Sunday, January 17, 2016

Committee changes

The 2016 General Assembly is off to a fast start and will be in full swing this week. Due to retirements and elections there have been a few changes in committee leadership and additions to committee membership.  Below is summary of changes to the education and money committees.

Delegate Steve Landes will continue to serve as chair along with Delegate Brenda Pogge as vice-chair. Delegate Tag Greason will again chair the Education Innovation subcommittee and Delegate Dickie Bell will chair the Elementary and Secondary Education subcommittee.  Delegates Mark Dudenhefer, David LaRock, and Lamony Bagby have been added to the full committee membership.

Committee Membership - Landes (Chairman), Lingamfelter, Cole, Pogge, Massie, Greason, Bell, Dickie, LeMunyon, Robinson, Yost, Dudenhefer, Davis, Leftwich, LaRock, McClellan, Tyler, Bulover, Keam, Hester, Lindsey, Bagby 
Senator Steve Newman has been selected to chair the Senate Education and Health committee. Senator Bill Carrico will lead the Senate Public Education subcommittee again this year.  Senators Siobhan Dunnavant, Amanda Chase, and David Sutterlein have been added to the full committee membership.

Committee Membership - Newman (Chairman), Saslaw, Lucas, Howell, Locke, Barker, Black, Carrico, Garrett, Petersen, Cosgrove, Lewis, Dunnavant, Chase, Suetterlein 

House Appropriations Committee
Delegate Chris Jones will again serve as the chair of the House Appropriations committee and Delegate Jimmie Massie will lead the Elementary and Secondary Education subcommittee. Delegates Nick Rush, Delores McQuinn, and Joe Lindsey have been added to the full committee membership.

Committee Membership - Jones (Chairman), Ingram, Cox, Landes, O'Bannon, Lingamfelter, Poindexter, Massie, Peace, Greason, Knight, Anderson, Garrett, Stolle, Rush, Torian, Hester, Sickles, James, Carr, McQuinn, Lindsey. 

Senators Tommy Norment and Emmett Hanger will serve as co-chairs of the Senate Finance committee. Senator Steve Newman will serve as the chair of the Senate Finance K-12 Education subcommittee.  Senators Mark Obenshain, George Barker, and Siobhan Dunnavant have been added to the full committee membership.

Committee Membership - Hanger (Co-Chair), Norment (Co-Chair), Howell, Saslaw, Lucas, Newman, Ruff, Wagner, McDougle, Vogel, Carrico, Alexander, Obenshain, Barker, Dunnavant