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Transportation Committee, Vermont State Senate
The Transportation Committee is a standing committee of the Vermont State Senate.
Per the Senate Rules, committees of the Vermont State Senate are assigned by the Committee on Committees at the start of each biennial session.[1] The Committee on Committees is made up of the Senate President, the President Pro Tempore, and one senator elected by the Senate. The Senate reserves the right to overrule any appointment and immediately fill the vacancy.[2] The first and secondly named members of each committee serve as chair and vice-chair, respectively.[3] The chair of each committee is responsible for scheduling committee meetings, and the clerk keeps a record of attendance to be delivered to the Secretary of State at the end of each session.[4][5]
See rules: Permanent Rules of the Vermont Senate
Function
According to the Senate Rules, the Transportation Committee is responsible for:
| “ | matters relating to transportation facilities, including, principally, highways and bridges, and the regulation of traffic thereon and the licensing of the users thereof; and matters relating to aviation and railroads.[1][6] | ” |
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
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Senate Transportation Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (1) | Third-party members(0) |
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Richard Mazza (D, Chair) left this committee on April 08, 2024. [Source]
2021-2022 legislative session
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Senate Transportation Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (1) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Senate Transportation Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (1) | 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.
| Transportation Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Richard Mazza, Chair | • Richard Westman, Vice chair | |||
| • Jane Kitchel | • Margaret Flory | |||
| • Dustin Degree | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Transportation Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Richard Mazza, Chair | • Richard Westman, Vice-Chair | |||
| • Jane Kitchel | • Margaret Flory | |||
| • Dustin Degree | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Transportation Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Richard Mazza, Chair | • Richard Westman, Vice chair | |||
| • John Campbell | • Peg Flory | |||
| • Jane Kitchel, Clerk | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| Transportation Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Richard Mazza, Chair | • Margaret Flory | |||
| • Jane Kitchel, Vice chair | • Richard Westman | |||
| • Robert Hartwell | ||||
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2009 legislative session.
| Transportation Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Susan Bartlett | • Hull Maynard | |||
| • Jane Kitchel | • Phillip Scott | |||
| • Richard Mazza | ||||
| • Peter Shumlin | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vermont State Legislature, "Permanent Rules of the Vermont Senate, (Rule 24)," accessed March 1, 2021
- ↑ Vermont State Legislature, "Permanent Rules of the Vermont Senate (Rule 6)," accessed March 1, 2021
- ↑ Vermont State Legislature, "Permanent Rules of the Vermont Senate (Rule 25)," accessed March 1, 2021
- ↑ Vermont State Legislature, "Permanent Rules of the Vermont Senate (Rule 26)," accessed March 1, 2021
- ↑ Vermont State Legislature, "Permanent Rules of the Vermont Senate (Rule 29)," accessed March 1, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
