Chart of Types of California Legislative Committees

The following is a chart listing the types of committees used in the California Legislature:

Type of Committee	Role of Committee
Standing	Standing Committee hearings are the forums for public input on pending legislation. Measures are heard in Standing Committees which meet on a regular basis throughout the legislative year.
Select	Both the Assembly and the Senate have Select Committees, which are technically subcommittees of each house’s General Research Committee.
Special	The Assembly also has Special Committees. Currently there is the Assembly Legislative Ethics Committee.
Joint	Joint Committees have membership from both houses and consider issues of joint concern.

Chris Micheli is an attorney and lobbyist with Snodgrass & Micheli, LLC, as well as an Adjunct Professor at McGeorge School of Law.