California State Legislature, 2021–22 session

2021–22 session of the
California State Legislature
2021–22 session of the; California State Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body	California State Legislature
Jurisdiction	California
Term	December 7, 2020 –
Senate
Members	40
President of the Senate	Eleni Kounalakis (D); Jan. 7, 2019 - present;
President pro tempore	Toni Atkins (D–39th); Dec. 3, 2018 – present
Minority Leader	Shannon Grove (R–16th); Mar. 1, 2019 – Jan. 20, 2021; Scott Wilk (R–21st); Jan. 20, 2021 – present;
Party control	Democratic
Assembly
Members	80
Speaker	Anthony Rendon (D–63rd); Dec. 3, 2018 – present
Minority Leader	Marie Waldron (R–75th); Dec. 3, 2018 – Feb. 8, 2022; James Gallagher (R–3rd); Feb. 8, 2022 – present;
Party control	Democratic

The 2021–22 session is the current session of the California State Legislature. The session first convened on December 7, 2020.[1]

Major events

Vacancies and special elections

December 6, 2020: Democratic senator Holly Mitchell (30th–Los Angeles) resigns one day before the session begins to take her seat on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
January 29, 2021: Democratic assemblymember Shirley Weber (79th–San Diego) resigns to become Secretary of State
March 11, 2021: Democratic assemblymember Sydney Kamlager (54th–Los Angeles) is sworn into office after winning the March 2 special election for the 30th State Senate district to replace Mitchell
April 19, 2021: Democratic councilmember Akilah Weber (La Mesa) is sworn into office after winning the April 6 special election for the 79th State Assembly district to replace her mother
April 23, 2021: Democratic assemblymember Rob Bonta (18th–Alameda) resigns to become Attorney General

Leadership changes

January 20, 2021: Republican senator Scott Wilk (21st–Santa Clarita) replaces senator Shannon Grove (16th–Bakersfield) as Senate minority leader, as Grove was ousted after she incorrectly blamed the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol on antifa.[2]

February 8, 2022: Republican assemblymember James Gallagher (3rd–Yuba City) replaces assemblymember Marie Waldron (75th–Valley Center) as Assembly minority leader.

State Senate

Composition of the California State Senate

Democratic Party

Republican Party


31	9
Democratic	Republican

Officers

Position		Name	Party	District
	Lieutenant Governor	Eleni Kounalakis	Democratic
	President pro tempore	Toni Atkins	Democratic	39th–San Diego
	Majority leader	Robert Hertzberg	Democratic	18th–Van Nuys
	Assistant majority leader	Mike McGuire	Democratic	2nd–Healdsburg
	Majority whip	Nancy Skinner	Democratic	9th–Berkeley
	Assistant majority whips	Maria Elena Durazo	Democratic	24th–Los Angeles
	Assistant majority whips	Scott Wiener	Democratic	11th–San Francisco
	Democratic caucus chair	Connie Leyva	Democratic	20th–Chino
	Minority leader	Scott Wilk	Republican	21st–Santa Clarita
Secretary		Erika Contreras
Sergeant-at-Arms		Jodie O. Barnett III
Chaplain		Sister Michelle Gorman, RSM

The Secretary, the Sergeant-at-Arms, and the chaplain are not members of the Legislature.

