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Jacqui Irwin

Democrat, State Assembly
District 42, Thousand Oaks
Time in office:
  • Assembly: 2014-present

Bio

Jacqui Irwin, 61, is a former mayor, engineer and Academic All American swimmer at UC San Diego. She was elected to the Assembly in 2014 after serving as a city councilmember and mayor of Thousand Oaks. Irwin was a systems engineer at Teledyne Systems and at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Lab. In the Assembly, she advocated for stronger gun control after a mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, and she was a key figure in debates over privacy related to technology companies, one of which, Ring, employed her husband. She and her husband have three children.

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Ideology

Left

Moderate

Right

Bill Activity

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Of 53 bills:
10 Passed
9 Failed
34 Pending

For this session year, this legislator initiated 53 bills: 10 passed, 9 failed, and 34 are currently pending.

Money Tracker

In the last session, this legislator received 10.0% less than their colleagues and at least $266,250.0 from the 'Labor' donor group, which represented 19.78% of their contributions.

Financials

This feature tracks three sources of money intended to help a candidate win election: 1-Money given directly to a candidate’s committee, 2-Money given to an Independent Expenditure Committee, 3-Money given to a political party. (NOTE: Senators are elected every four years. Twenty of the 40 Senators are on the ballot in even-numbered years, so Senators may do little or no fundraising in the first two-year session of their Senate term).

Election

This display shows money given directly to the incumbent’s campaign committee (NOTE: The industry categories for donors come from Open Secrets, a nonpartisan research organization for campaign finance. Some contributions are “uncoded,” meaning they have not been assigned to an industry sector. As a result, the total for each sector is also an estimate).

Agriculture

$32.9K

Communications & Electronics

$66.1K

Construction

$23.7K

Defense

$1.0K

Energy & Natural Resources

$53.0K

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

$144.4K

General Business

$89.5K

Government Agencies/Education/Other

$48.7K

Health

$132.3K

Ideology/Single Issue

$76.3K

Labor

$266.3K

Lawyers & Lobbyists

$10.3K

Party

$35.8K

Transportation

$41.2K

Uncoded

$322.9K

Unitemized Contributions

$1.6K

Candidate Donations

Individuals, corporations, organizations and committees are limited to a maximum donation to candidates of $5,500 for the primary and for the general elections.

Total
$1.3M

19.0% higher than the average legislators

Party Committees

This is independent expenditure money spent by political parties for advertising, grassroots mobilization or other activities targeting this candidate. Separately, political parties can give an unlimited amount of money directly to a candidate's campaign committee. Digital Democracy tallies that money under "candidate donations".

Total
$8.5K

90.0% higher than the average legislators

Independent Expenditures

Money from Independent Expenditure Committees (IEC) for advertising or grassroots activity to help a candidate win office is unlimited, but it cannot be spent in coordination with the candidate or the candidate's campaign.

Total
$943.0

100.0% lower than the average legislators

Grand Total for Elections

$1.4M

10.0% lower than the average legislators

This is a total of the money to help this legislator win office including direct donations to the candidate, money from Independent Expenditure Committees and money from political parties.


Influence

There are three categories of donations to legislators after they are elected that encourage a working relationship between the donor and the legislator. The three categories are: 1-Gifts, 2-Travel, 3-Behests.

Giver
Value
Date
Description
Thousand Oaks Employees$300Nov 25, 2014Gifts - Headphones, blanket, headset
Bruce Thomas$175Apr 5, 2014Dinner - 1 Seat
California Democratic Party$73.83Nov 6, 2014Policy Conference
Toni Atkins for Assembly 2014$26.47Dec 1, 2014Food
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Personal Gifts

Legislators are not allowed to accept gifts of more than $10 per month from registered lobbyists. Gifts from any other single source are limited to $590 in a calendar year.

Gift Received Rating
#18/120

This legislator is ranked 18th highest for the amount of personal gifts received.

Policy

Bills Authored by Jacqui Irwin

AB 2320
Wildlife Connectivity and Climate Adaptation Act of 2024: wildlife corridors.

Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife

In Progress
Wildlife Connectivity and Climate Adaptation Act of 2024: wildlife corridors.Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife
AB 1999
Electricity: fixed charges.

Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Utilities and Energy

In Progress
Electricity: fixed charges.Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Utilities and Energy
AB 2013
Artificial intelligence: training data transparency.

Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection

In Progress
Artificial intelligence: training data transparency.Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection
AB 2723
The California Cradle-to-Career Data System Act.

Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Higher Education

In Progress
The California Cradle-to-Career Data System Act.Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Higher Education
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Committees

Most of the policy work in the state Capitol is done in “Standing” committees. Legislators also work on budget subcommittees. There are also “Special” and “Select” committees with a more narrow topic focus. And there are “Joint” committees with members from the Senate and Assembly.

Hearings

Featured Comments

Below are links to the video and transcript of recent, substantive comments by this legislator in committee hearings or floor sessions.

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May 15, 2024

AB 1999

Electricity: fixed charges.

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May 15, 2024

AB 2697

Transportation electrification: electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

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Apr 30, 2024

AB 2013

Artificial intelligence: training data transparency.

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Apr 25, 2024

AB 1779

Theft: jurisdiction.

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Apr 24, 2024

AB 2723

The California Cradle-to-Career Data System Act.

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Apr 24, 2024

AB 2697

Transportation electrification: electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

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Apr 24, 2024

AB 3256

Memorandum and balancing accounts: audits: reports to the Legislature.

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Apr 23, 2024

AB 2352

Mental health and psychiatric advance directives.

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Apr 22, 2024

AB 2320

Wildlife Connectivity and Climate Adaptation Act of 2024: wildlife corridors.

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Apr 16, 2024

AB 2492

Public postsecondary education: sex discrimination complaints: advocates and coordinators.

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Apr 15, 2024

AJR 15

State and local tax (SALT) deduction limitation: repeal.

Preview image for AB 269710MIN
Apr 15, 2024

AB 2697

Transportation electrification: electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

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District

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District 42 is a Safe Democratic District
Democratic Party candidate has a very high likelihood of winning in an election

Previous Election:

Jacqui Irwin (Incumbent)
55%
WON
Lori Mills
45%

Party Registration

Census Data

Median age010203040

Median age