California State Senate

The **California State Senate** is the upper house of the California State Legislature. It has 40 members and is currently controlled by the Democratic Party It meets at the California State Capitol in Sacramento.

## Composition

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### Officers

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|Lieutenant Governor|Eleni Kounalakis|Democratic|California|||||
|President pro tempore|Toni Atkins|Democratic|39th–San Diego|||||
|Majority leader|Robert Hertzberg|Democratic|18th–Van Nuys|||||
|Assistant majority leader|Mike McGuire|Democratic|2nd–Healdsburg|||||
|Majority whip|Nancy Skinner|Democratic|9th–Berkeley|||||
|rowspan="2"|Assistant majority whips|Maria Elena Durazo|Democratic|24th–Los Angeles||||
|Scott Wiener|Democratic|11th–San Francisco||||||
|Democratic caucus chair|Connie Leyva|Democratic|20th–Chino|||||
|Minority leader|Shannon Grove|Republican|16th–Bakersfield|||||
|scope="row"|Secretary|colspan="3"|Erika Contreras|||||
|scope="row"|Sergeant-at-Arms|colspan="3"|Jodie O. Barnett III|||||
|scope="row"|Chaplain|colspan="3"|Sister Michelle Gorman, RSM|||||

The Secretary, the Sergeant-at-Arms, and the Chaplain are not members of the Legislature.

### Members

|scope="col" width="30"|District|scope="col" width="170"|Name|scope="col" width="70"|Party|scope="col" width="130"|Residence|scope="col" width="80"|First elected|scope="col" width="80"|Term limited|scope="col" width="480"|Notes|
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|1|Brian Dahle|Republican|Bieber|2019|2024|Previously served as Minority Leader of the California State Assembly||||||||
|2|Mike McGuire|Democratic|Healdsburg|2014|2026|||||||||
|3|Bill Dodd|Democratic|Napa|2016|2024|||||||||
|4|Jim Nielsen|Republican|Red Bluff|2013|2022|Previously served from 1978 to 1990||||||||
|5|Susan Eggman|Democratic|Stockton|2020|2024|||||||||
|6|Richard Pan|Democratic|Sacramento|2014|2022|||||||||
|7|Steve Glazer|Democratic|Orinda|2015|2028|||||||||
|8|Andreas Borgeas|Republican|Fresno|2018|2030|||||||||
|9|Nancy Skinner|Democratic|Berkeley|2016|2024|||||||||
|10|Bob Wieckowski|Democratic|Fremont|2014|2022|||||||||
|11|Scott Wiener|Democratic|San Francisco|2016|2028|||||||||
|12|Anna Caballero|Democratic|Salinas|2018|2026|||||||||
|13|Josh Becker|Democratic|Menlo Park|2020|2032|||||||||
|14|Melissa Hurtado|Democratic|Sanger|2018|2030|||||||||
|15|Dave Cortese|Democratic|Los Gatos|2020|2032|||||||||
|16|Shannon Grove|Republican|Bakersfield|2018|2026|Minority Leader||||||||
|17|John Laird|Democratic|Santa Cruz|2020|2028|||||||||
|18|Robert Hertzberg|Democratic|Van Nuys|2014|2022|Majority Leader. Previously served as Speaker of the Assembly||||||||
|19|Monique Limón|Democratic|Santa Barbara|2012|2020|||||||||
|20|Connie Leyva|Democratic|Chino|2014|2026|||||||||
|21|Scott Wilk|Republican|Santa Clarita|2016|2024|||||||||
|22|Susan Rubio|Democratic|Baldwin Park|2018|2030|||||||||
|23|Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh|Republican|Yucaipa|2020|2032|||||||||
|24|Maria Elena Durazo|Democratic|Los Angeles|2018|2030|||||||||
|25|Anthony Portantino|Democratic|La Cañada Flintridge|2016|2024|||||||||
|26|Ben Allen|Democratic|Santa Monica|2014|2026|||||||||
|27|Henry Stern|Democratic|Malibu|2016|2028|||||||||
|28|Melissa Melendez|Republican|Lake Elsinore|2020|2022|||||||||
|29|Josh Newman|Democratic|Fullerton|2020|2028|Previously served 2016-2018||||||||
|30||Democratic|Pico Rivera|2018|2030|||||||||
|31|Richard Roth|Democratic|Riverside|2012|2024|||||||||
|32|Bob Archuleta|Democratic|Pico Rivera|2018|2030|||||||||
|33|Lena Gonzalez|Democratic|Long Beach|2019|2032|||||||||
|34|Tom Umberg|Democratic|Santa Ana|2018|2026|||||||||
|35|Steven Bradford|Democratic|Gardena|2016|2024|||||||||
|36|Patricia Bates|Republican|Laguna Niguel|2014|2022|||||||||
|37|Dave Min|Democratic|Irvine|2020|2032|||||||||
|38|Brian Jones|Republican|Santee|2018|2026|||||||||
|39|Toni Atkins|Democratic|San Diego|2016|2024|President pro tempore. Previously served as Speaker of the State Assembly||||||||
|rowspan="3"|40|Ben Hueso|Democratic|San Diego|2013|2022||||||||
    - elected in a special election

### Seating chart

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||Jones||Chang|||Wilk||Bates|||Dodd||Umberg|||Durazo||Mitchell|||Hurtado||Skinner|||Stern||Beall|
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## Infobox (legislature)

- **background color**: blue
- **name**: California State Senate
- **legislature**: California State Legislature
- **coa pic**: Seal_of_The_Senate_Of_The_State_Of_California.svg
- **session room**: California Senate chamber p1080899.jpg
- **house type**: Upper house
- **term limits**: Elected before 2012:
2 terms (8 years)
Elected 2012 and after:
3 terms (12 years)
- **new session**: December 5, 2022
- **leader1 type**: Lieutenant Governor of California, President
- **leader1**: Eleni Kounalakis (Democratic Party (United States), D)
- **election1**: January 7, 2019
- **leader2 type**: President pro tempore of the California State Senate, President pro tempore
- **leader2**: Mike McGuire (politician), Mike McGuire (Democratic Party (United States), D)
- **election2**: February 5, 2024
- **leader3 type**: Majority Leader
- **leader3**: Lena Gonzalez (Democratic Party (United States), D)
- **election3**: February 8, 2024
- **leader4 type**: Minority Leader
- **leader4**: Brian Jones (politician), Brian Jones (Republican Party (United States), R)
- **election4**: December 5, 2022
- **term length**: 4 years
- **authority**: Article 4, California Constitution
- **salary**: $114,877/year + $211 per diem
- **seats**: 40
- **structure1**: California State Senate Composition.svg
- **structure1 res**: 250px
- **structure1 alt**: Composition of the California State Senate
- **voting system1**: Nonpartisan blanket primary
- **last election1**: 2022 California State Senate election, November 8, 2022 (20 seats)
- **next election1**: 2024 California State Senate election, November 5, 2024 (20 seats)
- **redistricting**: California Citizens Redistricting Commission
- **political groups1**: **Majority**

**Minority**
- **motto**: _Senatoris est civitatis libertatem tueri_
("It is a senator's duty to protect the liberty of the people.")
- **meeting place**: State Senate Chamber
California State Capitol
Sacramento, California, Sacramento, California
- **website**: [https://senate.ca.gov California State Senate]
- **rules**: [https://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/sites/clerk.assembly.ca.gov/files/20230SR3_99.pdf Standing Rules of the Senate]