The 2005–06 session was a session of the California State Legislature.
Major legislation and reports
Enacted SB 1613 - Law banning the use of cell phones in cars. This was amended, effective in 2018, to clarify what was legal or illegal.
Reports Various statewide officials, departments, and commissions filed reports with the Legislature during this session. Possibly the most important report was notice of a "significant" and "structural budget problem".
Legislators
Senate
Democrats: 25 Republicans: 15
The party affiliation and district numbers of Senators are listed after their names in this list.
President Pro Tem: Don Perata (D-9) Majority Leader: Gloria Romero (D-24) Minority Leader: Dick Ackerman (R-33)
District Name Party Seat up 1st Dave Cox Rep 2008 2nd Wesley ChesbroTerm limited Dem 2006 3rd Carole Migden Dem 2008 4th Sam Aanestad Rep 2006 5th Michael Machado Dem 2008 6th Deborah OrtizTerm limited. Lost primary electionfor Secretary of State Dem 2006 7th Tom Torlakson Dem 2008 8th Jackie SpeierTerm limited. Lost primary election for Lieutenant Governor Dem 2006 9th Don Perata Dem 2008 10th Liz FigueroaTerm limited. Lost primary election for Lieutenant Governor Dem 2006 11th Joe Simitian Dem 2008 12th Jeff Denham Rep 2006 13th Elaine Alquist Dem 2008 14th Charles PoochigianTerm limited. Lost general electionfor Attorney General Rep 2006 15th Abel Maldonado Rep 2008 16th Dean Florez Dem 2006 17th George Runner Rep 2008 18th Roy Ashburn Rep 2006 19th Tom McClintockLost general election for Lieutenant Governor Rep 2008 20th Richard AlarcónTerm limited. Elected toCalifornia State Assembly, 39th District Dem 2006 21st Jack Scott Dem 2008 22nd Gilbert Cedillo Dem 2006 23rd Sheila Kuehl Dem 2008 24th Gloria Romero Dem 2006 25th Edward Vincent Dem 2008 26th Kevin MurrayTerm limited Dem 2006 27th Alan S. Lowenthal Dem 2008 28th Debra BowenTerm limited. Elected Secretary of State Dem 2006 29th Bob Margett Rep 2008 30th Martha EscutiaTerm limited Dem 2006 31st Robert Dutton Rep 2008 32nd Nell SotoTerm limited. Elected toCalifornia State Assembly, 61st District Dem 2006 33rd Dick Ackerman Rep 2008 34th Joe DunnTerm limited Dem 2006 35th John CampbellTom Harman* Rep 2008 36th Dennis Hollingsworth Rep 2006 37th Jim Battin Rep 2008 38th Bill MorrowTerm limited Rep 2006 39th Christine Kehoe Dem 2008 40th Denise Moreno Ducheny Dem 2006 * Tom Harman won the June 6, 2006 special election (and was sworn in on June 12, 2006) for the 35th Senate District seat to replace John Campbell, who vacated his State Senate seat on December 7, 2005 to become a member of the United States House of Representatives.
