General, Housing and Military Affairs Committee, Vermont House of Representatives
The General, Housing and Military Affairs Committee is a standing committee of the Vermont House of Representatives.
Per the House Rules, committees of the Vermont House of Representatives are assigned by the Speaker of the House unless otherwise specified by the Vermont Constitution or other state statutes. Committees are assigned at the start of each regular session. The first and secondly named members of each committee are the chair and the vice-chair, respectively. Each committee appoints a clerk from its members at the first meeting. The chair of each committee is responsible for calling meetings, and the clerk keeps a record of committee activity, including bills considered and members' votes, to be delivered to the Secretary of State at the end of each session.[1]
See rules: House Rules and Orders
Function
According to the House Rules, the General, Housing and Military Affairs Committee considers matters relating to:
| “ | Alcoholic beverages, housing, claims against the state, labor relations, military matters including those relating to civil defense and discharged veterans, their dependents and survivors, and all matters relating to subjects for which there is no other appropriate committee.[2][3] | ” |
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
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General, Housing and Military Affairs Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(1) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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General, Housing and Military Affairs Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(1) |
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John Palasik (R) left this committee on November 15, 2022. [Source]
2019-2020 legislative session
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General, Housing and Military Affairs Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(1) |
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| General, Housing and Military Affairs Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members (1) | ||
| • Helen Head, Chair | • Job Tate | • Diana Gonzalez | ||
| • Tom Stevens, Vice chair | • Heidi Scheuermann | |||
| • Kevin Christie | • Brian Smith | |||
| • Rachael Fields | • Vicki Strong | |||
| • Mary Howard | ||||
| • Tommy Walz | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| General, Housing and Military Affairs Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members (1) | ||
| • Helen Head, Chair | • Brian Savage, Ranking member | • Diana Gonzalez (Vermont) | ||
| • Tom Stevens, Vice-Chair | • Mary Morrissey | |||
| • Gabrielle Lucke, Clerk | • Job Tate | |||
| • Tommy Walz | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2014 legislative session.
| General, Housing and Military Affairs Members, 2014 | ||||
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members (1) | ||
| • Helen Head, Chair | • Brian Savage, Ranking Member | • Cindy Weed | ||
| • John Moran, Vice chair | • Warren Van Wyck | |||
| • Jean O'Sullivan | ||||
| • Sheila Vowinkel | ||||
| • Tom Stevens, Clerk | ||||
| General, Housing and Military Affairs Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members (1) | ||
| • Helen Head, Chair | • Brian Savage | • Cindy Weed | ||
| • John Moran, Vice chair | • Warren Van Wyck | |||
| • Jean O'Sullivan | ||||
| • Sheila Vowinkel | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| General, Housing and Military Affairs Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Kesha Ram | • Harvey Smith | |||
| • Helen Head | • Bob Bouchard | |||
| • Margaret Andrews | • Brian Savage | |||
| • Tom Stevens | ||||
| • John Moran | ||||
| • Jean O'Sullivan | ||||
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.
| General, Housing and Military Affairs Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Helen Head, Chair | • Joseph Baker, Vice chair | |||
| • John Moran | • William Johnson | |||
| • Kesha Ram | • Brian Savage | |||
| • Robert South | ||||
| • Tom Stevens | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Vermont General Assembly, "House Rules," accessed Feb. 24, 2021
- ↑ Vermont General Assembly, "House Rules," accessed Feb. 24, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
