Nora Campos
Nonpartisan · CA
Nora Campos is a former San Jose City Councilmember (District 5, 2001-2010) and former California State Assemblymember (2010-2016), where she served as Assembly Speaker pro tempore, now seeking her old council seat in the November 2026 runoff against incumbent Peter Ortiz. Raised in East San Jose, she graduated from Overfelt High School and San Francisco State University, and focused her council tenure on youth opportunity and enforcement of labor laws.
Track record
Environment and Public Health
· 1 record
Authored Assembly Bill 637, signed into law, permitting electronic signatures on Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment forms and related health-care orders.
August 17, 2015For
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Public Safety and Crime Control
· 1 record
Authored Assembly Bill 2016, signed into law, requiring state guidance for school instruction on sexual-abuse and sexual-assault awareness and prevention.
September 29, 2014For
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Housing Affordability
· 1 record
Authored Assembly Bill 2176, signed into law, authorizing San Jose to create emergency bridge-housing communities during a declared shelter crisis.
September 27, 2016For
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Social Programs and Welfare
· 2 records
Authored Assembly Bill 2393, signed into law, extending paid parental leave protections to California K-14 school and community-college employees.
September 30, 2016For
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Authored Assembly Bill 2393 (2016), signed into law, improving paid parental leave for California K-14 school and community college employees.
September 30, 2016For
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Data Privacy
· 1 record
Authored Assembly Bill 1844 (2012), signed into law, prohibiting California employers from demanding employees' or applicants' social media usernames and passwords.
September 27, 2012For
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Civil Rights
· 2 records
Authored Assembly Bill 1676, signed into law, strengthening California's equal-pay protections by limiting reliance on prior salary and requiring bona fide job-related reasons for wage differences.
September 30, 2016For
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Authored Assembly Bill 1844, signed into law, prohibiting employers from requiring employees or applicants to disclose social-media usernames or passwords.
September 27, 2012For
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Elections
- Member, City Council, District 5 · November 3, 2026 · San Jose city, California
Profile last researched July 3, 2026.