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Sabrina P Cervantes

Senator, State Senate

In the Legislature

Senate District 31 D · 3,677 floor votes this session, 3% not voting

Committees they vote in: Appropriations · Governmental Organization · Local Government · Elections and Constitutional Amendments · Transportation · Banking and Financial Institutions

Bills they lead: 93 (49 became law) — AB 1075, AB 1664, AB 1907, AB 313, AB 378, AB 592, AB 727, AB 827, AB 977, SB 1117, SB 1149, SB 1151 …

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
SB 414
School accountability: Office of the Education Inspector General: school financial and performance audits: charter school authorization, oversight, funding, operations, and networks: flex-based instruction: local educational agency contracting.
Not voting
2025-09-13
HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY CHARTER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS ($110,000 behested)
AB 1776
Cartwright Act: violations.
Aye
2026-08-30
SEIU UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS WEST ($40,000 behested); Meta Platforms, Inc. ($30,000 behested); Pfizer Inc. ($15,000 behested); CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC ($5,349 behested) and 2 more
AB 1609
Customer service chatbots.
Aye
2026-08-30
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($30,000 behested); WELLS FARGO AND COMPANY ($15,000 behested); SNAP INC. ($15,000 behested); CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC ($5,349 behested) and 1 more
AB 656
Account cancellation.
Aye
2025-09-09
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($30,000 behested); SNAP INC. ($15,000 behested); TIKTOK INC ($15,000 behested)
AB 853
California AI Transparency Act.
Aye
2025-09-11
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($30,000 behested); TIKTOK INC ($15,000 behested); SNAP INC. ($15,000 behested)
SB 81
Health and care facilities: information sharing.
Aye
2025-09-02
SEIU UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS WEST ($40,000 behested); CALIFORNIA PARTNERSHIP FOR HEALTH ($15,000 behested)
SB 763
Conspiracy against trade: punishment.
Aye
2025-09-13
SEIU UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS WEST ($40,000 behested); Pfizer Inc. ($15,000 behested)
AB 1043
Age verification signals: software applications and online services.
Aye
2025-09-12
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($30,000 behested); SNAP INC. ($15,000 behested); CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC ($5,349 behested)
SB 535
Obesity Care Access Act.
Aye
2025-05-28
NOVO NORDISK ($35,000 behested); Pfizer Inc. ($15,000 behested)
AB 144
Health.
Aye
2025-09-12
NOVO NORDISK ($35,000 behested); Pfizer Inc. ($15,000 behested)
SB 503
Health care services: artificial intelligence.
Aye
2026-08-25
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($30,000 behested); Pfizer Inc. ($15,000 behested); Amazon.com Services LLC ($17 gifts)
SB 1119
Companion chatbots: children’s safety.
Aye
2026-08-31
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($30,000 behested); SNAP INC. ($15,000 behested); Amazon.com Services LLC ($17 gifts)
SB 243
Companion chatbots.
Aye
2025-09-11
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($30,000 behested); SNAP INC. ($15,000 behested)
SB 771
Personal rights: liability: social media platforms.
Aye
2025-09-11
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($30,000 behested); SNAP INC. ($15,000 behested)
AB 1064
Leading Ethical AI Development (LEAD) for Kids Act.
Aye
2025-09-10
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($30,000 behested); SNAP INC. ($15,000 behested)
AB 56
Social media: warning labels.
Aye
2025-09-11
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($30,000 behested); SNAP INC. ($15,000 behested)
AB 1705
Pornographic internet websites.
Aye
2026-08-20
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($30,000 behested); SNAP INC. ($15,000 behested)
AB 1946
Reporting mechanism: child sexual abuse material.
Aye
2026-08-26
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($30,000 behested); SNAP INC. ($15,000 behested)
AB 2
Injuries to children: civil penalties.
Aye
2026-08-27
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($30,000 behested); SNAP INC. ($15,000 behested)
AB 1709
Covered platforms: age restriction: e-Safety Advisory Commission.
Aye
2026-08-31
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($30,000 behested); SNAP INC. ($15,000 behested)
SB 294
The Workplace Know Your Rights Act.
Aye
2025-09-13
SEIU UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS WEST ($40,000 behested)
SB 660
California Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework.
Aye
2025-09-10
SEIU UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS WEST ($40,000 behested)
SB 580
Attorney General: immigration enforcement policies.
Aye
2025-09-10
SEIU UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS WEST ($40,000 behested)
AB 1415
California Health Care Quality and Affordability Act.
Aye
2025-09-04
SEIU UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS WEST ($40,000 behested)
AB 915
Dam safety: state supervision: exceptions.
Aye
2025-09-11
SEIU UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS WEST ($40,000 behested)
SB 1257
Federal immigration enforcement: report.
Aye
2026-05-26
SEIU UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS WEST ($40,000 behested)
AB 1923
Local ballot measures: County of Fresno.
Aye
2026-08-06
SEIU UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS WEST ($40,000 behested)
AB 1633
Taxation: private detention facilities.
Aye
2026-08-27
SEIU UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS WEST ($40,000 behested)
SB 690
Crimes: invasion of privacy.
Aye
2026-08-28
Meta Platforms, Inc. ($30,000 behested); CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC ($5,349 behested); Amazon.com Services LLC ($17 gifts)
SB 146
Human services.
Aye
2025-09-12
NOVO NORDISK ($35,000 behested)

