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 – 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]

Party changes[]

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	Rebecca Bauer-Kahan	Democratic	16th–Orinda
	Majority leader	Ian Calderon	Democratic	57th–Whittier
	Assistant majority leaders	Rob Bonta	Democratic	18th–Alameda
	Assistant majority leaders	Al Muratsuchi	Democratic	66th–Rolling Hills Estates
	Majority whip	Todd Gloria	Democratic	78th–San Diego
	Assistant majority whips	Tasha Boerner Horvath	Democratic	76th–Encinitas
	Assistant majority whips	Jesse Gabriel	Democratic	45th–Encino
	Democratic caucus chair	Mike Gipson	Democratic	64th–Carson
	Republican leader	Marie Waldron	Republican	75th–Escondido
	Republican floor leader	Heath Flora	Republican	12th–Ripon
	Republican caucus chair	Jay Obernolte	Republican	33rd–Big Bear Lake
	Republican chief whip	Phillip Chen	Republican	55th–Yorba Linda
	Republican whip	Devon Mathis	Republican	26th–Visalia
Acting Chief Clerk		Sue Parker
Acting Chief Sergeant-at-Arms		Alisa Buckley
Chaplain		Reverend Patti Oshita

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

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.

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v t 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)
▌Democratic (31) ▌Republican (9) California State Legislature California State Assembly California State Senate

v t Members of the California State Assembly
2021–22 Session Speaker of the Assembly Anthony Rendon (D) Speaker pro tempore Kevin Mullin (D) Majority Leader Eloise Reyes (D) Minority Leader Marie Waldron (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) ▌Vacant ▌Heath Flora (R) ▌Carlos Villapudua (D) ▌Tim Grayson (D) ▌Buffy Wicks (D) ▌Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D) ▌Vacant ▌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) ▌Vacant ▌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) ▌Autumn Burke (D) ▌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
▌Democratic (60) ▌Republican (19) ▌Independent (1) California State Legislature California State Assembly California State Senate

California State Legislature, 2021–22 session

Contents

Major events[]

Vacancies and special elections[]

Leadership changes[]

Party changes[]

State Senate[]

Officers[]

Members[]

State Assembly[]

Officers[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]