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Sonya Limon

Senator, State Senate

In the Legislature

Senate District 21 D · 3,677 floor votes this session, 6% not voting

Committees they vote in: Health · Natural Resources and Water · Transportation · Energy, Utilities and Communications · Human Services · Elections and Constitutional Amendments · Banking and Financial Institutions · Education

Bills they lead: 26 (20 became law) — AB 1207, AB 2156, AJR 12, SB 1410, SB 354, SB 386, SB 412, SB 417, SB 507, SB 542, SB 567, SB 642 …

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.

Bill	Their vote	Employers that lobbied on it, and what they gave
AB 1776 Cartwright Act: violations.	Aye 2026-08-30	DAVITA INC. ($50,000 behested); California Environmental Voters ($127 gifts)
SB 1236 State Records Management Act.	Aye 2026-04-16	DAVITA INC. ($50,000 behested)
AB 52 Farmer equity: advisory committees.	Aye 2026-08-20	Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians ($30,000 behested); MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($10,000 behested); BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ($5,000 behested)
SB 346 Local agencies: transient occupancy taxes: short-term rental facilitator.	Aye 2025-09-02	AIRBNB, INC. ($35,000 behested)
SB 594 Short-Term Rental Facilitator Act of 2026.	Aye 2026-08-27	AIRBNB, INC. ($35,000 behested)
SB 36 Price gouging: state of emergency.	Aye 2025-09-11	AIRBNB, INC. ($35,000 behested)
AB 299 Motels, hotels, and short-term lodging: disasters.	Aye 2025-09-12	AIRBNB, INC. ($35,000 behested)
AB 2253 Solid waste: products: recycled content claims.	Aye 2026-08-28	PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS COUNCIL ($30,000 behested); COCA-COLA COMPANY; THE ($5,000 behested)
SB 236 Cosmetics: chemical hair relaxers.	Aye 2025-09-11	PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS COUNCIL ($30,000 behested)
SB 682 Environmental health: product safety: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.	Aye 2025-09-13	PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS COUNCIL ($30,000 behested)
AB 823 Solid waste: plastic microbeads: plastic glitter.	Aye 2025-09-03	PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS COUNCIL ($30,000 behested)
AB 60 Cosmetic safety.	Aye 2025-09-08	PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS COUNCIL ($30,000 behested)
AB 1485 Property tax: documentary transfer tax: exemptions: Native American tribes.	Aye 2025-09-11	Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians ($30,000 behested)
SB 1326 California Environmental Quality Act: tribal cultural resources: mitigation measures.	Aye 2026-05-22	Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians ($30,000 behested)
AB 1744 Environmental advertising: sunscreen.	Aye 2026-08-20	PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS COUNCIL ($30,000 behested)
SB 719 Access to connected vehicle service.	Aye 2026-06-29	GENERAL MOTORS LLC ($20,000 behested); CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION ($7,500 behested)
SB 830 Public Transit Revenue Measure District: revenue measure: election procedures.	Aye 2026-07-02	SUTTER HEALTH ($25,000 behested)
AB 2231 California Environmental Quality Act: hospital projects.	Aye 2026-08-27	SUTTER HEALTH ($25,000 behested)
AB 2575 Health care services: artificial intelligence.	Aye 2026-08-31	SUTTER HEALTH ($25,000 behested)
SB 540 Independent System Operator: independent regional organization: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.	Aye 2025-06-04	GENERAL MOTORS LLC ($20,000 behested); California Environmental Voters ($127 gifts)
AB 825 Independent System Operator: independent regional organization.	Aye 2025-09-13	GENERAL MOTORS LLC ($20,000 behested); California Environmental Voters ($127 gifts)
SB 26 Civil actions: restitution for or replacement of a new motor vehicle.	Aye 2025-04-01	GENERAL MOTORS LLC ($20,000 behested)
SB 533 Electric vehicle charging stations: arenas: payments: internet-based applications.	Aye 2025-09-11	GENERAL MOTORS LLC ($20,000 behested)
SB 572 Vehicles: advanced driver assistance system: crash reports.	Not voting 2025-05-28	GENERAL MOTORS LLC ($20,000 behested)
SB 615 Vehicle traction batteries.	Aye 2026-08-31	GENERAL MOTORS LLC ($20,000 behested)
SB 50 Connected devices: device protection requests.	Aye 2025-09-09	GENERAL MOTORS LLC ($20,000 behested)
AB 1423 Transportation electrification: electric vehicle charging stations: payment methods.	Aye 2025-09-08	GENERAL MOTORS LLC ($20,000 behested)
AB 841 State Fire Marshal: personal protective equipment: battery fires.	Aye 2025-09-11	GENERAL MOTORS LLC ($20,000 behested)
SB 898 Connected consumer products.	Aye 2026-05-27	GENERAL MOTORS LLC ($20,000 behested)
AB 501 Lawsuits, liens, and other encumbrances.	Aye 2026-08-20	GENERAL MOTORS LLC ($20,000 behested)

