From the Yellow Sheet Report
Senate Democrats might have given half their caucus a leadership position, but Republicans did them one better by giving everyone but newly elected majority leader Yarbrough a committee chairmanship. The roster of 16 committees, announced this afternoon, includes familiar faces chairing some existing committees. Biggs also created a few new committees for the 52nd Legislature:
Shooter – Appropriations
Barto – Health Human Services
Pierce – Natural Resources
Griffin – Energy
Ward – Education
Driggs – Judiciary
Worsley – Transportation
Kavanagh – Government
Smith – Public Safety, Military and Technology
Lesko – Finance
Yee – Commerce and Workforce Development
Burges – Federalism, Mandates and Fiscal Responsibility
Farnsworth – Financial Institutions
Dial – state debt and budget reform
Allen – Rural Affairs and Environment
Biggs Rules
Speaker David Gowan has created 19 committees for the 52nd Legislature and appointed chairpersons after our deadline on Friday night. A few are new, including County and Municipal Affairs, Elections, and Children and Family Affairs. Olson has been tapped to chair Appropriations Stevens will chair rules and Boyer will get education. The full list is below.
Agriculture, Water and Lands – Barton
Appropriations – Olson
Banking and Financial Services –Brophy McGee
Children and Family Affairs – J Allen
Commerce – Petersen
County and Municipal Affairs – Coleman
Education – Boyer
Elections –Ugenti
Energy, Environment and Natural Resources –Pratt
Federalism and States’ Rights –Townsend
Government and Higher Education – Thorpe
Health – Carter
Insurance – Fann
Judiciary – Farnsworth
Military Affairs and Public Safety – Borrelli
Rules – Stevens
Rural and Economic Development – Shope
Transportation and Infrastructure –Gray
Ways and Means – Mitchell
