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)

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

(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)

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.