC
Sacramento		Committee$11,800
California Professional Firefighters - SCC
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$10,400
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association-SCC
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$8,500
California Association of Highway Patrolmen PAC
Sacramento		Small contributor cmte$8,400
California Building Industry Association PAC
Sacramento		Committee$8,300
Airbnb, Inc.
San Francisco		Business/other$8,000
Claudia Cummings
Retired · N/A · Folsom		Person$8,000
NextEra Energy Resources Development LLC
Juno Beach		Business/other$8,000

Committees: Roger Niello for Senate 2022, TAXPAYERS FOR ROGER NIELLO FOR ASSEMBLY, TAXPAYERS FOR ROGER NIELLO FOR ASSEMBLY 2006, TAXPAYERS FOR ROGER NIELLO FOR ASSEMBLY 2008, TAXPAYERS FOR ROGER NIELLO FOR SENATE 2012, TAXPAYERS FOR ROGER NIELLO FOR SENATE 2010, Roger Niello for Senate 2026. From the Secretary of State's Cal-Access export; reports covering 2025–2026.

Outside spending for and against them

$16,923spent supporting them
$0spent opposing them
SpenderAmount
Advance California, Sponsored by California Apartment Association
primary · latest report		for$16,923

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		$425,00010
Peace Officers Research Association of California PAC
Labor union · Sacramento		$13,80011
Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh for Senate 2028
Candidate or officeholder committee · Hilmar		$11,80011
Comcast Financial Agency Corporation
Business · Philadelphia		$11,80053
California Real Estate PAC (CREPAC)
Group or PAC · Los Angeles		$11,80020
California Professional Firefighters - SCC
Labor union · Sacramento		$10,4002
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association SCC
Group or PAC · Sacramento		$8,5003
California Association of Highway Patrolmen PAC
Group or PAC · Sacramento		$8,40053
California Building Industry Association PAC
Group or PAC · Sacramento		$8,30074
Claudia Cummings
Retired, n/a · Folsom		$8,0002
Airbnb, Inc.
Business · San Francisco · registered lobbyist employer		$8,00087
NextEra Energy Resources Development, LLC
Business · Juno Beach		$8,00019
The Gardens Casino
Business · Hawaiian Gardens		$7,40025
Pacific Gas & Electric
Business · San Francisco · registered lobbyist employer		$7,3002
Pechanga Band of Indians
Tribal government · Temecula · registered lobbyist employer		$6,300103