California State Legislature

The **California State Legislature** is a bicameral legislature for the state of California in the United States. It has a lower house, the California State Assembly, with 80 members, and an upper house, the California State Senate, with 40 members. Both houses meet at the California State Capitol in Sacramento. It is one of ten full-time state legislatures in the United States.

Since 1996, the Democratic Party has controlled both houses.

## Infobox (legislature)

- **name**: California State Legislature
- **legislature**: California State Legislature, 2023–24 session, 2023–24 session
- **coa pic**: Great Seal of California.svg
- **coa res**: 150px
- **coa caption**: Great Seal of California, Great Seal of the State of California
- **house type**: Bicameral
- **houses**: California State Senate, Senate
California State Assembly, Assembly
- **leader1 type**: Lieutenant Governor of California, President of the Senate/Lt. Gov.
- **leader1**: Eleni Kounalakis
- **party1**: (Democratic Party of California, D)
- **election1**: January 7, 2019
- **leader2 type**: President pro tempore of the California State Senate, President Pro Tem of the Senate
- **leader2**: Mike McGuire (politician), Mike McGuire
- **party2**: (Democratic Party of California, D)
- **election2**: February 5, 2024
- **leader3 type**: Senate Republican Leader
- **leader3**: Brian W. Jones
- **party3**: (Republican Party of California, R)
- **election3**: December 2022
- **leader4 type**: List of Speakers of the California State Assembly, Speaker of the Assembly
- **leader4**: Robert Rivas (politician), Robert Rivas
- **party4**: (Democratic Party of California, D)
- **election4**: June 30, 2023
- **leader5 type**: Assembly Minority Leader
- **leader5**: James Gallagher (California politician), James Gallagher
- **party5**: (Republican Party of California, R)
- **election5**: February 8, 2022
- **members**: **120**
40 Senators
80 Assemblymembers
- **house1**: Senate
- **house2**: Assembly
- **structure1**: File:California State Senate Composition 2019-20.svg
- **structure1 res**: 250
- **structure2**: File:California State Assembly Composition.svg
- **structure2 res**: 250
- **political groups1**: *  California Democratic Party, Democratic (31)
*  California Republican Party, Republican (9)
- **political groups2**: *  California Democratic Party, Democratic (62)
*  California Republican Party, Republican (17)
- **last election1**: 2022 California State Senate election, November 8, 2022
(20 seats)
- **last election2**: 2022 California State Assembly election, November 8, 2022
- **next election1**: 2024 California State Senate election, November 5, 2024
(20 seats)
- **next election2**: 2024 California State Assembly election, November 5, 2024
- **session room**: Californiastatecapitol.jpg
- **meeting place**: California State Capitol
Sacramento, California, Sacramento
- **website**: [https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov California State Legislature]
- **constitution**: Constitution of California
- **rules**: [https://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/sites/clerk.assembly.ca.gov/files/20230SCR1_97.pdf Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly]
- **new session**: December 5, 2022
- **term limits**: 12 years