The 1997–98 session was a former session of the California State Legislature.
Dates of sessions
Major events
Major legislation Contents: Enacted • Pending or failed • Vetoed
Enacted
Pending or failed
Vetoed
Members Skip to Assembly, below
Senate
Assembly Democrats: 43 Republicans: 37
Officers Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa (D-45) from February 26, 1998 Cruz Bustamante (D-31) to February 26, 1998 Speaker pro Tempore Sheila Kuehl (D-41) Majority Floor Leader Kevin Shelley (D-12) Minority Floor Leader Rod Pacheco (R-64) from November 5, 1998 Bill Leonard (R-63) to November 5, 1998 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
Analysis of Bills
The party affiliation and district numbers of Assembly members are listed after their names in this list. District Name Party 1st Virginia Strom-Martin Dem 2nd Tom Woods Rep 3rd Bernie Richter Rep 4th Thomas "Rico" Oller Rep 5th Barbara Alby Rep 6th Kerry Mazzoni Dem 7th Valerie K. Brown Dem 8th Helen Thomson Dem 9th Deborah Ortiz Dem 10th Larry Bowler Rep 11th Tom Torlakson Dem 12th Kevin Shelley Dem 13th Carole Migden Dem 14th Dion Aroner Dem 15th Lynne Leach Rep 16th Don Perata Dem 17th Michael Machado Dem 18th Michael Sweeney Dem 19th Louis J. Papan Dem 20th Liz Figueroa Dem 21st Ted Lempert Dem 22nd Elaine Alquist Dem 23rd Mike Honda Dem 24th Jim Cunneen Rep 25th George House Rep 26th Dennis Cardoza Dem 27th Fred Keeley Dem 28th Peter Frusetta Rep 29th Charles Poochigian Rep 30th Robert Prenter Rep 31st Cruz M. Bustamante Dem 32nd Roy Ashburn Rep 33rd Tom J. Bordonaro, Jr. Rep 34th Keith Olberg Rep 35th Brooks Firestone Rep 36th George Runner Rep 37th Nao Takasugi Rep 38th Tom McClintock Rep 39th Tony Cardenas Dem 40th Robert M. Hertzberg Dem 41st Sheila James Kuehl Dem 42nd Wally Knox Dem 43rd Scott Wildman Dem 44th Jack Scott Dem 45th Antonio R. Villaraigosa Dem 46th Louis Caldera Dem 47th Kevin Murray Dem 48th Roderick Wright Dem 49th Diane Martinez Dem 50th Martha M. Escutia Dem 51st Edward Vincent Dem 52nd Carl Washington Dem 53rd Debra Bowen Dem 54th Steven T. Kuykendall Rep 55th Richard Floyd Dem 56th Sally Havice Dem 57th Martin Gallegos Dem 58th Grace F. Napolitano Dem 59th Bob Margett Rep 60th Gary G. Miller Rep 61st Fred Aguiar Rep 62nd Joe Baca Dem 63rd Bill Leonard Rep 64th Rod Pacheco Rep 65th Brett Granlund Rep 66th Bruce Thompson Rep 67th Scott Baugh Rep 68th Curt Pringle Rep 69th Jim Morrissey Rep 70th Marilyn C. Brewer Rep 71st Bill Campbell Rep 72nd Dick Ackerman Rep 73rd Bill Morrow Rep 74th Howard Kaloogian Rep 75th Jan Goldsmith Rep 76th Susan Davis Dem 77th Steve Baldwin Rep 78th Howard Wayne Dem 79th Denise Moreno Ducheny Dem 80th Jim Battin Rep
See also List of California state legislatures