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State and Local Governments Committee, Missouri House of Representatives
The State and Local Governments Committee is a select standing committee of the Missouri House of Representatives that no longer fell within Ballotpedia's coverage scope as of March 9, 2021.
Per Rule 22 of the House Rules, standing, conference, interim, and statutory committees in the Missouri House of Representatives are appointed by the Speaker of the House, with minority members of regular standing committees being appointed by the Minority Floor Leader. Special standing committees are appointed by the Speaker with input from the Minority Floor Leader on minority leadership. The Speaker is responsible for designating the number of members of each committee. Unless provided for by the act or resolution creating a committee, partisan balance of committee membership is to match partisan balance of the chamber as closely as possible, save for the Ethics Committee, which is to consist of an equal number of majority and minority members. The chair and vice-chair of each standing committee are appointed by the Speaker. The Speaker, Speaker Pro Tem, floor leaders, assistant floor leaders and whips serve as ex officio members on all standing committees. The chair and a minority member of the Budget Committee serve as ex officio members on all appropriations committees. Ex officio members do not hold voting power unless properly appointed.[1]
See rules: Rules of the House of Representatives - 100th General Assembly
Function
| “ | The Select Standing Committee on State and Local Government shall consider and report on all matters referred to it by the Regular Standing Committee on Elections, the Regular Standing Committee on Local Government, the Regular Standing Committee on Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, and the Regular Standing Committee on Transportation.[2][3] | ” |
Membership
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| State and Local Governments Members, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (7) | |||
| • Tom McDonald | • Sheila Solon, Chair | |||
| • Kevin McManus | • Glen Kolkmeyer, Vice chair | |||
| • Stacey Newman | • Justin Alferman | |||
| • Sue Entlicher | ||||
| • Dave Hinson | ||||
| • Donna Pfautsch | ||||
| • Shawn Rhoads | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Missouri House of Representatives, "Rules of the House of Representatives - 100th General Assembly," February 19, 2021 (Rule 21)
- ↑ Missouri House of Representatives, "Rules of the House of Representatives - 98th General Assembly," January 15, 2015 Rule 25(13)
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
