People

Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer

This person was identified as:
Former Legislator (2025)
Advocate (2017-2018, 2023-2024)
Legislator (2013-2024)

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Past Affiliations

Year:

Known Roles

Advocate

Financials

Below is a list of financial exchanges involving this person including campaign donations, gifts, independent expenditures or travel expenses. The data covers 2015-present.

Giver	Given By	Receiver	Transaction Type	Date	Amount
Hollywood Park Casino Company LLC		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Aug 22, 2013	$1,500

California Beer & Beverage Distributors		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Aug 14, 2013	$1,500

Verizon		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Aug 14, 2013	$1,500

Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Aug 14, 2013	$3,000

Reynolds American, Inc. (RAI Services Company)		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Aug 14, 2013	$1,500

Dish Network Corporation		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Aug 14, 2013	$1,000

DirectTV, LLC		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Aug 14, 2013	$1,000

Dart Container Corporation		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Aug 14, 2013	$1,500

Apollo Education Group Inc. (University of Phoenix)		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Aug 14, 2013	$1,000

John Perez Campaign Committee		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Sponsored Travel	Aug 6, 2013	$45

California Nurses Association		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Aug 6, 2013	$1,000

Elevance Health Inc And Its Affiliated Companies		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Aug 5, 2013	$1,500

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Sponsored Travel	Jul 17, 2013	$345

California Faculty Association		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jul 17, 2013	$1,500

Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jul 17, 2013	$1,500

U.S. HEALTHWORKS		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jul 10, 2013	$1,000

DAVID SANDERS		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jul 10, 2013	$100

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and affiliates		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 28, 2013	$3,900

Sempra Energy And Its Affiliates: San Diego Gas & Electric, Southern California Gas Co., And Sempra Energy Global Enterprises		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 28, 2013	$1,500

California Council For Affordable Housing		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 28, 2013	$1,000

International Brotherhood of Electric Workers (IBEW)		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 28, 2013	$5,000

International Brotherhood of Electric Workers (IBEW)		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 28, 2013	$5,000

Altria Group, Inc.		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 27, 2013	$4,100

FRESNO COIN GALLERY JEWELRY & LOAN, INC.		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 27, 2013	$250

California Correctional Peace Officers Association		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 27, 2013	$1,500

SAMONA M. CALDWELL		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 25, 2013	$100

BERTHA BREMOND HARTFIELD		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 25, 2013	$250

MALCOLM BENNETT		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 25, 2013	$100

LOS ANGELES PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS ASSN.		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 25, 2013	$3,900

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and affiliates		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 25, 2013	$4,100

ASURION		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 25, 2013	$1,000

Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 25, 2013	$4,100

Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 25, 2013	$2,100

WILLIAM BURKE		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 22, 2013	$1,000

Paramount Farming Company		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 21, 2013	$1,000

Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc.		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 21, 2013	$1,500

LINDA HOFFMAN-POLES		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 20, 2013	$100

SUSAN ANN BILLER		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 20, 2013	$100

NAM NORTH AMERICAN METALS		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 20, 2013	$250

Wine Institute of California		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 20, 2013	$1,000

Edison International And Affiliates, Including Southern California Edison		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 20, 2013	$1,500

Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 20, 2013	$1,000

Cal Fire Local 2881		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 20, 2013	$1,500

Disney Worldwide Services, Inc.		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 19, 2013	$1,000

California Medical Association		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 19, 2013	$1,500

John Perez Campaign Committee		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Sponsored Travel	Jun 18, 2013	$16

Union Of American Physicians And Dentists		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 14, 2013	$1,000

AT&T Inc. And Its Affiliates		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 13, 2013	$1,500

Western Loan & Jewelry		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 13, 2013	$250

All Season Center, Inc.		Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer	Candidate Donations	Jun 13, 2013	$250

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Bills Authored

Year:

