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.
- State Senate · Senate District 1 · 2024–present
- State Assembly · Assembly District 1 · 2019–
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
7,522 events, each with its sourceSpecial Consent ACR116 Jackson et al
Special Consent ACR118 Mark González et al
Special Consent ACR120 Ávila Farías et al
Special Consent ACR121 Tangipa et al
Special Consent ACR122 Ahrens et al
Senate 3rd Reading SCR89 Smallwood-Cuevas
Electricity and natural gas: legislation imposing mandated programs and requirements: third-party review.
Administrative regulations: economic impact analysis and standardized regulatory impact assessments: State Air Resources Board.
Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force: FAIR Plan policies: wildland-urban interface.
Agricultural land: prohibited foreign actors.
Community care facilities: background checks.
Senate 3rd Reading SR72 Wahab et al
Municipal utility districts: termination of service.
Personal income taxes: Fire Safe Home Tax Credits Act.
Microschools and micro-education entities.
Personal income tax: senior tax credit: dependents: qualifying child.
Personal Income Tax Law: credit: nurses.
Special Consent SR73 Choi et al
Special Consent ACR71 Kalra et al. By Cortese
Special Consent ACR115 Bennett et al. By Weber Pierson
Special Consent ACR117 Sharp-Collins
Deer: archery season: concealed firearms.
Heavy-Duty Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program: testing.
Automated external defibrillators.
Fishing and hunting: youth program.
Gordon Lee Bordsen Memorial Highway.
Local agency, public utility, or mutual water company: personnel access: Personal Identity Verification-Interoperable.
Unfinished Business SB106 Laird Concurrence
Senate 3rd Reading SR77 Weber Pierson et al
California Endangered Species Act: take prohibition: self-defense.
Personal Income Tax Law: deductions: tips.
Senate 3rd Reading SR71 Arreguín et al
Senate 3rd Reading SR75 Rubio
Senate 3rd Reading SCR115 Dahle et al
Relative to Women’s History Month.
Unfinished Business SB25 Umberg Concurrence
Senate 3rd Reading SCR109 Grove et al
Senate 3rd Reading SCR111 Niello
Public safety: Funding of Proposition 36 Act.
Intercountry adoption finalized in a foreign country.
Special Consent SB557 Hurtado
Special Consent SB574 Umberg
Special Consent SB623 Archuleta et al
Special Consent SB837 Reyes
Senate 3rd Reading SR74 Ashby