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Trade & Economic Development Committee, Washington State Senate
The Trade & Economic Development Committee is a former standing committee of the Washington State Senate.
Function
In 2014, the Washington State Senate described the function of this committee as outlined below.
| “ | The Senate Trade & Economic Development Committee considers issues relating to international trade, economic development incentives, technical assistance to businesses, tourism, strategic planning, total quality management, and technology driven economic development.
(Please note: This general description should not be considered the definitive listing of issues considered by this committee.)[1][2] |
” |
Membership
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Trade & Economic Development Members, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (4) | |||
| • Maralyn Chase, Ranking member | • Sharon Brown (Washington), Chair | |||
| • Dave Frockt | • John Braun, Vice-Chair | |||
| • John McCoy | • Jan Angel | |||
| • Doug Ericksen | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Trade & Economic Development Members, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (4) | |||
| • Maralyn Chase | • John Braun, Chair | |||
| • Nathan Schlicher | • John Smith, Vice chair | |||
| • Paull Shin | • Michael Baumgartner | |||
| • Janéa Holmquist | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| Trade & Economic Development Members, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (4) | |||
| • Jim Kastama, Chair | • Doug Ericksen | |||
| • Maralyn Chase, Vice chair | • Michael Baumgartner | |||
| • Brian Hatfield | • Janéa Holmquist | |||
| • Derek Kilmer | • Joseph Zarelli | |||
| • Paull Shin | ||||
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.
| Trade & Economic Development Members, 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (4) | |||
| • Jim Kastama, Chair | • Michael Baumgartner | |||
| • Maralyn Chase, Vice chair | • Don Benton | |||
| • Brian Hatfield | • Janéa Holmquist | |||
| • Derek Kilmer | • Bob Morton | |||
| • Kevin Ranker | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Washington State Senate, "Trade & Economic Development," accessed January 25, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
