Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Committee, California State Assembly
The Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Committee (known as the Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media Committee prior to 2025) 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
 See rules: Standing Rules of the Assembly
Function
The duty of the Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media Committee is to investigate and study proposed bills relating to programs and policies affecting the recording, motion picture, and other entertainment industries; tourism, arts programs, and museums; professional and amateur sports including the State Athletic Commission and the regulation of athlete agents; and internet media.[4]
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
| Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Committee, 2025-2026 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0) | 
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2023-2024 legislative session
| Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Committee, 2023-2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0) | 
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2021-2022 legislative session
| Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Committee, 2021-2022 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0) | 
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2019-2020 legislative session
| Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Committee, 2019-2020 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (5) | 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.
| Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media Members, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Kansen Chu, Chair | • Marie Waldron, Vice chair | |||
| • David Chiu | • Dante Acosta | |||
| • Laura Friedman | ||||
| • Jose Medina | ||||
| • Adrin Nazarian | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media Members, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Ian Charles Calderon, Chair | • Jay Obernolte, Vice chair | |||
| • Kansen Chu | • David Hadley | |||
| • Marc Levine (California) | ||||
| • Jose Medina | ||||
| • Adrin Nazarian | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media Members, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Ian Charles Calderon, Chair | • Marie Waldron, Vice chair | |||
| • Richard Bloom | • Scott Wilk | |||
| • Cheryl Brown | ||||
| • Jimmy Gomez | ||||
| • Marc Levine | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media Members, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Nora Campos, Chair | • Kristin Olsen, Vice chair | |||
| • Betsy Butler | • K.H. Achadjian | |||
| • Charles Calderon | • Jim Silva | |||
| • Mike Gatto | ||||
| • Tony Mendoza | ||||
| • Bill Monning | ||||
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 Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, & Internet Media," accessed February 22, 2021