Form 700 statements

Statement	Filed	What it lists
2025 Annual Senator, State Senate	2026-02-26	2 real property, 1 income, 26 gifts, 5 travel
2024 Annual Senator, State Senate	2025-02-27	2 real property, 1 income, 29 gifts, 6 travel

Findings

Worth a look Lobbying · the statement

Lobbying reports name $82.90 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: EQUALITY CALIFORNIA $82.90 (food / beverages).

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).

EQUALITY CALIFORNIA $82.90

2024-02-28 FOOD / BEVERAGES at GOLDEN 1 CENTER $82.90 · 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 $1,045,167 paid at their request since 2024: 17 sources ($447,500) are registered lobbyist employers

Payments made at their request (Form 803) from sources that also appear in Cal-Access: Pacific Gas & Electric ($75,000 to Women in California Leadership; lobbyist employer); CA Correctional Peace Officers Association ($50,000 to Women in California Leadership; lobbyist employer); DaVita ($50,000 to Women in California Leadership; lobbyist employer); Pechanga Band of Indians ($35,000 to Women in California Leadership; lobbyist employer); Airbnb, Inc ($35,000 to Women in California Leadership; 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).

Pacific Gas & Electric paid $75,000 to Women in California Leadership · registered lobbyist employer
CA Correctional Peace Officers Association paid $50,000 to Women in California Leadership · registered lobbyist employer
DaVita paid $50,000 to Women in California Leadership · registered lobbyist employer
Pechanga Band of Indians paid $35,000 to Women in California Leadership · registered lobbyist employer
Airbnb, Inc paid $35,000 to Women in California Leadership · registered lobbyist employer
Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians paid $30,000 to California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation · registered lobbyist employer
Personal Care Products Council paid $30,000 to Women in California Leadership · registered lobbyist employer
CA Nurses Association paid $25,000 to Women in California Leadership · registered lobbyist employer
Sutter Health paid $25,000 to Women in California Leadership · registered lobbyist employer
General Motors paid $20,000 to Women in California Leadership · registered lobbyist employer
Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc. paid $15,000 to Women in California Leadership · registered lobbyist employer
Western Dental Services, Inc. paid $15,000 to Women in California Leadership · registered lobbyist employer
and 5 more on the person's page

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

14 of their donors and benefactors lobbied on 141 bills they voted on

Employers that lobbied on bills they voted on (as their lobbying reports name the bills) and that gave $210 in gifts reported by lobbying interests, $247,500 in payments at their request. Largest: DAVITA INC. ($50,000); AIRBNB, INC. ($35,000); PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS COUNCIL ($30,000); Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians ($30,000); SUTTER HEALTH ($25,000). They voted aye on 136 of the 141.

