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Legislative Committees in California
How many are there and what are their sizes?
By Chris Micheli, August 19, 2025 2:58 pm
Both Assembly and Senate Standing Committees do the bulk of the legislative work in the California Legislature. How many are there and what are their sizes? This information is for the 2025 Legislative Session.
The Assembly has 32 standing committees. The committee with the fewest number of committee members is 7. There are 8 committees that have 7 members. The largest committee has 32 members. The average committee size is 12 members.
There are 14 committees that have an even-number of members, and 18 committees that have an odd-number of members.
The total number of Assembly committee authored bills is 41.
The Senate has 23 Standing committees. The committee with the fewest number of committee members is 5. There are 7 committees that have 5 members. The largest committee has 18 members. The average committee size is 12 members.
There are 3 committees that have an even-number of member, and 20 committees that have an odd-number of members.
The total number of Senate committee authored bills is 139, but 120 of those are the Budget & Fiscal Review Committee.
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