Today's Events: 02/05/2023
2023-24 Legislative Session
The Senate has adjourned until Monday, February 6th at 2:00 p.m.
Message from the Senate President pro Tempore

Welcome to the California State Senate website. Here you can find information regarding your Senator and Senate district, the Senate’s ongoing work, and how you can participate in the legislative process. We encourage all Californians to stay engaged by watching committee hearings and Senate floor session virtually or in-person, giving public comment, and staying up-to-date on the latest news. Your involvement is critical to our ability to address key issues, including homelessness and housing, health care, and climate change. After all, our job is to represent you—the 40 million people who call the Golden State home.
Toni G. Atkins
Senate President pro Tempore
Photos of the Week
In 2004, the American Heart Association created the Go Red for Women initiative to help raise awareness of heart disease and stroke as the number one killer of women. Since then, National Wear Red Day has been celebrated on the first Friday of February.
Presiding officer, Senator Susan Eggman
Senators Eggman, Niello, Jones, Hurtado, Nguyen, Ochoa Bogh, Grove, Caballero, Bradford, Alvarado Gil, Wahab, Newman, Rubio, Min, Limón, Wiener, Archuleta, Becker, Smallwood-Cuevas, Stern, Blakespear, Ashby, Umberg, Gonzalez, Skinner, Roth, Portantino, McGuire and Cortese wear red in support of women's heart health.
Senators Eggman, Gonzalez, Caballero, Alvarado Gil, Wahab, Rubio, Smallwood-Cuevas, Blakespear, Ashby, Limón and Skinner
Senators Jones, Niello, Nguyen, Ochoa Bogh and Grove
Senators Angelique Ashby and Nancy Skinner
On National Wear Red Day, the color red is symbolic of the day. Senator Dave Min understood the assignment.
Senator Bob Archuleta
Senators María Elena Durazo and Shannon Grove
Senators Josh Becker and Anthony Portantino
Senators Steven Bradford and Josh Newman
Senators Angelique Ashby and Scott Wiener
Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins welcomes Noguchi Yasushi, Consul General of Japan, San Francisco, to her office.
Senator Lena Gonzalez
Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh wears badge number 5662 to honor the memory of Riverside County Sheriff's Deputy Isaiah Cordero, who was killed in the line of duty. The Senate adjourned in honor of Deputy Cordero.
Senator Richard Roth adjourns the Senate in memory of Deputy Isaiah Cordero.
Senator Susan Rubio offers condolences to the family of Deputy Cordero.
Senators Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh and Richard Roth greet Bill Young, President of the Riverside Sheriff's Association following the Senate's adjournment.
Senator Dave Min
The 2023-2024 Senate session began with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and President Pro Tem Toni Atkins
Senators Josh Newman and Caroline Menjivar
Senator Scott Wiener
Senators Steve Padilla and Anna Caballero
Senator Roger Niello
Senators Susan Eggman and Marie Alvarado-Gil
Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones
Senators Ben Allen and Dave Cortese
Senators Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh and Richard Roth
Senators Lola Smallwood-Cuevas, Steve Bradford, and Catherine Blakespear
Senators Scott Wiener and Tom Umberg
Senators Kelly Seyarto and Janet Nguyen
Senators Monique Limón, Caroline Menjivar, Angelique Ashby, Josh Becker, Susan Rubio, Lena Gonzalez, Nancy Skinner and Scott Wiener
Senate Majority Leader Mike McGuire confers with former Senator John Burton before the start of the Senate's Organizational Session. Burton served as President pro Tempore of the California State Senate from 1998-2004
Senator Steve Bradford poses with two former Senate Presidents; Darrell Steinberg and John Burton
Current Senate President Toni Atkins with former Senate President John Burton
Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis with former Senator John Burton
Performing for the Swearing-in ceremony, Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus Small Ensemble, The Polyphonics, under the Direction of Christian Bohm
The Presentation of the Colors by the C.K. McClatchy High School Air Force Junior ROTC
Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil, Pledge of Allegiance
Senator Tom Umberg
Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins with Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakuye
Twenty Senators representing even-numbered districts were elected to the California Senate and sworn into office on December 5, 2022.
The Oath of Office is administered by outgoing California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye.
Taking the Oath of Office, Senators Brian Jones, Thomas Umberg,Steve Padilla and Roger Niello
Senators Tom Umberg, Steve Padilla, Roger Niello, Kelly Seyarto and Janet Nguyen
Senators María Elena Durazo, Shannon Grove, Anna Caballero and Bob Archuleta
Senators Lola Smallwood-Cuevas, Caroline Menjivar and Susan Rubio
Senators Susan Rubio, Aisha Wahab, Mike McGuire Angelique Ashby
Senators Angelique Ashby, Catherine Blakespear, Marie Alvarado-Gil, and Ben Allen
SenatorsCatherine Blakespear and Angelique Ashby
Senator Susan Rubio with her sister
Former Senator Lois Wolk joined Senators Bill Dodd and Richard Roth to celebrate the newly elected Senate members
Senator Aisha Wahab
Senate Minority Leader, Brian Jones
Senator Steve Padilla
Senator Roger Niello
Senator Kelly Seyarto
Newly elected Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas poses with Senator Bradford and California Controller-elect, Malia Cohen
Senator Caroline Menjivar introduced her first bill of the 2023-2024 Legislative session
Senator Janet Nguyen signs newly crafted legislation
The California Senate's incoming includes several new faces. Nearly half of the 20 Senators sworn into office on December 5, 2022 are newcomers to the Senate. Senator Janet Nguyen is the only newcomer who previously served in the Senate (2014-2018) and in the Assembly. Senators Roger Niello and Kelly Seyarto both served in the state Assembly before their election to the Senate.
Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil (D-04)
Senator Angelique Ashby (D-08)
Senator Catherine Blakespear (D-38)
Senator Caroline Menjivar (D-20)
Senator Roger Niello (R-06)
Senator Steve Padilla (D-18)
Senator Kelly Seyarto (R-32)
Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-28)
Senator Aisha Wahab (D-10)
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