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Cottie Petrie-Norris

Democrat, State Assembly
District 73, Irvine
Time in office:
  • Assembly: 2018-present

News coverage of Cottie Petrie-Norris

Bio

Cottie Petrie-Norris, 50, is a former marketing professional who first ran for Assembly in 2018, beating Republican incumbent Matthew Harper. In the Assembly, she advanced legislation that aims to combat the fentanyl crisis and strengthened gun seizure requirements at domestic violence incidents. She’s a former marketing director for tech companies and a former marketing consultant. She has a degree from Yale University. She and her husband have two sons and a rescue dog named Flounder.

Ideology

Left

Moderate

Right

Bill Activity

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Of 38 bills:
5 Passed
8 Failed
25 Pending

For this session year, this legislator initiated 38 bills: 5 passed, 8 failed, and 25 are currently pending.

Alignment Meter

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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

$23.0K

Candidate Contributions

$200.0

Communications & Electronics

$35.5K

Construction

$37.5K

Defense

$1.0K

Energy & Natural Resources

$85.5K

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

$208.4K

General Business

$141.7K

Government Agencies/Education/Other

$84.9K

Health

$156.3K

Ideology/Single Issue

$34.3K

Labor

$291.4K

Lawyers & Lobbyists

$9.1K

Party

$2.6K

Transportation

$52.3K

Uncoded

$402.3K

Unitemized Contributions

$224.7K

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
$1.8M

278.0% higher than the average legislators

Independent Expenditures

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

Total
$20.3K

78.0% lower than the average legislators

Grand Total for Elections

$1.8M

221.0% higher than the average legislators

This is a total of the money targeting this legislator's campaign(s) including direct donations to the candidate, money spent by 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
Darden Restaurants, Inc.$225.67Oct 27, 2021dinner
California Issues Forum$83Jun 21, 2021dinner
California Democratic Party$60.99Aug 24, 2021lunch
California Democratic Party$56.93May 4, 2021lunch
Gipson for Assembly 2022$48.41Apr 26, 2021dinner
Re-Elect Senator Atkins 2020$45Sep 7, 2021champagne
Rendon for Assembly 2020$33.84Aug 7, 2021Birthday gift, wine
Rendon for Assembly 2020$24.64Jan 28, 2021photobook
Rendon for Assembly 2020$7.09Jul 7, 2021meal

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
#45/120

This legislator is ranked 45th highest for the amount of personal gifts received.

Policy

Bills Authored by Cottie Petrie-Norris

AB 2579
Common interest developments: discipline.

Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development

In Progress
Common interest developments: discipline.Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development
AB 2385
Local reconstruction agencies.

Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Emergency Management

In Progress
Local reconstruction agencies.Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Emergency Management
AB 2553
Real estate crimes: probation.

Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Public Safety

In Progress
Real estate crimes: probation.Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Public Safety
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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.

Preview image for AB 25798MIN
Apr 28, 2026

AB 2579

Common interest developments: discipline.

Preview image for AB 23856MIN
Apr 22, 2026

AB 2385

Local reconstruction agencies.

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Apr 22, 2026

AB 2579

Common interest developments: discipline.

Preview image for AB 265611MIN
Apr 22, 2026

AB 2656

Public employees: notice: artificial intelligence performing service within scope of work.

Preview image for AB 255314MIN
Apr 21, 2026

AB 2553

Real estate crimes: probation.

Preview image for AB 251611MIN
Apr 21, 2026

AB 2516

California Grid Manufacturing Initiative.

Preview image for AB 26565MIN
Apr 16, 2026

AB 2656

Public employees: notice: artificial intelligence performing service within scope of work.

Preview image for AB 27615MIN
Apr 13, 2026

AB 2761

Vehicles: crash data.

Preview image for AB 23859MIN
Apr 13, 2026

AB 2385

Local reconstruction agencies.

Preview image for AB 251611MIN
Apr 8, 2026

AB 2516

California Grid Manufacturing Initiative.

Preview image for AB 249316MIN
Apr 8, 2026

AB 2493

Electrical corporations: interconnection: transmission: permitting: auditor.

Preview image for AB 25139MIN
Apr 6, 2026

AB 2513

Wildfire: Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program: local assistance grant program: regional...

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District

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District 73 is a Safe Democratic District
Democratic Party candidate has a very high likelihood of winning in an election

Previous Election (2024):

Cottie Petrie-Norris
56.8%
WON
Scotty Peotter
43.2%

Party Registration

Census Data

Median age0102030

Median age