Higher Education Committee, California State Assembly
The Higher Education 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 Higher Education Committee is to investigate and study proposed bills relating to university, state university, and community college systems; postsecondary education; and student financial aid.[4]
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
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Higher Education Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Higher Education 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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Higher Education Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(0) |
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Shirley Weber (D) left this committee on January 29, 2021.
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Higher Education Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (9) | Republican members (4) | |||
| • Jose Medina, Chair | • Catharine Baker, Vice chair | |||
| • Joaquin Arambula | • Rocky Chavez | |||
| • Richard Bloom | • Steven S. Choi | |||
| • Jacqui Irwin | • Kevin Kiley | |||
| • Marc Levine | ||||
| • Evan Low | ||||
| • Sharon Quirk-Silva | ||||
| • Miguel Santiago | ||||
| • Shirley Weber | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Higher Education Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (9) | Republican members (4) | |||
| • Jose Medina, Chair | • Catharine Baker, Vice chair | |||
| • Richard Bloom | • Rocky Chavez | |||
| • Jacqui Irwin | • Matthew Harper | |||
| • Reginald Jones-Sawyer | • Eric Linder | |||
| • Marc Levine (California) | ||||
| • Evan Low | ||||
| • Miguel Santiago (California) | ||||
| • Shirley Weber | ||||
| • Das Williams | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Higher Education Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (9) | Republican members (4) | |||
| • Das Williams, Chair | • Rocky Chavez, Vice chair | |||
| • Richard Bloom | • Eric Linder | |||
| • Paul Fong | • Kristin Olsen | |||
| • Steve Fox | • Scott Wilk | |||
| • Reginald Jones-Sawyer | ||||
| • Marc Levine | ||||
| • Jose Medina | ||||
| • Sharon Quirk-Silva | ||||
| • Shirley Weber | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| Higher Education Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Martin Block, Chair | • Tim Donnelly, Vice chair | |||
| • Julia Brownley | • K.H. Achadjian | |||
| • Paul Fong | • Jeff Miller | |||
| • Cathleen Galgiani | ||||
| • Ricardo Lara | ||||
| • Anthony Portantino, Jr. | ||||
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 Higher Education," accessed February 25, 2021
