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Suzette Martinez Valladares

Senator, State Senate

In the Legislature

Senate District 23 R · 3,677 floor votes this session, 13% not voting

Committees they vote in: Judiciary · Health · Environmental Quality · Transportation · Governmental Organization · Revenue and Taxation

Bills they lead: 49 (14 became law) — ACR 45, SB 1080, SB 1205, SB 1264, SB 1350, SB 296, SB 376, SB 402, SB 571, SCR 104, SCR 149, SCR 180 …

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
SB 1314 Cigarette or tobacco product retailers: new retail locations and sale of nitrous oxide.	Not voting 2026-05-26	ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES ($105,000 behested); PMI US CORPORATE SERVICES INC. AND AFFILIATES ($25,000 behested)
AB 762 Disposable, battery-embedded vapor inhalation device: prohibition and penalties.	No 2026-08-25	ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES ($105,000 behested)
SB 237 Oil spill prevention: gasoline specifications: suspension: California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: County of Kern: transportation fuels assessment: coastal resources.	Not voting 2025-09-13	PHILLIPS 66 ($30,000 behested)
AB 751 Rest periods: petroleum facilities: safety-sensitive positions.	Aye 2025-06-27	PHILLIPS 66 ($30,000 behested)
SB 222 Residential heat pump water heater or heat pump HVAC systems.	Not voting 2026-08-25	PHILLIPS 66 ($30,000 behested)
AB 1776 Cartwright Act: violations.	No 2026-08-30	DAVITA INC. ($10,000 behested); ABBVIE ($10,000 behested); JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, INC. ($6,000 behested); PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA ($60 gifts)
SB 41 Pharmacy benefits.	Aye 2025-09-10	ABBVIE ($10,000 behested); JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, INC. ($6,000 behested); PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA ($60 gifts)
SB 744 Accrediting agencies.	Not voting 2025-09-13	American Career College ($15,000 behested)
SB 822 Unclaimed property: digital financial assets.	Not voting 2025-09-13	Coinbase, Inc. ($15,000 behested)
SB 790 Postsecondary education: interstate reciprocity agreements for distance education: out-of-state postsecondary educational institutions.	Aye 2025-06-02	American Career College ($15,000 behested)
SB 97 Digital financial assets: stablecoins.	Aye 2026-06-29	Coinbase, Inc. ($15,000 behested)
SB 29 Civil actions: decedent’s cause of action.	No 2025-06-04	DOCTORS MANAGEMENT COMPANY; THE ($15,000 behested)
AB 1374 Rental passenger vehicle transactions: third parties.	Not voting 2025-09-04	TURO ($15,000 behested)
SB 1208 Money laundering: digital assets.	Aye 2026-08-28	Coinbase, Inc. ($15,000 behested)
AB 2361 Insurance: personal vehicle sharing.	Aye 2026-08-24	TURO ($15,000 behested)
AB 2409 Digital assets: meme coins.	Aye 2026-08-26	Coinbase, Inc. ($15,000 behested)
SB 54 Court fee waivers: veterans.	Aye 2025-05-29	DART CONTAINER CORPORATION ($52 gifts, $10,000 behested); PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA ($60 gifts)
SB 122 Taxation.	No 2026-06-18	ABBVIE ($10,000 behested)
SB 176 Taxation.	No 2025-03-20	ABBVIE ($10,000 behested)
SB 631 Charter School Revolving Loan Fund.	Aye 2025-09-10	CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION ($10,000 behested)
SB 670 Adult Education Program: immigrant integration.	Aye 2025-06-02	CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION ($10,000 behested)
SB 307 Public postsecondary education: immigration enforcement.	Not voting 2025-09-11	CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION ($10,000 behested)
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	CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION ($10,000 behested)
SB 494 Charter schools: establishment prohibition and renewal procedures.	No 2025-06-02	CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION ($10,000 behested)
SB 48 Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators.	Not voting 2025-09-13	CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION ($10,000 behested)
SB 98 Elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education: immigration enforcement: notification.	No 2025-09-02	CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION ($10,000 behested)
SB 743 Education finance: Education Equalization Act: Equalization Reserve Account.	Not voting 2025-06-03	CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION ($10,000 behested)
SB 638 California Education Interagency Council: California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program.	Not voting 2025-09-13	CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION ($10,000 behested)
AB 1119 Teacher credentialing: dual credentialing.	Aye 2025-08-25	CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION ($10,000 behested)
AB 238 Mortgage forbearance: state of emergency: wildfire.	Aye 2025-09-02	CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION ($10,000 behested)

Form 700 statements

Statement	Filed	What it lists
2025 Annual Senator, State Senate	2026-03-02	1 businesses & trusts, 2 real property, 1 income, 23 gifts, 7 travel
2024 Annual Senator, State Senate	2025-03-03	2 businesses & trusts, 2 real property, 2 income, 1 gifts

Findings

Context Behested payments

Of $1,169,610 paid at their request since 2024: 18 sources ($374,000) are registered lobbyist employers

Payments made at their request (Form 803) from sources that also appear in Cal-Access: Altria Client Services, LLC ($105,000 to California Problem Solvers Foundation, Hispanic Legislative Caucus; lobbyist employer); California Broadband and Video Association ($50,000 to California Hispanic Legislative Caucus; lobbyist employer); Phillips 66 ($30,000 to California Problem Solvers Action Fund, California Problem Solvers Foundation; lobbyist employer); PMI US Corporate Services ($25,000 to California Problem Solvers Foundation; lobbyist employer); Western States Petroleum Association ($25,000 to California Problem Solvers 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).

