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Lola Smallwood-Cuevas

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Overview

Lola Smallwood-Cuevas is an American politician and a member of the California Senate.

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Facts from Wikipedia.

How to reach them
Source: Open States

Bills they wrote

Bills and joint resolutions where they're the main author, since 2023. Laws first, then the ones that got furthest.

Wrote

59 bills

Became law

23 became law. Another 33 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Feb 20, 2026SB 1405: Unclaimed personal property: employee benefit plan distributions.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2026SB 1316: Employment.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2026SB 1203: Security services.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2026SB 1100: Grand juries: final reports.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2026SB 1073: Income taxes: voluntary contributions: Black Cultural District Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2026SB 1030: CalWORKs: unrelated adult male.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2026SB 1012: Employment of inmates.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 3, 2026SB 964: Prescription drug coverage: dose adjustments.
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 26, 2026SB 909: Public works.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2025SB 626: Perinatal health screenings and treatment.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2025SB 648: Employment: gratuities: enforcement.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2025SB 578: California Workplace Outreach Program.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2025SB 464: Employer pay data.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 10, 2025SB 303: Employment: bias mitigation training: unlawful discrimination.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2024SB 1484: Jurisdiction of juvenile court.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2024SB 1340: Discrimination.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2024SB 1137: Discrimination claims: combination of characteristics.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2024SB 1089: Food and prescription access: grocery and pharmacy closures.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2023SB 749: Criminal procedure: sentencing.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2023SB 835: Baldwin Hills and Urban Watersheds Conservancy: watershed and open-space plan: report.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 15, 2023SB 572: Surplus state real property: community land trusts.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2023SB 497: Protected employee conduct.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2023SB 521: CalWORKs: pregnancy or parenting.
    Became law
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2026SB 1284: Medi-Cal benefits: employer reports.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 21, 2025SB 756: California Film Commission: motion picture tax credits: tracking and compliance program.
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2025SB 442: Grocery retail store and retail drug establishment employees: self-service checkout.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2025SB 290: CalWORKs.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 4, 2025SB 275: Eligible training provider list.
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2025SB 247: State agency contracts: bid preference: equity metrics.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Jan 29, 2025SB 238: Workplace surveillance tools.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Jan 15, 2025SB 75: Employment: Preapprenticeship Pathways to Employment Pilot Program.
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2024SB 1446: Grocery retail store and retail drug establishment employees: self-service checkout and consequential workplace technology.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2024SB 1067: Healing arts: expedited licensure process.
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2023SB 830: Public works.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2023SB 864: Workforce development: workplace rights curriculum.
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023SB 627: Displaced workers: notice: opportunity to transfer.
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023SB 725: Grocery workers.
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2026SB 1355: School safety: school security departments: contracted private licensed security agencies.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2026SB 1241: Skilled and trained workforce requirements.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 18, 2026SB 1155: Nonpayment of rent: federal employees: government shutdown.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2026SB 1132: Workforce development: workplace rights training.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2025SB 573: Personal Income Tax Law: exclusions: guaranteed income pilot programs.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2025SB 560: Public social services.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 20, 2025SB 592: Property tax: change in ownership: residential rental property.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 19, 2025SB 469: Department of Industrial Relations: task force: public infrastructure: employment: underrepresented communities.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2025SB 366: Employment: artificial intelligence.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2025SB 368: Price gouging.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2024SB 1338: Education finance: emergencies: apportionments: COVID-19: Culver City Unified School District.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2024SB 1345: Employment discrimination: criminal history information.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 15, 2024SB 1282: Crimes: diversion.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2024SB 1030: California Workplace Outreach Project.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2024SB 1026: School safety: school security departments: contracted private licenced security agencies.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2023SB 854: Carpet recycling: carpet stewardship.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2023SB 809: California Fair Employment and Housing Act: Fair Chance Act: conviction history.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2023SB 792: State property.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2023SB 823: Discounted electric vehicle charging payment card competitive grant program.
    Passed the Senate
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2024SB 1457: Chain employer: displacement notice.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2023SB 877: Adult education.
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2023SB 876: Employment discrimination.
    Introduced

Source: Open States

How they voted

Final votes on bills that passed either chamber of the California legislature, since 2023. Votes on amendments, committees, and procedure are left out.

Votes shown

6,298 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 184 of 6,298 votes (3%). California counts being absent and choosing not to vote the same way.

By topic
Accountability and Administrative Review6 votes
    Aging and Long-Term Care10 votes
      Agriculture64 votes
        Appropriations5 votes
          Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism13 votes
            Banking and Finance36 votes
              Banking and Financial Institutions32 votes
                Budget377 votes
                  Business and Professions180 votes
                    Business, Professions and Economic Development90 votes
                      Communications and Conveyance19 votes
                        Education516 votes
                          Elections89 votes
                            Elections and Constitutional Amendments102 votes
                              Emergency Management50 votes
                                Energy, Utilities and Communications90 votes
                                  Environmental Quality190 votes
                                    Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials69 votes
                                      Governance and Finance80 votes
                                        Governmental Organization265 votes
                                          Health522 votes
                                            Higher Education128 votes
                                              Housing133 votes
                                                Housing and Community Development177 votes
                                                  Human Services220 votes
                                                    Insurance128 votes
                                                      Judiciary619 votes
                                                        Labor and Employment128 votes
                                                          Local Government301 votes
                                                            Military and Veterans Affairs25 votes
                                                              Natural Resources122 votes
                                                                Natural Resources and Water214 votes
                                                                  Privacy and Consumer Protection77 votes
                                                                    Public Employment and Retirement85 votes
                                                                      Public Safety569 votes
                                                                        Rules3 votes
                                                                          Taxes (Revenue and Taxation)149 votes
                                                                            Transportation300 votes
                                                                              Utilities and Energy112 votes
                                                                                Other3 votes

                                                                                  Source: Open States, California Legislative Information. Topics from the state legislature.