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Members

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Alex Padilla

DemocraticCaliforniaCurrent Member
Sponsored
114
Cosponsored
696
Birth Year
1973

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

S 343 · Keep Our PACT Act

Cosponsor

Partly supportsCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

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

The cosponsored bill advances part of the stated goal by funding school-related services for students in low-income schools and permanently reauthorizing special education support, which can benefit student well-being and school staffing/service capacity. However, the supplied summary does not show direct funding for teachers and staff or school infrastructure, so the support is meaningful but narrower than the full stated priority.

“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 Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act or the Keep Our PACT Act This bill provides funding through FY2035 for grant programs operated by local educational agencies to provide supplementary educational and related services to low-achieving students and other students who attend elementary and secondary schools with relatively high concentrations of students from low-income families.”
“Additionally, the bill permanently reauthorizes the grant program to assist states and outlying areas in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities.”
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.

Partly supportsCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

Compared with: Make higher education accessible for all.

The cosponsored bill advances educational access in a limited way by funding K-12 support programs for low-achieving students in high-poverty schools and permanently reauthorizing special education grants for children with disabilities. Those provisions can improve access to education, but they do not directly address higher education affordability or college access for all, so the match is meaningful but narrower than the stated 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

Supporting provisions

“Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act or the Keep Our PACT Act This bill provides funding through FY2035 for grant programs operated by local educational agencies to provide supplementary educational and related services to low-achieving students and other students who attend elementary and secondary schools with relatively high concentrations of students from low-income families.”
“Additionally, the bill permanently reauthorizes the grant program to assist states and outlying areas in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities.”
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.

No direct connectionCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

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

The cosponsored bill is a funding and reauthorization measure for K-12 supplemental services and special education. That may indirectly benefit education broadly, but the supplied summary does not show a direct mechanism supporting STEM educational opportunities specifically, either inside or outside the classroom. No passage mentions STEM programs, STEM coursework, informal STEM enrichment, or related targeted funding.

“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

“Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act or the Keep Our PACT Act This bill provides funding through FY2035 for grant programs operated by local educational agencies to provide supplementary educational and related services to low-achieving students and other students who attend elementary and secondary schools with relatively high concentrations of students from low-income families.”
“Additionally, the bill permanently reauthorizes the grant program to assist states and outlying areas in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities.”
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.

“Additionally, the bill permanently reauthorizes the grant program to assist states and outlying areas in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities.”
Official summary source
SRES 50 · A resolution designating the week of February 3 through 7, 2025, as "National School Counseling Week".

Cosponsor

No direct connectionCosponsorship · Reviewed automated analysis

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

The stated goal is funding for teachers and staff, school infrastructure, and student well-being. The only action shown is cosponsoring a resolution designating National School Counseling Week, which is a symbolic recognition of school counselors and does not itself provide funding or address school infrastructure. That makes the connection too indirect to score as support for the specific policy 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

Official legislative summary

Summary-based analysis · Action predates captured statement

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.

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, but the only available action is cosponsoring a resolution designating National School Counseling Week. That is a general recognition measure about school counseling and does not directly advance, restrict, fund, or regulate access to higher education. No passage links the resolution to higher education access specifically.

“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

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.

“This resolution designates February 3-February 7, 2025, as National School Counseling Week.”
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

69

Crime and Law Enforcement

64

Education

57

Public Lands and Natural Resources

45

Agriculture and Food

40

Armed Forces and National Security

40

Labor and Employment

37

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
12
Sep 2025
186
Oct 2025
88
Nov 2025
62
Dec 2025
143
Jan 2026
96
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
12

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

Member · Senate.gov

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

Member · Senate.gov

0 bills · 0 reports · 0 nominations · 0 communications

Joint Committee on Printing

Member · Senate.gov

0 bills · 0 reports · 0 nominations · 0 communications