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2025 Annual (amendment)
Senator, State Senate
2026-04-202 gifts
2025 Annual
Senator, State Senate
2026-03-021 businesses & trusts, 18 gifts, 1 travel
2024 Annual
Senator, State Senate
2025-02-281 businesses & trusts, 13 gifts, 3 travel

Findings

Worth a look Lobbying · the statement

Lobbying reports name $522 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: WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES; THE $522 (disneyland tickets).

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).
WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES; THE $522
  • 2024-12-07 DISNEYLAND TICKETS at THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY $522 (of $2,951 for everyone it lists) · lobbyist employer report
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 $861,849 paid at their request since 2024: 18 sources ($405,349) are registered lobbyist employers

Payments made at their request (Form 803) from sources that also appear in Cal-Access: Highlands Community Charter & Technical Schools ($110,000 to California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation; lobbyist employer); Amarok ($35,000 to California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation; lobbyist employer); Novo Nordisk ($35,000 to California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation; lobbyist employer); Meta Platforms, Inc. ($30,000 to California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation; lobbyist employer); Vineyard Offshore LLC ($25,000 to California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation; lobbyist employer); and more.

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

19 of their donors and benefactors lobbied on 155 bills they voted on

Employers that lobbied on bills they voted on (as their lobbying reports name the bills) and that gave $916 in gifts reported by lobbying interests, $390,349 in payments at their request. Largest: HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY CHARTER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS ($110,000); SEIU UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS WEST ($40,000); NOVO NORDISK ($35,000); AMAROK, LLC ($35,000); Meta Platforms, Inc. ($30,000). They voted aye on 153 of the 155.

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 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 $7,413.26 in travel paid by others (3 payments)

Largest: Norway Legislative Delegation ($3,737.84, Tides Advocacy / Smart Justice California), 1600 S. Anaheim Dr., Anaheim, CA 92802 ($2,765.97, California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation), 1600 S. Anaheim Dr., Anaheim, CA 92802 ($909.45, California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation). 3 of 3 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: Tides Advocacy / Smart Justice California $3,738 p.6Travel: California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation $2,766 p.6Travel: California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation $909 p.6

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 Sabrina P Cervantes reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $861,849 in 58 payments to 18 recipients. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.

Largest recipients: California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation $779,349 · HOPE - California $7,500 · Isabella Rose Reyes $6,500 · Saira Murillo $6,500 · Riverside County Office of Education Foundation $5,000

