P000145

Alex Padilla

DemocraticCaliforniaCurrent Member

Sponsored: 114
Cosponsored: 696
Birth Year: 1973

Official site Congress.gov API

Stated Priorities & Legislative Record

Congress 119 · Automated analysis

Reviewed comparisons point both waysAll topics

511 reviewed comparisons · 184 scored · 178 measures

Comparison balance: +1.2/ 2
Supportive: 180
Mixed: 3
Opposing: 1
Unscored: 327

Education

Sponsored: 1
Cosponsored: 26
Linked House votes: 0

What they say Official statements

Support funding for teachers and staff, school infrastructure, and student well-being.

Stated priority

“He is proud to advocate for funding to support teachers and staff, school infrastructure, and student well-being.”

Alex Padilla U.S. Senator for California · Captured 2026-10-28

Make higher education accessible for all.

Stated priority

“As a first-generation college graduate, Alex knows the hurdles that too many Californians face in accessing quality, affordable higher education, and he is determined to make higher education accessible for all.”

Alex Padilla U.S. Senator for California · Captured 2026-10-28

Support STEM educational opportunities inside and outside the classroom.

Stated priority

“As a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in mechanical engineering, Alex is a strong supporter of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) educational opportunities inside and outside the classroom.”

Alex Padilla U.S. Senator for California · Captured 2026-10-28

What they do Legislative evidence

SRES 624 · A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week of March 2 through March 6, 2026, as "National Social and Emotional Learning Week" to recognize the critical role social and emotional learning plays in supporting the academic success and overall well-being of students, educators, and families.

Cosponsor

Insufficient evidenceCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

Compared with: Support funding for teachers and staff, school infrastructure, and student well-being.

The cited cosponsorship is of a resolution designating a Social and Emotional Learning awareness week. While that relates to student well-being, the provided text does not show any funding for teachers or staff, school infrastructure, or a broader appropriations policy. This is too limited and indirect to compare as a clear policy match to the stated funding goal.

“He is proud to advocate for funding to support teachers and staff, school infrastructure, and student well-being.”

Official statement · Captured 2026-10-28

Supporting provisions

“This resolution supports the designation of National Social and Emotional Learning Week.”

Official legislative summary

Summary-based analysis · Action predates captured statement · Narrower scope

Assessed 2026-10-28 · Review: User-authorized automated publication. Published at the user request after the bounded production backfill. Automated evidence validation passed; comparisons have not been individually audited.

Insufficient evidenceCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

Compared with: Make higher education accessible for all.

The stated priority is broad access to higher education, but the cosponsorship is only of a resolution supporting National Social and Emotional Learning Week. The provided passage shows general support for social and emotional learning, not a concrete policy mechanism that expands access to higher education, lowers costs, or otherwise directly advances the specific goal. With only a symbolic resolution and no direct higher-education access provision, a defensible comparison cannot be made.

“As a first-generation college graduate, Alex knows the hurdles that too many Californians face in accessing quality, affordable higher education, and he is determined to make higher education accessible for all.”

Official statement · Captured 2026-10-28

Official legislative summary

Summary-based analysis · Action predates captured statement

No direct connectionCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

Compared with: Support STEM educational opportunities inside and outside the classroom.

The stated policy goal is support for STEM educational opportunities inside and outside the classroom, but the cosponsored resolution concerns Social and Emotional Learning Week. That is a different educational topic and the provided passage only says the resolution supports SEL Week, not STEM education. Any connection would be too indirect to score as support or opposition.

“As a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in mechanical engineering, Alex is a strong supporter of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) educational opportunities inside and outside the classroom.”

Official statement · Captured 2026-10-28

Opposing provisions

“This resolution supports the designation of National Social and Emotional Learning Week.”

Official legislative summary

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“This resolution supports the designation of National Social and Emotional Learning Week.”

Official summary source

SRES 601 · A resolution designating the week beginning February 2, 2026, as "National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week".

Cosponsor

No direct connectionCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

Compared with: Support funding for teachers and staff, school infrastructure, and student well-being.

