shareUpdate: Analysis: House Committees
Date: 01/12/2012
The nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project has posted its analysis of House committee assignments released yesterday. Below you'll find a list of new committee chairs, freshman legislator assignments and chart showing which committees returning members joined or left.
Click here for a list of all committee assignments.
NEW COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Agriculture - Bev SherwoodMilitia, Police &
Public Safety - Scott Lingamfelter
FRESHMEN ASSIGNMENTS
- Agriculture: Michael Webert, Margaret Ransone, Matt Fariss
- Appropriations: None
- Commerce & Labor: None
- Counties Cities & Towns: Richard Morris, Keith Hodges
- Courts of Justice: Peter Farrell, Randy Minchew, Richard Morris
- Education: Joseph Yost, David Yancey, Mark Dudenhefer
- Finance: Israel O’Quinn, Chris Head
- General Laws: Peter Farrell, Mike Watson, Nick Rush
- Health, Welfare and Institutions: Joseph Yost, Margaret Ransone, Keith Hodges
- Militia, Police and Public Safety: Chris Head, Richard Morris, Matt Fariss, Keith Hodges, Israel O’Quinn, Nick Rush, Michael Webert, Alfonso Lopez
- Privileges and Elections: Israel O’Quinn, David Ramadan, Margaret Ransone
- Transportation: Mark Dudenhefer, Randy Minchew, David Yancey
- Science & Technology: Mark Dudenhefer, Alfonso Lopez, David Ramadan, Mike Watson
Committee Changes for Returning House Members
| Member | Committee Joined | Committee Left |
| Rich Anderson | Transportation | |
| Dickie Bell | Finance | Agriculture |
| Rob Bell | Rules | |
| Betsy Carr | Finance | |
| Barbara Comstock | Commerce & Labor | General Laws |
| John Cox | General Laws | Agriculture |
| Todd Gilbert | Rules | Privileges & Elections |
| Tag Greason | Appropriations | Finance |
| Greg Habeeb | Commerce & Labor | Militia & Police |
| Gordon Helsel | General Laws | |
| Patrick Hope | Militia & Police | Courts |
| Matthew James | Finance | Militia & Police |
| Chris Jones | Rules | |
| Mark Keam | Education | Milita & Police |
| Barry Knight | Rules | |
| Kaye Kory | Milita & Police | |
| Jim LeMunyon | General Laws | Science & Technology |
| Manoli Loupassi | Education | |
| James Massie | Health Welfare | |
| Delores McQuinn | General Laws | Commerce & Labor |
| Will Morefield | Agriculture | Finance |
| Bobby Orrock | Rules | |
| Chris Peace | Appropriations | Courts Finance |
| Brenda Pogge | Finance | |
| Ed Scott | Appropriations | General Laws |
| Scott Surovell | Militia & Police |