Speaker of the California State Assembly explained

Post:	Speaker of the California State Assembly
Insignia:	Seal of the Assembly of the State of California.svg
Insigniasize:	130
Insigniacaption:	Seal of the California State Assembly
Incumbent:	Robert Rivas
Incumbentsince:	June 30, 2023
Style:	Mister/Madam Speaker (informal) The Honorable (formal)
Appointer:	California State Assembly
Termlength:	Two years, Assembly term limits apply
Formation:	1849
Inaugural:	Thomas J. White

The speaker of the California State Assembly is the presiding officer and highest-ranking member of the California State Assembly, controlling the flow of legislation and committee assignments. The speaker is nominated by the majority party's caucus and elected by the full Assembly typically at the beginning of each two year session. Meanwhile, other floor leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses according to each party's strength in the chamber. The current speaker is Democrat Robert Rivas of the 29th district.

The speaker formerly had far more power, and was able to issue committee assignments to both parties' members, control State Assembly funds, and had broad administrative authority, but many of these powers were transferred to committee chairs after the speakership of Curt Pringle.^[1]

The speaker of the Assembly is also third in the order of succession to the governor of California, after the lieutenant governor and the president pro tempore of the California State Senate.^{[2] [3] [4]}

List of speakers

The following is a list of speakers of the California State Assembly. It does not number those individuals who served abbreviated terms or those who served during an extraordinary session called by the governor of California for a narrowly defined agenda.

Speaker	Portrait	District	Party	Term of service
		Sacramento	Unaffiliated	December 1849–February 1850
		Sacramento		February 1850–May 1851
		7		January 1852–May 1852
		6		January 1853–May 1853
		15		January 1854–May 1854
		3		January 1855–May 1855
		19		January 1856–April 1856
		19		January 1857–April 1857
		15		January 1858–April 1858
		17		January 1859–April 1859
		16		January 1860–April 1860
		19		January 1861–May 1861
		8		January 1862–May 1862
		12		January 1863–April 1863
		21		December 1863–April 1864
		20		December 1865–April 1866
		7		December 1867–March 1868
		8		December 1869–April 1870
		8		December 1871–April 1872
		8		December 1873–March 1874
		23		December 1875–April 1876
		25		December 1877–April 1878
		13		January 1880–April 1880
		25		January 1881–May 1881
		18		January 1883–May 1884
		25		January 1885–September 1886
		55		January 1887–March 1887
		25		January 1889–March 1889
		22		January 1891–March 1891
		57		January 1893–March 1893
		8		January 1895–March 1895
		18		January 1897–March 1897
		51		January 1899
		19		January 1899–February 1900
		74		January 1901–March 1901
		37		January 1903–March 1903
		76		January 1905–June 1906
		23		January 1907–November 1909
		71		January 1909–October 1910
		8		January 1911–December 1911
		41		January 1913–April 1917
		69		January 1919–April 1921
		70		January 1923–October 1926
		28		January 1927–May 1931
		60		January 1933–July 1933
		11		September 1934 (extraordinary session)
		75		January 1935–May 1936
		51		January 1937–March 1938
		71		January 1939–June 1939
		38		January 1940–January 1942
		59		January 1943–July 1946
		75		January 1947–August 1952
		34		January 1953–April 1954
		15		January 1955–April 1958
		30		January 1959–September 1961
		65		September 1961–January 1969
		12		January 1969–September 1970
		42		January 1971–June 1974
		19/18		June 1974–November 1980
		17/13		December 2, 1980 – June 5, 1995
		67		June 5, 1995 – September 14, 1995
		30		September 14, 1995 – January 4, 1996
		68		January 4, 1996 – November 30, 1996
		31		December 2, 1996 – February 26, 1998
		45		February 26, 1998 – April 13, 2000
		40		April 13, 2000 – February 6, 2002
		47		February 6, 2002 – February 9, 2004
		46		February 9, 2004 – May 13, 2008
		47		May 13, 2008 – March 1, 2010
		46/53		March 1, 2010 – May 12, 2014
		78		May 12, 2014 – March 7, 2016
		63		March 7, 2016–June 30, 2023
		29		June 30, 2023-present

• The First California Legislature was nonpartisan.
• Estee was also a Republican, but he was elected to the term in which he was Speaker as an independent.
• Young was elected as a Republican during the 40th and 42nd sessions (1913 and 1917), but a Progressive during the 41st session (1915).
• McCarthy's 19th District was renumbered the 18th District after the 1970s redistricting.
• Brown's 17th District was renumbered the 13th District after the 1990s redistricting.
• Allen and Setencich were Republican Assemblymembers whom Democrats elected after losing their majority in the chamber.
• Perez's 46th District was renumbered the 53rd District after the 2010s redistricting.

See also

• California State Assembly
• List of California state legislatures
• President pro tempore of the California State Senate
• President of the Los Angeles City Council

References

• Book: Office of the Chief Clerk of the Assembly . Appendix A, B . California's Legislature . Sacramento . California Legislature, Assembly . 2006 . 71402845.
• Web site: Speakers of the Assembly (Ex Officio Regents) . Hall of Distinguished Berkeleyan . The Bancroft Library . 2008 . 2008-03-03.
• Web site: California State Capitol Museum . California State Capitol: Legislative History . State of California . 2008 . 2008-03-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070620054519/http://capitolmuseum.ca.gov/english/legislature/history/index.html . June 20, 2007 .

Notes and References

1. News: 1996-03-12 . Leader in Allen Recall Pleads Guilty to Vote Fraud . LA Times . https://web.archive.org/web/20170410215719/http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/assemblyman-scott-baugh/featured/5. dead. April 10, 2017.
2. Web site: Constitution of California: Article V, Section 10. California Legislature. August 22, 2019.
3. Web site: Government Code, Article 5.5, Section 12058 — Succession to the Office of Governor. California Legislature. August 22, 2019.
4. Web site: Government Code, Article 5.5, Section 12061 — Succession to the Office of Governor in the Event of War or Enemy-Caused Disaster. California Legislature. August 22, 2019.