The stated priority is about funding for teachers and staff, school infrastructure, and student well-being. The action here is cosponsoring a resolution designating a commemorative week for Tribal Colleges and Universities. That is symbolic recognition, not a funding measure or a direct policy mechanism advancing school staffing, infrastructure, or student services. No supplied passage links the resolution to those specific funding goals.

“He is proud to advocate for funding to support teachers and staff, school infrastructure, and student well-being.”

Official statement · Captured 2026-10-28

Opposing provisions

“This resolution designates the week beginning on February 2, 2026, as National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week.”

Official legislative summary

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No direct connectionCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

Compared with: Make higher education accessible for all.

The stated goal is broad access to higher education for all, but the only action is cosponsoring a resolution that designates a commemorative awareness week for Tribal Colleges and Universities. That is a symbolic recognition measure, not a policy change that directly expands affordability, admissions, aid, capacity, or access for higher education generally. The supplied passage does not show a substantive mechanism advancing the specific access goal.

“As a first-generation college graduate, Alex knows the hurdles that too many Californians face in accessing quality, affordable higher education, and he is determined to make higher education accessible for all.”

Official statement · Captured 2026-10-28

Opposing provisions

“This resolution designates the week beginning on February 2, 2026, as National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week.”

Official legislative summary

Summary-based analysis · Action predates captured statement

Insufficient evidenceCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

Compared with: Support STEM educational opportunities inside and outside the classroom.

The cited action is a cosponsorship of a resolution designating National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week. The supplied official passage only shows a commemorative designation and does not describe any concrete STEM education program, funding, curriculum, access, or other mechanism advancing STEM educational opportunities inside or outside the classroom. Because the resolution text provided is summary-only and too limited to establish a direct policy connection, a defensible comparison cannot be made.

“As a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in mechanical engineering, Alex is a strong supporter of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) educational opportunities inside and outside the classroom.”

Official statement · Captured 2026-10-28

Official legislative summary

Summary-based analysis · Action predates captured statement

“This resolution designates the week beginning on February 2, 2026, as National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week.”

Official summary source

S 3777 · Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2026

Cosponsor

Partly supportsCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

Compared with: Support funding for teachers and staff, school infrastructure, and student well-being.

The cosponsored bill meaningfully supports school infrastructure and student well-being by funding long-term public school facility improvements, including major repairs, indoor air quality, accessibility, hazard resistance, and reporting on student and staff health and safety. It does not directly address funding for teachers and staff salaries or broad staffing support, so the match is partial rather than complete.

“He is proud to advocate for funding to support teachers and staff, school infrastructure, and student well-being.”

Official statement · Captured 2026-10-28

Supporting provisions

“Rebuild America's Schools Act of 2026 This bill provides support for long-term improvements to public elementary and secondary school facilities.”

“First, the bill sets forth allocations to states and establishes a need-based grant program for local educational agencies (LEAs) to improve school facilities.”

“Further, the bill specifies allowable uses of grant funds, including carrying out major repairs, improving indoor air quality, and making facilities accessible to individuals with disabilities.”

“The bill restores school infrastructure tax credit bonds. The bill also sets forth reporting requirements, including annual reports on grant program projects and a report by the Government Accountability Office that requires a study of the geographic distribution of projects, the impact of selected projects on student and staff health and safety, and the accessibility of projects to high-needs schools.”

Official legislative summary

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No direct connectionCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

Compared with: Make higher education accessible for all.

The stated goal is about making higher education accessible for all, but the cosponsored bill concerns K-12 public school facilities, school construction, repairs, and related infrastructure requirements. It may improve general educational facilities, but it does not directly advance access to higher education specifically. The overlap is too indirect to score as support for the quoted policy goal.

“As a first-generation college graduate, Alex knows the hurdles that too many Californians face in accessing quality, affordable higher education, and he is determined to make higher education accessible for all.”

Official statement · Captured 2026-10-28

Opposing provisions

“Rebuild America's Schools Act of 2026 This bill provides support for long-term improvements to public elementary and secondary school facilities.”

