Post Audit and Oversight Committee, Massachusetts State Senate
The Post Audit and Oversight Committee is a standing committee of the Massachusetts State Senate. Per Senate Rule 12, the committee is made up of eight members.[1]
Per Senate Rules 12 and 13, committees of the Massachusetts State Senate are assigned by the President of the Senate, with the exception of minority members, who are assigned by the Minority Leader.[2] After the adoption of Senate rules at the beginning of each two-year session, the committees are appointed to serve for the entire session. The President is to give consideration to partisan balance in making appointments, and is required to allocate at least three seats on the Ways and Means Committee, two seats on the Ethics and Rules Committees, and at least one seat on all other standing or special committees, to members of the minority party. The President shall nominate the chair of each committee, and the vice-chair and assistant vice-chair of the Ways and Means Committee, subject to a majority vote of the respective party caucus. Should a nominee be blocked, the President shall nominate another candidate for confirmation. In the event of a special order by the Senate to appoint a committee by ballot, the person receiving the most votes shall be named chair, with the runner-up being named vice-chair.[2] Any vacancies that have occurred in any committees after members have been appointed will be filled following the same rules.[3]
See rules: Rules of the Senate
Function
| “ | It shall be the duty of the committee on Post Audit and Oversight (established under Section 63 of Chapter 3 of the General Laws) to oversee the development and implementation of legislative auditing programs conducted by the Legislative Post Audit and Oversight Bureau with particular emphasis on performance auditing.[4][5] | ” |
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Senate Post Audit and Oversight Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Senate Post Audit and Oversight Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Senate Post Audit and Oversight Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (1) | Third-party members(0) |
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Donald Humason Jr. (R) left this committee on January 06, 2020.
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Post Audit and Oversight Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Kathleen O'Connor Ives, Chair | • Ryan Fattman | |||
| • James Welch, Vice chair | • Bruce Tarr | |||
| • Michael O. Moore | ||||
| • Thomas McGee | ||||
| • Anne Gobi | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Post Audit and Oversight Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Michael Barrett, Chair | • Robert Hedlund | |||
| • Benjamin Downing, Vice chair | • Ryan Fattman | |||
| • Jason Lewis | ||||
| • James Welch | ||||
| • Michael Moore | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Post Audit and Oversight Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (1) | |||
| • Cynthia Stone Creem, Chair | • Robert Hedlund | |||
| • Katherine Clark, Vice chair | ||||
| • Gale Candaras | ||||
| • Eileen Donoghue | ||||
| • Benjamin Downing | ||||
| • Michael Moore | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| Post Audit and Oversight Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (1) | |||
| • Mark Montigny, Chair | • Robert Hedlund | |||
| • Cynthia Stone Creem, Vice chair | ||||
| • Michael Moore | ||||
| • Gale D. Candaras | ||||
| • Katherine Clark | ||||
| • Benjamin Downing | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Massachusetts General Court, "Rules of the Senate," accessed March 4, 2021 (Rule 12)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Massachusetts General Court, "Senate Rules," accessed March 4, 2021(Rules 12, 13A and 13B)
- ↑ Massachusetts General Court, "Senate Rules," accessed March 4, 2021(Rule 13C)
- ↑ Massachusetts General Court, "Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change," accessed March 4, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
