List of California state legislatures explained

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

1st	December 17, 1849	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
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	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[1]	January 2, 1911	December 24, 1911
40th[2]	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[3]	December 5, 2016	November 30, 2018	November 2016: House, Senate
2019–20	December 3, 2018	September 13, 2019 [4]	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: 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
• Outline of California history
• Lists of United States state legislative sessions

External links

• Web site: California Legislative Publications 1850 – 2009 . .
• Web site: California Government: Legislature: Historic Legislation in California . Library Guides . University of California Berkeley Library.
• Web site: California Legislative History Research . Research Guides . University of California Berkeley School of Law Library.
• Web site: California Resources: Statutes & Legislation . . Research Guides: U.S. States .
• Web site: California State Assembly Journals . 2022-12-27 . clerk.assembly.ca.gov.

Notes and References

1. Book: Franklin Hichborn . Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1911 . Press of the James H. Barry Company . 1911 . Internet Archive.
2. Book: Franklin Hichborn . Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1913 . Press of the James H. Barry Company . 1913 . Internet Archive.
3. Web site: 2018 California legislative session . March 17, 2019 . Ballotpedia.org.
4. Web site: Dates of 2019 state legislative sessions . March 17, 2019 . Ballotpedia.org.