List of California state legislatures
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The legislature of the U.S. state of California has convened many times since statehood became effective on September 9, 1850.
Legislatures
Session | Convened | Adjourned | Last election |
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California Constitution of 1849 [citation needed] | |||
1st | December 17, 1849 [1] | April 22, 1850 | |
2nd | January 6, 1851 | May 1, 1851 | |
3rd | January 5, 1852 | May 4, 1852 | |
4th | January 3 1853 | May 19, 1853 | |
5th | January 4, 1854 | May 15, 1854 | |
6th | January 1, 1855 | May 7, 1855 | |
7th | January 7, 1856 | April 21, 1856 | |
8th | January 5, 1857 | April 30, 1857 | |
9th | January 4, 1858 | April 26, 1858 | |
10th | January 3, 1859 | April 19, 1859 | |
11th | January 2, 1860 | April 13, 1860 | |
12th | January 7, 1861 | May 20, 1861 | |
13th | January 6, 1862 | May 15, 1862 | |
14th | January 5, 1863 | April 27, 1863 | |
15th | December 7, 1863 | April 4, 1864 | |
16th | December 4, 1865 | April 2, 1866 | |
17th | December 2, 1867 | March 13, 1868 | |
18th | December 6, 1869 | April 4, 1870 | |
19th | December 4, 1871 | April 1, 1872 | |
20th | December 1, 1873 | March 13, 1874 | |
21st | December 6, 1875 | April 3, 1876 | |
22nd | December 3, 1877 | April 1, 1878 | |
California Constitution of 1879 [citation needed] | |||
23rd | January 5, 1880 | April 16, 1880 | |
24th | January 3, 1881 | May 13, 1881 | |
25th | January 8, 1883 | March 13, 1883 | |
26th | January 5, 1885 | March 11, 1885 | |
27th | January 3, 1887 | March 12, 1887 | |
28th | January 7, 1889 | March 16, 1889 | |
29th | January 5, 1891 | March 25, 1891 | |
30th | January 2, 1893 | March 14, 1893 | |
31st | January 7, 1895 | March 16, 1895 | |
32nd | January 4, 1897 | March 13, 1897 | |
33rd | January 2, 1899[2] | February 10, 1900 | |
34th | January 7, 1901 | March 16, 1901 | |
35th | January 5, 1903 | March 14, 1903 | |
36th | January 2, 1905 | June 12, 1906 | |
37th | January 7, 1907 | November 23, 1907 | |
38th | January 4, 1909 | October 5, 1910 | |
39th[3] | January 2, 1911 | December 24, 1911 | |
40th[4] | January 6, 1913 | May 12, 1913 | |
41st | January 4, 1915 | January 11, 1916 | |
42nd | January 8, 1917 | April 27, 1917 | |
43rd | January 6, 1919 | November 1, 1919 | |
44th | January 3, 1921 | April 29, 1921 | |
45th | January 8, 1923 | May 18, 1923 | |
46th | January 5, 1925 | April 24, 1925 | |
47th | January 3, 1927 | September 4, 1928 | |
48th | January 7, 1929 | May 15, 1929 | |
49th | January 5, 1931 | May 15, 1931 | |
50th | January 2, 1933 | July 28, 1933 | |
51st | January 7, 1935 | Mary 26, 1936 | |
52nd | January 4, 1937 | March 1, 1937 | |
53rd | January 2, 1939 | December 5, 1940 | |
54th | January 6, 1941 | January 22, 1942 | |
55th | January 4, 1943 | June 13, 1944 | |
56th | January 8, 1945 | July 25, 1946 | |
57th | January 6, 1947 | March 27, 1948 | |
1949-50 | January 3, 1949 | September 26, 1950 | |
1951-52 | January 8, 1951 | August 13, 1952 | |
1953-54 | January 5, 1953 | April 1, 1954 | |
1955-56 | January 21, 1955 | April 5, 1956 | |
1957-58 | January 7, 1957 | April 24, 1958 | |
1959-60 | January 5, 1959 | April 7, 1960 | |
1961-62 | January 2, 1961 | June 28, 1962 | |
1963-64 | January 7, 1963 | May 23, 1964 | |
1965-66 | January 4, 1965 | July 8, 1966 | |
1967-68 | January 2, 1967 | September 20, 1968 | |
1969-70 | January 6, 1969 | September 23, 1970 | |
1971-72 | January 4, 1971 | January 5, 1973 | |
1973-74 | January 8, 1973 | November 30, 1974 | |
1975-76 | December 2, 1974 | November 30, 1976 | |
1977-78 | December 6, 1976 | November 30, 1978 | |