Altria Client Services, LLC paid $105,000 to California Problem Solvers Foundation, Hispanic Legislative Caucus · registered lobbyist employer
California Broadband and Video Association paid $50,000 to California Hispanic Legislative Caucus · registered lobbyist employer
Phillips 66 paid $30,000 to California Problem Solvers Action Fund, California Problem Solvers Foundation · registered lobbyist employer
PMI US Corporate Services paid $25,000 to California Problem Solvers Foundation · registered lobbyist employer
Western States Petroleum Association paid $25,000 to California Problem Solvers Foundation · registered lobbyist employer
Turo Inc paid $15,000 to California Problem Solvers Foundation · registered lobbyist employer
Coinbase paid $15,000 to California Problem Solvers Foundation · registered lobbyist employer
ONE CALL paid $15,000 to California Problem Solvers Foundation · registered lobbyist employer
American Career College paid $15,000 to California Problem Solvers Foundation · registered lobbyist employer
The Doctors Management Company paid $15,000 to California Problem Solvers Foundation · registered lobbyist employer
DAVITA INC. paid $10,000 to California Problem Solvers Foundation · registered lobbyist employer
Dart Container paid $10,000 to California Problem Solvers Foundation · registered lobbyist employer
and 6 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

17 of their donors and benefactors lobbied on 88 bills they voted on

Employers that lobbied on bills they voted on (as their lobbying reports name the bills) and that gave $786 in gifts reported by lobbying interests, $266,000 in payments at their request. Largest: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES ($105,000); PHILLIPS 66 ($30,000); PMI US CORPORATE SERVICES INC. AND AFFILIATES ($25,000); American Career College ($15,000); Coinbase, Inc. ($15,000). They voted aye on 50 of the 88.

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 $17,128.31 in travel paid by others (7 payments)

Largest: Isreal ($6,500, Consulate General of Isreal, Los Angeles), Mexico ($4,011.52, Independent Voter Project), San Francisco, CA ($1,897.16, California Dental Association Foundation). 7 of 7 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: Consulate General of Isreal, Los Angeles $6,500 p.9 Travel: Independent Voter Project $4,012 p.9 Travel: California Dental Association Foundation $1,897 p.9

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 Suzette Martinez Valladares reported others paying at their request (FPPC Form 803) since 2024: $1,169,610 in 81 payments to 11 recipients. Officials report a source that pays $5,000 or more in a year; there is no limit.

Largest recipients: California Problem Solvers Foundation $746,000 · Hispanic Legislative Caucus $135,000 · Dhillon Law Group $91,610 · California Problem Solvers Action Fund $75,000 · California Hispanic Legislative Caucus $50,000

