# Steve Padilla
Public lawmaker profile for the Negotiate The Future policy tracker.
Profile URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/lawmakers/23229
Party: D
Role: Sen
District: SD-018
States: CA
Tracked bills: 4
Latest activity: 2026-02-18
Summary: Steve Padilla is a tracked D Sen in CA with 4 public bills. Focus areas include 1 AI bills. Latest tracked bill: SB903 Mental health professionals: artificial intelligence..
Machine-readable companions:
https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/lawmakers/profiles/23229/txt
https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/lawmakers/profiles/23229/json
Source links:
- Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Steve_Padilla
- Vote Smart: https://votesmart.org/candidate/176708/bio
- FollowTheMoney: https://www.followthemoney.org/entity-details?eid=55433563

## Tracked bills (4)
### SB903 — Mental health professionals: artificial intelligence.
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/CA/2025/SB903
Jurisdiction: CA
Session year: 2025
Status: Introduced
Categories: Uncategorized
Updated: 2026-02-18
Text available: yes

### SB579 — Mental health and artificial intelligence working group.
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/CA/2025/SB579
Jurisdiction: CA
Session year: 2025
Status: Failed
Categories: AI
Updated: 2026-02-02
Text available: yes

### AB1018 — Automated decision systems.
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/CA/2025/AB1018
Jurisdiction: CA
Session year: 2025
Status: Engrossed
Categories: Uncategorized
Updated: 2025-09-13
Text available: yes

### SB420 — Automated decision systems.
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/CA/2025/SB420
Jurisdiction: CA
Session year: 2025
Status: Engrossed
Categories: Uncategorized
Updated: 2025-06-09
Text available: yes