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Small Business Development Committee, Wisconsin State Assembly
The Small Business Development Committee is a standing committee of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Per the Assembly Rules, Wisconsin State Assembly committees are assigned by the Speaker of the Assembly as early as possible at the start of each odd-year legislative session. Unless specified by a rule, the Speaker sets the total number of members on each committee and the allocation of the number between majority and minority party members. The Speaker appoints majority party committee members with the first-named member serving as the committee's chair. The Speaker also appoints minority party committee members from a list of members compiled by the Minority Leader.[1] The first-nominated minority member of each standing committee serves as the ranking member unless the Speaker and Minority leader agree that he or she serves as the vice chair.[2]
Apart from committees upon which he or she serves as a regular member, the Speaker is recognized as a nonvoting member on all standing committees but does not count towards quorum requirements. A quorum is defined as at least fifty percent of the committee members.[2]
See rules: Assembly Rules
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Small Business Development Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Small Business Development Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (0) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Small Business Development Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (10) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Small Business Development Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (10) | Third-party members(0) |
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Melissa Agard (D) left this committee on January 04, 2021.
JoCasta Zamarripa (D) left this committee on January 04, 2021.
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Small Business Development Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (9) | |||
| • Melissa Sargent | • Gary Tauchen, Chair | |||
| • JoCasta Zamarripa | • James Edming, Vice chair | |||
| • Jill Billings | • Travis Tranel | |||
| • Debra Kolste | • Rob Hutton | |||
| • David Crowley | • Scott Allen | |||
| • Rob Swearingen | ||||
| • Cindi Duchow | ||||
| • Nancy VanderMeer | ||||
| • Ken Skowronski | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Small Business Development Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (10) | |||
| • Andy Jorgensen | • Gary Tauchen, Chair | |||
| • Steve Doyle | • James Edming, Vice-Chair | |||
| • Melissa Sargent | • Rob Hutton | |||
| • Mandela Barnes | • Travis Tranel | |||
| • David Bowen | • Rob Swearingen | |||
| • Thomas Larson | ||||
| • Scott Allen | ||||
| • Bob Gannon | ||||
| • Nancy VanderMeer | ||||
| • Ken Skowronski | ||||
2013-2014
| Small Business Development Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (10) | |||
| • Andy Jorgensen | • Jeff Stone, Chair | |||
| • Janis Ringhand | • Mike Endsley, Vice chair | |||
| • Melissa Sargent | • Rob Hutton | |||
| • Stephen Smith | • Dean Kaufert | |||
| • Mandy Wright | • Rob Swearingen | |||
| • Debra Kolste | • Thomas Larson | |||
| • Keith Ripp | ||||
| • Mary Czaja | ||||
| • Michael Schraa | ||||
| • Paul Tittl | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Speaker may appoint any member of the minority party as a committee chair regardless of whether the Minority Leader nominated him or her.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wisconsin State Legislature, "Assembly Rules," accessed Feb. 21, 2021
