Rules Committee, California State Assembly

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The Rules Committee is a standing committee of the California State Assembly.

Function

The duty of the Rules Committee is to investigate and study proposed bills relating to proposed amendments to the rules and other matters relating to the business of the legislature.

Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

Rules Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (4)	Third-party members(0)
Blanca Pacheco Chair Patrick Ahrens Mark Gonzalez Jacqui Irwin Maggy Krell Darshana Patel Michelle Rodriguez Rick Chavez Zbur Joaquin Arambula	Tom Lackey Vice-Chair Heath Flora Kate Sanchez Tri Ta

2023-2024 legislative session

Rules Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (11)	Republican members (5)	Third-party members(0)
James Ramos Chair Dave Cortese Juan Carrillo Liz Ortega Blanca Pacheco Gail Pellerin Anthony Portantino, Jr. Avelino Valencia Sabrina Cervantes Rick Chavez Zbur Dawn Addis	Marie Waldron Vice Chair Bilal Essayli Heath Flora Devon Mathis Diane Dixon

2021-2022 legislative session

Rules Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (4)	Third-party members(0)
Ken Cooley Chair Steve Bennett Mike Gipson Alex Lee Marc Levine Brian Maienschein James Ramos Blanca Rubio Carlos Villapudua	Jordan Cunningham Vice Chair Heath Flora Devon Mathis Suzette Martinez Valladares

2019-2020 legislative session

Rules Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (3)	Third-party members(0)
Ken Cooley Chair Wendy Carrillo Tim Grayson Sydney Kamlager-Dove Brian Maienschein Sharon Quirk-Silva James Ramos Robert Rivas Buffy Wicks	Jordan Cunningham Vice Chair Heath Flora Devon Mathis

2017 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Rules Members, 2017
Democratic members (7)	Republican members (4)
• Ken Cooley, Chair	• Jordan Cunningham, Vice chair
• Marc Berman	• William Brough
• Sabrina Cervantes	• Phillip Chen
• Laura Friedman	• Marie Waldron
• Tim Grayson
• Marc Levine
• Adrin Nazarian

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

Rules Members, 2015
Democratic members (7)	Republican members (4)
• Rich Gordon, Chair	• Ling-Ling Chang, Vice chair
• Autumn Burke	• Brian Jones (California)
• Nora Campos	• Chad Mayes
• Ken Cooley	• Marie Waldron
• Bill Dodd
• Freddie Rodriguez
• Jim Wood

2013-2014

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

Rules Members, 2013
Democratic members (7)	Republican members (4)
• Nancy Skinner, Chair	• Scott Wilk, Vice chair
• Cheryl Brown	• Frank Bigelow
• Edwin Chau	• Tim Donnelly
• Adrin Nazarian	• Curt Hagman
• Manuel Perez
• Bill Quirk
• Shirley Weber

2011-2012

The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.

Rules Members, 2011
Democratic members (8)	Republican members (5)
• Nancy Skinner, Chair	• Jim Silva, Vice chair
• Luis Alejo	• Tim Donnelly
• Betsy Butler	• Curt Hagman
• Wilmer Carter	• Stephen Knight
• Mike Davis	• Jim Nielsen
• Ben Hueso
• Tony Mendoza
• Das Williams

External links

• Rules Committee

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Current members of the California State Assembly

Leadership

Majority Leader:Cecilia Aguiar-Curry

Minority Leader:James Gallagher

Representatives

District 1

Heather Hadwick (R)

District 2

Chris Rogers (D)

District 3

James Gallagher (R)

District 4

Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D)

District 5

Joe Patterson (R)

District 6

Maggy Krell (D)

District 7

Josh Hoover (R)

District 8

David Tangipa (R)

District 9

Heath Flora (R)

District 10

Stephanie Nguyen (D)

District 11

Lori Wilson (D)

District 12

Damon Connolly (D)

District 13

Rhodesia Ransom (D)

District 14

Buffy Wicks (D)

District 15

Anamarie Avila Farias (D)

District 16

Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D)

District 17

Matt Haney (D)

District 18

Mia Bonta (D)

District 19

Catherine Stefani (D)

District 20

Liz Ortega (D)

District 21

Diane Papan (D)

District 22

Juan Alanis (R)

District 23

Marc Berman (D)

District 24

Alex Lee (D)

District 25

Ash Kalra (D)

District 26

Patrick Ahrens (D)

District 27

Esmeralda Soria (D)

District 28

Gail Pellerin (D)

District 29

Robert Rivas (D)

District 30

Dawn Addis (D)

District 31

Joaquin Arambula (D)

District 32

Stan Ellis (R)

District 33

Alexandra Macedo (R)

District 34

Tom Lackey (R)

District 35

Jasmeet Bains (D)

District 36

Jeff Gonzalez (R)

District 37

Gregg Hart (D)

District 38

Steve Bennett (D)

District 39

Juan Carrillo (D)

District 40

Pilar Schiavo (D)

District 41

John Harabedian (D)

District 42

Jacqui Irwin (D)

District 43

Celeste Rodriguez (D)

District 44

Nick Schultz (D)

District 45

James Ramos (D)

District 46

Jesse Gabriel (D)

District 47

Greg Wallis (R)

District 48

Blanca Rubio (D)

District 49

Mike Fong (D)

District 50

Robert Garcia (D)

District 51

Rick Zbur (D)

District 52

Jessica Caloza (D)

District 53

Michelle Rodriguez (D)

District 54

Mark Gonzalez (D)

District 55

Isaac Bryan (D)

District 56

Lisa Calderon (D)

District 57

Sade Elhawary (D)

District 58

Leticia Castillo (R)

District 59

Phillip Chen (R)

District 60

Corey Jackson (D)

District 61

Tina McKinnor (D)

District 62

Jose Solache (D)

District 63

Natasha Johnson (R)

District 64

Blanca Pacheco (D)

District 65

Mike Gipson (D)

District 66

Al Muratsuchi (D)

District 67

Sharon Quirk-Silva (D)

District 68

Avelino Valencia (D)

District 69

Josh Lowenthal (D)

District 70

Tri Ta (R)

District 71

Kate Sanchez (R)

District 72

Diane Dixon (R)

District 73

Cottie Petrie-Norris (D)

District 74

Laurie Davies (R)

District 75

Carl DeMaio (R)

District 76

Darshana Patel (D)

District 77

Tasha Horvath (D)

District 78

Christopher Ward (D)

District 79

LaShae Sharp-Collins (D)

District 80

David Alvarez (D)

Democratic Party (60)

Republican Party (20)