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Senate Committees 126 Senate Committees Chairs and Vice Chairs of committees are listed first. Senate President Pro Tempore Brian Bingman is ex-officio voting member of all senate committees. Agriculture and Rural Development—Eddie Fields, Ron Justice, Mark Allen, Patrick Anderson, Don Barrington, Randy Bass, Jerry Ellis, Tom Ivester, David Myers, Frank Simpson, Anthony Sykes, and Charles Wyrick. Appropriations—David Myers, Clark Jolley, Roger Ballenger, Cliff Branan, Rick Brinkley, Sean Burrage, Brian Crain, John Ford, Jim Halligan, Tom Ivester, Ron Justice, Bryce Marlatt, Dan Newberry, Jonathan Nichols, Susan Paddack, Andrew Rice, Gary Stani- slawski, Anthony Sykes, Jim Wilson, and Charles Wyrick. Appropriations Subcommittees— All subcommittee members are members of the standing Appropriations Committee. The chair of the Appro- priations Committee is an ex officio and voting member of each subcommittee. Education—Jim Halligan, John Ford, Cliff Aldridge, Josh Brecheen, Rick Brinkley, Judy Eason McIntyre, Earl Garrison, Mike Mazzei, Susan Paddack, Frank Simpson, John Sparks, and Gary Stanislawski. General Government and Transportation—Bryce Marlatt, Cliff Branan, Randy Bass, Bill Brown, Sean Burrage, Harry Coates, Anthony Sykes, and Charles Wyrick. Health and Human Services—Clark Jolley, Kim David, Tom Adelson, Mark Allen, David Holt, Constance Johnson, Dan Newberry, Greg Treat, and Jim Wilson. Natural Resources and Regulatory Services—Ron Justice; Eddie Fields, Roger Ballenger, Brian Crain, Jerry Ellis, and Rob Johnson. Public Safety and Judiciary—Jonathan Nichols, Don Barrington, Tom Ivester, Charlie Laster, Richard Lerblance, Jim Reynolds, Steve Russell, and Ralph Shortey. Business and Commerce—Dan Newberry, David Holt, Rick Brinkley, Harry Coates, Kim David, Judy Eason McIntyre, Jerry Ellis, John Ford, Jim Halligan, Charlie Laster, and Charles Wyrick. Education—John Ford, Gary Stanislawski, Cliff Branan, Joshh Brecheen, Kim David, Judy Eason McIntyre, Earl Garrison, Jim Halligan, David Holt, Clark Jolley, Charlie Laster, Richard Lerblance, Mike Mazzei, Jonathan Nichols, Susan Paddack, Jim Reynolds, and John Sparks. Energy—Cliff Branan, Bryce Marlatt, Tom Adelson, Mark Allen, Sean Burrage, Eddie Fields, Tom Ivester, Rob Johnson, Clark Jolley, Richard Lerblance, David Myers, Jonathan Nichols, Susan Paddack, and Frank Simpson. Finance—Mike Mazzei, Rick Brinkley, Tom Adelson, Cliff Aldridge, Roger Ballenger, Kim David, John Ford, Jim Ford, Jim Halligan, Tom Ivester, Clark Jolley, Jim Reynolds, Steve Russell, Frank Simpson, John Sparks, Greg Treat, and Jim Wilson. General Government—Cliff Aldridge, Roger Ballenger, Tom Adelson, Bill Brown, Harry Coates, Bryce Marlatt, Andrew Rice, Ralph Shortey, and Greg Treat. Health and Human Resources—Brian Crain, Sean Burrage, Rick Brinkley, Constance Johnson, Rob Johnson, Dan Newberry, Steve Russell, and Jim Wilson. Judiciary—Anthony Sykes, Rob Johnson, Josh Brecheen, Brian Crain, Judy Eason McIntyre, Charlie Laster, Richard Lerblance, Jonathan Nichols, and Ralph Shortey. Public Safety and Homeland Security—Don Barrington, Ralph Shortey, Roger Ballenger, Earl Garrison, Constance Johnson, Ron Justice, Jim Reynolds, Steve Russell, and Anthony Sykes..
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