Bill Name	Status
AB 1137: Excluded employees.	Passed
AB 3123: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority: board code of conduct: lobbying rules.	Passed
AB 2136: Controlled substances: analyzing and testing.	Passed
AB 3089: Chattel slavery: formal apology.	Passed
AB 3108: Business: mortgage fraud.	Passed
AB 3142: Los Angeles Community College District: California Center for Climate Change Education.	Failed
AB 1802: Crimes: organized theft.	Passed
AB 852: Peace officers.	Failed
ACR 192: Juneteenth.	Passed
ACR 200: Hypertension Awareness Month.	Passed
AB 2338: Statewide Homelessness Coordinator.	Failed
AB 1610: Cannabis: Department of Cannabis Control.	Failed
AB 2064: Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program.	Failed
ACR 179: Disabled individuals.	Passed
AB 2923: Peace officers: public complaints.	Failed
AB 2052: School-Based Health and Education Partnership Program.	Failed
AB 2456: Criminal law: civil compromise.	Failed
AB 1800: Negligence: controlled substances: social media companies.	Failed
AB 3152: Excise tax: loan guaranties: education and training.	Failed
ACA 22: Legislature: retirement.	Failed
AB 2280: Jails: confidential calls.	Failed
AB 2031: One California program.	Failed
AB 3178: Drug diversion programs.	Failed
AB 3164: Housing.	Failed
AB 2379: Peace officers.	Failed
AB 2267: Youth Reinvestment Grant Program.	Failed
AB 2183: Public employees’ retirement benefits: final compensation.	Failed
AB 1734: Local Government: Surplus Land Act: exemptions.	Passed
AB 458: Shared mobility devices: insurance.	Passed
AB 391: Child abuse and neglect: nonmandated reporters.	Passed
AB 353: Incarcerated persons: access to showers.	Passed
AB 1016: Pest control operations: aircraft operations: private applicator.	Passed
AB 574: Firearms: dealer records of sale.	Passed
AB 912: Strategic Anti-Violence Funding Efforts Act.	Failed
AB 1486: Law enforcement and state agencies: military equipment: funding, acquisition, and use.	Failed
ACR 94: Juneteenth.	Passed
AB 1510: Fighting Fentanyl Bond Act of 2024.	Failed
AB 410: Shared mobility devices.	Passed
ACR 88: Juneteenth.	Failed
ACR 52: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: 55th anniversary of assassination.	Passed
AB 1209: Criminal procedure: public defenders.	Failed
AB 86: Homelessness: Statewide Homelessness Coordinator.	Failed
AB 1090: County officers: sheriffs.	Failed
AB 1424: Occupational safety and health: cannabis delivery employee.	Failed
AB 644: Public postsecondary education: campus safety: hate crime: surveys.	Failed
AB 327: Criminal justice: crime statistics.	Failed
AB 1750: Crime: missing persons reporting.	Failed
AB 1565: California Cannabis Tax Fund: local equity program grants.	Failed
AB 741: The California FAIR Plan Association: cannabis.	Failed
AB 617: One California program.	Failed
AB 263: Public postsecondary education: pilot program for free cost of education: working group.	Failed

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Bill Name	Status
AB 2799: Evidence: admissibility of creative expressions.	Passed
AB 2294: Diversion for repeat retail theft crimes.	Passed
AB 371: Shared mobility devices: insurance and tracking.	Passed
AB 2321: Juveniles: room confinement.	Passed
AB 2043: Bail bonds.	Passed
AB 1655: State holidays: Juneteenth.	Passed
AB 2195: Crimes: nuisance.	Passed
AB 1803: Court fees: ability to pay.	Passed
AB 2873: California Tax Credit Allocation Committee: low-income housing credit: women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprises.	Passed
AB 2595: Juveniles: dependency: jurisdiction of the juvenile court.	Passed
AB 858: Employment: health information technology: clinical practice guidelines: worker rights.	Failed
AB 2296: Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans.	Failed
AB 1782: Jails: commissary.	Failed
ACR 190: Juneteenth.	Passed
AB 2383: Rental housing unlawful housing practices: applications: criminal history information.	Failed
AB 2045: School district, county office of education, and community college district employees: personnel commissions: ranked groups.	Failed
AB 1093: Remote online notaries public.	Failed
AB 295: Public postsecondary education: pilot program for free cost of education: working group.	Failed
AB 2454: Public contracts: protests: joint labor-management committee.	Failed
HR 101	Failed
AB 2102: Cannabis: facilities used for unlawful purposes.	Failed
AB 2084: Schoolbuses: stop signal arm enforcement system.	Failed
AB 2854: Public employment: disqualification from employment.	Failed
AB 2831: Sheriffs.	Failed
AB 1921: Correctional officers.	Failed
AB 1241: Rental housing unlawful housing practices: applications: criminal records.	Failed
AB 599: Public schools: accountability: county superintendents of schools.	Passed
AB 1042: Skilled nursing facilities: unpaid penalties: related parties.	Passed
AB 1347: Bail: premiums.	Passed
AB 89: Peace officers: minimum qualifications.	Passed
AB 483: Peace officers: California Science Center and Exposition Park.	Passed
AB 750: Crimes: perjury.	Passed
AB 1275: Alcoholic beverage control: minors.	Passed
AB 331: Organized theft.	Passed
AB 254: Contraband in state prisons.	Failed
AB 94: Correctional officers.	Failed
AB 1366: Crimes: sex offenses.	Failed
AB 696: Controlled substances.	Failed
HR 12	Failed

