Committees

Assistant Majority Leader


Standing Committees

Appropriations

Primary jurisdiction is fiscal bills, including bonds and alternative public financing.

Arts, Entertainment, Sports, & Tourism

Primary jurisdictions are programs and policies affecting the recording, motion picture and other entertainment industries, tourism and arts programs and museums, professional and amateur sports including the State Athletic Commission and the regulation of athlete agents, and Internet media.

Budget

The Budget Committee’s jurisdiction is the Budget.

Transportation

Committee Jurisdiction includes California High-Speed Rail Authority, California Highway Patrol, California Transportation Commission, Department of Motor Vehicles, Department of Transportation (Caltrans), driver’s licenses, freight, regional transportation agencies, transit authorities, intercity rail, mobile sources of air pollution, fuels, rules of the road, state highways, local streets and roads, vehicles, aircraft, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and vessels.

Water, Parks, and Wildlife

Primary jurisdictions are water resources, flood management, fish and game, parks and recreation, and wildlife.


Sub Committees

Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on Public Safety


Select Committees

Green Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Nonprofit Sector

Offshore Wind Energy in California

State Parks

Wine


Joint Committees

Emergency Management

ACR 38 (2011) states that the Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management shall be in continuous existence until abolished. Primary jurisdiction includes disaster preparedness, emergency management, and homeland security issues.