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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Connie M. Leyva is a Democratic member of the California State Senate, representing District 20. She was first elected to the chamber in 2014.

Education

  • Bachelors, Communicative Disorders, University of Redlands

Political Experience

  • Bachelors, Communicative Disorders, University of Redlands
  • Senator, California State Senate, District 20, 2014-present
  • Majority Caucus Chair, California State Senate, present
  • Candidate, California State Senate, District 20, 2018

Former Committees/Caucuses

Democratic Caucus Chair, California State Senate, present

Member, Senate Select Committee on California-Mexico Cooperation, present

Former Member, Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Rules, California State Senate

Former Member, Legislative Audit Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Ports and Goods Movement Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Public Employment and Retirement Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Rules Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Transportation and Housing Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Women and Inequality-Strategies to Promote Opportunity Committee, California State Senate

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Budget and Fiscal Review

Member, Business, Professions, and Economic Development

Chair, Education

Member, Elections and Constitutional Amendments

Member, Health

Member, Select Committee on California-Mexico Cooperation

Chair, Select Committee on Manufactured Home Communities

Member, Select Committee on Preparing California's Future Workforce

Member, Select Committee on Women, Work and Families

Member, Student Success

Member, Subcommittee 1 on Education

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Bachelors, Communicative Disorders, University of Redlands
  • Senator, California State Senate, District 20, 2014-present
  • Majority Caucus Chair, California State Senate, present
  • Candidate, California State Senate, District 20, 2018
  • Member, California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, present
  • Former President, California State Federation of Labor, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
  • Former President/Union Representative, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1428

Other Info

  • Clerk, Alpha Beta Grocery Store

  • classroom instructional aide in local public schools

Speeches