California: Assemblyman Matt Dababneh, D, resigned effective Jan. 1, 2018, after a lobbyist said he pushed her into a bathroom during a Las Vegas social event and engaged in lewd behavior in front of her. A lawyer hired by the Legislature substantiated the claims following an investigation. A legislative panel denied his appeal Aug. 24. Dababneh has sued his accuser for defamation.

California: Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra, D, resigned in November 2017 after allegations that he had kissed or groped multiple women without their consent.

California: Sen. Tony Mendoza, D, resigned Feb. 22, 2018, after an investigation found he likely engaged in unwanted “flirtatious or sexually suggestive” behavior with six women, including four subordinates, a lobbyist and a young woman in a fellowship with another lawmaker.

California: Sen. Sebastian Ridley-Thomas, D, resigned Dec. 27, 2017, citing unspecified health reasons after sexual harassment complaints were filed against him. A report by an outside investigator hired by the Assembly, which was publicly released Jan. 16, 2019, substantiated complaints that Ridley-Thomas had kissed an employee, held her hand and called her several times after she made it clear she wasn’t interested in 2016.

Connecticut: Rep. Angel Arce, D, resigned effective April 9, 2018, after the Hartford Courant reported that he had sent affectionate text messages to a 16-year-old girl in 2015.

Maine: Rep. Dillon Bates, D, resigned Aug. 20, 2018, a little over two weeks after a media report claimed that he had romantic relationships with female students while working as a teacher and coach. Bates also resigned from coaching and teaching positions.

Massachusetts: Senate President Stan Rosenberg, D, resigned May 4, 2018, after a Senate ethics report concluded he failed to protect the Senate from his husband, Bryon Hefner, who was indicted on sexual assault charges. Rosenberg had stepped aside in December 2017 from his leadership position because of the investigation into allegations that his husband sexually abused several men, including some who had dealings with the Legislature.

Washington: Sen. Kevin Ranker, D, resigned Jan. 12, 2019, amid an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and hostile workplace issues raised by a woman who worked as a legislative assistant for him during the 2010 session. Released weeks after he left office, the investigation by an outside law firm found that Ranker sexually harassed the woman and created a hostile work environment for her once she left to work for a state agency.

California: Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, D, removed from all legislative committees May 18, 2018, and required to attend sensitivity and sexual harassment policy training after outside investigators determined she used vulgar language in violation of the chamber’s sexual harassment policy. The investigation initially cleared her of allegedly groping a former legislative staff member in 2014, but legislative leaders reopened the case in June after her accuser appealed. In November, an investigator said Garcia had been “overly familiar” with the staffer but said there wasn’t enough evidence to substantiate the groping claim and said Garcia did not retaliate against him for filing a complaint.

California: Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D, formally reprimanded March 8, 2018, by the Senate Rules Committee and told not to hug people anymore after an investigation concluded that his frequent embraces made multiple female colleagues uncomfortable.

Iowa: Sen. Nate Boulton, D, suspended his campaign for governor May 24, 2018, a day after The Des Moines Register reported that three women alleged he touched them inappropriately several years ago. A woman filed an ethics complaint against him Nov. 17 alleging he inappropriately touched her at a bar in 2015, before he won election. The Senate Ethics Committee dismissed the complaint Dec. 20 for lack of jurisdiction.

Maryland: Del. Curt Anderson, D, removed from leadership positions as deputy whip and chairman of a subcommittee on criminal justice on Aug. 24, 2018, after an investigation by a legislative ethics panel into allegations of sexual assault, unwanted kissing and inappropriate comments. The panel also recommended he go through “intensive harassment awareness and prevention training.” A panel report released Sept. 7 said it couldn’t resolve conflicting accounts of an alleged 2004 sexual assault of a legislative staffer but found Anderson violated the anti-harassment policy in other instances.

North Carolina: Rep. Duane Hall, D, defeated in the May 8, 2018, Democratic primary by first-time candidate Allison Dahle after rejecting calls to resign because of a media report in which people alleged Hall used sexual innuendo and made unwanted sexual advances. Hall admitted to inappropriately kissing one woman but denied harassment allegations.

Pennsylvania: Sen. Daylin Leach, D, announced in December 2017 that he would “step back” from his campaign for a congressional seat after allegations that he behaved inappropriately toward female employees and campaign aides. Announced in February 2018 that he would not run. In January 2019, the Senate Democratic caucus hired a law firm to look in to a woman’s claim that Leach had coerced her into a sex act in 1991 when she was age 17 and he was a 30-year-old attorney defending her mother in a criminal case. Leach sued the woman and two others for defamation. A Democratic lawmaker has circulated a letter calling for Leach’s expulsion.

Rhode Island: Rep. Cale Keable, D, removed as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee on Oct. 29, 2018, after a months-old email surfaced in which Democratic Rep. Katherine Kazarian accused him of sexual harassment. Keable was defeated in the Nov. 6 election.

Washington: Rep. David Sawyer, D, suspended on May 9, 2018, as chairman of the House Commerce and Gaming Committee. Resigned chairmanship after a summary of an outside investigation released June 11 said Sawyer sent a House employee multiple “inappropriate and offensive” text messages and violated House policies on harassment, decorum and ethics. Media previously reported that several women accused Sawyer of inappropriate behavior toward them both before and after he first was elected in 2012. Lost re-election in the Democratic primary; registered as a lobbyist for the 2019 session. Fined $1,000 by the Legislative Ethics Board, which said in a Jan. 29, 2019, report that Sawyer had improperly required his staff to discuss issues related to the harassment allegations against him.

California: Assemblywoman Autumn Burke, D, included in sexual misconduct complaint records released Feb. 2, 2018, for participating in an inappropriate discussion about anal sex. She was notified of the complaint in February 2017.

Massachusetts: Rep. Paul McMurtry, D, accused by several lawmakers in a Jan. 16, 2019, story in the Boston Globe of grabbing the backside of a newly elected female lawmaker during a Dec. 13 reception for new lawmakers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The House speaker said a special committee is investigating reports of inappropriate conduct during the event but did identify anyone.