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Steven S Choi

Senator, State Senate

In the Legislature

Senate District 37 R · 3,677 floor votes this session, 10% not voting

Committees they vote in: Education · Local Government · Business, Professions and Economic Development · Elections and Constitutional Amendments · Budget and Fiscal Review · Governmental Organization

Bills they lead: 52 (17 became law) — ACR 1, ACR 118, SB 1126, SB 1242, SB 595, SB 897, SB 927, SB 935, SB 971, SCR 101, SCR 106, SCR 150 …

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 630
State parks: real property: acquisitions and leases.		Not voting
2025-09-12		THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES ($379 gifts)
AB 1138
Income and corporate taxes: tax credits: motion pictures.		Not voting
2025-07-03		THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES ($379 gifts)
AB 2319
Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: credits: qualified motion picture: post-production.		Not voting
2026-08-30		THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES ($379 gifts)
AB 1776
Cartwright Act: violations.		No
2026-08-30		THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES ($379 gifts)
AB 831
Gambling: operation of a contest or sweepstakes.		Aye
2025-09-08		SPORTS BETTING ALLIANCE ($198 gifts)
AB 265
Small Business Recovery Fund Act.		Aye
2025-09-11		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts); LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES ($50 gifts)
AB 596
Elections: ballot disclosures.		Not voting
2025-09-12		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts); LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES ($50 gifts)
SB 294
The Workplace Know Your Rights Act.		Not voting
2025-09-13		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts)
SB 68
Major food allergens.		Aye
2025-09-09		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts)
SB 764
Chain restaurants: children’s meals.		Aye
2025-09-03		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts)
SB 464
Employer pay data. 		No
2025-09-10		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts)
SB 238
Workplace surveillance tools.		No
2025-06-03		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts)
SB 261
Division of Labor Standards Enforcement: orders, decisions, and awards.		Not voting
2025-09-09		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts)
AB 578
Food delivery platforms: customer service.		Not voting
2025-09-03		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts)
SB 555
Workers’ compensation: average annual earnings.		No
2026-01-27		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts)
SB 918
Food facilities: retail food safety.		Aye
2026-08-17		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts)
SB 977
Chain restaurants: children’s meals.		Aye
2026-08-24		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts)
SB 1146
Advertisement claims: health-related consumer products and services: digital replicas and synthetic performers.		Aye
2026-05-18		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts)
SB 1119
Companion chatbots: children’s safety.		Aye
2026-08-31		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts)
SB 947
Employment: automated decision systems.		No
2026-08-31		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts)
SB 1180
Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act: California Plastic Pollution Mitigation Fund.		No
2026-08-31		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts)
SB 869
Restaurant menus: added sugar warnings. 		Not voting
2026-08-28		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts)
SB 923
Consumer privacy requests: deletion request records and request submission methods.		Aye
2026-08-27		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts)
SB 1010
Hazardous waste: major appliances: recycling.		No
2026-05-27		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts)
AB 2155
Arbitration: validity of agreements to arbitrate.		Aye
2026-06-18		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts)
AB 1604
Product safety: proofs of purchase: intentionally added bisphenols.		Aye
2026-08-25		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts)
AB 1640
California Restaurant Reservation AntiPiracy Act.		Aye
2026-08-27		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts)
AB 2244
Non-Ultraprocessed Certified food standard.		Not voting
2026-08-27		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts)
AB 1542
Sensitive personal information.		Not voting
2026-08-28		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts)
AB 1331
Workplace surveillance.		Not voting
2026-08-31		CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES ($139 gifts)

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2024 Annual (amendment)
Senator, State Senate		2026-02-277 investments
2025 Annual
Senator, State Senate		2026-02-2735 investments, 7 businesses & trusts, 5 real property, 1 income, 36 gifts, 3 travel
2024 Annual
Senator, State Senate		2025-02-2748 investments, 6 businesses & trusts, 4 real property, 1 income, 6 gifts, 1 travel

Findings

Worth a look Lobbying · the statement

Lobbying reports name $194.21 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 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE $194.21 (wednesday reception).

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 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE $194.21
  • 2024-11-13 Wednesday Reception at Disney Grand Californian, Hotel & Spa $194.21 (of $31,073.61 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 Travel payments · the statement

Lists $19,371.95 in travel paid by others (3 payments)

Largest: Taiwan ($7,945, Taiwan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Israel ($6,500, Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest), Hawaii ($4,926.95, Independent Voter Project). 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: Taiwan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs $7,945 p.22Travel: Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest $6,500 p.22Travel: Independent Voter Project $4,927 p.22

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 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

Reported by lobbying interests

What lobbyist employers, lobbyists and lobbying firms told the Secretary of State they spent on Steven S Choi since 2024: $1,305 across 14 items from 13 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported byWhat, whenTo them
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES
$379 in all		DISNEYLAND RESORT PRESIDENT RECEPTION at WALT DISNEY COMPANY, THE · 2025-04-10 · report$378.58
SPORTS BETTING ALLIANCE
$198 in all		Food,Beverage & Entertainment at California Tribal Business Association · 2026-01-15 · report$198.25
CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
$194 in all		Wednesday Reception at Disney Grand Californian, Hotel & Spa · 2024-11-13 · report$194.21
CALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
$150 in all		RECEPTION at CALIFORNIA MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION · 2026-03-03 · report$1.62
RECEPTION at KIMPTON SAWYER HOTEL · 2026-02-10 · report$148.53
CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES
$139 in all		FOOD AND BEVERAGE at SMIC'S · 2025-07-16 · report$139.05
CALIFORNIA BUSINESS PROPERTIES ASSOCIATION
$61 in all		FOOD AND BEVERAGE at JACKSON CATERING & EVENTS · 2025-08-26 · report$61.25
American Council of Engineering Companies - California
$51 in all		Legislative Reception at Tequila Museo Mayahuel · 2025-05-01 · report$51.17
LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES
$50 in all		Legislative Reception at Cafeteria 15L · 2026-01-21 · report$50
CALIFORNIA ASSISTED LIVING ASSOCIATION
$30 in all		FOOD AND DRINK at SMIC'S AND CABANA CLUB · 2026-04-07 · report$29.60
CIVIL JUSTICE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA
$21 in all		CALIFORNIA PROJECT LUNCHEON at CIVIL JUSTICE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA · 2025-02-19 · report$21.08
CALIFORNIA MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION
$16 in all		Reception at The Sutter Club · 2026-03-03 · report$16.44
PERSONAL INSURANCE FEDERATION OF CALIFORNIA
$10 in all		RECEPTION at CALIFORNIA MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION · 2026-03-03 · report$9.95
Sempra and its Affiliates: San Diego Gas & Electric Company and Southern California Gas Company
$5 in all		Coffee at Moongoat Coffee · 2025-03-21 · report$5

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