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Timothy S Grayson

Senator, State Senate

In the Legislature

Senate District 9 D · 3,677 floor votes this session, 2% not voting

Committees they vote in: Appropriations · Transportation · Business, Professions and Economic Development · Housing · Revenue and Taxation · Emergency Management · Banking and Financial Institutions · Energy, Utilities and Communications

Bills they lead: 55 (38 became law) — AB 940, SB 1014, SB 1036, SB 1056, SB 1069, SB 1169, SB 1208, SB 227, SB 237, SB 291, SB 301, SB 328 …

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 613
Methane emissions: petroleum and natural gas producing low methane emissions.		Aye
2025-09-13		COALITION FOR RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS ($2,411 gifts); REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 1075
Air resources: toxic air contaminants: criteria air pollutants: community emissions reduction programs: local community emissions reduction plans.		Not voting
2026-05-27		COALITION FOR RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS ($2,411 gifts); CALIFORNIA ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION ($90 gifts)
SB 237
Oil spill prevention: gasoline specifications: suspension: California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: County of Kern: transportation fuels assessment: coastal resources. 		Aye
2025-09-13		COALITION FOR RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS ($2,411 gifts)
SB 1359
Natural Gas Ratepayer Protection Act.		Aye
2026-08-30		COALITION FOR RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS ($2,411 gifts)
SB 1350
Energy: renewable electrical generation facilities: definition.		Aye
2026-06-29		COALITION FOR RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS ($2,411 gifts)
AB 1666
Forest management: biomass innovation parks: wood products.		Aye
2026-08-26		COALITION FOR RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS ($2,411 gifts)
SB 69
Artificial intelligence program: Attorney General.		Aye
2025-05-28		AMERICAN FINTECH COUNCIL ($495 gifts)
SB 784
Home improvement loans: right to cancel contracts.		Aye
2025-06-02		AMERICAN FINTECH COUNCIL ($495 gifts)
SB 614
Public resources: transportation of carbon dioxide.		Aye
2025-09-13		CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES ($202 gifts)
AB 881
Public resources: transportation of carbon dioxide.		Aye
2025-09-12		CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES ($202 gifts)
AB 1331
Workplace surveillance.		Aye
2026-08-31		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts); CALIFORNIA ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION ($90 gifts)
SB 1130
Invasion of privacy: wearable recording devices.		Aye
2026-08-31		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts); Amazon.com Services LLC ($25 gifts)
SB 395
Alcoholic beverages: additional licenses: hospitality zone.		Aye
2025-09-02		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 513
Personnel records.		Aye
2025-05-28		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 617
California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act.		Aye
2025-09-04		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 294
The Workplace Know Your Rights Act.		Aye
2025-09-13		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 487
Workers’ compensation.		Aye
2025-09-13		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 590
Paid family leave: eligibility: care for designated persons.		Aye
2025-09-10		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 847
Workers’ compensation: uninsured employer: transfer of real property.		Aye
2025-05-29		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 597
Labor-related liabilities: direct contractor and subcontractor.		Aye
2025-09-09		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 7
Employment: automated decision systems.		Aye
2025-09-12		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 464
Employer pay data. 		Aye
2025-09-10		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 25
Antitrust: premerger notification.		Aye
2026-02-02		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 642
Employment: payment of wages.		Aye
2025-09-09		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 295
California Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act of 2025.		Aye
2025-06-03		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 384
Preventing Algorithmic Price Fixing Act: prohibition on certain price-setting algorithm uses.		Aye
2025-06-03		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 415
Planning and zoning: logistics use developments: truck routes.		Aye
2025-09-13		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 378
Online marketplaces: illicit cannabis: reporting and liability.		Aye
2025-09-13		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 238
Workplace surveillance tools.		Not voting
2025-06-03		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)
SB 261
Division of Labor Standards Enforcement: orders, decisions, and awards.		Aye
2025-09-09		REYES HOLDINGS L.L.C. ($94 gifts)

Form 700 statements

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2025 Annual
Senator, State Senate		2026-03-021 businesses & trusts, 1 real property, 2 income, 28 gifts, 10 travel
2024 Annual
Senator, State Senate		2025-02-281 businesses & trusts, 1 real property, 2 income, 24 gifts, 9 travel

Findings

Worth a look Lobbying · the statement

Lobbying reports name $495 in gifts to them in 2025 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 2025, $50 or more from each of these sources, none named among the statement's gifts or travel: AMERICAN FINTECH COUNCIL $495 (pass to the afc policy summit).