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 $23,036.51 in travel paid by others (5 payments)

Largest: Spain ($11,942.80, California Foundation on the Environment & the Economy), Taipei City, Taiwan ($7,577, Taiwan, Ministry of Foreighn Affairs), Napa, Ca ($1,442.80, California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation). 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 Environment & the Economy $11,943 p.7 Travel: Taiwan, Ministry of Foreighn Affairs $7,577 p.7 Travel: California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation $1,443 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 Travel payments · the statement

Lists $8,129.01 in travel paid by others (6 payments)

Largest: Scotland, Northern Ireland and The Republic of Ireland ($4,561.36, Women in California Leadership Foundation), Anaheim, Ca ($1,031.04, California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation), Carmel by the Sea, CA ($915.45, California Central Coast Legislative Caucus Foundation). 6 of 6 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: Women in California Leadership Foundation $4,561 p.7 Travel: California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation $1,031 p.8 Travel: California Central Coast Legislative Caucus Foundation $915 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

Behested payments

What Sonya Limon reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $1,045,167 in 64 payments to 26 recipients. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.

Largest recipients: Women in California Leadership $922,500 · California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation $30,000 · Senate District 21 Women of the Year Event $12,667 · Viviana Morales $6,500 · Andres Acuña $6,500

Paid by	To, for	Amount
Pacific Gas & Electric Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2026-07-15	$75,000
CA Correctional Peace Officers Association Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2025-12-01	$50,000
DaVita Federal Way · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2026-01-06	$50,000
California Faculty Association PIC Sacramento	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2025-12-15	$50,000
CA Assn. of Hospitals &Health Systems Sacramento	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2025-12-11	$50,000
SEIU Local 2015 Issues PAC Los Angeles	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2025-12-23	$50,000
Santa Ynez Band of Mission Indians Santa Ynez · campaign donor	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2025-12-30	$50,000
KP Financial Svcs Ops Oakland	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2026-01-05	$50,000
United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund Sacramento · campaign donor	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2026-01-09	$35,000
Pechanga Band of Indians Temecula · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2025-12-11	$35,000
Airbnb, Inc San Francisco · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2026-02-13	$35,000
Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians Alpine · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation · Charitable Funding. Charitable · 2025-02-11	$30,000
CA Nurses Association San Francisco · registered lobbyist employer	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2025-11-26	$25,000
CA Dental Association PAC(CDA PAC) Sacramento · campaign donor	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2025-12-19	$25,000
Google Client Services LLC Mountain View · campaign donor	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2026-01-05	$25,000
Comcast Financial Agency Corporation Philadelphia · campaign donor	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2025-12-16	$25,000
Sutter Health Roseville, CA · registered lobbyist employer	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2026-05-07	$25,000
AT&T Sacramento	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2025-12-09	$15,000
Elevate California Action Committee San Rafael	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2025-12-01	$15,000
Personal Care Products Council City · registered lobbyist employer	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2026-01-22	$15,000
Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc. Columbia · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2025-12-18	$15,000
Western Dental Services, Inc. Orange · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2025-12-29	$15,000
Morongo Band of Indians Banning	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2025-12-09	$15,000
Mbrs Voice of the State B&C Trades Sacramento	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2025-12-11	$15,000
Sunkist PAC Valencia · campaign donor	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2026-01-05	$15,000
FanDuel Inc. New York · campaign donor	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2025-12-11	$15,000
2025 PACE of CA School Employees Assoc-Issues Sacramento	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2025-12-10	$15,000
Door Dash San Francisco	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2026-03-06	$15,000
