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Portrait of Megan Dahle

Megan Dahle

Republican

State Senate · Senate District 1

In office
2024–present
BiographyReporting (Tier 3) · reviewed

Megan Dahle’s family owned a wheat farm, and she previously owned a plant nursery in Bieber. Before being elected to the State Assembly, she served on the Big Valley Joint Unified School District. A Republican, she served in the State Assembly from 2019 to 2024 before moving to the State Senate in 2024. Her constituency includes all of Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama and Yuba counties, along with portions of Nevada and Placer counties. The district spans northeastern California, including the northern Sierra Nevada region and the Sacramento Valley. Dahle’s electoral history includes a special-election victory and two Assembly reelections; she now serves as the senator for District 1.

HOME GROUND

Dahle was born July 29, 1975. Her family owned a wheat farm, and she previously owned a plant nursery in Bieber. She and her husband have three children.

Before being elected to the Legislature, Dahle served on the Big Valley Joint Unified School District. Her personal history also includes her family’s ownership of the wheat farm and her previous ownership of the Bieber nursery.

Dahle’s school-district service preceded her election to the Assembly. She also previously owned the nursery.

THE PATH TO OFFICE

Dahle entered the Assembly through a 2019 special election for a vacant seat. Her husband, Brian, had won a special election for the California State Senate, leaving his Assembly seat vacant. Dahle defeated Democratic candidate Elizabeth Betancourt, a farmer, to fill the seat. She was reelected in 2020 and 2022.

She served in the California State Assembly from 2019 to 2024, representing the 1st District. Since 2024, she has represented the 1st District in the California State Senate.

Her documented chronology includes school-district service before her election to the Assembly, a special-election victory, two Assembly reelections and service in the Senate. Dahle has served in the Legislature since 2019, first in the Assembly and now in the Senate.

THE POLICY SIGNATURE

Dahle’s documented Senate roles include committee assignments and representation to the Sierra Nevada Conservancy.

She serves on Appropriations; Energy, Utilities and Communications; Environmental Quality; Governmental Organization; and Transportation. She also sits on the Joint Committee on Fairs Allocation and Classification, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee and the Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management.

Dahle also serves as the Senate’s representative to the Sierra Nevada Conservancy.

Her assignments include committees whose titles address appropriations, energy, utilities, communications, environmental quality, governmental organization, transportation, fairs, legislative audits and emergency management, along with her role involving the Sierra Nevada Conservancy.

Record of service
  • State Senate · Senate District 1 · 2024–present
  • State Assembly · Assembly District 1 · 2019–
BiographyReporting (Tier 3) · reviewed before publication

Megan Dahle’s family owned a wheat farm, and she previously owned a plant nursery in Bieber. Before being elected to the State Assembly, she served on the Big Valley Joint Unified School District. A Republican, she served in the State Assembly from 2019 to 2024 before moving to the State Senate in 2024. Her constituency includes all of Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama and Yuba counties, along with portions of Nevada and Placer counties. The district spans northeastern California, including the northern Sierra Nevada region and the Sacramento Valley. Dahle’s electoral history includes a special-election victory and two Assembly reelections; she now serves as the senator for District 1.

HOME GROUND

Dahle was born July 29, 1975. Her family owned a wheat farm, and she previously owned a plant nursery in Bieber. She and her husband have three children.

Before being elected to the Legislature, Dahle served on the Big Valley Joint Unified School District. Her personal history also includes her family’s ownership of the wheat farm and her previous ownership of the Bieber nursery.

Dahle’s school-district service preceded her election to the Assembly. She also previously owned the nursery.

THE PATH TO OFFICE

Dahle entered the Assembly through a 2019 special election for a vacant seat. Her husband, Brian, had won a special election for the California State Senate, leaving his Assembly seat vacant. Dahle defeated Democratic candidate Elizabeth Betancourt, a farmer, to fill the seat. She was reelected in 2020 and 2022.

