Become part of the movement for unbiased, accessible election information. Donate today.
Elections Committee, California State Assembly
The Elections Committee (formerly the Elections and Redistricting 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 Elections Committee is to investigate and study proposed bills relating to elections, campaign finance, the California Political Reform Act, and redistricting procedures.[4]
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
|
Elections Committee, 2025-2026 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0) |
|
|
|
2023-2024 legislative session
|
Elections Committee, 2023-2024 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0) |
|
|
|
2021-2022 legislative session
|
Elections Committee, 2021-2022 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (1) | Third-party members(1) |
|
||
2019-2020 legislative session
|
Elections Committee, 2019-2020 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (1) | Third-party members(1) |
|
||
Shirley Weber (D) left this committee on January 29, 2021.
California on 
|
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Elections and Redistricting Members, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Evan Low, Chair | • Matthew Harper, Vice chair | |||
| • Marc Berman | • Jordan Cunningham | |||
| • Ian Charles Calderon | ||||
| • Kevin Mullin | ||||
| • Shirley Weber | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Elections and Redistricting Members, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Sebastian Ridley-Thomas, Chair | • Shannon Grove, Vice chair | |||
| • Mike Gatto | • Travis Allen | |||
| • Rich Gordon | ||||
| • Kevin Mullin (California) | ||||
| • Henry T. Perea | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Elections and Redistricting Members, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Paul Fong, Chair | • Tim Donnelly, Vice chair | |||
| • Raul Bocanegra | • Dan Logue | |||
| • Rob Bonta | ||||
| • Isadore Hall, III | ||||
| • Henry Perea | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| Elections and Redistricting Members, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Paul Fong, Chair | • Dan Logue, Vice chair | |||
| • Susan Bonilla | • David G. Valadao | |||
| • Isadore Hall, III | ||||
| • Tony Mendoza | ||||
| • Sandré Swanson | ||||
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 Elections," accessed February 25, 2021