Members

	Name	Party	Residence	Term-limited?	Notes
1	Ted Gaines	Republican	El Dorado Hills		Resigned on January 7, 2019
	Vacant from January 7 to June 12, 2019
	Brian Dahle	Republican	Bieber		Sworn into office on June 12, 2019
2	Mike McGuire	Democratic	Healdsburg
3	Bill Dodd	Democratic	Napa
4	Jim Nielsen	Republican	Red Bluff
5	Cathleen Galgiani	Democratic	Stockton	Yes
6	Richard Pan	Democratic	Sacramento
7	Steve Glazer	Democratic	Orinda
8	Andreas Borgeas	Republican	Fresno
9	Nancy Skinner	Democratic	Berkeley
10	Bob Wieckowski	Democratic	Fremont
11	Scott Wiener	Democratic	San Francisco
12	Anna Caballero	Democratic	Salinas
13	Jerry Hill	Democratic	San Mateo	Yes
14	Melissa Hurtado	Democratic	Sanger
15	Jim Beall	Democratic	San Jose	Yes
16	Shannon Grove	Republican	Bakersfield		Minority leader March 1, 2019 to January 20, 2021
17	Bill Monning	Democratic	Carmel	Yes
18	Robert Hertzberg	Democratic	Van Nuys
19	Hannah-Beth Jackson	Democratic	Santa Barbara	Yes
20	Connie Leyva	Democratic	Chino
21	Scott Wilk	Republican	Santa Clarita		Minority leader since January 20, 2021
22	Susan Rubio	Democratic	Baldwin Park
23	Mike Morrell	Republican	Rancho Cucamonga	Yes
24	Maria Elena Durazo	Democratic	Los Angeles
25	Anthony Portantino	Democratic	La Cañada Flintridge
26	Ben Allen	Democratic	Santa Monica
27	Henry Stern	Democratic	Malibu
28	Jeff Stone	Republican	La Quinta		Resigned on November 1, 2019
	Vacant from November 1, 2019, to May 18, 2020
	Melissa Melendez	Republican			Sworn into office on May 18, 2020
29	Ling Ling Chang	Republican	Diamond Bar
30	Holly Mitchell	Democratic	Los Angeles
31	Richard Roth	Democratic	Riverside
32	Bob Archuleta	Democratic	Pico Rivera
33	Ricardo Lara	Democratic	Bell Gardens		Resigned on January 7, 2019
	Vacant from January 7 to June 12, 2019
	Lena Gonzalez	Democratic	Long Beach		Sworn into office on June 12, 2019
34	Tom Umberg	Democratic	Santa Ana
35	Steven Bradford	Democratic	Gardena
36	Patricia Bates	Republican	Laguna Niguel		Minority leader until March 1, 2019
37	John Moorlach	Republican	Costa Mesa
38	Brian Jones	Republican	Santee
39	Toni Atkins	Democratic	San Diego		President pro tempore
40	Ben Hueso	Democratic	San Diego

State Assembly

Composition of the California State Assembly

Democratic Party

Republican Party


59	1	19
Democratic	I	Republican

Officers

Position		Name	Party	District
	Speaker	Anthony Rendon	Democratic	63rd–Lakewood
	Speaker pro tempore	Kevin Mullin	Democratic	22nd–South San Francisco
	Assistant speaker pro tempore	Mia Bonta	Democratic	18th–Alameda
	Majority leader	Eloise Reyes	Democratic	47th–Grand Terrace
	Assistant majority leader	Chris Ward	Democratic	78th–San Diego
	Assistant majority leader for policy and research	Tasha Boerner Horvath	Democratic	76th–Encinitas
	Democratic caucus chair	Mike Gipson	Democratic	64th–Carson
	Republican leader	James Gallagher	Republican	3rd–Yuba City
Acting Chief Clerk		Sue Parker
Acting Chief Sergeant-at-Arms		Alisa Buckley
Chaplain		Imam Mohammad "Yasir" Khan

The Chief Clerk, the acting Chief Sergeant-at-Arms, and the chaplain are not members of the Legislature.

