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.

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Legislatures

SessionConvenedAdjourned# of legislative days# of bills introduced# of bills passed
1st December 17, 1849 [1] April 22, 1850
2ndJanuary 6, 1851May 1, 1851
3rdJanuary 5, 1852May 4, 1852
4thJanuary 3 1853May 19, 1853
5thJanuary 4, 1854May 15, 1854
6thJanuary 1, 1855May 7, 1855
7thJanuary 7, 1856April 21, 1856
8thJanuary 5, 1857April 30, 1857
9thJanuary 4, 1858April 26, 1858
10thJanuary 3, 1859April 19, 1859
11thJanuary 2, 1860April 13, 1860
12thJanuary 7, 1861May 20, 1861
13thJanuary 6, 1862May 15, 1862
14thJanuary 5, 1863April 27, 1863
15thDecember 7, 1863April 4, 1864
16thDecember 4, 1865April 2, 1866
17thDecember 2, 1867March 13, 1868
18thDecember 6, 1869April 4, 1870
19thDecember 4, 1871April 1, 1872
20thDecember 1, 1873March 13, 1874
21stDecember 6, 1875April 3, 1876
22ndDecember 3, 1877April 1, 1878
23rdJanuary 5, 1880April 16, 1880
24thJanuary 3, 1881May 13, 1881
25thJanuary 8, 1883March 13, 1883
26thJanuary 5, 1885March 11, 1885
27thJanuary 3, 1887March 12, 1887
28thJanuary 7, 1889March 16, 1889
29thJanuary 5, 1891March 25, 1891
30thJanuary 2, 1893March 14, 1893
31stJanuary 7, 1895March 16, 1895
32ndJanuary 4, 1897March 13, 1897
33rdJanuary 2, 1899February 10, 1900
34thJanuary 7, 1901March 16, 1901
35thJanuary 5, 1903March 14, 1903
36thJanuary 2, 1905June 12, 1906
37thJanuary 7, 1907November 23, 1907
38thJanuary 4, 1909October 5, 1910
39th [2] January 2, 1911December 24, 1911
40th [3] January 6, 1913May 12, 1913
41stJanuary 4, 1915January 11, 1916
42ndJanuary 8, 1917April 27, 1917
43rdJanuary 6, 1919November 1, 1919
44thJanuary 3, 1921April 29, 1921
45thJanuary 8, 1923May 18, 1923
46thJanuary 5, 1925April 24, 1925
47thJanuary 3, 1927September 4, 1928
48thJanuary 7, 1929May 15, 1929
49thJanuary 5, 1931May 15, 1931
50thJanuary 2, 1933July 28, 1933
51stJanuary 7, 1935Mary 26, 1936
52ndJanuary 4, 1937March 1, 1937
53rdJanuary 2, 1939December 5, 1940
54thJanuary 6, 1941January 22, 1942
55thJanuary 4, 1943June 13, 1944
56thJanuary 8, 1945July 25, 1946
57thJanuary 6, 1947March 27, 1948
1949-50January 3, 1949September 26, 1950
1951-52January 8, 1951August 13, 1952
1953-54January 5, 1953April 1, 1954
1955-56January 21, 1955April 5, 1956
1957-58January 7, 1957April 24, 1958
1959-60January 5, 1959April 7, 1960
1961-62January 2, 1961June 28, 1962
1963-64January 7, 1963May 23, 1964
1965-66January 4, 1965July 8, 1966
1967-68January 2, 1967September 20, 1968
1969-70January 6, 1969September 23, 1970
1971-72January 4, 1971January 5, 1973
1973-74January 8, 1973November 30, 1974
1975-76December 2, 1974November 30, 1976
1977-78December 6, 1976November 30, 1978
1979-80December 4, 1978November 30, 1980
1981-82December 1, 1980November 30, 1982
1983-84December 6, 1982November 30, 1984
1985-86December 3, 1984November 30, 1986
1987-88December 1, 1986November 30, 1988
1989-90December 1, 1988November 30, 1990
1991-92December 3, 1990November 30, 1992
1993-94December 7, 1992November 30, 1994
1995–96 December 5, 1994November 30, 1996
1997–98 December 2, 1996November 30, 1998
1999-2000 December 7, 1998November 30, 2000
2001–02 December 4, 2000November 30, 2002
2003-04 December 2, 2002November 30, 2004
2005-06 December 6, 2004November 30, 2006
2007-08 December 4, 2006August 30, 2008
2009-10 December 1, 2008November 30, 2010
2011-12 December 6, 2010November 30, 2012
2013-14 December 3, 2012November 30, 2014
2015-16 December 1, 2014November 30, 2016
2017–18 [4] December 5, 2016November 30, 2018
2019–20 December 3, 2018September 13, 2019 [5]
2021–22 December 7, 2020November 30, 2022
2023–24 December 7, 2022Current

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References

  1. ↑ 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 Lock-green.svg
  2. ↑ Franklin Hichborn (1911). Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1911. Press of the James H. Barry Company – via Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ Franklin Hichborn (1913). Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1913. Press of the James H. Barry Company – via Internet Archive.
  4. ↑ "2018 California legislative session". Ballotpedia.org . Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Dates of 2019 state legislative sessions". Ballotpedia.org. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
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