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Bill Name	Status
AB 3043: Corrections: confidential calls.	Passed
AB 2321: Juvenile court records: access.	Passed
AB 1775: False reports and harassment.	Passed
AB 1525: Cannabis: financial institutions.	Passed
AB 3277: Parking penalties: collection.	Passed
HR 105	Failed
AB 1709: Law enforcement: use of force.	Failed
AB 1007: Local government financing: juvenile justice.	Failed
AB 2891: Peace officers: California Science Center and Exposition Park.	Failed
AB 2094: Cannabis: facilities used for unlawful purposes.	Failed
AB 3110: College Textbook Affordability Act of 2015: open educational resources.	Failed
AB 2579: Mental health services for children and transitional age youth: oversight.	Failed
AB 3319: Code enforcement officers: safety standards.	Failed
AB 2899: Mental health: involuntary commitment.	Failed
AB 2813: Pupil health: mental health care.	Failed
AB 2774: Hiring of real property: tenants: late fees.	Failed
AB 2713: Sex Offender Management Board.	Failed
AB 2602: Biliteracy education.	Failed
AB 2543: Local government financing: juvenile justice.	Failed
AB 2472: Public schools: accountability: county superintendents of schools.	Failed
AB 2205: Board of State and Community Corrections: membership.	Failed
AB 1970: Public postsecondary education: pilot program for free tuition and fees: working group.	Failed
AB 413: Education: at-promise youth.	Passed
AB 37: Personal income taxes: deductions: business expenses: commercial cannabis activity.	Passed
AB 1291: Adult-use cannabis and medicinal cannabis: license application: labor peace agreements.	Passed
AB 1219: Teacher credentialing: certificated employee assignment monitoring.	Passed
AB 1754: Office of Emergency Services: California Olympic and Paralympic Public Safety Command.	Passed
AB 484: Crimes: probation.	Passed
AB 304: Wiretapping: authorization.	Passed
AB 1618: Plea bargaining: benefits of later enactments.	Passed
AB 1454: Trauma-informed diversion programs for youth.	Passed
AB 1261: Controlled substances: narcotics registry.	Passed
ACR 91: Second Chances Month.	Passed
AB 258: Pupil health: School-Based Pupil Support Services Program Act.	Failed
AB 1092: Child support: enforcement.	Failed
AB 927: Crimes: fines and fees: defendant’s ability to pay.	Failed
ACR 125: Bias and discrimination in hiring reduction through new technology.	Failed
AJR 5: Firearm safety.	Passed
AB 1687: Outdoor advertising displays: exemptions.	Failed
AB 1794: Unsafe handguns: exemptions.	Failed
AB 53: Rental housing unlawful housing practices: applications: criminal records.	Failed
AB 1569: Sales and use tax: medicinal cannabis: veterans.	Failed
AB 1325: Parking penalties: community service.	Failed
AB 1187: Renewal of registration: safe parking program participants.	Failed
AB 1091: Child support: suspension.	Failed
AB 1761: Public schools: accountability: county superintendents of schools.	Failed
AB 227: Crimes: assessments: restitution: ability to pay.	Failed