Paid byTo, forAmount
Highlands Community Charter & Technical Schools
Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-01-16
$110,000
Chevron Products Company
San Ramon
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-02-29
$35,000
California Resources Corporation
Long Beach · campaign donor
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-03-12
$35,000
Amarok
Columbia · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-04-04
$35,000
Novo Nordisk
Plainsboro · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-06-07
$35,000
Kaiser Permanente - Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc.
Pasadena
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-03-05
$30,000
Vineyard Offshore LLC
Boston · registered lobbyist employer
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-03-12
$25,000
Shared Energy Future Foundation
Sacramento
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-01-03
$20,000
SEIU United Healthcare Workers West
Oakland
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-03-01
$20,000
California Healthcare Alliance for Medicine and Patients
Sacramento
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-02-12
$20,000
SEIU United Healthcare Workers West
Oakland
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-03-12
$20,000
Southern California Edison
Rosemead · campaign donor
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-03-12
$20,000
Charter Communications
St. Louis · campaign donor
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-03-04
$20,000
Oportun, Inc
San Carlos · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-03-12
$20,000
Harbor Distributing, LLC
Huntington Beach · campaign donor
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-02-13
$20,000
Pepsico, Inc.
Purchase · campaign donor
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-01-02
$15,000
Pfizer Inc.
Memphis · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-01-23
$15,000
Wells Fargo & Company
Minneapolis · registered lobbyist employer
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-01-08
$15,000
E, & J. Gallo Winery
Modesto · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-02-22
$15,000
California Partnership for Health
Livingston · registered lobbyist employer
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-02-27
$15,000
Consumer Attorneys Public Interest Foundation
Sacramento
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-02-06
$15,000
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Menlo Park · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-02-05
$15,000
California Dental Association PAC
Sacramento · campaign donor
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-02-12
$15,000
Genentech
San Rafael · campaign donor
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-03-13
$15,000
California Faculty Association Political Issues Committee
Sacramento
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-03-13
$15,000
T-Mobile USA, Inc
Bellevue · campaign donor
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-03-08
$15,000
Snap Inc.
Santa Monica · registered lobbyist employer
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-03-22
$15,000
American Property Casualty Insurance Assoc PAC
Chicago
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-03-01
$15,000
Aera Energy LLC
Bakersfield · registered lobbyist employer
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-05-03
$15,000
TikTok Inc
Culver City · registered lobbyist employer
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-06-26
$15,000
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Menlo Park · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-07-25
$15,000
Pacific Gas & Electric
Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-07-16
$15,000
The Coca-Cola Co.
Atlanta · registered lobbyist employer
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-08-05
$15,000
Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club
Santa Ana
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-01-02
$10,500
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation
Los Angeles
HOPE - California · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-04-22
$7,500
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation
Los Angeles
Isabella Rose Reyes · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2024-07-23
$6,500
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation
Los Angeles
Saira Murillo · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2024-07-23
$6,500
Charter Communications Operating, LLC
Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-03-12
$5,349
Cecilia Aguiar-Curry for Assembly 2024
Sacramento
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-01-16
$5,000
Cox Communications
San Diego · campaign donor
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-01-25
$5,000
California Bankers Association
Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-05-23
$5,000
Wells Fargo
Minneapolos
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-08-19
$5,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento
Riverside County Office of Education Foundation · Donation to 501(c)(3) for education supplies
Charitable · 2024-08-02
$5,000
American Automobile Association of Southern California
Costa Mesa
Riverside County Office of Education · Donation to 501(c)(3) for education supplies
Charitable · 2024-08-13
$5,000
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation
Long Beach
Zenaida Belen Banuelos · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2025-07-15
$5,000
California LGBTQ Foundation
Sacramento
Jessie Parks · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2025-08-22
$5,000
Barona Band of Mission Indians
Lakeside · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor
March Mountain High School · Barona Education Grant
Charitable · 2025-09-09
$5,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento
UDW Resource Center · Donation to a nonprofit organization
Charitable · 2025-11-21
$5,000
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation
Long Beach
Angel Corona · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2026-07-22
$5,000
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation
Long Beach
Monica Hernandez · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2026-07-22
$5,000
Women in CA Leadership Foundation
Sacramento
Inland Empire Community Foundation · Teacher School Supply Giveaway
Charitable · 2026-08-11
$5,000
California LGBTQ Foundation
Sacramento
Luis Morua Ochoa · LGBTQ Scholarship for student
Charitable · 2026-08-27
$5,000
Auto Club Enterprises
Santa Ana
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-01-02
$4,500
Singleton Schreiber LLP
Sacramento · campaign donor
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation · Contribution to CA Non-Profit Public Charitable Corporation
Charitable · 2024-05-29
$4,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento
Stephanie Hurtado · Minerva Scholarship
Charitable · 2024-07-29
$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento
Stephanie Romero · Minerva Scholarship
Charitable · 2024-07-29
$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento
Diane Pelayo · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2025-08-04
$3,000
Women in California Leadership
Sacramento
Angela Ogbogu · Academic Scholarship
Charitable · 2025-08-04
$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 Sabrina P Cervantes since 2024: $916 across 4 items from 4 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported byWhat, whenTo them
WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES; THE
$522 in all
DISNEYLAND TICKETS at THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY · 2024-12-07 · report$522
SAN MANUEL BAND OF MISSION INDIANS
$227 in all
FOOD AND BEVERAGES at YAAMAVA' RESORT & CASINO · 2024-03-01 · report$226.83
CHUKCHANSI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
$150 in all
GIFT BASKET at PICAYUNE RANCHERIA OF THE CHUKCHANSI INDIANS · 2026-02-10 · report$150
Amazon.com Services LLC
$17 in all
Hors D'oeuvres / Refreshments (Non-Meal) at Panera Bread · 2024-05-22 · report$17.45

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