Senator Richard Roth Contact information

Richard Dale Roth was born November 6, 1950, in Columbus, Ohio and graduated from Ada High School (Ada, Ohio) in 1968, where he played in the band and was elected president of his junior class and the Student Council. He went on to Miami University (Ohio), majored in political science, minored in chemistry and enlisted in the ROTC program. After a less than perfect eye exam kept him from flight school, Roth set his sights on the Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG) and earned his law degree from Emory University in 1974.

Roth was elected to represent the California State Senate’s 31st Senate District on November 6, 2012. He was sworn into office in California’s State Capitol in Sacramento on Monday, December 3, 2012. The 31st State Senate District includes portions of Riverside County including the Cities of Corona, Eastvale, Jurupa Valley, Moreno Valley, Norco, Perris, and Riverside.

Committees

Senator Roth is chair of the Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development as well as the Select Committee on Career Technology and the New Economy. He also serves on the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the following Senate policy committees: Governmental Organization and Health. Senator Roth will also serve on the Senate Committees on Budget: Budget Subcommittee #3 on Health and Human Services, and the Select Commitee on Student Success.

Senator Roth has also been appointed to serve on the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education Advisory Committee, the Governor’s Military Council, the California Aviation Caucus, the Mental Health Caucus, the UC Legislative Roundtable and the California Law Revision Commission.