Rules Committee, California State Legislature
The Rules Committee is a joint standing committee of the California Legislature.
Per the Joint Rules, the Senate Committee on Rules appoints senate members to joint committees, while the House Speaker appoints assembly members to joint committees. Joint committee members serve until their successors are regularly selected.[1] The Senate Committee on Rules and the House Speaker recommend a chair for each joint committee, with the Joint Rules Committee making the appointment from the recommendations.[2] A majority of the membership from each chamber constitutes a quorum.[3]
See rules: Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly
Membership
Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes yearly updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: [email protected]
2023-2024 legislative session
Rules Committee, 2023-2024 |
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Democratic members (20) | Republican members (11) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
Rules Committee, 2021-2022 |
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Democratic members (23) | Republican members (7) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
Rules Committee, 2019-2020 |
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Democratic members (21) | Republican members (8) | Third-party members(0) |
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Holly Mitchell (D) left this committee on December 06, 2020.
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
Rules Members, 2017 | ||||
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Democratic members (19) | Republican members (9) | |||
• Ken Cooley, Chair | • Patricia C. Bates | |||
• Toni Atkins | • Tom Berryhill | |||
• Kevin de León | • Anthony Cannella | |||
• Gerald Hill | • Jean Fuller | |||
• Ricardo Lara | • William Brough | |||
• Connie M. Leyva | • Phillip Chen | |||
• Mike McGuire | • Jordan Cunningham | |||
• Holly Mitchell | • Chad Mayes | |||
• Bill Monning | • Marie Waldron | |||
• Nancy Skinner | ||||
• Scott Wiener | ||||
• Marc Berman | ||||
• Ian Charles Calderon | ||||
• Sabrina Cervantes | ||||
• Laura Friedman | ||||
• Tim Grayson | ||||
• Marc Levine | ||||
• Adrin Nazarian | ||||
• Anthony Rendon |
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
Rules Members, 2013 | ||||
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Democratic members (19) | Republican members (9) | |||
• Nancy Skinner, Chair | • Anthony Cannella | |||
• Ellen Corbett | • Bill Emmerson | |||
• Kevin de Leon | • Jean Fuller | |||
• Gerald Hill | • Bob Huff | |||
• Hannah-Beth Jackson | • Frank Bigelow | |||
• Ricardo Lara | • Connie Conway | |||
• Mark Leno | • Tim Donnelly | |||
• Bill Monning | • Curt Hagman | |||
• Alex Padilla | • Scott Wilk | |||
• Darrell Steinberg | ||||
• Rod Wright | ||||
• Toni Atkins | ||||
• Cheryl Brown | ||||
• Edwin Chau | ||||
• Adrin Nazarian | ||||
• John Perez | ||||
• Manuel Perez | ||||
• Bill Quirk | ||||
• Shirley Weber |
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
Rules Members, 2011 | ||||
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Democratic members (17) | Republican members (11) | |||
• Nancy Skinner, Chair | • Connie Conway | |||
• Luis Alejo | • Tim Donnelly | |||
• Betsy Butler | • Curt Hagman | |||
• Charles Calderon | • Stephen Knight | |||
• Wilmer Carter | • Jim Silva | |||
• Mike Davis | • Anthony Cannella | |||
• Ben Hueso | • Robert Dutton | |||
• John Perez | • William Emmerson | |||
• Das Williams | • Jean Fuller | |||
• Elaine Alquist | • Tom Harman | |||
• Ellen M. Corbett | • Bob Huff | |||
• Kevin de León | ||||
• Christine Kehoe | ||||
• Mark Leno | ||||
• Darrell Steinberg | ||||
• Juan Vargas | ||||
• Roderick Wright |
External links
- ↑ California Legislative Information, "Relative to the adoption of the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 2017–18 Regular Session," accessed March 5, 2021(Rule 36.5)
- ↑ California Legislative Information, "Relative to the adoption of the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 2017–18 Regular Session," accessed March 5, 2021(Rule 36.7)
- ↑ California Legislative Information, "Relative to the adoption of the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 2017–18 Regular Session," accessed March 5, 2021(Rule 36)