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Select Committees Hearing Rooms Committee on Committees First Floor Chair: Sen. Beau McCoy; V. Chair: Sen. Colby Coash Senators & 1st District: Sens. Campbell, Coash, Garrett, Schumacher 2nd District: Sens. B. Harr, Krist, Mello, Smith 3rd District: Sens. Bloomfield, Hadley, Schilz, Watermeier 1010-1000 1326-1315 Committees Enrollment and Review Sen. Matt Hansen Chair: 1003 Reference Chair: Sen. Bob Krist; V. Chair: Sen. Dan Watermeier 1524 1510 1401-1406 Members: Sens. Campbell, Chambers, Coash, Hadley, Hughes, Larson, 1023-1012 1301-1314 Murante, Mello (nonvoting ex officio) Rules INFO 1529-1522 DESK 1512-1502 Chair: Sen. Tommy Garrett; V. Chair: Sen. Dave Bloomfield Members: Sens. Krist, Nordquist, Schumacher, Hadley (ex officio) 1525 1507 1113 1114-1101 1207-1224 1415-1424 Special Committees 1113-1126 1200-1210 Building Maintenance Chair: Sen. Dan Hughes; V. Chair: Sen. John Stinner Members: Sens. Craighead, Kolterman, Mello, Watermeier Second Floor Education Commission of the States Members: Sens. Baker, Scheer, Sullivan Executive Board of the Legislative Council 2009-2000 2318-2309 Chair: Sen. Bob Krist; V. Chair: Sen. Dan Watermeier Members: Sens. Campbell, Chambers, Coash, Hadley, Hughes, Larson, Murante, Mello (nonvoting ex officio) N Legislative Performance Audit 2300-2307 Chair: Sen. Dan Watermeier; V. Chair: Sen. John Kuehn 2026-2010 Members: Sens. Hadley, Krist, Larson, Mello, Scheer Legislature’s Planning 2514 2503-2501 Chair: Sen. Tanya Cook; V. Chair: Sen. Paul Schumacher Members: Sens. Campbell, Gloor, Hadley, Krist, Mello, Riepe, Schilz ROTUNDA Midwestern Higher Education Commission 2518-2515 2502 2227-2234 (Midwest Compact) Members: Sens. Crawford, Sullivan Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact Members: Sens. B. Harr, Lindstrom 2108-2028 2414-2410 State-Tribal Relations 2216-2226 Sen. Brett Lindstrom; Sen. Lydia Brasch Chair: V. Chair: 2102 2110-2128 2200-2215 Members: Sens. Bloomfield, Crawford, Coash, Davis, Scheer Hearing rooms in bold Published January 2015 Unicameral Information Office Clerk of the Nebraska Legislature State Capitol THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH P.O. Box 94604, Lincoln, NE 68509 402-471-2788 NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE NebraskaLegislature.gov FIRST SESSION • 2015 Nebraska Legislature 2015 Standing Committees Sen. Roy Baker Sen. Al Davis Sen. Robert Hilkemann Sen. Brett Lindstrom Sen. Ken Schilz Agriculture District 30 District 43 District 4 District 18 District 47 Chair: Sen. Jerry Johnson; V. Chair: Sen. Mark Kolterman P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 Members: Sens. Bloomfield, Chambers, B. Harr, Larson, Riepe, Schilz Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Second floor - Room 2102 - Tues. 402-471-2620 402-471-2628 402-471-2621 402-471-2618 402-471-2616 Room 1522 Room 1021 Room 1115 Room 1202 Room 1210 Appropriations Chair: Sen. Heath Mello; V. Chair: Sen. Robert Hilkemann Sen. Dave Bloomfield Sen. Laura Ebke Sen. Sara Howard Sen. John McCollister Sen. David Schnoor Members: Sens. Bolz, K. Haar, Kintner, Kuehn, Nordquist, Stinner, Watermeier District 17 District 32 District 9 District 20 District 15 First floor - Room 1524 - Mon. & Tues. P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 First floor - Room 1003 - Wed., Thurs. & Fri. Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Banking, Commerce and Insurance 402-471-2716 402-471-2711 402-471-2723 402-471-2622 402-471-2625 Sen. Jim Scheer; Sen. Matt Williams Room 1206 Room 1101 Room 1012 Room 1017 Room 1118 Chair: V. Chair: Members: Sens. Campbell, Craighead, Gloor, Howard, Lindstrom, Schumacher Sen. Kate Bolz Sen. Curt Friesen Sen. Dan Hughes Sen. Beau McCoy Sen. Paul Schumacher First floor - Room 1507 - Mon. & Tues. District 34 District 29 District 44 District 39 District 22 Business and Labor P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 Chair: Sen. Burke Harr; V. Chair: Sen. Dave Bloomfield Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Members: Sens. Chambers, Crawford, Ebke, Johnson, McCollister 402-471-2734 402-471-2630 402-471-2805 402-471-2885 402-471-2715 Second floor - Room 2102 - Mon. Room 1120 Room 1403 Room 1117 Room 2107 Room 1124 Education Sen. Lydia Brasch Sen. Tommy Garrett Sen. Jerry Johnson Sen. Heath Mello Sen. Les Seiler Chair: Sen. Kate Sullivan; V. Chair: Sen. Rick Kolowski District 16 District 3 District 23 District 5 District 33 Members: Sens. Baker, Cook, Groene, Morfeld, Pansing Brooks, Schnoor P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 First floor - Room 1525 - Mon. & Tues. Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 402-471-2728 402-471-2627 402-471-2719 402-471-2710 402-471-2712 General Affairs Room 1016 Room 1208 Room 1022 Room 1004 Room 1103 Chair: Sen. Tyson Larson; V. Chair: Sen. Colby Coash Members: Sens. Hansen, Hughes, Kolterman, Krist, Riepe, Schilz Sen. Kathy Campbell Sen. Mike Gloor Sen. Bill Kintner Sen. Adam Morfeld Sen. Jim Smith First floor - Room 1510 - Mon. District 25 District 35 District 2 District 46 District 14 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Chair: Sen. John Murante; V. Chair: Sen. Tommy Garrett 402-471-2731 402-471-2617 402-471-2613 402-471-2720 402-471-2730 Members: Sens. Bloomfield, Craighead, Groene, Hansen, Larson, McCoy Room 1402 Room 1116 Room 1000 Room 1008 Room 1110 First floor - Room 1507 - Wed., Thurs. & Fri. Sen. Ernie Chambers Sen. Mike Groene Sen. Rick Kolowski Sen. John Murante Sen. John Stinner Health and Human Services District 11 District 42 District 31 District 49 District 48 Chair: Sen. Kathy Campbell; V. Chair: Sen. Sara Howard P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 Members: Sens. Baker, Cook, Crawford, Kolterman, Riepe Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 First floor - Room 1510 - Wed., Thurs. & Fri. 402-471-2612 402-471-2729 402-471-2327 402-471-2725 402-471-2802 Judiciary Room 1114 Room 1101 Room 1018 Room 1423 Room 1406 Chair: Sen. Les Seiler; V. Chair: Sen. Colby Coash Sens. Chambers, Ebke, Krist, Morfeld, Pansing Brooks, Williams Sen. Colby Coash Sen. Ken Haar Sen. Mark Kolterman Sen. Jeremy Nordquist Sen. Kate Sullivan Members: District 27 District 21 District 24 District 7 District 41 First floor - Room 1113 - Wed., Thurs. & Fri. P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 Natural Resources Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Chair: Sen. Ken Schilz; V. Chair: Sen. Curt Friesen 402-471-2632 402-471-2673 402-471-2756 402-471-2721 402-471-2631 Members: Sens. Hughes, Johnson, Kolowski, Lindstrom, McCollister, Schnoor Room 2028 Room 1015 Room 1115 Room 2004 Room 1107 First floor - Room 1525 - Wed., Thurs. & Fri. Sen. Tanya Cook Sen. Galen Hadley Sen. Bob Krist Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks Sen. Dan Watermeier Nebraska Retirement Systems District 13 District 37 District 10 District 28 District 1 Chair: Sen. Jeremy Nordquist; V. Chair: Sen. Al Davis P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 Members: Sens. Groene, Kolowski, Kolterman, Mello Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 First floor - Room 1525 - At the call of the chairperson 402-471-2727 402-471-2726 402-471-2718 402-471-2633 402-471-2733 Room 2011 Room 2103 Room 2108 Room 1523 Room 2000 Revenue Chair: Sen. Mike Gloor; V. Chair: Sen. Paul Schumacher Sen. Joni Craighead Sen. Matt Hansen Sen. John Kuehn Sen. Merv Riepe Sen. Matt Williams Members: Sens. Brasch, Davis, B. Harr, Scheer, Smith, Sullivan District 6 District 26 District 38 District 12 District 36 First floor - Room 1524 - Wed., Thurs. & Fri. P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 Transportation and Telecommunications Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Sen. Jim Smith; Sen. Lydia Brasch 402-471-2714 402-471-2610 402-471-2732 402-471-2623 402-471-2642 Chair: V. Chair: Sens. Davis, Friesen, Garrett, McCoy, Murante, Seiler Room 1529 Room 1404 Room 1117 Room 1528 Room 2015 Members: First floor - Room 1113 - Mon. & Tues. Sen. Sue Crawford Sen. Burke Harr Sen. Tyson Larson Sen. Jim Scheer Urban Affairs District 45 District 8 District 40 District 19 Chair: Sen. Sue Crawford; V. Chair: Sen. John McCollister P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 P.O. Box 94604 Members: Sens. Coash, Ebke, Hansen, Hughes, Krist Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 Lincoln, NE 68509 First floor - Room 1510 - Tues. 402-471-2615 402-471-2722 402-471-2801 402-471-2929 Room 1212 Room 2010 Room 1019 Room 1401.
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