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Higher Education Committee, New York State Senate

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The Higher Education Committee is a standing committee of the New York State Senate.

Per Senate Rules, committees of the New York State Senate are assigned by the president pro tempore.[1][2] Committees are assigned annually.[3] The president pro tempore appoints the chair and vice-chair of each committee and subcommittee.[1] The president pro tempore, the Senate minority leader, and their deputies are nonvoting ex officio members of all standing committees of which they are not members.[4]

DocumentIcon.jpg See rules: Rules of the Senate for the State of New York 2019-2020

Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

Senate Higher Education Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (8) Republican members (3) Third-party members(0)

2021-2022 legislative session

Senate Higher Education Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (8) Republican members (3) Third-party members(0)

2019-2020 legislative session

Senate Higher Education Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (7) Republican members (4) 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.

Higher Education Members, 2017
Democratic members (8)Republican members (11)
• Toby Ann Stavisky• Kenneth LaValle, Chair
• Marisol Alcantara• Tom Croci
• Jamaal Bailey• Rich Funke
• Neil Breslin• Patrick Gallivan
• Liz Krueger• Joseph Griffo
• Kevin Parker• Pamela Helming
• Jose Peralta• Robert Ortt
• J. Gustavo Rivera• Patricia Ritchie
• Joseph Robach
• Susan J. Serino
• James L. Seward

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

2013-2014

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2009-2010

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 New York State Legislature, "Rules of the Senate of the State of New York 2019-2020," accessed February 24, 2021(Rule 2.2)
  2. ↑ New York State Legislature, "Providing for the adoption of the Rules of the Assembly for 2021-2022," accessed February 24, 2021
  3. ↑ New York State Legislature, "Rules of the Senate of the State of New York 2019-2020," accessed February 24, 2021(Rule 7.1)
  4. ↑ New York State Legislature, "Rules of the Senate of the State of New York 2019-2020," accessed February 24, 2021(Rule 7.1 (a))


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