Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Tom Harman, California Legislator
- Abstract:
- California legislator Tom Harman served as a State Assembly Member from 2001-2006, and as a State Senator from 2006-2012. The Tom Harman Papers consist of 7 cubic feet of physical and digital records reflecting the interests and political activities of Harman during his term in the California State Legislature. The records contain one series: bill files from 2001-2012.
- Extent:
- 7 cubic feet, including 2 DVD videodiscs
- Language:
- Languages represented in the collection: English
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Tom Harman papers consist of 7 cubic feet of textual and digital records. The records consist of one record series: Bill Files, covering the years 2001 to 2012. The bill files document Harman's career in the California legislature, both as an Assembly Member and as a State Senator. The bills introduced by Harman include a wide array of subjects. The most common subjects pertain to the legal system, alcoholic program licensing, and California horse racing. Lesser subjects include, but are not limited to, California tax laws, unauthorized aliens, land conservation, and the issuance of fishing and hunting licenses.
- Biographical / historical:
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Tom Harman, Republican, was a State Assembly Member from 2000 to 2006, and a State Senator from 2006 to 2012. As an Assembly Member, Harman represented the 67th district, which included the Orange County communities of Cypress Fountain Valley, Los Alamitos, most of La Palma, and parts of Westminster, Buena Park, Garden Grove, Anaheim, and Rossmoor. As a State Senator, Harman represented the 35th district, which included communities in Orange County such as Costa Mesa, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, and most of Garden Grove, Irvine, and Westminster.
Harman was born on May 30, 1941, in Pasadena, California. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Kansas State University in 1963. Five years later, in 1968, Harman received a law degree from Loyola of Los Angeles School of Law. He is also a veteran of the United States Army, serving from 1963 to 1965. Following his military career and prior to becoming a California Legislator, Harman was a private attorney with his own practice in Huntington Beach. He, and his wife, Dianne, have two children: Michael and Michelle.
Harman was a member of the Orange County Bar Association; Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce; Huntington Beach Tomorrow; Bolsa Chica Land Trust; and the Sierra Club. Additionally, Harman was the president of the Huntington Beach Youth Shelter as well as the Huntington Beach Rotary Club. Moreover, Harman served on the Huntington Beach City Council from 1995 to 2000.
Harman was elected to the State Assembly in 2000, replacing Scott Baugh, Republican Floor Leader. Six years later, in June 2006, Harman was elected to the Senate in a special election, replacing John Campbell. Harman served as a State Senator until the end of his term in 2012.
According to the California Legislature at Sacramento (Handbooks), Assembly Final History, and Senate Final History, Tom Harman served on the following committees:
California State Assembly, 2001-2006- Standing Committees
- Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media, 2005-2006
- Budget, 2001-2004
- Governmental Organization, 2001-2004
- Judiciary, 2001-2006
- *Vice Chair, 2001-2006
- Local Government, 2001-2002
- Natural Resources, 2001-2006
- Revenue and Taxation, 2001-2004
- Veterans Affairs, 2001-2002
- Select Committees
- Air and Water Quality, 2001-2006
- California Horse Racing Industry, 2001-2004
- Coastal Protection, 2003-2004
- Department of Motor Vehicles, 2001-2002
- Future of California’s Film Industry, 2001-2002
- Future of Farming in California, 2001-2002
- Nanotechnology and Emerging Technologies, 2005-2006
- National Defense, Technology and Jobs, 2003-2004
- Privacy, 2003-2004
- Runaway Production, 2003-2004
- Sustainability, 2003-2004
- Underground Water Quality, 2001-2004
- *Vice Chair, 2001-2004
- Subcommittees
- Resources, No. 3 (Budget), 2001-2004
- Joint Committees
- Fisheries and Aquaculture, 2005-2006
- Standing Committees
- Banking, Finance, and Insurance, 2009-2010
- Budget and Fiscal Review, 2007-2010
- Business, Professions and Economic Development, 2007-2008
- Governmental Organization, 2007-2010
- *Vice Chair, 2009-2010
- Human Services, 2007-2008
- *Vice Chair, 2007-2008
- Health, 2011-2012
- *Vice Chair, 2011-2012
- Judiciary, 2006-2012
- *Vice Chair, 2007-2012
- Labor and Industrial Relations, 2006
- Legislative Ethics, 2011-2012
- Local Government, 2006-2008
- Public Safety, 2011-2012
- Revenue and Taxation, 2007-2008
- Transportation and Housing, 2007-2012
- Select Committees
- Appropriations - Fiscal Oversight and Bonded Indebtedness, 1997-2004
- *Chair, 2003-2004
- Education - Higher Education, 2004
- Select Committees
- Asian Pacific Islander Affairs, 2007-2010
- Biotechnology, 2007-2010
- Biotechnology-New Jobs for a Healthy Economy, 2011-2012
- California Horse Racing Industry, 2007-2010
- California Job Creation and Retention, 2009-2010
- California’s Film and Television Industries, 2011-2012
- Coastal Protection and Watershed Conservation, 2007-2008
- Defense and Aerospace Industry, 2007-2008
- Delta Conservation, Conveyance, and Governance, 2009-2010
- Delta Stewardship and Sustainability, 2009-2012
- Disaster and Emergency Response, 2009-2010
- Green Jobs, Solar Wind, and Clean Technologies, 2011-2012
- Manufactured Homes and Communities, 2007-2010
- OC Infrastructure and Technology, 2007-2008
- The Environment, the Economy, and Climate Change, 2011-2012
- Wetlands, 2003-2004
- Women and Children in the Criminal Justice System, 2009-2010
- Subcommittees
- California Ports and Goods Movement (Transportation and Housing), 2009-2010
- State Administration, General Government, Judicial and Transportation, No. 4 (Budget and Fiscal Review), 2007-2008
- State Administration, General Government, Judicial and Veterans Affairs, No. 4 (Budget and Fiscal Review), 2009-2010
- Joint Committees
- Fairs, Allocation and Classification, 2009-2012
- Rules, 2011-2012
- Acquisition information:
- California State Archives acquired the Tom Harman papers, in a series of seven record transfers, beginning in 2004 (Accession Numbers: 2004-049, 2004-192, 2006-095, 2007-177, 2009-032, 2010-021, and 2012-183).
- Accruals:
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No further accruals are expected.
- Physical location:
- California State Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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1020 "O" StreetSacramento, CA 95814, US
- Contact:
- (916) 653-2246