Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg named the full roster of committee members in all the upper house's committees on Tuesday.
Steinberg had announced all but two of the standing policy committee chairmanships in early December.
On Tuesday. Steinberg officially named the chairs of the final two policy panels, Agriculture and Veterans Affairs, both of which were chaired by Republicans in the last session.
The Ag committee will flip parties, as Sen. Dean Florez, Steinberg's No. 2 as majority leader, will take the gavel.
Florez, who represents the Central Valley, can use the perch to legislate on agricultural issues and as a bully pulpit as he runs for lieutenant governor in 2010.
Republican Sen. Abel Maldonado had chaired the committee. Maldonado charged that his removal was because "I've been criticizing (the leadership) for refusing to get rid of per diem."
"It is sad to see the legislative leaders behaving so immaturely, but sadly this is not all that unusual in Sacramento. It is this type of childish behavior that tarnishes the reputation of the State Legislature. Regardless of this punishment, I refuse to stop standing up for the rights of taxpaying Californians. I will not be intimidated into silence," Maldonado said in a press release.
Alicia Trost, a Steinberg spokeswoman, said there was "absolutely no fallout" due to Maldonado's per diem criticism.
"We just felt that Sen. Florez was the right man for the position with where we were taking the committee," Trost said.
GOP Sen. Mark Wyland had chaired the veterans panel last session. That chairmanship now goes to Republican Sen. Jeff Denham. GOP Sen. Mimi Walters will chair the Ethics Committee.
See the full list of assignments after the jump:
Appropriations
Kehoe (Chair), Cox (Vice Chair), Yee, DeSaulnier, Corbett, Leno, Oropeza, Hancock, Wolk, Runner, Wyland, Walters, Denham
Banking, Finance & Insurance
Calderon (Chair), Runner (Vice Chair), Florez, Kehoe, Lowenthal, Correa, Padilla, Liu, Cox, Harman
BUDGET & FISCAL REVIEW (39 members plus 1 vacancy)
NOTE: All Senators will be members of the full Budget Committee. However, there will be only three voting members on each of five Subcommittees as follows:
Subcommittee #1: Education
Romero (Chair), Huff, Liu
Subcommittee #2: Resources, Environmental Protection, Energy, & Transportation
Simitian (Chair), Cogdill, Lowenthal
Subcommittee #3: Health & Human Services, Labor & Veteran's Affairs
Leno (Chair), Alquist, Hollingsworth
Subcommittee #4: State Administration, General Government & Judicial
DeSaulnier (Chair), Wright, Harman
Subcommittee #5: Revenues and the Economy
Ducheny (Chair), Padilla, Dutton
Business, Professions & Economic Development
Negrete McLeod (Chair), Wyland (Vice Chair), Correa, Florez, Corbett, Romero, Yee, Oropeza, Aanestad, Walters
Education
Romero (Chair), Huff (Vice Chair), Simitian, Alquist, Padilla, Hancock, Liu, Wyland, Maldonado
Elections, Reapportionment & Constitutional Amendments
Hancock (Chair), Walters (Vice Chair), DeSaulnier, Liu, Cogdill
Energy, Utilities and Communications
Padilla (Chair), Benoit (Vice Chair), Calderon, Simitian, Lowenthal, Kehoe, Wright, Corbett, Cox, Strickland
Environmental Quality
Simitian (Chair), Runner (Vice Chair), Hancock, Corbett, Lowenthal, Pavley, Ashburn
Food and Agriculture
Florez (Chair), Maldonado (Vice Chair), Pavley, Hancock, Hollingsworth
Governmental Organization
Wright (Chair), Harman (Vice Chair), Negrete McLeod, Oropeza, Yee, Wiggins, Florez, Romero, Calderon, Padilla, Denham, Wyland, Benoit
Health
Alquist (Chair), Strickland (Vice Chair), Cedillo, Negrete McLeod, Wolk, Pavley, DeSaulnier, Leno, Cox, Maldonado, Aanestad
Human Services
Liu (Chair), Maldonado (Vice Chair) Yee, Alquist, Hollingsworth
Judiciary
Corbett (Chair), Harman (Vice Chair), Florez, Leno, Walters
Labor & Industrial Relations
DeSaulnier (Chair), Wyland (Vice Chair), Leno, Yee, Negrete McLeod, Cogdill
Legislative Ethics
Walters (Chair), Lowenthal (Vice Chair), Corbett
Local Government
Wiggins (Chair), Cox (Vice Chair), Kehoe, Wolk, Aanestad
Natural Resources and Water
Pavley (Chair), Hollingsworth (Vice Chair), Kehoe, Wiggins, Leno, Wolk, Simitian, Padilla, Benoit, Cogdill, Huff
Public Employment and Retirement
Correa (Chair), Ashburn (Vice Chair), Negrete McLeod, Wiggins, Padilla, Liu, Benoit
Public Safety
Leno (Chair), Benoit (Vice Chair), Cedillo, Wright, Steinberg, Hancock, Huff
Revenue & Taxation
Wolk (Chair), Walters (Vice Chair), Alquist, Wiggins, Florez, Runner, Ashburn
Rules
Steinberg (Chair), Aanestad (Vice Chair), Cedillo, Oropeza, Dutton
Transportation and Housing
Lowenthal (Chair), Huff (Vice Chair), Oropeza, Pavley, Simitian, Kehoe, Wolk, DeSaulnier, Ashburn, Harman, Dutton
Veterans Affairs
Denham (Chair), Correa (Vice Chair), Wiggins, Negrete McLeod, Cedillo, Wyland, Maldonado
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