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2021–2022 session of the
California State Legislature
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Overview
Legislative bodyCalifornia State Legislature
JurisdictionCalifornia
TermDecember 7, 2020 – November 30, 2022
Senate
Members40
President of the Senate
President pro temporeToni Atkins (D–39th)
Dec. 3, 2018 – present
Minority Leader
Party controlDemocratic
Assembly
Members80
SpeakerAnthony Rendon (D–63rd)
Dec. 3, 2018 – present
Minority Leader
Party controlDemocratic

The 2021–2022 session is the most recent former session of the California State Legislature. The session first convened on December 7, 2020 and ended November 30, 2022.[1]

Major events[edit]

Vacancies and special elections[edit]

Leadership changes[edit]

Party changes[edit]

Legislation[edit]

In 2022, notable laws passed included:[3]

  • A new court system for people with mental illness and addiction called the Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment Court (CARE Court)
  • AB257 for unionization of fast-food workers
  • AB2011 and its companion SB6 for changing permitting processes to streamline affordable housing
  • AB 2097, a ban on parking minimums for buildings within 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) of public transit.[4]
  • For climate change, a variety of climate-related bills which were part of an agenda by Governor Newsom, including:
    • a bill which would keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant open until 2035
    • a law named the California Climate Crisis Act, AB1279,[5] which was similar to a proposed law of the same name in 2021 which did not pass
  • For reproductive rights, expanded access to abortion
  • For gun reform, laws which allowed victims of gun violence to sue gun manufacturers
  • A law allowing the California Medical Board to discipline doctors who promote misinformation about COVID-19 vaccination
  • On plastic pollution and plastic recycling, SB54[6] was passed which requires 65 percent of single-use plastic to be recycled by 2032;[7] this law had been originally introduced in 2018 and had been the subject of lengthy negotiation over 4 years[8]

In 2021, notable laws passed included:[9]

  • Several police reform laws, including SB2 which outlines a process for officers to be removed for misconduct, including facing potential civil liability
  • A law to prevent wildfires through preventive measures, including through hiring more state employees
  • A climate change law (AB1395) named the California Climate Crisis Act failed to pass, but a similar bill (AB1279) with the same name passed in 2022
  • California HOME Act (SB9), which creates a legal process by which owners of certain single-family homes can create additional units on their property, and prohibits cities and counties from interference

State Senate[edit]

Composition of the California State Senate
  Democratic Party
  Republican Party
↓
31 9
Democratic Republican

Officers[edit]

Position Name Party District
Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis Democratic
President pro tempore Toni Atkins Democratic 39th–San Diego
Majority leader Mike McGuire Democratic 2nd-Healdsburg
Assistant majority leader Susan Eggman Democratic 5th-Stockton
Majority whip Nancy Skinner Democratic 9th–Berkeley
Assistant majority whips Maria Elena Durazo Democratic 24th–Los Angeles
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[edit]

District Name Party Residence Term-limited? Notes
1 Brian Dahle Republican Bieber
2 Mike McGuire Democratic Healdsburg Majority Leader since January 19, 2022
3 Bill Dodd Democratic Napa
4 Jim Nielsen Republican Red Bluff Yes
5 Susan Eggman Democratic Stockton
6 Richard Pan Democratic Sacramento Yes
7 Steve Glazer Democratic Orinda
8 Andreas Borgeas Republican Fresno
9 Nancy Skinner Democratic Berkeley
10 Bob Wieckowski Democratic Fremont Yes
11 Scott Wiener Democratic San Francisco
12 Anna Caballero Democratic Salinas
13 Josh Becker Democratic Menlo Park
14 Melissa Hurtado Democratic Sanger
15 Dave Cortese Democratic San Jose
16 Shannon Grove Republican Bakersfield Minority Leader March 1, 2019 to January 20, 2021
17 John Laird Democratic Carmel
18 Robert Hertzberg Democratic Van Nuys Yes Majority Leader January 7, 2019 to January 19, 2022
19 Monique Limón Democratic Santa Barbara
20 Connie Leyva Democratic Chino
21 Scott Wilk Republican Santa Clarita Minority Leader since January 20, 2021
22 Susan Rubio Democratic Baldwin Park
23 Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh Republican Yucaipa
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 Melissa Melendez Republican Lake Yes
29 Josh Newman Democratic Fullerton
30 Vacant from December 7, 2020 to March 11, 2021
Sydney Kamlager Democratic Los Angeles
31 Richard Roth Democratic Riverside
32 Bob Archuleta Democratic Pico Rivera
33 Lena Gonzalez Democratic Long Beach
34 Tom Umberg Democratic Santa Ana
35 Steven Bradford Democratic Gardena
36 Patricia Bates Republican Laguna Niguel Yes Minority Leader until March 1, 2019
37 Dave Min Democratic Irvine
38 Brian Jones Republican Santee
39 Toni Atkins Democratic San Diego President pro tempore
40 Ben Hueso Democratic San Diego Yes

State Assembly[edit]

Composition of the California State Assembly
  Democratic Party
  Republican Party
  Independent
↓
59 1 19
Democratic I Republican

Officers[edit]

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[edit]

District Name Party Residence Term-limited? 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
Vacant from December 31, 2021 to April 6, 2022
Lori Wilson Democratic Suisun City
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
Vacant from October 31, 2021 to May 3, 2022
Matt Haney Democratic San Francisco
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 become a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court
Vacant from December 10, 2021 to February 22, 2022
Mike Fong Democratic Alhambra
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 assume 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 Resigned on January 31, 2022
Vacant from January 31, 2022 to June 20, 2022
Tina McKinnor Democratic Hawthorne
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, 2021, 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
Vacant from January 5, 2022 to June 15, 2022
David Alvarez Democratic Barrio Logan

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2021 Legislative Deadlines | Assembly Internet". www.assembly.ca.gov. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ White, Jeremy B. (January 20, 2021). "Wilk replaces Grove as California Senate GOP leader". Politico. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  3. ^ Hooks, Chris Nichols, Nicole Nixon, Kris. "Here are the major bills passed by California lawmakers in 2022". www.capradio.org. Retrieved 2023-01-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Weinberg, Abigail (23 September 2022). "California just struck a major blow to car culture". Mother Jones. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Governor Newsom signs Assemblymember Muratsuchi's AB 1279, the California Climate Crisis Act | Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi Representing the 66th California Assembly District". a66.asmdc.org. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  6. ^ "Bill Text - SB-54 Solid waste: reporting, packaging, and plastic food service ware". leginfo.legislature.ca.gov. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  7. ^ Sheldon, Marissa (2022-08-02). "California Passes Law to Eliminate Single-Use Plastics". NYC Food Policy Center (Hunter College). Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  8. ^ "Landmark single-use plastics bill to set tough new recycling and reduction rules". Default. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  9. ^ Nixon, Manola Secaira, Scott Rodd, Nicole. "Here Are The Major Bills Passed By California Lawmakers In 2021". www.capradio.org. Retrieved 2023-01-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links[edit]

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Legislature,_2021%E2%80%9322_session