Senate Committees:

82nd General Assembly – Conservation, Parks and Tourism (chairman); Constitutional Amendments and Reorganization; Corrections; Human Resources; Legislative Research (statutory); and Public Health, Mental Health, Welfare, Medicaid and Consumer Protection.

83rd General Assembly – Banking, Commerce and Tourism (chairman); Interstate Cooperation (chairman); Insurance (vice chairman); State Budget Control (vice chairman); Agriculture, Conservation and Parks; Atomic Energy (statutory); Interstate Cooperation (statutory); Public Health and Welfare; and Tourism (statutory).

84th General Assembly – Banking, Commerce and Tourism (chairman); Interstate Cooperation (chairman); Insurance (vice chairman); Agriculture, Conservation and Parks; Atomic Energy (statutory); Correctional Institutions and Problems (statutory); Interstate Cooperation (statutory); Linked Deposits Review (statutory); Public Health and Welfare; and Tourism (statutory).

85th General Assembly – Conservation, Parks and Tourism (chairman); Correctional Institutions and Problems (chairman, statutory); Insurance (vice chairman); Interstate Cooperation (vice chairman); Aging, Mental Health and Elderly Affairs; Agriculture and Agri-Business; and Financial Institutions.

86th General Assembly – Conservation, Parks and Tourism (chairman); Insurance (vice chairman); Interstate Cooperation (vice chairman); Aging, Families and Mental Health; Agriculture and Rural Business Development; and Financial Institutions.

87th General Assembly – Transportation and Tourism (chairman); Aging, Families and Mental Health; Agriculture, Conservation, and Parks; Gubernatorial Appointments; Pension and General Law; and Ways and Means.

88th General Assembly – Transportation (chairman); Aging, Families and Mental Health; Corrections and General Laws; Gubernatorial Appointments; and Interstate Cooperation.

89th General Assembly – Transportation (chairman); Corrections and General Laws (vice chairman); Aging, Families and Mental Health; Gubernatorial Appointments; and Interstate Cooperation.

90th General Assembly – Transportation (chairman); Pensions and General Laws (vice chairman); Appropriations; and Gubernatorial Appointments.

Danny Staples served the people of the 20th District (Carter, Iron, Oregon, Reynolds, Ripley, Ste. Genevieve, St. Francois, Shannon and part of Jefferson counties). Born in Eminence, he attended Delaware and Eminence schools; Southeast Missouri State University; and Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. Senator Staples operated a canoe business on the Jack’s Fork River. He was elected to the House of Representatives and served from 1977-1982. Senator Staples was elected to the Senate in 1982. (Democrat)

Official Manual of the State of Missouri: 2001-2002