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Dawn Addis

Democrat, State Assembly
District 30, San Luis Obispo
Time in office:
  • Assembly: 2022-present

News coverage of Dawn Addis

Bio

Dawn Addis, 53, is a former special education teacher. She is the Assembly appointee to the Ocean Protection Council and chairs the budget health subcommittee. She has a master’s degree in special education from San Francisco State. In 2018, she won her first elected office to the Morro Bay City Council. In the Legislature, she’s introduced legislation pertaining to offshore wind farms and has advocated for childhood sexual assault victims. Addis and her husband have two children and two rescue pets.

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Ideology

Left

Moderate

Right

Bill Activity

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Of 24 bills:
9 Passed
2 Failed
13 Pending

For this session year, this legislator initiated 24 bills: 9 passed, 2 failed, and 13 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

$23.4K

Candidate Contributions

$100.0

Communications & Electronics

$16.2K

Construction

$6.5K

Energy & Natural Resources

$4.6K

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

$49.3K

General Business

$70.9K

Government Agencies/Education/Other

$63.6K

Health

$37.2K

Ideology/Single Issue

$13.2K

Labor

$262.9K

Lawyers & Lobbyists

$12.9K

Party

$1.7K

Transportation

$13.0K

Uncoded

$251.7K

Unitemized Contributions

$242.3K

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
$1.1M

126.0% 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 money directly to a candidate's campaign committee. Digital Democracy tallies that money under "candidate donations".

Total
$466.0

8.0% lower 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
$31.2K

66.0% lower than the average legislators

Grand Total for Elections

$1.1M

95.0% 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
ATT$250Nov 12, 2022Ticket to attend Panetta Institute Fundraiser
California Democratic Party$137.46Nov 9, 2022Dinner
BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS$94Jul 27, 2022Lodging
BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS$88.09Jul 27, 2022Meal
California Democratic Party$61.78Nov 9, 2022Lunch
Women in California Leadership$46.01Dec 5, 20222 office plants

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
#77/120

This legislator is ranked 77th highest for the amount of personal gifts received.

Policy

Bills Authored by Dawn Addis

AB 1159
Student personal information.

Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection

In Progress
Student personal information.Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection
AB 1536 In Progress
AB 1076
Qualified ABLE Program: CalABLE accounts: funding.

Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation

Passed
Qualified ABLE Program: CalABLE accounts: funding.Committee: Assembly Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation
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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 115928MIN
Jan 15, 2026

AB 1159

Student personal information.

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Jan 13, 2026

AB 1159

Student personal information.

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Sep 12, 2025

AB 808

Campaign statements and registrations: filing online or electronically.

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Sep 12, 2025

AB 1288

Registered environmental health specialists.

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Sep 11, 2025

AB 1487

Public health: Two-Spirit, Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex Wellness and Equity Fund.

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Sep 11, 2025

AB 1336

Farmworkers: benefits.

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Sep 9, 2025

AB 560

Special education: resource specialists: special classes.

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Sep 8, 2025

AB 1076

Qualified ABLE Program: CalABLE accounts: funding.

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Sep 3, 2025

AB 1008

Alcoholic beverages: licenses: County of San Luis Obispo.

Preview image for ACR 1016MIN
Aug 25, 2025

ACR 101

James Dean Memorial Highway.

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Jul 15, 2025

AB 808

Campaign statements and registrations: filing online or electronically.

Preview image for ACR 1039MIN
Jul 14, 2025

ACR 103

California Western Monarch Protection Week.

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District

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District 30 is a Safe Democratic District
Democratic Party candidate has a very high likelihood of winning in an election

Previous Election (2024):

Dalila Epperson
37.6%
Dawn Addis
62.4%
WON

Party Registration

Census Data

Median age010203040

Median age