Labor and Employment Committee, California State Assembly
The Labor and Employment 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 Labor and Employment Committee is to investigate and study proposed bills relating to wages, hours, employment discrimination, Cal-OSHA, employment development, and public job programs.[4]
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
Labor and Employment Committee, 2025-2026 |
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Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
Labor and Employment Committee, 2023-2024 |
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Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
Labor and Employment Committee, 2021-2022 |
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Democratic members (4) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0) |
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D) left this committee on January 05, 2022. [Source]
2019-2020 legislative session
Labor and Employment Committee, 2019-2020 |
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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.
Labor and Employment Members, 2017 | ||||
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Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | |||
• Tony Thurmond, Chair | • Heath Flora, Vice chair | |||
• Jimmy Gomez | • Matthew Harper | |||
• Ash Kalra | ||||
• Kevin McCarty | ||||
• Eloise Reyes |
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
Labor and Employment Members, 2015 | ||||
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Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | |||
• Roger Hernandez, Chair | • Matthew Harper | |||
• Kansen Chu | • Jim Patterson (California) | |||
• Evan Low | ||||
• Kevin McCarty (California) | ||||
• Tony Thurmond |
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
Labor and Employment Members, 2013 | ||||
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Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | |||
• Roger Hernandez, Chair | • Mike Morrell, Vice chair | |||
• Luis Alejo | • Jeff Gorell | |||
• Edwin Chau | ||||
• Jimmy Gomez | ||||
• Chris Holden |
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
Labor and Employment Members, 2011 | ||||
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Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | |||
• Sandré Swanson, Chair | • Mike Morrell, Vice chair | |||
• Luis Alejo | • Jeff Gorell | |||
• Michael Allen | ||||
• Warren Furutani | ||||
• Mariko Yamada |
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.
Labor and Employment Members, 2009 | ||||
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Democratic members (4) | Republican members (2) | |||
• Bill Monning, Chair | • Bill Berryhill, Vice chair | |||
• Fiona Ma | • Ted Gaines | |||
• Anthony Portantino, Jr. | ||||
• Mike Eng |
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 Labor and Employment," accessed February 23, 2021