“First, the bill sets forth allocations to states and establishes a need-based grant program for local educational agencies (LEAs) to improve school facilities.”

“Further, the bill specifies allowable uses of grant funds, including carrying out major repairs, improving indoor air quality, and making facilities accessible to individuals with disabilities.”

“The bill restores school infrastructure tax credit bonds. The bill also sets forth reporting requirements, including annual reports on grant program projects and a report by the Government Accountability Office that requires a study of the geographic distribution of projects, the impact of selected projects on student and staff health and safety, and the accessibility of projects to high-needs schools.”

“The bill also establishes the Office of School Infrastructure and Sustainability within the Department of Education.”

“Next, the bill extends through FY2031 the Impact Aid Construction program. Finally, the bill establishes a grant program to assist LEAs with repairing or replacing concrete foundations affected by pyrrhotite (an iron sulfide material linked to crumbling foundations).”

Official legislative summary

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No direct connectionCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

Compared with: Support STEM educational opportunities inside and outside the classroom.

The stated policy goal is to support STEM educational opportunities inside and outside the classroom. The cosponsored bill is a school facilities and infrastructure measure: it funds repairs, renovations, accessibility, air quality, construction standards, and related infrastructure programs. Those provisions may improve school conditions generally, but the summary does not show a specific STEM education program, curriculum support, or STEM extracurricular opportunity. Because the action concerns facilities rather than STEM educational opportunities specifically, there is no direct substantive connection.

“As a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in mechanical engineering, Alex is a strong supporter of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) educational opportunities inside and outside the classroom.”

Official statement · Captured 2026-10-28

Opposing provisions

“Rebuild America's Schools Act of 2026 This bill provides support for long-term improvements to public elementary and secondary school facilities.”

“First, the bill sets forth allocations to states and establishes a need-based grant program for local educational agencies (LEAs) to improve school facilities.”

“Further, the bill specifies allowable uses of grant funds, including carrying out major repairs, improving indoor air quality, and making facilities accessible to individuals with disabilities.”

“Additionally, the bill requires LEAs that receive funds for new construction, modernization, or renovation projects to comply with hazard-resistance building codes and performance criteria under the WaterSense program of the Environmental Protection Agency.”

“Further, the bill requires such LEAs to adopt certain green practices (environmental standards) and requires the use of iron, steel, and manufactured products that are made in the United States (Buy America).”

“The bill restores school infrastructure tax credit bonds. The bill also sets forth reporting requirements, including annual reports on grant program projects and a report by the Government Accountability Office that requires a study of the geographic distribution of projects, the impact of selected projects on student and staff health and safety, and the accessibility of projects to high-needs schools.”

Official legislative summary

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“Rebuild America's Schools Act of 2026 This bill provides support for long-term improvements to public elementary and secondary school facilities.”

Official summary source

S 3448 · Keeping All Students Safe Act

Cosponsor

Partly supportsCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

Compared with: Support funding for teachers and staff, school infrastructure, and student well-being.

The cosponsored bill meaningfully supports student well-being by restricting seclusion and dangerous restraint practices in schools and Head Start programs. It also requires trained personnel, post-incident procedures, enforcement, and a grant program to help states implement the policies. However, it does not directly fund teachers and staff salaries or school infrastructure, so the match to the stated priority is narrower than a full direct funding measure.

“He is proud to advocate for funding to support teachers and staff, school infrastructure, and student well-being.”

Official statement · Captured 2026-10-28

Supporting provisions

“Keeping All Students Safe Act This bill prohibits the use of seclusion and limits the use of physical restraint in schools and Head Start programs that receive federal funding.”

“Each state must ensure that a sufficient number of program personnel are trained and certified by a state-approved crisis intervention training program.”

“Additionally, each program must establish procedures to follow after an incident involving physical restraint.”

“Further, the bill establishes enforcement provisions, including a private right of action for a student who has been subjected to unlawful seclusion or restraint.”

“The Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services must withhold payments from a program for unlawful seclusion or restraint.”

