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Government Operations Committee, Vermont House of Representatives
The Government Operations 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 Government Operations Committee considers matters relating to:
| “ | Organization, oversight and conduct of state government, compensation of state officials and employees, pensions, law enforcement, public safety, reapportionment, municipal corporations, suffrage, nominations, elections and the election of members; local, county, and regional governmental structures; relations between state and local governments; open meeting issues, and public records issues.[2][3] | ” |
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
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House Government Operations Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(1) |
2021-2022 legislative session
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House Government Operations Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(1) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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House Government Operations Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (3) | 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.
| Government Operations Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members (1) | ||
| • Maida Townsend, Chair | • Ronald Hubert, Vice chair | • Cindy Weed | ||
| • Warren Kitzmiller | • Dennis Devereux | |||
| • Jessica Brumsted | • Rob LaClair | |||
| • John Gannon | • Patti Lewis | |||
| • Marcia Gardner | ||||
| • Tristan Toleno | ||||
| • Cynthia Browning | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Government Operations Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (5) | |||
| • Donna Sweaney, Chair | • Dennis Devereux, Ranking member | |||
| • Debbie Evans, Vice-Chair | • Mark Higley | |||
| • Linda Martin, Clerk | • Ronald Hubert | |||
| • Joanna Cole | • Rob LaClair | |||
| • Sarah Copeland-Hanzas | • Patti Lewis | |||
| • Maida Townsend | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2014 legislative session.
| Government Operations Members, 2014 | ||||
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Donna Sweaney, Chair | • Dennis Devereux, Ranking Member | |||
| • Debbie Evans, Vice chair | • Mark Higley | |||
| • Joanna Cole | • Ronald Hubert | |||
| • Michel Consejo | ||||
| • Linda Martin, Clerk | ||||
| • Anne Lamy Mook | ||||
| • Maida Townsend | ||||
| • Patti Lewis | ||||
| Government Operations Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Donna Sweaney, Chair | • Dennis Devereux | |||
| • Debbie Evans, Vice chair | • Mark Higley | |||
| • Joanna Cole | • Ronald Hubert | |||
| • Michel Consejo | ||||
| • Linda Martin | ||||
| • Anne Lamy Mook | ||||
| • Maida Townsend | ||||
| • Larry Townsend | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| Government Operations Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Willem Jewett | • Ronald Hubert | |||
| • Anne Lamy Mook | • Mark Higley | |||
| • Suzi Wizowaty | • Dennis Devereux | |||
| • Debbie Evans | ||||
| • Michel Consejo | ||||
| • Linda Martin | ||||
| • Larry Townsend | ||||
| • Donna Sweaney | ||||
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.
| Government Operations Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (4) | |||
| • Donna Sweaney, Chair | • Dennis Devereux | |||
| • Kenneth Atkins, Vice chair | • Mark Higley | |||
| • Michel Consejo | • Ronald Hubert | |||
| • Debbie Evans | • Pat McDonald | |||
| • Lucy Leriche | ||||
| • Linda Martin | ||||
| • Michael Obuchowski | ||||
| • Larry Townsend | ||||
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.
