Agriculture Committee, California State Assembly
The Agriculture Committee is a standing committee of the California State Assembly.
Per the Assembly Rules, committees of the California State Assembly are assigned by the House Speaker. The Speaker has the power to appoint the chair and vice chair of each committee.[1] The Speaker is considered an ex officio member of all assembly committees of which he or she is not a regular member but does not have voting rights and is not counted for purposes of determining a quorum.[2] A majority of members of a committee constitutes a quorum.[3]
See rules: Standing Rules of the Assembly
Function
The duty of the Agriculture Committee is to investigate and study proposed bills relating to agriculture, agricultural chemicals, agricultural commodities, and commissions; Department of Food and Agriculture; Department of Pesticide Regulation; economic poisons; expositions and fairs; food labeling; labeling of agricultural commodities, livestock, and poultry; marketing law, milk, and milk products; pest management and pesticides; and veterinary issues relative to agriculture.[4]
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
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Agriculture Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (10) | Republican members (1) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Agriculture Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Agriculture Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(0) |
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Agriculture Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Anna Caballero, Chair | • Devon Mathis, Vice chair | |||
| • Cecilia Aguiar-Curry | • Heath Flora | |||
| • Adam Gray | • James Gallagher | |||
| • Jacqui Irwin | ||||
| • Reginald Jones-Sawyer | ||||
| • Bill Quirk | ||||
| • Rudy Salas | ||||
2015 legislative session
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The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Agriculture Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Henry T. Perea, Chair | • James Gallagher, Vice chair | |||
| • Jim Cooper (California) | • Shannon Grove | |||
| • Bill Dodd | • Devon Mathis | |||
| • Susan Talamantes Eggman | ||||
| • Jacqui Irwin | ||||
| • Bill Quirk | ||||
| • Rudy Salas | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Agriculture Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Susan Talamantes Eggman, Chair | • Kristin Olsen, Vice chair | |||
| • Toni Atkins | • Brian Dahle | |||
| • Richard Pan | ||||
| • Bill Quirk | ||||
| • Mariko Yamada | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| Agriculture Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Cathleen Galgiani, Chair | • David G. Valadao, Vice chair | |||
| • Gerald Hill | • Bill Berryhill | |||
| • Fiona Ma | • Kristin Olsen | |||
| • Tony Mendoza | ||||
| • Henry T. Perea | ||||
| • Mariko Yamada | ||||
External links
- ↑ California Legislature—2021-2022 Regular Session, “Relative to the Standing Rules of the Assembly for the 2021–22 Regular Session,” accessed February 19, 2021 (Rule 26-A-6)
- ↑ California Legislature—2021-2022 Regular Session, “Relative to the Standing Rules of the Assembly for the 2021–22 Regular Session,” accessed February 19, 2021 (Rule 26-B)
- ↑ California Legislature—2021-2022 Regular Session, “Relative to the Standing Rules of the Assembly for the 2021–22 Regular Session,” accessed February 19, 2021 (Rule 57)
- ↑ California State Assembly, "Welcome to the Committee on Agriculture," accessed February 22, 2021
