General Laws Committee, Missouri House of Representatives
The General Laws Committee is a select standing committee of the Missouri House of Representatives. Prior to the 2015 legislative session, it was a regular standing committee.
Per Rule 22 of the House Rules, standing, conference, interim, and statutory committees in the Missouri House of Representatives are appointed by the Speaker of the House, with minority members of regular standing committees being appointed by the Minority Floor Leader. Special standing committees are appointed by the Speaker with input from the Minority Floor Leader on minority leadership. The Speaker is responsible for designating the number of members of each committee. Unless provided for by the act or resolution creating a committee, partisan balance of committee membership is to match partisan balance of the chamber as closely as possible, save for the Ethics Committee, which is to consist of an equal number of majority and minority members. The chair and vice-chair of each standing committee are appointed by the Speaker. The Speaker, Speaker Pro Tem, floor leaders, assistant floor leaders and whips serve as ex officio members on all standing committees. The chair and a minority member of the Budget Committee serve as ex officio members on all appropriations committees. Ex officio members do not hold voting power unless properly appointed.[1]
See rules: Rules of the House of Representatives - 100th General Assembly
Function
| “ | The Committee on General Laws may consider matters referred to it relating to general or miscellaneous issues as determined by the Speaker.[2][3] | ” |
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
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House General Laws Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (12) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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House General Laws Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (11) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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House General Laws Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (9) | 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.
| General Laws Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (9) | |||
| • Jon Carpenter | • Robert Cornejo, Chair | |||
| • Lauren Arthur | • Kirk Mathews, Vice chair | |||
| • Tracy McCreery | • Sonya Anderson | |||
| • Peter Merideth | • Chuck Basye | |||
| • Gary Cross | ||||
| • Jean Evans | ||||
| • Rebecca Roeber | ||||
| • Nick Schroer | ||||
| • Jered Taylor | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| General Laws Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (7) | |||
| • Jon Carpenter | • Caleb Jones, Chair | |||
| • Tracy McCreery | • Kirk Mathews, Vice chair | |||
| • Jeremy LaFaver | • Eric Burlison | |||
| • Paul Curtman | ||||
| • Kevin Engler | ||||
| • Elijah Haahr | ||||
| • Chrissy Sommer | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| General Laws Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (10) | |||
| • Mike Colona | • Caleb Jones, Chair | |||
| • Courtney Curtis | • Todd Richardson, Vice chair | |||
| • Jeremy LaFaver | • Gary Cross | |||
| • Tom McDonald | • Don Gosen | |||
| • Stephen Webber | • Ron Hicks | |||
| • Jay Houghton | ||||
| • John McCaherty | ||||
| • Rocky Miller | ||||
| • Mark Parkinson | ||||
| • Dwight Scharnhorst | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| General Laws Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (10) | |||
| • Michael Colona | • Ward Franz, Chair | |||
| • Tom McDonald | • Todd Richardson, Vice chair | |||
| • Kevin McManus | • Gary Cross | |||
| • Jill Schupp | • David Day | |||
| • Scott Sifton | • Doug Funderburk | |||
| • Jay Houghton | ||||
| • John McCaherty | ||||
| • Mark Parkinson | ||||
| • Darrell Pollock | ||||
| • Dwight Scharnhorst | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Missouri House of Representatives, "Rules of the House of Representatives - 100th General Assembly," February 19, 2021 (Rule 21)
- ↑ Missouri House of Representatives, "Rules of the House of Representatives - 100th General Assembly," accessed February 25, 2021 Rule 24(17)
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
