Judiciary Committee, California State Assembly
The Judiciary 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 Judiciary Committee is to investigate and study proposed bills relating to family law, product liability, tort liability, Civil Code, and Evidence Code (excluding criminal procedure).[4]
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
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Judiciary Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Judiciary Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(0) |
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Edwin Chau (D) left this committee on December 11, 2021. [Source]
Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D) left this committee on January 05, 2022. [Source]
2019-2020 legislative session
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Judiciary Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (9) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0) |
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Jay Obernolte (R) left this committee on December 07, 2020.
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Judiciary Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Mark Stone, Chair | • Jordan Cunningham, Vice chair | |||
| • Edwin Chau | • Kevin Kiley | |||
| • David Chiu | • Brian Maienschein | |||
| • Cristina Garcia | ||||
| • Chris Holden | ||||
| • Ash Kalra | ||||
| • Eloise Reyes | ||||
| • Phil Ting | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Judiciary Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Mark Stone, Chair | • Donald P. Wagner, Vice chair | |||
| • Luis Alejo | • James Gallagher | |||
| • Edwin Chau | • Brian Maienschein | |||
| • David Chiu (California) | ||||
| • Cristina Garcia | ||||
| • Chris Holden | ||||
| • Patrick O'Donnell | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Judiciary Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Bob Wieckowski, Chair | • Donald Wagner, Vice chair | |||
| • Luis Alejo | • Jeff Gorell | |||
| • Edwin Chau | • Brian Maienschein | |||
| • Roger Dickinson | ||||
| • Cristina Garcia | ||||
| • Al Muratsuchi | ||||
| • Mark Stone | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| Judiciary Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Mike Feuer, Chair | • Donald P. Wagner, Vice chair | |||
| • Toni Atkins | • Jeff Gorell | |||
| • Roger Dickinson | • Brian Jones | |||
| • Alyson Huber | ||||
| • Jared Huffman | ||||
| • Bill Monning | ||||
| • Bob Wieckowski | ||||
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 Judiciary," accessed February 23, 2021