Paid by	To, for	Amount
NRCC Washington	Dhillon Law Group · Two Wrtis filed w/CA Supreme Court, #S292490 filed on 8.18.2025 Legislative · 2025-08-18	$91,610
Altria Client Services, LLC Richmond · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	Hispanic Legislative Caucus · California Hispanic Caucus Governmental · 2025-08-05	$50,000
California Broadband and Video Association Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	California Hispanic Legislative Caucus · Charitable donation to California Hispanic Caucus Charitable · 2026-07-25	$50,000
PhRMA Washington	Hispanic Legislative Caucus · California Hispanic Caucus Governmental · 2025-08-18	$30,000
Altria Client Services LLC and its affiliates Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2026-05-01	$30,000
PhRMA Washington	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2026-04-17	$30,000
Altria Client Services Richmond · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-08-22	$25,000
PMI US Corporate Services San Rafael · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-07-30	$25,000
Picayuna Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians Oakhurst	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-11-17	$25,000
Western States Petroleum Association Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-12-01	$25,000
Employers Reno · campaign donor	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-12-15	$25,000
California Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition Sacramento	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2026-01-14	$25,000
PhRMA Washington	Hispanic Legislative Caucus · Charitable Purpose Charitable · 2026-06-19	$25,000
MPC Investment Fund Inc. obo Tesoro Companies San Antonio	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2026-09-11	$25,000
AT&T Inc. San Ramon	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-07-25	$20,000
Reyes Coca Cola Bottling Niles · campaign donor	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-12-15	$20,000
Centene Corporation St. Louis · campaign donor	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2026-06-24	$20,000
CA Assisted Living Assn PAC Sacramento · campaign donor	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2026-08-14	$20,000
Grow California, Inc. San Rafael	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2026-08-11	$20,000
Sempra & its affiliates: San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern CA Gas Company Los Angeles	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2026-08-18	$20,000
1PointFive US LLC Houston · campaign donor	California Problem Solvers Action Fund · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2026-08-31	$20,000
Turo Inc San Francisco · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-09-22	$15,000
Centene Corporation St. Louis · campaign donor	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-08-19	$15,000
California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems Sacramento	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-10-06	$15,000
California Assisted Living Association PAC Sacramento · campaign donor	California Problem Solvers Caucus Foundation · Charitable purposes Charitable · 2025-10-28	$15,000
CBIA Issues Committee Sacramento	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable purposes Charitable · 2025-10-17	$15,000
Molina Healthcare, Inc. Long Beach · campaign donor	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-10-21	$15,000
Southern California Gas Los Angeles	California Problem Solvers Caucus Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-10-21	$15,000
Coinbase San Francisco · registered lobbyist employer	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-12-10	$15,000
Tesoro Companies, Inc. Carson	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-11-10	$15,000
Tesoro Companies, Inc. Carson	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-12-04	$15,000
ONE CALL Jacksonville · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-11-17	$15,000
American Career College Irvine · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-12-15	$15,000
The Doctors Management Company Napa · registered lobbyist employer	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-12-18	$15,000
T-Mobils US, Inc Bellevue	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2026-05-26	$15,000
Fisher Family San Francisco	California Problem Solvers Action Fund · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2026-04-02	$15,000
phRMA Washington	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-04-18	$10,000
California Charter Schools Assocaition SacramentoWashington	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-04-28	$10,000
Phillips 66 Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-06-10	$10,000
CalChamber Sacramento	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-06-09	$10,000
Laborers Local 300 Small Contributor Committee Los Angeles · campaign donor	Hispanic Legislative Caucus · California Hispanic Caucus Governmental · 2025-06-21	$10,000
DAVITA INC. Denver · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-09-08	$10,000
Members Voice of the State Building & Construction Trades C Sacramento	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-07-14	$10,000
Dart Container Mason · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-10-06	$10,000
Phillips 66 Company Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable purposes Charitable · 2025-11-06	$10,000
California Statewide Law Enforcement Assn. Issues Cmte, yes Sacamento	California Hispanic Caucus · Charitable Charitable · 2025-11-11	$10,000
Renewable Fuels Association Washington	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-12-01	$10,000
California Charter Schools Association Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-11-18	$10,000
Instacart San Francisco · campaign donor	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2025-11-28	$10,000
Chevron USA, Inc. San Ramon · campaign donor	California Hispanic Caucus · Charitable Charitable · 2025-12-02	$10,000
Abbvie, Inc N. Chicago · registered lobbyist employer	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2026-01-21	$10,000
The Renewable Fuels Assn Ellisville	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2026-05-05	$10,000
Peace Officers Research Assn of CA (PORAC PAC) Sacramento · campaign donor	California Problem Solver Action Fund · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2026-06-02	$10,000
Phillips 66 Company Houston · registered lobbyist employer · campaign donor	California Problem Solvers Action Fund · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2026-04-02	$10,000
Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling Niles · campaign donor	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2026-06-05	$10,000
PhaRMA Sacramento	California Problem Solvers Action Fund · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2026-05-29	$10,000
Member's Voice of the State Building & Construction Trades Council of CA Sacramento · campaign donor	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2026-06-23	$10,000
California Chamber of Commerce Sacramento · registered lobbyist employer	California Problem Solvers Action Fund · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2026-08-05	$10,000
Sempra & its affiliates: San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern CA Gas Company Los Angeles	California Problem Solvers Action Fund · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2026-08-18	$10,000
Centene Management Company, LLC and its Affiliate Healthnet St. Louis	California Problem Solvers Foundation · Charitable Purposes Charitable · 2026-08-26	$10,000

The 60 largest of 81.

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 Suzette Martinez Valladares since 2024: $1,135 across 9 items from 9 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported by	What, when	To them
SIDEPRIZE LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES D/B/A PRIZEPICKS $443 in all	Food, Beverage & Entertainment at Sacramento Kings · 2025-03-10 · report	$443.33
California Correctional Peace Officers Association $217 in all	Dinner at The Firehouse · 2025-03-19 · report	$217.24
TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA $126 in all	MEAL at ELLA DINING · 2025-03-31 · report	$125.54
CALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION $90 in all	MEAL at GRANGE RESTAURANT & BAR · 2025-04-30 · report	$90.49
California Grocers Association $87 in all	Reception at See attachment B · 2026-03-25 · report	$87.15
PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA $60 in all	RECEPTION at MULVANEY'S B&L · 2026-05-11 · report	$60.31
DART CONTAINER CORPORATION $52 in all	FOOD / BEVERAGES at MAYAHUEL · 2025-02-25 · report	$52.06
CIVIL JUSTICE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA $41 in all	LEGISLATIVE RECEPTION & GAVEL AWARDS at BRASSERIE DU MONDE · 2026-03-11 · report	$41.25
BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS $18 in all	meal at Barona Resort and Casino · 2024-02-02 · report	$17.95

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