JEFFERSON CITY — As part of his leadership responsibilities, Senate Leader Robert N. Mayer, R-Dexter, named members of the Missouri Senate to 18 of the upper chamber’s standing committees this week. Standing committees, as opposed to other committees such as conference, interim, joint, select, and statutory committees, have continuous existence and consider bills by subject pursuant to the Missouri Senate’s rules.
Administration Committee
- Sen. Mayer – Chair
- Sen. Tom Dempsey, R-St. Charles – Vice-Chair
- Sen. Jack Goodman, R-Mt. Vernon
- Sen. Victor Callahan, D-Independence
- Sen. Robin Wright-Jones, D-St. Louis
Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources
- Sen. Brian Munzlinger, R-Williamstown - Chair
- Sen. Mike Parson, R-Bolivar – Vice-Chair
- Sen. Dan Brown, R-Rolla
- Sen. Chuck Purgason, R-Caulfield
- Sen. Bill Stouffer, R-Napton
- Sen. Callahan
- Sen. Ryan McKenna, D-Crystal City
Appropriations
- Sen. Kurt Schaefer, R-Columbia – Chair
- Sen. Scott T. Rupp, R-St. Charles – Vice-Chair
- Sen. Brown
- Sen. Will Kraus, R-Lee’s Summit
- Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis
- Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg
- Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph
- Sen. Timothy Green, D-Spanish Lake
- Sen. Jolie Justus, D-Kansas City
Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment
- Sen. Brad Lager, R-Savannah – Chair
- Sen. John Lamping, R-St. Louis – Vice-Chair
- Sen. Mike Kehoe, R-Jefferson City
- Sen. Lembke
- Sen. Parson
- Sen. Schaefer
- Sen. Stouffer
- Sen. Green
- Sen. Justus
Education Committee
- Sen. Pearce – Chair
- Sen. Brian Nieves, R-St. Louis – Vice-Chair
- Sen. Brown
- Sen. Jane Cunningham, R-Chesterfield
- Sen. Kehoe
- Sen. Rupp
- Sen. Schaefer
- Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, D-St. Louis
- Sen. Joseph Keaveny, D-St. Louis
Financial And Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee
- Sen. Kevin Engler, R-Farmington – Chair
- Sen. Jay Wasson, R-Nixa – Vice-Chair
- Sen. Jason Crowell, R-Cape Girardeau
- Sen. Cunningham
- Sen. Pearce
- Sen. Luann Ridgeway, R-Smithville
- Sen. Stouffer
- Sen. Justus
- Sen. Wright-Jones
General Laws Committee
- Sen. Cunningham – Chair
- Sen. Nieves – Vice-Chair
- Sen. Purgason
- Sen. Ron Richard, R-Joplin
- Sen. Ridgeway
- Sen. Rupp
- Sen. Schaaf
- Sen. McKenna
- Sen. Wright-Jones
Governmental Accountability Committee
- Sen. Lembke – Chair
- Sen. Crowell – Vice-Chair
- Sen. Kraus
- Sen. Lager
- Sen. Chappelle-Nadal
Gubernatorial Appointments Committee
- Sen. Mayer – Chair
- Sen. Dempsey – Vice-Chair
- Sen. Crowell
- Sen. Bob Dixon, R-Springfield
- Sen. Lager
- Sen. Schaaf
- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Glendale
- Sen. Callahan
- Sen. McKenna
Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee
- Sen. Ridgeway – Chair
- Sen. Schaaf – Vice-Chair
- Sen. Cunningham
- Sen. Lamping
- Sen. Schmitt
- Sen. Chappelle-Nadal
- Sen. Justus
Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee
- Sen. Schmitt – Chair
- Sen. Richard – Vice-Chair
- Sen. Dixon
- Sen. Goodman
- Sen. Lamping
- Sen. Nieves
- Sen. Ridgeway
- Sen. Callahan
- Sen. McKenna
Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
- Sen. Goodman – Chair
- Sen. Schmitt – Vice-Chair
- Sen. Dixon
- Sen. Kraus
- Sen. Munzlinger
- Sen. Justus
- Sen. Keaveny
Progress and Development Committee
- Sen. Callahan – Chair
- Sen. Keaveny – Vice-Chair
- Sen. Chappelle-Nadal
- Sen. Schaaf
- Sen. Wasson
Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
- Sen. Dempsey – Chair
- Sen. Dixon – Vice-Chair
- Sen. Goodman
- Sen. Lager
- Sen. Mayer
- Sen. Green
- Sen. Justus
Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee
- Sen. Rupp – Chair
- Sen. Parson – Vice-Chair
- Sen. Crowell
- Sen. Munzlinger
- Sen. Wasson
- Sen. Callahan
- Sen. Green
Transportation Committee
- Sen. Stouffer - Chair
- Sen. Kehoe – Vice-Chair
