title: California State Legislature, 2001–2002 session
text: # California State Legislature, 2001–2002 session
  
  The 2001–2002 session was a session of the California State Legislature.
  
  ## Major events
  
  ### Vacancies and special elections
  
  * December 1, 2000: After pleading guilty to campaign finance violations, Jan Leja (R) agreed not to take the seat she was elected to in November 2000 for the 65th Assembly District.
  * January 2001: Senator Hilda Solis (D-24) resigned to take a seat in the United States House of Representatives.
  * March 6, 2001: Assembly member Gloria Romero (D-49) won the special election in the 24th Senate District to replace Solis.
  * April 3, 2001: Russ Bogh (R) won the special election in the 65th Assembly District to replace Leja.
  * May 15, 2001: Judy Chu (D) won the special election in the 49th Assembly District to replace Romero.
  
  ## Members
  
  * Skip to Assembly, below
  
  ### Senate
  
  The party affiliation and district numbers of Senators are listed after their names in this list.
  
  President Pro Tem: John L. Burton (D-3) Majority Leader: Richard Polanco (D-22) Minority Leader: Jim Brulte (R-31)
  
  | District | Name | Party | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1st | Rico Oller | Rep | |
  | 2nd | Wesley Chesbro | Dem | |
  | 3rd | John Burton | Dem | |
  | 4th | Maurice Johannessen | Rep | |
  | 5th | Michael Machado | Dem | |
  | 6th | Deborah Ortiz | Dem | |
  | 7th | Tom Torlakson | Dem | |
  | 8th | Jackie Speier | Dem | |
  | 9th | Don Perata | Dem | |
  | 10th | Liz Figueroa | Dem | |
  | 11th | Byron Sher | Dem | |
  | 12th | Dick Monteith | Rep | |
  | 13th | John Vasconcellos | Dem | |
  | 14th | Charles Poochigian | Rep | |
  | 15th | Bruce McPherson | Rep | |
  | 16th | Jim Costa | Dem | |
  | 17th | Pete Knight | Rep | |
  | 18th | Jack O'Connell | Dem | |
  | 19th | Tom McClintock | Rep | |
  | 20th | Richard Alarcón | Dem | |
  | 21st | Jack Scott | Dem | |
  | 22nd | Richard Polanco | Dem | |
  | 23rd | Sheila Kuehl | Dem | |
  | 24th | Hilda Solis | Dem | Resigned January 3, 2001, to take seat in United States House of Representatives. |
  | 24th | vacant | | |
  | 24th | Gloria Romero | Dem | Elected March 6, 2001. |
  | 25th | Edward Vincent | Dem | |
  | 26th | Kevin Murray | Dem | |
  | 27th | Betty Karnette | Dem | |
  | 28th | Debra Bowen | Dem | |
  | 29th | Bob Margett | Rep | |
  | 30th | Martha Escutia | Dem | |
  | 31st | Jim Brulte | Rep | |
  | 32nd | Nell Soto | Dem | |
  | 33rd | Dick Ackerman | Rep | |
  | 34th | Joe Dunn | Dem | |
  | 35th | Ross Johnson | Rep | |
  | 36th | Ray Haynes | Rep | |
  | 37th | Jim Battin | Rep | |
  | 38th | Bill Morrow | Rep | |
  | 39th | Dede Alpert | Dem | |
  | 40th | Steve Peace | Dem | |
  
  ### Assembly
  
  Democrats: 50 Republicans: 30
  
  ### Officers
  
  * Speaker Herb Wesson (D-47) from February 6, 2002
     * Robert Hertzberg (D-40) to February 6, 2002
  * Speaker pro Tempore Fred Keeley (D-27)
  * Assistant Speaker pro Tempore Christine Kehoe (D-76)
  * Majority Floor Leader Kevin Shelley (D-12)
  * Minority Floor Leader Dave Cox (R-5) from March 26, 2001
     * Bill Campbell (R-71) to March 26, 2001
  * Chief Clerk E. Dotson Wilson
  * Sergeant at Arms Ronald Pane
  
  Note: The Chief Clerk and the Sergeant at Arms are not Members of the Legislature
  
