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Workforce Development Committee, West Virginia House of Delegates

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The Workforce Development Committee (formerly the Industry and Labor Committee) is a standing committee of the West Virginia House of Delegates.[1]

Per the House Rules, West Virginia House of Delegates committees are assigned by the Speaker of the House, unless the House orders otherwise. The Speaker must designate a chair for all standing committees and may also designate a vice chair. Additionally, the Speaker serves as an ex officio voting member and chair of the Rules Committee. A majority of committee members constitutes a quorum.[2]

DocumentIcon.jpg See rules: House Rules

Function

According to the House Rules, the Workforce Development Committee handles the following subject areas:

“ (a) Employment and establishment of industry; (b) labor standards; (c) labor statistics; (d) mediation and arbitration of labor disputes; (e) wages and hours of labor; (f) child labor; (g) safety and welfare of employees; (h) workforce development generally; and (i) infrastructure.[3][4] ”

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

Workforce Development Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (3) Republican members (22) Third-party members(0)

2021-2022 legislative session

Workforce Development Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (6) Republican members (19) Third-party members(0)

2019-2020 legislative session

Industry and Labor Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (9) Republican members (14) Third-party members(0)

Jordan Hill (R) left this committee on May 28, 2020.

2017 legislative session

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

Industry and Labor Members, 2017
Democratic members (9)Republican members (16)
• Scott Brewer• Tom Fast, Chair
• Phil Isner• Geoff Foster, Vice chair
• Michael Caputo• Saira Blair
• Phil Diserio• Daryl Cowles
• Michael Ferro• Mark Dean
• Shawn Fluharty• Joe Ellington
• Ken Hicks• Nancy Reagan Foster
• Rodney A. Miller• Jason Harshbarger
• Mike Pushkin• Jordan Hill
• Eric Householder
• John Overington
• John H. Shott
• Kelli Sobonya
• Joe Statler
• Guy Ward
• Brad White

2015-2016

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

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The West Virginia House of Delegates changed the committee's name from Industry and Labor Committee to Workforce Development Committee through an amendment to the House Rules in 2021.
  2. ↑ West Virginia State Legislature, "House Rules," accessed Feb. 21, 2021
  3. ↑ West Virginia State Legislature, "House Rules," accessed Feb. 21, 2021
  4. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  5. ↑ [https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/west-virginia-delegate-jordan-hill-announces-resignation/ WOWK, "West Virginia Delegate Jordan Hill announces resignation," May 19, 2020


Current members of the West Virginia House of Delegates
Leadership
Minority Leader:Sean Hornbuckle
Representatives
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Bill Bell (R)
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Mark Dean (R)
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S. Green (R)
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Carl Roop (R)
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Tom Clark (R)
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JB Akers (R)
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S. Anders (R)
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Republican Party (91)
Democratic Party (9)

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