Analysis

The Micheli Files: committee bill volume in the 2023 session

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The California Legislature has a combined 55 standing committees, with 33 in the Assembly and 22 in the Senate. There were 2,661 bills introduced during the 2023 Legislative Session. Those standing committees, and their hardworking consultants (along with their minority party counterparts), reviewed and analyzed thousands of bills during the past two years.

The following charts provide the data for the original bill referrals to policy committees during the 2023 Session (meaning the first committee that received a bill from the Rules Committee):

2023 Assembly Committees and Original Bill Referrals

(Note that these figures do not include second committee referrals; and, Appropriations and Rules Committees are not included; historically, about 80% of all bills go through the Appropriations Committee)

COMMITTEE ABs Referred SBs Referred Total Referrals
Accountability and Administrative Review 20 9 29
Aging and Long-Term Care 9 0 9
Agriculture 24 5 29
Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media 11 3 14
Banking and Finance 11 8 19
Budget 124 120 244
Business and Professions 76 25 101
Communications and Conveyance 14 1 15
Education 113 37 150
Elections 35 23 58
Emergency Management 24 3 27
Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials 38 3 41
Governmental Organization 31 17 48
Health 138 43 181
Higher Education 66 13 79
Housing and Community Development 79 23 103
Human Services 53 23 76
Insurance 29 12 41
Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy 8 3 11
Judiciary 83 37 120
Labor and Employment 37 24 61
Local Government 58 22 80
Military and Veterans Affairs 10 4 14
Natural Resources 76 42 118
Privacy and Consumer Protection 32 9 41
Public Employment and Retirement 25 11 36
Public Safety 170 54 224
Revenue and Taxation 52 17 69
Transportation 92 27 119
Utilities and Energy 40 21 61
Waters, Parks, and Wildlife 56 18 74
TOTALS 1,634 657 2,291

 

Of the Assembly standing committees, they handled collectively a total of 1,634 ABs and 657 SBs during the 2023 Session, for a total of 2,291 bills.

2023 Senate Committees and Original Bill Referrals

(Note that these figures do not include second committee referrals; and, Appropriations and Rules Committees are not included; historically, about 80% of all bills go through the Appropriations Committee)

 

COMMITTEE SBs Referred ABs Referred Total Referrals
Agriculture 2 10 12
Banking and Financial Institutions 6 6 12
Budget & Fiscal Review 122 121 243
Business, Professions and Economic Development 25 66 91
Education 47 120 167
Elections and Constitutional Amendments 22 25 47
Energy, Utilities and Communications 20 21 41
Environmental Quality 34 49 83
Governance and Finance 54 63 117
Governmental Organization 26 51 77
Health 36 93 129
Housing 15 45 60
Human Services 24 39 63
Insurance 3 8 11
Judiciary 50 75 125
Labor, Public Employment and Retirement 42 44 86
Military and Veterans Affairs 1 4 5
Natural Resources and Water 32 56 88
Public Safety 63 102 165
Transportation 21 51 72
TOTALS: 645 1,049 1,694

 

Of the Senate standing committees, they handled collectively a total of 645 SBs and 1,049 ABs during the 2023 Session for a total of 1,694 bills.

 

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