Personal Care Products Council Washington · registered lobbyist employer	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2026-01-22	$15,000
CA Planned Parenthood Education Fund Sacramento	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2025-12-24	$15,000
Cottage Health Santa Barbara · registered lobbyist employer	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2026-05-08	$15,000
General Motors Phoenix · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2025-12-15	$10,000
Toni Atkins for Governor 2026 Encinitas · campaign donor	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2025-11-24	$10,000
General Motors LLC Pheonix · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2026-01-30	$10,000
Morongo Band of Mission Indians Banning · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2026-01-21	$10,000
California Charter Schools Association Los Angeles · registered lobbyist employer	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2025-11-24	$7,500
Ventura County Credit Union Ventura	Senate District 21 Women of the Year Event · Donation for event that empowers women Legislative · 2026-03-12	$6,981
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation Los Angeles	Viviana Morales · Academic Scholarship Charitable · 2024-07-23	$6,500
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation Los Angeles	Andres Acuña · Academic Scholarship Charitable · 2024-07-23	$6,500
Braille Institute of Santa Barbara Santa Barbara	Senate District 21 Women of the Year Event · Donation for event that empowers women Legislative · 2026-03-13	$5,686
Barona Band of Mission Indians Lakeside · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	Franklin Elementary School · Grant for Educational Supplies Charitable · 2024-09-26	$5,000
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation Long Beach	Maria Serna Rubalcava · Academic Scholarship Charitable · 2025-07-15	$5,000
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation Long Beach	Abraham Abarca · Academic Scholarship Charitable · 2025-07-15	$5,000
Reyes Coca Cola Bottling Niles · campaign donor	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2026-01-09	$5,000
Coca-Cola Company Atlanta · registered lobbyist employer	Women in California Leadership · Donation to a nonprofit organization that empowers women and girls Charitable · 2025-12-26	$5,000
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation Long Beach	Angelica M. Angulo · Academic Scholarship Charitable · 2026-07-22	$5,000
California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation Long Beach	Ronaldo Esquivel · Academic Scholarship Charitable · 2026-07-22	$5,000
CA Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation Los Angeles	Stephanie Bautista · Scholarship Charitable · 2026-06-05	$4,000
CA Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation Los Angeles	Gustavo Junior Ocampo · Scholarship Charitable · 2026-06-05	$4,000
Women in California Leadership Sacramento	Delana Ornelas · Recipient of Minerva Scholarship Award Charitable · 2024-07-29	$3,000
Women in California Leadership Sacramento	Mariah Lopez · Recipient of Minerva Scholarship Award Charitable · 2024-07-29	$3,000
Women in California Leadership Sacramento	Caden Lemere · Recipient of Minerva Scholarship Award Charitable · 2025-08-04	$3,000
Women in California Leadership Sacramento	Madison Palacios Vera · Recipient of Minerva Scholarship Award Charitable · 2025-08-04	$3,000
California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation Los Angeles	Nigel Dowlan · Scholarship Charitable · 2025-08-04	$3,000
California Legislative Central Coast Caucus Foundation Los Angeles	Alexa Dalay Ceja Jaimes · Scholarship Charitable · 2025-08-12	$3,000
Women in California Leadership Sacramento	Vanessa Monetejano · Minerva Scholarship recipient. Charitable · 2026-08-04	$3,000
Women in California Leadership Sacramento	Kayla Lopez · Minerva Scholarship recipient. Charitable · 2026-08-04	$3,000
Women in California Leadership Sacramento	Charras Unidas · Recipient of WiCL Community Grant Charitable · 2024-09-04	$2,500
Women in California Leadership Sacramento	Orfalea Early Learning Center · Donation to a child care center Charitable · 2024-09-24	$2,500
Women in California Leadership Sacramento	César Estrada Chávez Dual Language Immersion Charter School, Inc. · Donation to a 501c3 Charitable · 2025-10-08	$1,000

The 60 largest of 64.

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 Sonya Limon since 2024: $260 across 7 items from 4 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported by	What, when	To them
California Environmental Voters $127 in all	Meal at Frank Fat's · 2024-05-15 · report	$33.43
	Meal for Staff Member at Frank Fat's · 2024-05-15 · report	$33.43
	Meal at Frank Fat's · 2024-02-21 · report	$30.26
	Meal for Staff Member at Frank Fat's · 2024-02-21 · report	$30.26
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA $83 in all	FOOD / BEVERAGES at GOLDEN 1 CENTER · 2024-02-28 · report	$82.90
CALIFORNIA FRESH FRUIT ASSOCIATION $25 in all	Fruit Lunch Box at California Fresh Fruit Association · 2024-08-14 · report	$25
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY $25 in all	MEAL AND BEVERAGE at CANYON CAFE · 2024-07-10 · report	$24.92

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