“Finally, the bill requires each state educational agency (SEA) to establish, implement, and enforce policies and procedures required by the bill.”

Official legislative summary

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Partly supportsCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

Compared with: Make higher education accessible for all.

The cosponsored bill would make higher education indirectly more accessible by supporting school safety and student protections in federally funded schools and Head Start programs, which can help students remain in educational settings. However, it does not directly expand college access, affordability, admissions, or financial aid, so the support is meaningful but narrow relative to the stated goal of making higher education accessible for all.

“As a first-generation college graduate, Alex knows the hurdles that too many Californians face in accessing quality, affordable higher education, and he is determined to make higher education accessible for all.”

Official statement · Captured 2026-10-28

Supporting provisions

“Keeping All Students Safe Act This bill prohibits the use of seclusion and limits the use of physical restraint in schools and Head Start programs that receive federal funding.”

“Each state must ensure that a sufficient number of program personnel are trained and certified by a state-approved crisis intervention training program.”

“Further, the bill establishes enforcement provisions, including a private right of action for a student who has been subjected to unlawful seclusion or restraint.”

“It also creates a grant program to assist SEAs with these activities.”

Official legislative summary

Summary-based analysis · Action predates captured statement · Narrower scope

No direct connectionCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

Compared with: Support STEM educational opportunities inside and outside the classroom.

The stated policy goal is support for STEM educational opportunities inside and outside the classroom. The cosponsored bill concerns student safety practices in schools and Head Start programs, specifically prohibiting seclusion and limiting physical restraint, plus training and enforcement provisions. Those provisions do not directly advance STEM education opportunities, and the summary does not describe any STEM curriculum, access, enrichment, or extracurricular education mechanism.

“As a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in mechanical engineering, Alex is a strong supporter of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) educational opportunities inside and outside the classroom.”

Official statement · Captured 2026-10-28

Opposing provisions

“Keeping All Students Safe Act This bill prohibits the use of seclusion and limits the use of physical restraint in schools and Head Start programs that receive federal funding.”

“Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of seclusion, which is the involuntary confinement of a student alone in a room or area from which the student is physically prevented from leaving.”

“The bill prohibits the use of mechanical or chemical restraints or physical restraints that restrict breathing or are life threatening.”

“The bill outlines the requirements for the use of physical restraint, including that the student's behavior must pose an imminent danger of serious physical injury to the student or other individual.”

“Each state must ensure that a sufficient number of program personnel are trained and certified by a state-approved crisis intervention training program.”

“Additionally, each program must establish procedures to follow after an incident involving physical restraint.”

Official legislative summary

Summary-based analysis · Action predates captured statement

“Keeping All Students Safe Act This bill prohibits the use of seclusion and limits the use of physical restraint in schools and Head Start programs that receive federal funding.”

Official summary source

S 3147 · Keep Head Start Funded Act of 2025

Cosponsor

Partly supportsCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

Compared with: Support funding for teachers and staff, school infrastructure, and student well-being.

Cosponsoring the Keep Head Start Funded Act of 2025 meaningfully supports the part of the stated goal focused on student well-being, because the bill continues Head Start funding and services that include educational, health, nutritional, and social supports for low-income children. However, it is narrower than the full priority because it does not directly address funding for teachers and staff or school infrastructure.

“He is proud to advocate for funding to support teachers and staff, school infrastructure, and student well-being.”

Official statement · Captured 2026-10-28

Supporting provisions

“Keep Head Start Funded Act of 2025 This bill provides FY2026 continuing appropriations to carry out Head Start programs without interruption during any period in which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2026 are not in effect (i.e., a government shutdown).”

“The Head Start programs provide comprehensive early childhood education and development services to low-income children.”

“The programs seek to promote school readiness through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services.”

“This bill provides FY2026 appropriations to continue projects and activities under the programs that were funded in FY2025.”

Official legislative summary

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No direct connectionCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

Compared with: Make higher education accessible for all.

