State Affairs Committee, Idaho State Senate

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The State Affairs Committee is a standing committee of the Idaho State Senate.

Per the Senate Rules, committees of the Idaho State Senate are assigned by the president of the Senate and then approved by a majority vote of the chamber. Committees are assigned at the start of each term. A majority of appointed members make up a committee's quorum. The president is not recognized as an ex officio member of any committee.

See rules: Senate Rules

Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

Senate State Affairs Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (1)	Republican members (8)	Third-party members(0)
James Ruchti	Jim Guthrie Chair Treg Bernt Vice Chair Kelly Anthon Mark Harris Ben Toews Lori Den Hartog Ben Adams Brandon Shippy

2023-2024 legislative session

Senate State Affairs Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (1)	Republican members (7)	Third-party members(0)
Melissa Wintrow	Megan C. Blanksma Chair Treg Bernt Vice Chair Chuck Winder Kelly Anthon Mark Harris Britt Raybould Julianne Young

Abby Lee (R) left this committee on July 01, 2024. ^[Source]

2021-2022 legislative session

Senate State Affairs Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (7)	Third-party members(0)
Grant Burgoyne Michelle Stennett	Patti Anne Lodge Chair Jim Guthrie Vice-chair Chuck Winder Kelly Anthon Mark Harris Abby Lee Lee Heider

2019-2020 legislative session

Senate State Affairs Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (7)	Third-party members(0)
Michelle Stennett Cherie Buckner-Webb	Patti Anne Lodge Chair Mark Harris Vice Chair Brent Hill Chuck Winder Steve Vick Kelly Anthon Mary Souza

2017 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

State Affairs Members, 2017
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (7)
• Michelle Stennett	• Jeff Siddoway, Chair
• Cherie Buckner-Webb	• Marv Hagedorn, Vice chair
	• Bart Davis
	• Brent Hill
	• Chuck Winder
	• Patti Anne Lodge
	• Todd Lakey

2015 legislative session

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

State Affairs Members, 2015
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (7)
• Michelle Stennett	• Curt McKenzie, Chair
• Cherie Buckner-Webb	• Patti Anne Lodge, Vice chair
	• Bart M. Davis
	• Brent Hill
	• Chuck Winder
	• Jeff C. Siddoway
	• Todd Lakey

2013-2014

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

State Affairs Committee Members, 2013
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (7)
• Michelle Stennett	• Curt McKenzie, Chair
• Elliot Werk	• Bart M. Davis, Vice chair
	• Russell M. Fulcher
	• Brent Hill
	• Chuck Winder
	• Patti Anne Lodge
	• Jeff C. Siddoway

2011-2012

The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.

State Affairs Committee Members, 2011
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (7)
• Edgar Malepeai	• Curt McKenzie, Chair
• Michelle Stennett	• Russell Fulcher, Vice chair
	• Bart Davis
	• Brent Hill
	• John McGee
	• Chuck Winder
	• Patti Anne Lodge

2009-2010

The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.

State Affairs Committee Members, 2009
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (7)
• Clint Stennett	• Curt McKenzie, Chair
• Kate Kelly	• Monty Pearce, Vice chair
	• Denton Darrington
	• Robert Geddes
	• Bart Davis
	• Joe Stegner
	• Russell Fulcher

External links

• Idaho Senate Committees

Footnotes

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Current members of the Idaho State Senate

Leadership

Majority Leader:Lori Den Hartog

Minority Leader:Melissa Wintrow

Senators

District 1

Jim Woodward (R)

District 2

Phil Hart (R)

District 3

Doug Okuniewicz (R)

District 4

Ben Toews (R)

District 5

Carl Bjerke (R)

District 6

Dan Foreman (R)

District 7

Cindy Carlson (R)

District 8

Christy Zito (R)

District 9

Brandon Shippy (R)

District 10

Tammy Nichols (R)

District 11

Camille Blaylock (R)

District 12

Ben Adams (R)

District 13

Brian Lenney (R)

District 14

C. Scott Grow (R)

District 15

Codi Galloway (R)

District 16

Alison Rabe (D)

District 17

Carrie Semmelroth (D)

District 18

Janie Ward-Engelking (D)

District 19

Melissa Wintrow (D)

District 20

Josh Keyser (R)

District 21

Treg Bernt (R)

District 22

Lori Den Hartog (R)

District 23

Todd Lakey (R)

District 24

Glenneda Zuiderveld (R)

District 25

Josh Kohl (R)

District 26

Ron Taylor (D)

District 27

Kelly Anthon (R)

District 28

Jim Guthrie (R)

District 29

James Ruchti (D)

District 30

Julie VanOrden (R)

District 31

Van Burtenshaw (R)

District 32

Kevin Cook (R)

District 33

David Lent (R)

District 34

Doug Ricks (R)

District 35

Mark Harris (R)

Republican Party (29)

Democratic Party (6)