Bill Volume of California Legislative Committees – 2023-24 Session
Bill Volume of California Legislative Committees – 2023-24 Session By Chris Micheli 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 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) COMMITTEE ABs Referr