Public Safety Committee, California State Assembly
The Public Safety 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 Public Safety Committee is to investigate and study proposed bills relating to the California Penal Code.[4]
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
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Public Safety Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (1) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Public Safety Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Public Safety Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0) |
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Public Safety Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Reginald Jones-Sawyer, Chair | • Tom Lackey, Vice chair | |||
| • Lorena Gonzalez | • Jordan Cunningham | |||
| • Bill Quirk | ||||
| • Blanca Rubio | ||||
| • Miguel Santiago | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Public Safety Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Bill Quirk, Chair | • Melissa Melendez, Vice chair | |||
| • Lorena Gonzalez | • Tom Lackey | |||
| • Reginald Jones-Sawyer | ||||
| • Evan Low | ||||
| • Miguel Santiago (California) | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Public Safety Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Tom Ammiano, Chair | • Melissa Melendez, Vice chair | |||
| • Reginald Jones-Sawyer | • Marie Waldron | |||
| • Holly J. Mitchell | ||||
| • Bill Quirk | ||||
| • Nancy Skinner | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| Public Safety Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Tom Ammiano, Chair | • Stephen Knight, Vice chair | |||
| • Gilbert Cedillo | • Curt Hagman | |||
| • Gerald Hill | ||||
| • Holly J. Mitchell | ||||
| • Nancy Skinner | ||||
Marijuana
In January 2010, the committee by 4-3 gave its initial approval to a bill to legalize, tax and regulate marijuana.[5]
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 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 Public Safety," accessed February 25, 2021
- ↑ New York Times, "Committee Approves Calif. Pot Legalization Bill," January 12, 2010