  ### Full list of members, 2001-2002
  
  | District | Name | Party | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Virginia Strom-Martin | Dem | |
  | 2 | Richard L. Dickerson | Rep | |
  | 3 | Samuel M. Aanestad | Rep | |
  | 4 | Tim Leslie | Rep | |
  | 5 | Dave Cox | Rep | |
  | 6 | Joseph Nation | Dem | |
  | 7 | Pat Wiggins | Dem | |
  | 8 | Helen Thomson | Dem | |
  | 9 | Darrell Steinberg | Dem | |
  | 10 | Anthony Pescetti | Rep | |
  | 11 | Joseph Canciamilla | Dem | |
  | 12 | Kevin Shelley | Dem | |
  | 13 | Carole Migden | Dem | |
  | 14 | Dion Aroner | Dem | |
  | 15 | Lynne C. Leach | Rep | |
  | 16 | Wilma Chan | Dem | |
  | 17 | Barbara S. Matthews | Dem | |
  | 18 | Ellen M. Corbett | Dem | |
  | 19 | Louis J. Papan | Dem | |
  | 20 | John A. Dutra | Dem | |
  | 21 | S. Joseph Simitian | Dem | |
  | 22 | Elaine Alquist | Dem | |
  | 23 | Manny Diaz | Dem | |
  | 24 | Rebecca Cohn | Dem | |
  | 25 | Dave Cogdill | Rep | |
  | 26 | Dennis Cardoza | Dem | |
  | 27 | Fred Keeley | Dem | |
  | 28 | Simon Salinas | Dem | |
  | 29 | Mike Briggs | Rep | |
  | 30 | Dean Florez | Dem | |
  | 31 | Sarah Reyes | Dem | |
  | 32 | Roy Ashburn | Rep | |
  | 33 | Abel Maldonado | Rep | |
  | 34 | Phil Wyman | Rep | |
  | 35 | Hannah-Beth Jackson | Dem | |
  | 36 | George Runner | Rep | |
  | 37 | Tony Strickland | Rep | |
  | 38 | Keith Richman | Rep | |
  | 39 | Tony Cardenas | Dem | |
  | 40 | Robert M. Hertzberg | Dem | |
  | 41 | Fran Pavley | Dem | |
  | 42 | Paul Koretz | Dem | |
  | 43 | Dario Frommer | Dem | |
  | 44 | Carol Liu | Dem | |
  | 45 | Jackie Goldberg | Dem | |
  | 46 | Gil Cedillo | Dem | |
  | 47 | Herb Wesson | Dem | |
  | 48 | Roderick Wright | Dem | |
  | 49 | Gloria Romero | Dem | Elected to State Senate on March 6, 2001. |
  | 49 | vacant | | |
  | 49 | Judy Chu | Dem | Elected on May 15, 2001. |
  | 50 | Marco Antonio Firebaugh | Dem | |
  | 51 | Jerome Horton | Dem | |
  | 52 | Carl Washington | Dem | |
  | 53 | George Nakano | Dem | |
  | 54 | Alan Lowenthal | Dem | |
  | 55 | Jenny Oropeza | Dem | |
  | 56 | Sally Havice | Dem | |
  | 57 | Edward Chavez | Dem | |
  | 58 | Thomas M. Calderon | Dem | |
  | 59 | Dennis Mountjoy | Rep | |
  | 60 | Robert Pacheco | Rep | |
  | 61 | Gloria Negrete McLeod | Dem | |
  | 62 | John Longville | Dem | |
  | 63 | Bill Leonard | Rep | |
  | 64 | Rod Pacheco | Rep | |
  | 65 | vacant | | Vacant due to member-elect Jan Leja not taking seat after pleading guilty to campaign finance violations. |
  | 65 | Russ Bogh | Rep | Elected on April 3, 2001. |
  | 66 | Dennis Hollingsworth | Rep | |
  | 67 | Tom Harman | Rep | |
  | 68 | Ken Maddox | Rep | |
  | 69 | Lou Correa | Dem | |
  | 70 | John Campbell | Rep | |
  | 71 | Bill Campbell | Rep | |
  | 72 | Lynn Daucher | Rep | |
  | 73 | Patricia C. Bates | Rep | |
  | 74 | Mark Wyland | Rep | |
  | 75 | Charlene Zettel | Rep | |
  | 76 | Christine Kehoe | Dem | |
  | 77 | Jay La Suer | Rep | |
  | 78 | Howard Wayne | Dem | |
  | 79 | Juan Vargas | Dem | |
  | 80 | Dave Kelley | Rep | |
  
  Analysis of Bills
  
  