1979-80 | December 4, 1978 | November 30, 1980 | |
1981-82 | December 1, 1980 | November 30, 1982 | |
1983-84 | December 6, 1982 | November 30, 1984 | |
1985-86 | December 3, 1984 | November 30, 1986 | |
1987-88 | December 1, 1986 | November 30, 1988 | |
1989-90 | December 1, 1988 | November 30, 1990 | November 1988: Senate |
1991-92 | December 3, 1990 | November 30, 1992 | November 1990: Senate |
1993-94 | December 7, 1992 | November 30, 1994 | November 1992: House, Senate |
1995–96 | December 5, 1994 | November 30, 1996 | November 1994: House, Senate |
1997–98 | December 2, 1996 | November 30, 1998 | November 1996: House, Senate |
1999-2000 | December 7, 1998 | November 30, 2000 | November 1998: House, Senate |
2001–02 | December 4, 2000 | November 30, 2002 | November 2000: House, Senate |
2003-04 | December 2, 2002 | November 30, 2004 | November 2002: House, Senate |
2005-06 | December 6, 2004 | November 30, 2006 | November 2004: House, Senate |
2007-08 | December 4, 2006 | August 30, 2008 | November 2006: House, Senate |
2009-10 | December 1, 2008 | November 30, 2010 | November 2008: House, Senate |
2011-12 | December 6, 2010 | November 30, 2012 | November 2010: House, Senate |
2013-14 | December 3, 2012 | November 30, 2014 | November 2012: House, Senate |
2015-16 | December 1, 2014 | November 30, 2016 | November 2014: House, Senate |
2017–18[5] | December 5, 2016 | November 30, 2018 | November 2016: House, Senate |
2019–20 | December 3, 2018 | September 13, 2019 [6] | November 2018: House, Senate |
2021–22 | December 7, 2020 | November 30, 2022 | November 2020: House, Senate |
2023–24 | November 2022: House, Senate | ||
2025-26 | November 5, 2024:[7] House, Senate |
See also
- List of governors of California
- List of speakers of the California State Assembly
- List of presidents pro tempore of the California State Senate
- History of California
- Lists of United States state legislative sessions
References
- ^ Herbert C. Jones (1950), First Legislature of California, California Senate, Senate of the State of California – via Golden Gate University School of Law Digital Commons
- ^ "California: Legislative Session", Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events...1899 – via HathiTrust
- ^ Franklin Hichborn (1911). Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1911. Press of the James H. Barry Company – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Franklin Hichborn (1913). Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1913. Press of the James H. Barry Company – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "2018 California legislative session". Ballotpedia.org. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
- ^ "Dates of 2019 state legislative sessions". Ballotpedia.org. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
- ^ "California State Legislature", ballotpedia.org, retrieved 2024-08-05
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to California State Legislature.
- "California Legislative Publications 1850 – 2009" – via HathiTrust.
- "California Government: Legislature: Historic Legislation in California". Library Guides. University of California Berkeley Library.
- "California Legislative History Research". Research Guides. University of California Berkeley School of Law Library.
- "California Resources: Statutes & Legislation". Research Guides: U.S. States. Georgetown University Law Library.
- "California State Assembly Journals". clerk.assembly.ca.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- "Guide to Law Online: U.S. California: Legislative", guides.loc.gov, Washington DC: Library of Congress