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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
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

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 Free access icon
  2. ^ "California: Legislative Session", Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events...1899 – via HathiTrust
  3. ^ Franklin Hichborn (1911). Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1911. Press of the James H. Barry Company – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ Franklin Hichborn (1913). Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1913. Press of the James H. Barry Company – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ "2018 California legislative session". Ballotpedia.org. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  6. ^ "Dates of 2019 state legislative sessions". Ballotpedia.org. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  7. ^ "California State Legislature", ballotpedia.org, retrieved 2024-08-05
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