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STANDING COMMITTEE

Legislation Committee

Meeting Notice:

The next meeting of the Legislation Committee will be taking place at the August 2025 Virtual Executive Board Meeting, August 18-23, 2025.

Legislation Committee Meeting – Friday, August 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM

RSVP Zoom Webinar Link: https://cadem-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/SyNOcCS8QOmzmKkuAUk4qg#/registration

AGENDA

2025 Key Dates:

  • Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025 at Noon – Deadline to submit Legislation for consideration. Any submissions after this date and time will be considered late and not timely.
  • Friday, August 22, 2025 at 2pm – Legislation Committee Meeting at August Executive Board.

Information on how to submit Legislation to the committee

Other docs:

May 2023 Statewide Convention Legislation Agenda

Legislation Committee Guidelines

Legislation Committee Eboard July 2022 Floor Report

Legislation Committee Agenda EBoard July 2022

CADEM Legislation Committee Minutes August 21

November 2021 Executive Board Legislation Committee Report

August 2021 Legislation Position

April 2021 Legislation Position

April 2021 Policy and Procedures

July 2020 Legislation Position

August 2019 Legislation Position

Committee Roster 2025-2027

Co-Chairs

Margaret Granado
Amar Thomas

Vice-Chairs

Gloria Alvarado
Mariana Sabeniano
Naomi Goldman
Charles Leonard
Julio Mendez Vargas
Guy Strahl
Ann Turtle
Amy Wiwuga Kazanegras

Members

Angela Andrews
Mitchell Bechtel
Sascha Bittner
Anthony Caro
Debru Carthan
Vilma Dawson
Mirna Ezquivel
Rudy Gonzalez
Adrian Grigorian
Lizeth Hernandez
Diana Limon
Abigail Mesa
Fernando Ochoa-Suarez
Seema Patel
Freddie Quintana
Anissa Raja
Martin Rawlings Fein
Pamela Sparrow
Francisco Torres
Erica Paul

Current Committee Staff

Melanie Ramil

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Please note that these descriptions are not meant to be an interpretation of the California Democratic Party Bylaws. The CDP Bylaws are available on our website here.

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