The new session is beginning

Assemblymember Marie Waldron

AD-75 (R)

The new legislative session begins Dec. 5, when 80 newly elected and returning Assembly-members are sworn in at the State Capitol.

During this ceremonial event, the Secretary of State presents a “Certificate of Election,” stating that all members have been duly elected, and members rise to take the oath, swearing to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California against all enemies, foreign and domestic…”

Over the years, the elaborate nature of these ceremonies has changed. For example, an address...