Members

	Name	Party	Residence	Notes
1	Megan Dahle	Republican	Bieber
2	Jim Wood	Democratic	Santa Rosa
3	James Gallagher	Republican	Yuba City	Minority leader since February 8, 2022
4	Cecilia Aguiar-Curry	Democratic	Winters
5	Frank Bigelow	Republican	O'Neals
6	Kevin Kiley	Republican	Rocklin
7	Kevin McCarty	Democratic	Sacramento
8	Ken Cooley	Democratic	Rancho Cordova
9	Jim Cooper	Democratic	Elk Grove
10	Marc Levine	Democratic	Greenbrae
11	Jim Frazier	Democratic	Discovery Bay	Resigned on December 31, 2021
11	Vacant since December 31, 2021
12	Heath Flora	Republican	Ripon
13	Carlos Villapudua	Democratic	Stockton
14	Tim Grayson	Democratic	Concord
15	Buffy Wicks	Democratic	Oakland
16	Rebecca Bauer-Kahan	Democratic	Orinda
17	David Chiu	Democratic	San Francisco	Resigned on October 31, 2021, to become City Attorney of San Francisco
17	Vacant since October 31, 2021
18	Rob Bonta	Democratic	Alameda	Resigned on April 22, 2021, to become Attorney General of California
	Vacant from April 22, 2021, to September 7, 2021
	Mia Bonta	Democratic	Alameda
19	Phil Ting	Democratic	San Francisco
20	Bill Quirk	Democratic	Hayward
21	Adam Gray	Democratic	Merced
22	Kevin Mullin	Democratic	South San Francisco
23	Jim Patterson	Republican	Fresno
24	Marc Berman	Democratic	Palo Alto
25	Alex Lee	Democratic	San Jose
26	Devon Mathis	Republican	Visalia
27	Ash Kalra	Democratic	San Jose
28	Evan Low	Democratic	Campbell
29	Mark Stone	Democratic	Scotts Valley
30	Robert Rivas	Democratic	Hollister
31	Joaquin Arambula	Democratic	Fresno
32	Rudy Salas	Democratic	Bakersfield
33	Thurston Smith	Republican	Hesperia
34	Vince Fong	Republican	Bakersfield
35	Jordan Cunningham	Republican	Paso Robles
36	Tom Lackey	Republican	Palmdale
37	Steve Bennett	Democratic	Ojai
38	Suzette Martinez Valladares	Republican	Santa Clarita
39	Luz Rivas	Democratic	North Hollywood
40	James Ramos	Democratic	Highland
41	Chris Holden	Democratic	Pasadena
42	Chad Mayes	Independent	Yucca Valley
43	Laura Friedman	Democratic	Glendale
44	Jacqui Irwin	Democratic	Thousand Oaks
45	Jesse Gabriel	Democratic	Encino
46	Adrin Nazarian	Democratic	North Hollywood
47	Eloise Reyes	Democratic	Grand Terrace
48	Blanca Rubio	Democratic	Baldwin Park
49	Ed Chau	Democratic	Arcadia	Resigned on December 10, 2021, to be a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court
49	Vacant since December 10, 2021
50	Richard Bloom	Democratic	Santa Monica
51	Wendy Carrillo	Democratic	Boyle Heights
52	Freddie Rodriguez	Democratic	Pomona
53	Miguel Santiago	Democratic	Los Angeles
54	Sydney Kamlager	Democratic	Los Angeles	Resigned on March 11, 2021, to take up a seat in the California State Senate
	Vacant from March 11, 2021, to May 28, 2021
	Isaac Bryan	Democratic	Los Angeles
55	Phillip Chen	Republican	Yorba Linda
56	Eduardo Garcia	Democratic	Coachella
57	Lisa Calderon	Democratic	Whittier
58	Cristina Garcia	Democratic	Bell Gardens
59	Reggie Jones-Sawyer	Democratic	Los Angeles
60	Sabrina Cervantes	Democratic	Riverside
61	Jose Medina	Democratic	Riverside
62	Autumn Burke	Democratic	Marina del Rey
63	Anthony Rendon	Democratic	Lakewood	Speaker
64	Mike Gipson	Democratic	Carson
65	Sharon Quirk-Silva	Democratic	Fullerton
66	Al Muratsuchi	Democratic	Rolling Hills Estates
67	Kelly Seyarto	Republican	Murrieta
68	Steven Choi	Republican	Irvine
69	Tom Daly	Democratic	Anaheim
70	Patrick O'Donnell	Democratic	Long Beach
71	Randy Voepel	Republican	Santee
72	Janet Nguyen	Republican	Huntington Beach
73	Laurie Davies	Republican	Laguna Niguel
74	Cottie Petrie-Norris	Democratic	Laguna Beach
75	Marie Waldron	Republican	Escondido	Minority leader from November 8, 2022, to February 8, 2022
76	Tasha Boerner Horvath	Democratic	Encinitas
77	Brian Maienschein	Democratic	San Diego
78	Chris Ward	Democratic	San Diego
79	Shirley Weber	Democratic	San Diego	Resigned on January 28, 2021, to become Secretary of State of California
	Vacant from January 28, 2021, to April 19, 2021
	Akilah Weber	Democratic	La Mesa
80	Lorena Gonzalez	Democratic	San Diego	Resigned on January 5, 2022 to become head of the California Labor Federation
80	Vacant since January 5, 2022

References

"2021 Legislative Deadlines | Assembly Internet". www.assembly.ca.gov. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
White, Jeremy B. (January 20, 2021). "Wilk replaces Grove as California Senate GOP leader". Politico. Retrieved January 28, 2021.

External links

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[1] "2021 Legislative Deadlines | Assembly Internet". www.assembly.ca.gov. Retrieved January 1, 2021.

[White-2] White, Jeremy B. (January 20, 2021). "Wilk replaces Grove as California Senate GOP leader". Politico. Retrieved January 28, 2021.

