California State Legislature, 2003–2004 session

2003–2004 session of the California State Legislature
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The Seal of California
Overview
Legislative body	California State Legislature
Jurisdiction	California
Term	December 2, 2002 – November 30, 2004
Senate
Members	40
President of the Senate	Cruz Bustamante (D)
President pro tempore	John L. Burton (D–3rd)
Minority Leader	Jim Brulte (R–31st) Dec. 2, 2002–May 10, 2004 Dick Ackerman (R–33rd) May 20, 2004–Nov. 30, 2004
Party control	Democratic
Assembly
Members	80
Speaker	Herb Wesson (D–47th) Dec. 2, 2002–Feb. 9, 2004 Fabian Núñez (D–46th) Feb. 9, 2004–Nov. 30, 2004
Minority Leader	Dave Cox (R–5th) Dec. 2, 2002–Jan. 5, 2004 Kevin McCarthy (R–32nd) Jan. 5, 2004–Nov. 30, 2004
Party control	Democratic

The 2003–2004 session was a session of the California State Legislature.

Major legislation

Enacted

• California Shine the Light Law (S.B. 27), a landmark privacy law governing customers' rights in a business's disclosure of personal information to third parties.

Pending or failed

Vetoed

Members

• Skip to House of Representatives, below

Senate

The party affiliation and district numbers of Senators are listed after their names in this list.

President Pro Tem: John L. Burton (D-3)
Majority Leader: Don Perata (D-9)
Minority Leader: Jim Brulte (R-31) to May 10, 2004; Dick Ackerman (R-33) from May 10, 2004

Assembly

Officers

• Speaker Fabian Núñez (D-46) from February 9, 2004
  • Herb J. Wesson, Jr. (D-47) to February 9, 2004
• Speaker pro Tempore Christine Kehoe (D-76)
• Assistant Speaker pro Tempore Leland Yee (D-12)
• Majority Leader Wilma Chan (D-16)
• Majority Floor Leader Marco Antonio Firebaugh (D-50)
• Minority Floor Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-32) from January 5, 2004
  • Dave Cox (R-5) to January 5, 2004
• Chief Clerk E. Dotson Wilson
• Sergeant at Arms Ronald Pane

Analysis of Bills

Full list of members, 2003-2004

The party affiliation and district numbers of Assembly members are listed after their names in this list.

• Greg Aghazarian (R-26)
• Patricia C. Bates (R-73)
• John J. Benoit (R-64)
• Patty Berg (D-1)
• Rudy Bermúdez (D-56)
• Russ Bogh (R-65)
• Ronald S. Calderon (D-58)
• John Campbell (R-70)
• Joseph Canciamilla (D-11)
• Wilma Chan (D-16)
• Ed Chavez (D-57)
• Judy Chu (D-49)
• Dave Cogdill (R-25)
• Rebecca Cohn (D-24)
• Ellen M. Corbett (D-18)
• Lou Correa (D-69)
• Dave Cox (R-5)
• Lynn Daucher (R-72)
• Manny Diaz (D-23)
• John A. Dutra (D-20)
• Robert D. Dutton (R-63)
• Mervyn M. Dymally (D-52)
• Marco Antonio Firebaugh (D-50)
• Dario Frommer (D-43)
• Bonnie Garcia (R-80)
• Jackie Goldberg (D-45)
• Loni Hancock (D-14)
• Tom Harman (R-67)
• Ray Haynes (R-66)
• Jerome Horton (D-51)
• Shirley Horton (R-78)
• Guy S. Houston (R-15)
• Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-35)
• Rick Keene (R-3)
• Christine Kehoe (D-76)
• Paul Koretz (D-42)
• Jay La Suer (R-77)
• John Laird (D-27)
• Doug LaMalfa (R-2)
• Mark Leno (D-13)
• Tim Leslie (R-4)
• Lloyd E. Levine (D-40)
• Sally J. Lieber (D-22)
• Carol Liu (D-44)
• John Longville (D-62)
• Alan Lowenthal (D-54)
• Ken Maddox (R-68)
• Abel Maldonado (R-33)
• Barbara S. Matthews (D-17)
• Bill Maze (R-34)
• Kevin McCarthy (R-32)
• Cindy Montañez (D-39)
• Dennis Mountjoy (R-59)
• Gene Mullin (D-19)
• Alan Nakanishi (R-10)
• George Nakano (D-53)
• Joe Nation (D-6)
• Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-61)
• Fabian Núñez (D-46)
• Jenny Oropeza (D-55)
• Robert Pacheco (R-60)
• Nicole Parra (D-30)
• Fran Pavley (D-41)
• George A. Plescia (R-75)
• Sarah Reyes (D-31)
• Keith Richman (R-38)
• Mark Ridley-Thomas (D-48)
• Sharon Runner (R-36)
• Simon Salinas (D-28)
• Steven N. Samuelian (R-29)
• S. Joseph Simitian (D-21)
• Todd Spitzer (R-71)
• Darrell Steinberg (D-9)
• Tony Strickland (R-37)
• Juan Vargas (D-79)
• Herb J. Wesson, Jr. (D-47)
• Pat Wiggins (D-7)
• Lois Wolk (D-8)
• Mark Wyland (R-74)
• Leland Yee (D-12)

See also

• List of California state legislatures

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