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).
AMERICAN FINTECH COUNCIL $495
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 $8,545.24 in travel paid by others (10 payments)

Largest: La Jolla, CA ($1,832, California Issues Forum), Napa CA ($1,794, Foundation for California's Technology and Innovation Economy), Montgomery, AL ($1,510.73, JK Irwin Foundation*). 10 of 10 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 Issues Forum $1,832 p.10Travel: Foundation for California's Technology and Innovation Economy $1,794 p.9Travel: JK Irwin Foundation* $1,511 p.10

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 $8,317.92 in travel paid by others (9 payments)

Largest: Palm Springs CA ($1,778.45, California Manufacturers & Technology Association), Dana Point CA ($1,619.36, Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas), La Jolla CA ($1,507, California Issues Forum). 9 of 9 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 Manufacturers & Technology Association $1,778 p.10Travel: Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas $1,619 p.10Travel: California Issues Forum $1,507 p.11

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

Reported by lobbying interests

What lobbyist employers, lobbyists and lobbying firms told the Secretary of State they spent on Timothy S Grayson since 2024: $3,944 across 18 items from 12 sources. Each amount is their share as the report gives it. Matched by name and office.

Reported byWhat, whenTo them
COALITION FOR RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS
$2,411 in all		MEAL at WALDORF ASTORIA MONARCH BEACH RESORT · 2025-12-11 · report$0
DINNER at BOURBON STEAK · 2025-12-11 · report$0
HOTEL STAY at WALDORF ASTORIA MONARCH BEACH RESORT · 2025-12-10 · report$949.10
MORNING REFRESHMENTS at PEBBLE BEACH GOLF RESORTS · 2025-02-21 · report$66
HOTEL STAY at PEBBLE BEACH GOLF RESORTS · 2025-02-21 · report$1,114.27
RECEPTION at PEBBLE BEACH GOLF RESORTS · 2025-02-20 · report$134
DINNER at PEBBLE BEACH GOLF RESORTS · 2025-02-20 · report$147.38
AMERICAN FINTECH COUNCIL
$495 in all		Pass to the AFC Policy Summit at American Fintech Council · 2025-11-18 · report$495
CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION (CIPA)
$409 in all		OIL & GAS POLICY SUMMIT LODGING at HYATT REGENCY LAKE TAHOE · 2026-06-11 · report$408.87
CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
$202 in all		DINNER at ELLA DINING ROOM · 2024-04-08 · report$202.30
Reyes Holdings L.L.C.
$94 in all		Food, Beverage, Glassware at Cafeteria 15L · 2024-08-20 · report$94
CALIFORNIA ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION
$90 in all		DINNER at SUTTER CLUB · 2026-03-17 · report$90
PERSONAL INSURANCE FEDERATION OF CALIFORNIA
$48 in all		DINNER at CAMDEN SPIT & LARDER · 2025-03-10 · report$47.59
Port of Long Beach
$45 in all		Reception at The Climate Group North America · 2025-09-23 · report$45
SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC
$43 in all		FOOD AND BEVERAGE (SPEAKER) at SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC. (SEE MEMO FOR VENDORS) · 2024-03-12 · report$43.11
SPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC.
$43 in all		FOOD AND BEVERAGE (SPEAKER) at SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC. (SEE MEMO A FOR VENDORS) · 2024-03-12 · report$43.11
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES
$39 in all		2 TICKETS TO SCREENING OF HOPPERS at THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES · 2026-03-07 · report$39.36
Amazon.com Services LLC
$25 in all		Swag at Amazon.com Services LLC · 2024-08-06 · report$25

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