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Joint Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee, Washington State Legislature
The Joint Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee is a standing joint committee of the Washington State Legislature.
According to the Revised Code of Washington, Senate members of the joint committee are appointed by the President of the Senate and House members are appointed the Speaker of the House. Appointments are made before the close of each regular session during odd-numbered years. The joint committee establishes a four-member executive committee of Senate and House committee members. The executive committee chooses one Senate and House co-chair who must be of different political parties. A majority of members constitute a quorum.[1]
Per Rule 9 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Sixty-Seventh Legislature, joint legislative committees may be created by a concurrent resolution by either the state Senate or the House of Representatives and then passed through a majority vote of both houses.[2] Joint committees have the powers of subpoena, administering oaths, and issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses.[2] Before being able to issue any process, the chairperson of the joint committee must submit a statement of purpose for approval by the rules committees of both the House and the Senate.[2] All meetings held by joint committees must be conducted in accordance with the rules of both the Senate and the House.[3]
See rules: Joint Rules
See sources: Revised Code of Washington
Membership
Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes yearly updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org
2023-2024 legislative session
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Joint Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (6) | Third-party members(0) |
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Emily Randall (D) left this committee on December 08, 2024. [Source]
2021-2022 legislative session
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Joint Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (8) | Third-party members(0) |
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John Lovick (D) left this committee on December 15, 2021. [Source]
2015 legislative session
Note: As of March 24, 2015, membership had not been updated.
2014 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2014 legislative session.
| Veterans and Military Affairs Members, 2014 | ||||
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (8) | |||
| • Steve Conway | • Barbara Bailey | |||
| • Steve Hobbs, Washington Senator | • John Braun | |||
| • John McCoy | • Steve O'Ban | |||
| • Christine Rolfes | • Pam Roach | |||
| • Sherry Appleton | • Dave Hayes | |||
| • Tina Orwall | • Drew MacEwen | |||
| • Tami Green | • Dick Muri | |||
| • Dawn Morrell | • Brad Klippert | |||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2011 legislative session.
| Veterans and Military Affairs Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (4) | |||
| • Fred Finn | • Brad Klippert | |||
| • Christopher Hurst | • Jim McCune | |||
| • Mike Hope | ||||
| • Barbara Bailey | ||||
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