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)