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Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee, Connecticut General Assembly
The Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee is a joint standing committee of the Connecticut General Assembly and contains members of the Senate and the House. In the Connecticut Legislature, there are no separate chamber committees.
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Per each chamber's rules, committees of the Connecticut General Assembly are assigned by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House. Committees are assigned by the fifth regular session day of the first year of the term.[1][2] The President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate and the House are considered ex officio members of all committees.[3]
See rules: Senate Rules
See rules: House Rules
See rules: Joint Rules
Function
“ | All executive and legislative nominations requiring action of either or both chambers, except judicial nominations, nominations of workers' compensation commissioners and nominations of members of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, shall be referred to the committee on executive and legislative nominations.[4][5] | ” |
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee, 2025-2026 |
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Democratic members (13) | Republican members (8) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee, 2023-2024 |
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Democratic members (13) | Republican members (8) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee, 2021-2022 |
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (6) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee, 2019-2020 |
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Democratic members (12) | Republican members (6) | Third-party members(0) |
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
Executive and Legislative Nominations Members, 2017 | ||||
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (9) | |||
• Edwin Vargas, Chair | • Leonard Fasano, Co-chair | |||
• Bob Duff, Co-chair | • Terrie Wood, Ranking member | |||
• Martin Looney, Vice chair | • Kevin Witkos, Vice chair | |||
• Michael DiMassa, Vice chair | • Anthony Guglielmo | |||
• Paul Doyle | • Michael McLachlan | |||
• Joan Hartley | • Fred Camillo | |||
• Jeffrey Berger | • Jesse MacLachlan | |||
• Michael D'Agostino | • Jason Perillo | |||
• Bob Godfrey | • Dave Yaccarino | |||
• Chris Soto |
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
Executive and Legislative Nominations Members, 2015 | ||||
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (7) | |||
• Claire Janowski, Chair | • Robert Kane, Ranking Member | |||
• Bob Duff, Chair | • Cecilia Buck-Taylor, Ranking Member | |||
• Edwin Vargas, Vice chair | • Jason Perillo | |||
• Martin Looney, Vice chair | • Leonard Fasano | |||
• James Albis | • Fred Camillo | |||
• Jeffrey Berger | • Janice Giegler | |||
• Joseph Crisco | • Anthony Guglielmo | |||
• Stephen Dargan | ||||
• Paul Doyle | ||||
• Bob Godfrey | ||||
• Joan Hartley |
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
Executive and Legislative Nominations Members, 2013 | ||||
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Democratic members (12) | Republican members (6) | |||
• Claire Janowski, Co-Chair | • Fred Camillo, Ranking Member | |||
• Martin Looney, Co-Chair | • Leonard Fasano, Ranking Member | |||
• Rick Lopes, Vice Chair | • Janice Giegler | |||
• Donald Williams, Vice Chair | • Anthony Guglielmo | |||
• Jeffrey Berger | • John McKinney | |||
• Joseph Crisco | • Selim Noujaim | |||
• Stephen Dargan | ||||
• Mike Demicco | ||||
• Gerald Fox | ||||
• Bob Godfrey | ||||
• Toni Harp | ||||
• Joan Hartley |
2011-2012
Executive and Legislative Nominations Members, 2011 | ||||
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Democratic members (14) | Republican members (6) | |||
• Claire Janowski, Co-Chair | • Leonard Fasano, Ranking Member | |||
• Martin Looney, Co-Chair | • John Piscopo, Ranking Member | |||
• Linda Schofield, Vice Chair | • Vincent Candelora | |||
• Donald Williams, Vice Chair | • Themis Klarides | |||
• David Aldarondo | • John McKinney | |||
• Joseph Crisco | • Andrew Roraback | |||
• Stephen Dargan | ||||
• Toni Harp | ||||
• Joan Hartley | ||||
• Marie Lopez Kirkley-Bey | ||||
• Matthew Ritter | ||||
• Richard Roy | ||||
• Linda Schofield | ||||
• Donald Williams |
2009-2010
Executive and Legislative Nominations Members, 2009 | ||||
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Democratic members (4) | Republican members (2) | |||
• Thomas Gaffey | • Leonard Fasano | |||
• Toni Harp | • John McKinney | |||
• Martin Looney | ||||
• Donald Williams |
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ State of Connecticut General Assembly, "Resolution Concerning the Rules of the Senate," accessed February 18, 2021
- ↑ State of Connecticut General Assembly, "Resolution Concerning the House Rules," accessed February 18, 2021
- ↑ State of Connecticut General Assembly, "Resolution Concerning the Joint Rules of the Senate and the House of Representatives," accessed February 18, 2021
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee," accessed March 2, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.