The stated goal is to make higher education accessible for all. The cosponsored bill is a continuing appropriations measure to keep Head Start funded for low-income children and preserve early childhood education and school-readiness services during a funding lapse. That is related to education access in a broad sense, but it does not directly advance higher education access, reduce college costs, expand college admissions, or otherwise target postsecondary accessibility. The connection is therefore too indirect to score as support or opposition.

“As a first-generation college graduate, Alex knows the hurdles that too many Californians face in accessing quality, affordable higher education, and he is determined to make higher education accessible for all.”

Official statement · Captured 2026-10-28

Supporting provisions

“The Head Start programs provide comprehensive early childhood education and development services to low-income children.”

“The programs seek to promote school readiness through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services.”

Opposing provisions

“Keep Head Start Funded Act of 2025 This bill provides FY2026 continuing appropriations to carry out Head Start programs without interruption during any period in which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2026 are not in effect (i.e., a government shutdown).”

“This bill provides FY2026 appropriations to continue projects and activities under the programs that were funded in FY2025.”

“The appropriations are available until the earliest of the enactment into law of legislation that provides appropriations (including continuing appropriations) for Head Start, the enactment into law of legislation that provides regular or continuing appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services without an appropriation for Head Start, or September 30, 2026.”

“This bill must take effect as if it had been enacted on September 30, 2025.”

Official legislative summary

Summary-based analysis · Action predates captured statement · Narrower scope · Timing unknown

Partly supportsCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

Compared with: Support STEM educational opportunities inside and outside the classroom.

The cosponsorship provides continued funding for Head Start, which is an early childhood education program that promotes school readiness through educational services. That is a meaningful but narrower connection to supporting STEM educational opportunities, because the bill supports general early education and access to schooling, not STEM-specific programming inside or outside the classroom.

“As a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in mechanical engineering, Alex is a strong supporter of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) educational opportunities inside and outside the classroom.”

Official statement · Captured 2026-10-28

Supporting provisions

“The Head Start programs provide comprehensive early childhood education and development services to low-income children.”

“The programs seek to promote school readiness through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services.”

“This bill provides FY2026 appropriations to continue projects and activities under the programs that were funded in FY2025.”

Official legislative summary

Summary-based analysis · Action predates captured statement · Narrower scope

“The Head Start programs provide comprehensive early childhood education and development services to low-income children.”

Official summary source

Prepared Legislative Analysis

119th Congress · computed from the latest committed analytics snapshot

Updated Oct 29, 2026, 11:00 AM

Sponsored: 114
Cosponsored: 696
Progressed: 196
Floor or later: 124
Final success: 87
Bill actions: 2,891

Top Policy Areas

Health

104

Government Operations and Politics

Crime and Law Enforcement

Education

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Agriculture and Food

Armed Forces and National Security

Labor and Employment

Monthly Bill Activity

Jan 2025

105

Feb 2025

178

Mar 2025

130

Apr 2025

155

May 2025

146

Jun 2025

115

Jul 2025

142

Aug 2025

Sep 2025

186

Oct 2025

Nov 2025

Dec 2025

143

Jan 2026

Feb 2026

103

Mar 2026

152

Apr 2026

147

May 2026

211

Jun 2026

204

Jul 2026

141

Aug 2026

133

Sep 2026

230

Oct 2026

Terms

119th

Senate

Senator · California

2021

118th

Senate

Senator · California

2021 - 2025

117th

Senate

Senator · California

2021 - 2023

Committee Assignments

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Member · Senate.gov

0 bills · 1,625 reports · 610 nominations · 7,981 communications

Committee on Environment and Public Works

Member · Senate.gov

0 bills · 437 reports · 620 nominations · 10,126 communications

Committee on Rules and Administration

Member · Senate.gov

0 bills · 27 reports · 108 nominations · 782 communications

Committee on the Budget

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0 bills · 0 reports · 0 nominations · 0 communications

Committee on the Judiciary

Member · Senate.gov

0 bills · 180 reports · 5,536 nominations · 2,179 communications

Joint Committee of Congress on the Library

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0 bills · 0 reports · 0 nominations · 0 communications

Joint Committee on Printing

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0 bills · 0 reports · 0 nominations · 0 communications