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Maggy Krell

Democrat, State Assembly
District 6, Sacramento
Time in office:
  • Assembly: 2024-present

News coverage of Maggy Krell

Bio

Maggy Krell, 47, is a lawyer who was a deputy attorney general for the California Department of Justice. She gained notoriety for prosecuting the operators of Backpage.com on sex trafficking-related charges. She served as a special assistant U.S Attorney and was a deputy district attorney in San Joaquin County. Krell says she prosecuted murder, organized crime, human trafficking, domestic violence and white-collar cases.  She angered her progressive colleagues when she publicly defied Democratic leaders in attempting to pass harsher penalties for soliciting sex from 16- and 17-year-olds. She was an adjunct professor at UC Davis School of Law and served as a special counsel for Planned Parenthood’s California affiliates. She lives in Sacramento with her family.

Bill Activity

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Of 30 bills:
5 Passed
6 Failed
19 Pending

For this session year, this legislator initiated 30 bills: 5 passed, 6 failed, and 19 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

$11.0K

Candidate Contributions

$3.0K

Communications & Electronics

$4.5K

Construction

$15.3K

Energy & Natural Resources

$17.5K

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

$146.8K

General Business

$52.5K

Government Agencies/Education/Other

$80.5K

Health

$77.5K

Ideology/Single Issue

$31.5K

Labor

$217.8K

Lawyers & Lobbyists

$58.3K

Transportation

$7.5K

Uncoded

$309.7K

Unitemized Contributions

$204.7K

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
$1.2M

161.0% 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
$869.3K

861.0% higher than the average legislators

Grand Total for Elections

$2.1M

273.0% 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.

No personal gifts data found

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.

Interest Group Rankings

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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Sep 9, 2025

AB 316

Artificial intelligence: defenses.

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Sep 4, 2025

AB 416

Involuntary commitment.

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Sep 4, 2025

AB 348

Full-service partnerships.

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Jul 15, 2025

AB 416

Involuntary commitment.

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Jul 15, 2025

AB 54

Access to Safe Abortion Care Act.

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Jul 2, 2025

AB 416

Involuntary commitment.

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Jun 25, 2025

AB 54

Access to Safe Abortion Care Act.

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Jun 24, 2025

AB 316

Artificial intelligence: defenses.

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Jun 11, 2025

AB 348

Full-service partnerships.

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Jun 2, 2025

AB 618

Medi-Cal: behavioral health: data sharing.

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May 19, 2025

AB 316

Artificial intelligence: defenses.

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May 15, 2025

AB 379

Crimes: prostitution.

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District

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District 6 is a Safe Democratic District
Democratic Party candidate has a very high likelihood of winning in an election

Previous Election (2024):

Maggy Krell
66.9%
WON
Nikki Ellis
33.1%

Party Registration

Census Data

Median age0102030

Median age