HEALTH ACCESS UPDATE
Wednesday, January 12th, 2005
SENATE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES ASSIGNED
* New Mix of Members on Health, Insurance, Budget, and Appropriations
BELOW are the lists of the new Senate legislative committees of direct interest to health consumer advocates.
A list of all the committees is available in the “press room” section of the Senate Majority Caucus website: http://democrats.senate.ca.gov/
A list of the Assembly committees of interest to health advocates was published last week, and is also available at the Health Access web site, at:
http://www.health-access.org/2005_01_01_Sac_archives.htm#110537299420201031
Senate Health Committee (11 members, 6 votes needed to pass bills)
- Deborah Ortiz, Chair (D-6, Sacramento)
- Elaine Alquist (D-13, San Jose)
- Wes Chesbro (D-2, Napa/Eureka/Santa Rosa/Vallejo)
- Liz Figueroa (D-10, Fremont)
- Sheila Kuehl (D-23, Los Angeles)
- Jackie Speier (D-8, San Francisco/San Mateo)
- Ed Vincent (D-25, Inglewood)
- George Runner, Vice Chair (R-17, Lancaster/Victorville)
- Sam Aanestad (R-4, Chico/Nevada City/Redding/Colusa)
- Dave Cox (R-1, Sacramento)
- Abel Maldonado (R-15, San Jose/San Luis Obispo)
Senate Banking, Finance and Insurance Committee (10 members, 6 votes needed to pass bills)
- Jackie Speier, Chair (D-8, San Francisco/San Mateo)
- Liz Figueroa (D-10, Fremont)
- Alan Lowenthal (D-27, Paramount/Long Beach)
- Kevin Murray (D-26, Los Angeles/Culver City)
- Jack Scott (D-21, Pasadena)
- Vacancy (D)
- Dave Cox, Vice Chair (R-1, Sacramento)
- Jeff Denham (R-12, Modesto/Salinas/Merced)
- Dennis Hollingsworth (R-36, Temecula/El Cajon)
- Abel Maldonado (R-15, San Jose/San Luis Obispo)
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee (17 members)
- Wes Chesbro, Chair (D-2, Napa/Eureka/Santa Rosa/Vallejo)
- Denise Moreno Ducheny, Chair of the Health Budget Subcommitee (D-40, Chula Vista/Coachella)
- Joe Dunn (D-34, Garden Grove)
- Christine Kehoe (D-39, San Diego)S
- heila Kuehl (D-23, Los Angeles)
- Alan Lowenthal (D-27, Paramount/Long Beach)
- Mike Machado (D-5, Stockton/Vacaville)
- Gloria Romero (D-24, Los Angeles/Baldwin Park/West Covina)
- Jack Scott (D-21, Pasadena)
- Joe Simitian (D-11, Santa Cruz/Palo Alto)
- Tom Torlakson (D-7, Concord/Antioch)
- Dennis Hollingsworth, Vice Chair (R-36, Temecula/El Cajon)
- John Campbell (R-35, Costa Mesa)
- Bob Dutton (R-31, Rancho Cucamonga)
- Bob Margett (R-29, Diamond Bar)
- Tom McClintock (R-19, Thousand Oaks)
- George Runner (R-17, Lancaster/Victorville)
Senate Appropriations Committee (13 members)
- Carole Migden, Chair (D-3, San Francisco/San Rafael)
- Elaine Alquist (D-13, San Jose)
- Debra Bowen (D-28, Redondo Beach)
- Martha Escutia (D-30, Norwalk)
- Kevin Murray (D-26, Los Angeles/Culver City)
- Deborah Ortiz (D-6, Sacramento)
- Jackie Speier, Chair (D-8, San Francisco/San Mateo)
- Vacancy
- Sam Aanestad, Vice Chair (R-4, Chico/Nevada City/Redding/Colusa)
- Roy Ashburn (R-18, Bakersfield)
- Jim Battin (R-37, Moreno Valley/Palm Desert)
- Bob Dutton (R-31, Rancho Cucamonga)
- Charles Poochigian (R-14, Fresno/Ripon)
Senate Government Modernization, Efficiency & Accountability Committee (10 members)
- Liz Figueroa, Chair (D-10, Fremont)
- Debra Bowen (D-28, Redondo Beach)
- Denise Moreno Ducheny (D-40, Chula Vista/Coachella)
- Dean Florez (D-16, Fresno/Bakersfield)
- Sheila Kuehl (D-23, Los Angeles)
- Kevin Murray (D-26, Los Angeles/Culver City)
- Bob Dutton, Vice Chair (R-31, Rancho Cucamonga)
- Roy Ashburn (R-18, Bakersfield)
- John Campbell (R-35, Costa Mesa)
- Tom McClintock (R-19, Thousand Oaks)