- Sen. Engler
- Sen. Goodman
- Sen. Lamping
- Sen. Richard
- Sen. Wasson
- Sen. McKenna
- Sen. Wright-Jones
Veterans’ Affairs, Emerging Issues, Pensions and Urban Affairs Committee
- Sen. Crowell – Chair
- Sen. Brown – Vice-Chair
- Sen. Engler
- Sen. Lamping
- Sen. Pearce
- Sen. Wright-Jones
- Sen. Keaveny
Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight Committee
- Sen. Purgason – Chair
- Sen. Kraus – Vice-Chair
- Sen. Lager
- Sen. Richard
- Sen. Chappelle-Nadal
After bills are first introduced in the Senate, also known as “first read,” the Senate leader must assign each measure to a committee before it can move foward in the legislative process. This week, Sen. Mayer assigned, or “second read” more than 50 measures to their respective legislative committees. Many of the committees listed above will begin considering legislation as early as next week.
The Senate Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee already met this week to consider two concurrent resolutions.
Senate Concurrent Resolution 1, sponsored by Sen. Ridgeway, relates to the Electric Utility Renewable Energy Standard requirements. More specifically, this resolution disapproves a final order of rule making by the Missouri Public Service Commission in regards to the Electric Utility Renewable Energy requirements.
Sponsored by Sen. Lembke, Senate Concurrent Resolution 3 rejects the salary increases for judges, legislators and statewide elected officials recommended by the Citizen’s Commission on Compensation for Elected Officials.
Both SCR 1 and SCR 3 must be voted out of committee before they can be considered by the full Senate.
In other Senate action, seven of the “Rebooting Government” working groups met this week to consider ways to further control, alter or delete government programs and departments in order to reduce costs and maximize state resources. Work groups took time this week to evaluate Missourians’ submitted ideas in the areas of education; general government and the Office of Administration; retirement and employee structure; social programs; tax structure and economic development; courts and public safety; and agriculture, outdoors, the Department of Natural Resources and transportation.
Click here to visit The Senate Minute website, which features audio programming (Jan. 10 – Jan. 13) highlighting the Senate’s Rebooting Government work groups.
Full audio featuring several of the Rebooting Government work groups can be found by visiting www.senate.mo.gov/RebootMO. Visitors are also encouraged to submit their ideas on how to best streamline state government on this site. Next week (Wednesday, Jan. 19 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Senate Committee Room 1), select members from the seven work groups will present their panel’s recommendations.
In addition, several Senate committees have already been scheduled for next week to consider legislation. To view the Senate’s hearing schedule, visit www.senate.mo.gov and click on “Senate” under the Hearing tab on the right side of the screen.
In observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Senate will not be in session on Monday, Jan. 17. The Missouri Senate will reconvene at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 18. The First Regular Session of the 96th General Assembly runs through Friday, May 13, 2011.
This update is written monthly during the interim. To follow these and other issues facing the Missouri Senate, visit www.senate.mo.gov. Visitors can track legislation as it passes through the General Assembly, learn more about their district, or, when the Legislature is in session, listen to streaming audio of legislative debate as it happens. For more legislative news, please visit the Senate Newsroom. There you will find various audio and video programs and other services, such as:
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