Confirmations Committee, Alabama State Senate
The Confirmations Committee is a standing committee of the Alabama State Senate.
Per the Senate Rules, committees of the Alabama State Senate are assigned by the Committee on Assignments, consisting of the president pro tempore, the presiding officer, the senate majority leader, and three additional members appointed by the president pro tempore. A majority of appointed members make up a committee's quorum. [1][2]
See rules: Senate Rules
Function
| “ | The Committee on Confirmations, to which shall be referred nominations, appointments by the Governor and all other appointments requiring confirmation (Rule 32), is empowered to hold hearings and take testimony regarding those matters where deemed appropriate. The Committee on Confirmations shall not exceed 15 members.[3][4] | ” |
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Confirmations Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (12) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Confirmations Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (13) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Confirmations Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (13) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Confirmations Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (11) | Third-party members(0) |
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David Burkette (D) left this committee on September 01, 2020.
Cam Ward (R) left this committee on December 07, 2020.
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Confirmations Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (10) | |||
| • Vivian Figures | • Clay Scofield, Chair | |||
| • Quinton Ross | • J. T. Waggoner, Vice chair | |||
| • Rodger Smitherman | • Gerald Allen | |||
| • Slade Blackwell | ||||
| • Dick L. Brewbaker | ||||
| • Rusty Glover | ||||
| • Arthur Orr | ||||
| • Shay Shelnutt | ||||
| • Cam Ward | ||||
| • Tom Whatley | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| Confirmations Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (7) | Third-party members (1) | ||
| • Roger Bedford | • J.T. Waggoner, Chair | • Harri Anne Smith, Vice chair | ||
| • Priscilla Dunn | • Gerald Allen | |||
| • Jerry L. Fielding | • Slade Blackwell | |||
| • Ben Brooks | ||||
| • Arthur Orr | ||||
| • Cam Ward | ||||
| • Tom Whatley | ||||
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.
| Confirmations Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (10) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members (1) | ||
| • Hinton Mitchem, Chair | • Arthur Orr | • Harri Anne Smith | ||
| • Myron Penn, Vice chair | • Charles Bishop | |||
| • Roger Bedford | • Del Marsh | |||
| • Larry Means | • Larry Dixon | |||
| • Rodger Smitherman | ||||
| • Linda Coleman | ||||
| • Henry Sanders | ||||
| • Bobby Singleton | ||||
| • T.D. Little | ||||
| • Vivian Figures | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Alabama Legislature, "Senate Rules Relating to the Presiding Officer," accessed February 18, 2021(Rule 47-b)
- ↑ The Alabama Legislature, "Senate Rules Relating to Committees," accessed February 18, 2021(Rule 48)
- ↑ The Alabama Legislature, "Senate Rules Relating to Committees," accessed February 19, 2021(Rule 48-4)
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
