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State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee, Colorado House of Representatives
The State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee (formerly the State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee) is a standing committee of the Colorado House of Representatives.
Per House Rule 25 standing committees for the Colorado House of Representatives are appointed during the first session after a general election.[1] All appointments last until the first regular session after the next general election.[2] With the exception of the House Workplace Harassment Committee, all committees have between nine and 19 members, as decided by the Speaker of the House.[3] The House Workplace Harassment Committee consists of only six members.[4] The Speaker of the House appoints the chairman and vice-chairman of each committee.[5] The party representation is set proportionally to reflect the party representation in the House.[6]
See rules: Standing Rules of the House
Function
| “ | The House State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee generally considers matters concerning elections, campaign finance, military and veterans affairs, and other subject areas related to state government. In addition, the committee has legislative oversight responsibility for the departments of State and Military and Veterans Affairs.[7][8] | ” |
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (6) | 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.
| State, Veterans and Military Affairs Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Mike Foote, Chair | • Stephen Humphrey | |||
| • Susan Lontine, Vice chair | • Timothy Leonard | |||
| • Adrienne Benavidez | • Dave Williams | |||
| • Edie Hooton | ||||
| • Jovan Melton | ||||
| • Mike Weissman | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| State, Veterans and Military Affairs Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (5) | |||
| • Su Ryden, Chair | • Stephen Humphrey | |||
| • Joseph Salazar, Vice chair | • Patrick Neville | |||
| • Mike Foote | • Jack Tate | |||
| • Susan Lontine | • Daniel Thurlow | |||
| • Dianne Primavera | • Yeulin Willett | |||
| • Max Tyler | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (4) | |||
| • Su Ryden, Chair | • Tim Dore | |||
| • Joe Salazar, Vice Chair | • Steve Humphrey | |||
| • Mike Foote | • Dan Nordberg | |||
| • Jeanne Labuda | • Ray Scott | |||
| • Jovan Melton | ||||
| • Dominick Moreno | ||||
| • Angela Williams | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2011 legislative session.
| State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (5) | |||
| • Lois Court | • James Kerr, Chair | |||
| • Claire Levy | • Don Coram | |||
| • Joe Miklosi | • Randy Baumgardner | |||
| • Nancy Todd | • Larry Liston | |||
| • Mark Waller | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "House Rules - Committees," accessed March 1, 2021(Section 25(c))
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "House Rules - Committees," accessed March 1, 2021(Section 25(c))
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "House Rules - Committees," accessed March 1, 2021(Section 25(g))
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "House Rules - Committees," accessed March 1, 2021(Section 25(f.5)(1))
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "House Rules - Committees," accessed March 1, 2021(Section 25(d))
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "House Rules - Committees," accessed March 1, 2021(Section 25(h))
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs," accessed March 2, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