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Bill Name	Status
AB 2799: Adult-use cannabis and medicinal cannabis: license application: OSHA training.	Passed
AB 2507: County jails: infant and toddler breast milk feeding policy.	Passed
AB 2234: School districts: employees: dismissal or suspension administrative proceedings: testimony of minor witnesses: pupil contact information.	Passed
AB 1065: Theft: aggregation: organized retail theft.	Passed
AB 2876: Vehicles: removal and impound authority.	Passed
AB 1205: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority: contracting.	Passed
AB 2944: Personal income taxes: voluntary contributions: Schools Not Prisons Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund.	Passed
AB 1892: CalFresh.	Passed
AB 700: Outdoor advertising displays: arenas.	Passed
AB 1948: Interception of electronic communications.	Passed
AB 2532: Infractions: community service.	Passed
AB 282: Aiding, advising, or encouraging suicide: exemption from prosecution.	Passed
AB 2691: Pupil health: pupil and school staff trauma: Trauma-Informed Schools Initiative.	Failed
AB 2176: Firearms.	Passed
AB 1863: Personal income tax: deduction: commercial cannabis activity.	Failed
AB 2669: Peace officers: communications.	Passed
AB 1527: Cannabis: Cannabis Control Appeals Panel.	Passed
ACR 177: Intergenerational trauma: epigenetics.	Passed
AB 1934: Dependent persons: definition.	Passed
ACR 219: Second Chances Month.	Passed
ACR 197: Children: from at-risk to at-promise.	Passed
AJR 28: Financial institutions: cannabis.	Passed
AB 2825: Debt collection: practices.	Failed
AB 359: In-custody informants.	Failed
AB 1941: Misdemeanors.	Passed
AB 2706: Juvenile wards: discharge.	Failed
ACR 198: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: 50th anniversary of assassination.	Passed
AB 2686: Early identification of pupil mental health issues: in-service training for certificated employees and classified staff.	Failed
AB 2633: Public contracts: county-owned buildings.	Failed
AB 2273: Electrified security fences: permitted use.	Failed
AB 2680: Employment: applicants: criminal conviction history consent form.	Failed
AB 2513: Controlled substances: narcotics registry.	Failed
AB 2177: Penalty assessments: fees.	Failed
AB 672: Utility services.	Failed
AB 132: Public contracts: 2028 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.	Passed
AB 785: Firearms: possession of firearms by convicted persons.	Passed
AB 1724: Alcoholic beverages: licenses: suspension and revocation tied-house exception.	Passed
AB 575: Elder and dependent adult abuse: mandated reporters: substance use disorder counselors.	Passed
AB 149: Personal income taxes: Habitat for Humanity Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund.	Passed
ACR 8: Adverse childhood experiences: post-traumatic “street” disorder.	Passed
AB 1250: Counties: contracts for personal services.	Failed
AB 493: Crime: victims and witnesses: immigration violations.	Passed
AB 1115: Convictions: expungement.	Passed
AB 1578: Cannabis programs: cooperation with federal authorities.	Failed
AB 1478: Charter schools.	Failed
AB 173: School safety: peace officer interactions with pupils and nonpupils.	Failed
AB 955: Bribery.	Failed
AB 1677: Gambling: Internet poker.	Failed
AB 1319: Sales and Use Tax Law.	Failed
AB 535: Trial jurors: eligibility.	Failed
AB 159: State government: federal immigration policy enforcement.	Failed
AB 95: Public postsecondary education: California State University: Baccalaureate Degree Pilot Program.	Failed

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Bill Name	Status
AB 2013: Criminal procedure: arraignment pilot program.	Passed
AB 1900: San Pedro superior courthouse.	Passed
AB 2385: Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act: state licenses: Measure D.	Failed
AB 769: State employees: disciplinary action.	Failed
AB 1878: Public Employees’ Retirement System: state or school members: postretirement death benefit.	Failed
AB 26: Medical cannabis.	Failed
AB 2626: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training: procedural justice training.	Failed
AB 2735: Public employees: unused leave credit.	Failed
AB 2572: Vehicle liens.	Failed
AB 2571: Total loss salvage vehicles.	Failed
AB 2473: Information of threatened offense.	Failed
AB 2264: Teachers: training and support.	Failed
AB 2118: Meyers-Milias-Brown Act: regulations.	Failed
AB 708: Consumer products: content information.	Failed
AB 1106: Criminal procedure: arraignment pilot program.	Failed
AB 1012: Pupil instruction: course periods without educational content.	Passed
AB 610: Child support: suspension of support order.	Passed
AB 224: Pupils: educational liaison for foster children: notice of educational rights of foster children.	Passed
AB 256: Falsifying evidence.	Passed
AB 672: Inmates: wrongful convictions: assistance upon release.	Passed
AB 696: Defendants: arraignment.	Failed
AB 267: Criminal procedure: disclosure: felony conviction consequences.	Failed
AB 1301: Voting rights: preclearance.	Failed
HR 27	Failed
AB 396: Rental housing discrimination: applications: criminal records.	Failed
AB 337: Personal income tax: credits: qualified teachers.	Failed
AB 158: School finance: The John B. Mockler School Finance Act.	Passed
AB 926: Parole: Safe Communities Grant Program.	Failed
AB 324: Trial jurors: eligibility.	Failed
AB 1203: Office of Emergency Services: property insurance surcharge.	Failed
ACR 6: Black History Month.	Passed
ACR 5: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.	Passed
HR 10	Failed
AB 1128: Water conservation.	Failed
AB 529: Armed prohibited persons: vehicle registration and driver’s license prohibitions.	Failed
AB 351: Public contracts: small business participation.	Failed
AB 167: Gambling: Internet poker: unlawful gambling activity.	Failed