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State Government Committee, Iowa State Senate
The State Government Committee is a standing committee of the Iowa State Senate.
Per the Senate Rules, committees of the Iowa State Senate are assigned by the Majority Leader and Minority Leader after consultation with the President of the Senate. The majority leader designates the committee chair, vice-chair and majority members, while the minority leader designates the minority members and selects one of them as ranking member.[1] Committees are assigned at the start of every term.[2] A majority of appointed members make up a committee's quorum.[3] The President is not recognized as an ex officio member of any committee.
See rules: Senate Rules
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Senate State Government Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (13) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Senate State Government Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (11) | Third-party members(0) |
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Waylon Brown (R) left this committee on July 10, 2024. [Source]
2021-2022 legislative session
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Senate State Government 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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Senate State Government Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (8) | Third-party members(0) |
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Randy Feenstra (R) left this committee on January 03, 2021.
Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) left this committee on January 03, 2021.
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| State Government Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (9) | |||
| • Tony Bisignano | • Roby Smith, Chair | |||
| • Tod Bowman | • Jake Chapman, Vice chair | |||
| • Jeff Danielson | • Bill Anderson | |||
| • Wally Horn | • Waylon Brown | |||
| • Pam Jochum | • Dan Dawson | |||
| • Janet Petersen | • Randy Feenstra | |||
| • Charles Schneider | ||||
| • Jason Schultz | ||||
| • Brad Zaun | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| State Government Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (9) | Republican members (6) | |||
| • Jeff Danielson, Chair | • Rick Bertrand | |||
| • Thomas Courtney, Vice chair | • Jake Chapman | |||
| • Tod Bowman | • Randy Feenstra | |||
| • Dick Dearden | • David Johnson | |||
| • Robert Dvorsky | • Jason Schultz | |||
| • Wally Horn | • Jack Whitver | |||
| • Matt McCoy | ||||
| • Janet Petersen | ||||
| • Brian Schoenjahn | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| State Government Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (9) | Republican members (6) | |||
| • Jeff Danielson, Chair | • Kent Sorenson | |||
| • Pam Jochum, Vice chair | • Bill Anderson | |||
| • Tod Bowman | • Jake Chapman | |||
| • Thomas Courtney | • Randy Feenstra | |||
| • Dick Dearden | • Roby Smith | |||
| • Wally Horn | • Jack Whitver | |||
| • Matt McCoy | ||||
| • Janet Petersen | ||||
| • Steven Sodders | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| State Government Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (9) | Republican members (6) | |||
| • Jeff Danielson, Chair | • Randy Feenstra | |||
| • John Kibbie, Vice chair | • Kent Sorenson | |||
| • Dick Dearden | • Jerry Behn | |||
| • Thomas Courtney | • Rick Bertrand | |||
| • Pam Jochum | • Bill Dix | |||
| • Wally Horn | • Roby Smith | |||
| • Jack Hatch | ||||
| • Gene Fraise | ||||
| • Steven Sodders | ||||
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.
| State Government Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (10) | Republican members (5) | |||
| • Staci Appel | • Jerry Behn | |||
| • Dennis Black | • Randy Feenstra | |||
| • Thomas Courtney | • David Hartsuch | |||
| • Jeff Danielson | • James Seymour | |||
| • Dick Dearden | • Ron Wieck | |||
| • Jack Hatch | ||||
| • Wally Horn | ||||
| • Pam Jochum | ||||
| • John Kibbie | ||||
| • Steven Sodders | ||||
External links
Footnotes