Assembly Affiliation Members Democratic Party 48 Republican Party 32 Total 80 Majority 16
Officers Speaker Fabian Núñez (D-46) Speaker pro Tempore Leland Yee, Ph.D. (D-12) Assistant Speaker pro Tempore Sally J. Lieber (D-22) Majority Floor Leader Dario Frommer (D-43) Minority Floor Leader Michael Villines (R-29) from November 10, 2006 George A. Plescia (R-75) from April 17, 2006 to November 10, 2006 Kevin McCarthy (R-32) to April 17, 2006 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, 2005-2006 District Name Party 1st Patty Berg Dem 2nd Doug LaMalfa Rep 3rd Rick Keene Rep 4th Tim LeslieTerm limited Rep 5th Roger Niello Rep 6th Joe NationTerm limited Dem 7th Noreen Evans Dem 8th Lois Wolk Dem 9th Dave Jones Dem 10th Alan Nakanishi Rep 11th Joseph CanciamillaTerm limited Dem 12th Leland YeeElected to State Senate,8th District Dem 13th Mark Leno Dem 14th Loni Hancock Dem 15th Guy S. Houston Rep 16th Wilma ChanTerm limited Dem 17th Barbara S. MatthewsTerm limited Dem 18th Johan KlehsTerm limited. Lost primary for State Senate, 10th District Dem 19th Gene Mullin Dem 20th Alberto Torrico Dem 21st Ira Ruskin Dem 22nd Sally J. Lieber Dem 23rd Joe Coto Dem 24th Rebecca CohnTerm limited Dem 25th Dave CogdillTerm limited. Elected toState Senate, 14th District Rep 26th Greg Aghazarian Rep 27th John Laird Dem 28th Simon SalinasTerm limited Dem 29th Michael Villines Rep 30th Nicole Parra Dem 31st Juan Arambula Dem 32nd Kevin McCarthyElected to U.S. Congress, 22nd District Rep 33rd Sam Blakeslee Rep 34th Bill Maze Rep 35th Pedro Nava Dem 36th Sharon Runner Rep 37th Audra Strickland Rep 38th Keith RichmanTerm limited. Lost primary for State Treasurer Rep 39th Cindy MontañezLost primary for State Senate, 20th District Dem 40th Lloyd E. Levine Dem 41st Fran PavleyTerm limited Dem 42nd Paul KoretzTerm limited Dem 43rd Dario FrommerTerm limited Dem 44th Carol LiuTerm limited Dem 45th Jackie GoldbergTerm limited Dem 46th Fabian Nuñez Dem 47th Karen Bass Dem 48th Mark Ridley-ThomasElected to State Senate, 26th District Dem 49th Judy ChuTerm limited. Elected to Board of Equalization, 4th District Dem 50th Hector De La Torre Dem 51st Jerome HortonTerm limited. Lost primary for Board of Equalization, 4th District Dem 52nd Mervyn M. Dymally Dem 53rd Mike Gordon*Ted Lieu* Dem 54th Betty Karnette Dem 55th Jenny OropezaTerm limited. Elected to State Senate, 28th District Dem 56th Rudy BermúdezLost primary for State Senate, 30th District Dem 57th Ed ChavezTerm limited Dem 58th Ronald S. CalderonElected to State Senate, 30th District Dem 59th Dennis MountjoyTerm limited Rep 60th Bob Huff Rep 61st Gloria Negrete McLeodTerm limited. Elected to State Senate, 32nd District Dem 62nd Joe Baca, Jr.Lost primary for State Senate, 32nd DistrictElected to Rialto City Council Dem 63rd Bill Emmerson Rep 64th John J. Benoit Rep 65th Russ BoghTerm limited Rep 66th Ray HaynesTerm limited. Lost primary for Board of Equalization, 3rd District Rep 67th Tom Harman*Term limited. Elected to State Senate, 35th District Rep 68th Van Tran Rep 69th Tom UmbergTerm limited. Lost primary for State Senate, 34th District Dem 70th Chuck DeVore Rep 71st Todd Spitzer Rep 72nd Lynn DaucherTerm limited. Lost general election for State Senate, 34th District Rep 73rd Mimi Walters Rep 74th Mark WylandTerm limited. Elected to State Senate, 38th District Rep 75th George A. Plescia Rep 76th Lori Saldaña Dem 77th Jay La SuerTerm limited Rep 78th Shirley Horton Rep 79th Juan Vargas Dem 80th Bonnie Garcia Rep * Ted Lieu won the September 13, 2005 special election (and was sworn in on September 21, 2005) for the 53rd Assembly District seat to replace Mike Gordon, who died on June 25, 2005, due to a brain tumor. * Assemblyman Tom Harman won the June 6, 2006 special election for the 35th District seat in the California State Senate and resigned from the Assembly (and was sworn into the Senate) on June 12, 2006. He would have been term limited at the end of 2006.
See also List of California state legislatures
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