Bill Volume of California Legislative Committees – 2023-24 Session

The California Legislature has a combined 56 standing committees, with 33 in the Assembly and 23 in the Senate. There were 2,159 bills (3,291 ABs and 1,530 SBs) introduced during the 2023-24 Legislative Session. Those standing committees, and their hardworking consultants (along with their minority party counterparts), reviewed and analyzed thousands of bills during the past 2-year legislative session.

The following charts provide the data for the original bill referrals to policy committees during the 2023-24 Session (meaning the first committee that received a bill from the Rules Committee):

2023-24 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	19	3	22
Agriculture	43	12	55
Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media	17	3	20
Banking and Finance	24	16	40
Budget	126	120	246
Business and Professions	137	45	182
Communications and Conveyance	23	2	25
Education	206	70	276
Elections	65	43	108
Emergency Management	40	9	49
Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials	64	13	77
Governmental Organization	67	36	103
Health	251	92	343
Higher Education	137	30	167
Housing and Community Development	159	41	200
Human Services	116	33	149
Insurance	51	20	71
Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy	18	3	21
Judiciary	172	66	238
Labor and Employment	76	38	114
Local Government	120	40	160
Military and Veterans Affairs	16	20	36
Natural Resources	134	75	209
Privacy and Consumer Protection	65	28	93
Public Employment and Retirement	48	17	65
Public Safety	341	102	443
Revenue and Taxation	92	32	124
Transportation	176	50	226
Utilities and Energy	92	40	132
Waters, Parks, and Wildlife	93	27	120
TOTALS	3,008	1,135	4,143

Of the Assembly standing committees, they handled collectively a total of 3,008 ABs and 1,135 SBs during the 2023-2024 Session, for a total of 4,143 bills.

2023-24 Senate Committees and Original Bill Referrals

COMMITTEE	SBs Referred	ABs Referred	Total Referrals
Agriculture	6	22	28
Banking and Financial Institutions	13	16	29
Budget & Fiscal Review	123	121	244
Business, Professions and Economic Development	50	119	169
Education	97	260	357
Elections and Constitutional Amendments	34	48	82
Energy, Utilities and Communications	47	54	101
Environmental Quality	66	87	153
Governance and Finance	54	63	117
Governmental Organization	58	90	148
Health	77	180	257
Housing	32	95	127
Human Services	43	77	120
Insurance	5	16	21
Judiciary	95	171	266
Labor, Public Employment and Retirement	65	90	155
Military and Veterans Affairs	4	8	12
Natural Resources and Water	54	89	143
Public Safety	112	198	310
Revenue & Taxation	17	18	35
Transportation	47	95	142
TOTALS:	1,099	1,917	3,016

Of the Senate standing committees, they handled collectively a total of 1,099 SBs and 1,917 ABs during the 2023-24 Session for a total of 3,016 bills.