Ways and Means Committee, Vermont House of Representatives
The Ways and Means Committee is a standing committee of the Vermont House of Representatives.
Per the House Rules, committees of the Vermont House of Representatives are assigned by the Speaker of the House unless otherwise specified by the Vermont Constitution or other state statutes. Committees are assigned at the start of each regular session. The first and secondly named members of each committee are the chair and the vice-chair, respectively. Each committee appoints a clerk from its members at the first meeting. The chair of each committee is responsible for calling meetings, and the clerk keeps a record of committee activity, including bills considered and members' votes, to be delivered to the Secretary of State at the end of each session.[1]
See rules: House Rules and Orders
Function
According to the House Rules, the Ways and Means Committee considers matters relating to:
| “ | The revenue of the state, and which shall inquire into the state of the treasury; ascertain the amount of debt due the state, and the claims against it; report the amount of taxes necessary to be raised for the support of the government and inquire what measures, if any, ought to be adopted, the better to equalize the public burdens, secure the accountability of public agents, and otherwise improve the financial concerns of the state, including all matters relating to taxation, local or otherwise and all matters relating to the grand list.[2][3] | ” |
Membership
Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.
2023-2024 legislative session
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Ways and Means Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Ways and Means Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (4) | 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.
| Ways and Means Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Janet Ancel, Chair | • William Canfield | |||
| • Sam Young, Vice chair | • Fred K. Baser | |||
| • Cynthia Browning | • Kurt Wright | |||
| • Jim Condon | ||||
| • Johannah Leddy Donovan | ||||
| • Gabrielle Lucke | ||||
| • James Masland | ||||
| • George Till | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Ways and Means Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members (1) | ||
| • Janet Ancel, Chair | • Carolyn Whitney Branagan, Vice-Chair | • Adam Greshin | ||
| • Johannah Leddy Donovan, Ranking member | • William Canfield | |||
| • Alison Clarkson, Clerk | • Patti Komline | |||
| • Jim Condon | ||||
| • James Masland | ||||
| • George Till | ||||
| • Sam Young | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Ways and Means Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members (1) | ||
| • Janet Ancel, Chair | • Carolyn Whitney Branagan, Vice chair | • Adam Greshin | ||
| • David Sharpe, Ranking Member | • William Johnson | |||
| • Alison Clarkson, Clerk | • Patti Komline | |||
| • Jim Condon | ||||
| • James Masland | ||||
| • Kesha Ram | ||||
| • Jeff Wilson | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| Ways and Means Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members (1) | ||
| • David Sharpe | • Carolyn Whitney Branagan | • Adam Greshin | ||
| • Jeff Wilson | • Oliver Olsen | |||
| • Rachel Weston | ||||
| • Jim Condon | ||||
| • Mitzi Johnson | ||||
| • Janet Ancel | ||||
| • Alison Clarkson | ||||
| • James Masland | ||||
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.
| Ways and Means Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members (1) | ||
| • Michael Obuchowski, Chair | • Carolyn Whitney Branagan | • David Zuckerman | ||
| • Janet Ancel, Vice chair | • Philip Winters | |||
| • Alison Clarkson | ||||
| • Jim Condon | ||||
| • Steven Howard | ||||
| • James Masland | ||||
| • David Sharpe | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Vermont General Assembly, "House Rules," accessed Feb. 24, 2021
- ↑ Vermont General Assembly, "House Rules," accessed Feb. 24, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