Members of the California State Senate
2021–22 Session President of the Senate Eleni Kounalakis (D) President pro tempore Toni Atkins (D) Majority Leader Robert Hertzberg (D) Minority Leader Scott Wilk (R)
▌Brian Dahle (R) ▌Mike McGuire (D) ▌Bill Dodd (D) ▌Jim Nielsen (R) ▌Susan Eggman (D) ▌Richard Pan (D) ▌Steve Glazer (D) ▌Andreas Borgeas (R) ▌Nancy Skinner (D) ▌Bob Wieckowski (D) ▌Scott Wiener (D) ▌Anna Caballero (D) ▌Josh Becker (D) ▌Melissa Hurtado (D) ▌Dave Cortese (D) ▌Shannon Grove (R) ▌John Laird (D) ▌Robert Hertzberg (D) ▌Monique Limón (D) ▌Connie Leyva (D) ▌Scott Wilk (R) ▌Susan Rubio (D) ▌Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R) ▌María Elena Durazo (D) ▌Anthony Portantino (D) ▌Ben Allen (D) ▌Henry Stern (D) ▌Melissa Melendez (R) ▌Josh Newman (D) ▌Sydney Kamlager (D) ▌Richard Roth (D) ▌Bob Archuleta (D) ▌Lena Gonzalez (D) ▌Tom Umberg (D) ▌Steven Bradford (D) ▌Patricia Bates (R) ▌Dave Min (D) ▌Brian Jones (R) ▌Toni Atkins (D) ▌Ben Hueso (D)
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2021–22 Session Speaker of the Assembly Anthony Rendon (D) Speaker pro tempore Kevin Mullin (D) Majority Leader Eloise Reyes (D) Minority Leader James Gallagher (R)
▌Megan Dahle (R) ▌Jim Wood (D) ▌James Gallagher (R) ▌Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D) ▌Frank Bigelow (R) ▌Kevin Kiley (R) ▌Kevin McCarty (D) ▌Ken Cooley (D) ▌Jim Cooper (D) ▌Marc Levine (D) ▌Lori Wilson (D) ▌Heath Flora (R) ▌Carlos Villapudua (D) ▌Tim Grayson (D) ▌Buffy Wicks (D) ▌Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D) ▌Matt Haney (D) ▌Mia Bonta (D) ▌Phil Ting (D) ▌Bill Quirk (D) ▌Adam Gray (D) ▌Kevin Mullin (D) ▌Jim Patterson (R) ▌Marc Berman (D) ▌Alex Lee (D) ▌Devon Mathis (R) ▌Ash Kalra (D) ▌Evan Low (D) ▌Mark Stone (D) ▌Robert Rivas (D) ▌Joaquin Arambula (D) ▌Rudy Salas (D) ▌Thurston Smith (R) ▌Vince Fong (R) ▌Jordan Cunningham (R) ▌Tom Lackey (R) ▌Steve Bennett (D) ▌Suzette Valladares (R) ▌Luz Rivas (D) ▌James Ramos (D) ▌Chris Holden (D) ▌Chad Mayes (I) ▌Laura Friedman (D) ▌Jacqui Irwin (D) ▌Jesse Gabriel (D) ▌Adrin Nazarian (D) ▌Eloise Reyes (D) ▌Blanca Rubio (D) ▌Mike Fong (D) ▌Richard Bloom (D) ▌Wendy Carrillo (D) ▌Freddie Rodriguez (D) ▌Miguel Santiago (D) ▌Isaac Bryan (D) ▌Phillip Chen (R) ▌Eduardo Garcia (D) ▌Lisa Calderon (D) ▌Cristina Garcia (D) ▌Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D) ▌Sabrina Cervantes (D) ▌Jose Medina (D) ▌Vacant ▌Anthony Rendon (D) ▌Mike Gipson (D) ▌Sharon Quirk-Silva (D) ▌Al Muratsuchi (D) ▌Kelly Seyarto (R) ▌Steven Choi (R) ▌Tom Daly (D) ▌Patrick O'Donnell (D) ▌Randy Voepel (R) ▌Janet Nguyen (R) ▌Laurie Davies (R) ▌Cottie Petrie-Norris (D) ▌Marie Waldron (R) ▌Tasha Boerner Horvath (D) ▌Brian Maienschein (D) ▌Chris Ward (D) ▌Akilah Weber (D) ▌Vacant
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California State Legislature, 2021–22 session

Major events

Vacancies and special elections

Leadership changes

State Senate

Officers

Members

State Assembly

Officers

Members

See also

References

External links