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Title: Tom Harman Papers
Dates: 2001-2012
Collection number: LP468
Creator:
Tom Harman, California Legislator
Collection Size:
7 cubic feet, including 2 DVD videodiscs
Repository:
California State Archives
Sacramento, California
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.
Physical location: California State Archives
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
While the majority of the records are open for research, any access restrictions are noted in the record series descriptions.
For permission to reproduce or publish, please consult California State Archives staff. Permission for reproduction or publication
is given on behalf of the California State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Sacramento, as the owner of the physical
items. The researcher assumes all responsibility for possible infringement that may arise from reproduction or publication
of materials from the California State Archives' collections.
[Identification of item], Tom Harman papers, LP468:[folder number], California State Archives, Office of the Secretary of
State, Sacramento, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
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).
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
California State Senate, 2006-2012
- 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
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.
No further accruals are expected.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Harman, Tom
Horse Racing-Betting-California
Prisons-Law and legislation-California
Alcohol-Law and legislation