She served in the California State Assembly from 2019 to 2024, representing the 1st District. Since 2024, she has represented the 1st District in the California State Senate.

Her documented chronology includes school-district service before her election to the Assembly, a special-election victory, two Assembly reelections and service in the Senate. Dahle has served in the Legislature since 2019, first in the Assembly and now in the Senate.

THE POLICY SIGNATURE

Dahle’s documented Senate roles include committee assignments and representation to the Sierra Nevada Conservancy.

She serves on Appropriations; Energy, Utilities and Communications; Environmental Quality; Governmental Organization; and Transportation. She also sits on the Joint Committee on Fairs Allocation and Classification, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee and the Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management.

Dahle also serves as the Senate’s representative to the Sierra Nevada Conservancy.

Her assignments include committees whose titles address appropriations, energy, utilities, communications, environmental quality, governmental organization, transportation, fairs, legislative audits and emergency management, along with her role involving the Sierra Nevada Conservancy.

The record

7,615 events, each with its source
Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 806

Department of Consumer Affairs.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 1479

County road commissioner: Counties of Madera and Tehama.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 725

Recycling: organic byproducts.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 791

Vehicle dealers: document processing charge.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 664

Vehicles: public safety: Blue Envelope Program.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 532

Air basins.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 538

Public Employees’ Retirement System: teaching service.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 554

Law enforcement: immigration enforcement.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 669

Rural hospitals: standby perinatal services.

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 17

Senate 3rd Reading SCR17 Niello

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 16

Senate 3rd Reading SR16 Caballero et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 16

Senate 3rd Reading SCR16 Alvarado-Gil

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 11

Special Consent ACR11 Ahrens et al

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 706

Forest Organic Residue, Energy, and Safety Transformation (FOREST) and Wildfire Prevention Fund Act.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 389

Pupil health: individuals with exceptional needs: respiratory services: licensed vocational nurses.

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 18

Special Consent ACR18 Sharp-Collins et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 14

Special Consent ACR14 Michelle Rodriguez

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 353

Income tax: credits: food banks.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 331

Health care coverage: hearing aids.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 513

California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: scoping plan.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SCR 20

Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Awareness Month.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 311

Correctional facilities: women’s prisons.

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 7

Special Consent ACR7 Bryan et al

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SR 15

Relative to the “2-1-1” information and referral service.

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 9

Special Consent ACR9 Pellerin et al

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SCR 3

Senate 3rd Reading SCR3 Laird

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 429

Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: exclusions: wildfires.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 265

Crimes: looting.

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SCR 14

Senate 3rd Reading SCR14 Caballero et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 12

Senate 3rd Reading SR12 Wahab et al

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 264

Impersonation of a peace officer or firefighter during a state of emergency or local emergency.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 267

Personal income tax: credit: qualified teacher: school supplies.

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 13

Senate 3rd Reading SCR13 Grayson et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 8

Special Consent ACR8 Wallis et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 15

Senate 3rd Reading SCR15 Umberg

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 246

Medi-Cal: graduate medical education payments.

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 7

Senate 3rd Reading SR7 Ochoa Bogh et al

Cosponsored
Cosponsored ABX 113

California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: scoping plan.

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 9

Senate 3rd Reading SR9 Gonzalez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 10

Special Consent ACR10 Mark González et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 9

Senate 3rd Reading SCR9 Weber Pierson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 10

Senate 3rd Reading SCR10 Grove

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 11

Senate 3rd Reading SR11 Alvarado-Gil et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SBX 13

Senate 3rd Reading SB3 Wiener et al

VoteNay
Voted Nay on SBX 12

Senate 3rd Reading SB2 Wiener et al

VoteNay
Voted Nay on SBX 11

Senate 3rd Reading SB1 Wiener et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 12

Senate 3rd Reading SCR12 Umberg

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 221

Crimes: stalking.

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ABX 14

Assembly 2nd Reading AB4 Gabriel et al. By Wiener

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SCR 8

Senate 3rd Reading SCR8 Weber Pierson et al