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WV Legislature Education Packet West Virginia Legislature 1st Session of the 77th Legislature 2005 Information Packet West Virginia Legislature’s Office of Reference & Information | http://www.legis.state.wv.us | telephone: 1-304-347-4836 | fax: 1-304-347-4901 p. 1 p. 2 STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA ORGANIZATIONAL CHART CITIZENS LEGISLATIVE EXECUTIVE JUDICIAL BRANCH BRANCH BRANCH HOUSE OF SENATE GOVERNOR SUPREME DELEGATES COURT JOINT ATTORNEY SECRETARY CIRCUIT AGRICULTURE AUDITOR TREASURER COMMITTEE GENERAL OF STATE COURT FAMILY COURT DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF BOARD DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION & ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & HUMAN MILITARY AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATION TAX & REVENUE TRANSPORTATION THE ARTS PROTECTION RESOURCES & PUBLIC SAFETY MAGISTRATE COURT COUNCIL FOR BUREAU OF BUREAU OF DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PUBLIC SERVICE COMMUNITY & TECH. SENIOR EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION POLICY COMMISSION OF COMMERCE COMMISION COLLEGES SERVICES PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATIVE MISCELLANEOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS West Virginia State Senate 77th Legislature - 2005 Earl Ray Tomblin Senate President - Lieutenant Governor Billy Wayne Bailey Clark S. Barnes Donna J. Boley Edwin Bowman Don Caruth H. Truman Chafin Frank Deem Tracy Dempsey Larry J. Edgell Karen L. Facemyer John Pat Fanning Dan Foster Jesse O. Guills Steve Harrison Walt Helmick Jon Blair Hunter Evan H. Jenkins Jeffrey V. Kessler Charles C. Lanham Shirley Love Brooks McCabe Andy McKenzie Joseph M. Minard Sarah M. Minear Michael Oliverio Robert H. Plymale Roman Prezioso William R. Sharpe, Jr. Vic Sprouse John Unger II Senate Clerk Darrell Holmes p. 3 Russ Weeks Randy White John Yoder West Virginia House of Delegates 77th Legislature - 2005 Robert S. Kiss House Speaker Jon Amores William Anderson Sam J. Argento Tim Armstead Bob Ashley Tom Azinger Larry W. Barker Robert D. Beach J. D. Beane Craig P. Blair Brent Boggs Larry Border Bonnie Brown Richard Browning Greg A. Butcher Thomas Campbell Samuel J. Cann Sr. Ray Canterbury Mike Caputo Mitch Carmichael Kevin J. Craig Gerald L. Crosier Joe DeLong John Doyle Walter E. Duke Jeff Eldridge John N. Ellem Timothy R. Ennis Allen V. Evans Joe C. Ferrell p. 4 Ron Fragale Eustace Frederick Cindy Frich Mike Hall Bill Hamilton William G. Hartman Barbara Hatfield Nancy Houston Greg Howard Lidella Wilson Hrutkay Mark Hunt Richard J. Iaquinta K. Steven Kominar Patrick Lane Margarette Leach Otis A. Leggett Marshall Long Linda Longstreth Tom Louisos Virginia Mahan Tim Manchin Charlene Marshall Dale Martin Harold Michael Tim Miley Cliff Moore Jim Morgan John Overington Corey L. Palumbo Brady Paxton Don Perdue David G. Perry David Pethtel John Pino Mary M. Poling p. 5 Thomas Porter Bill Proudfoot Victor A. Roberts, Jr. William R. Romine Ruth Rowan Robert Schadler Patti Eagloski Schoen Kelli Sobonya Sharon Spencer Douglas Stalnaker Richard Staton William Stemple Dale Stephens Debbie Stevens Linda Sumner Sally Susman Randy Swartzmiller Robert C. Tabb Joe Talbott Jeffery L. Tansill Richard Thompson Ron Thompson Charles S. Trump IV Kenneth Tucker Scott Varner Christopher Wakim Ron Walters Carrie Webster Danny Wells Harry Keith White L. Gil White Larry A. Williams Locke Wysong Jack Yost House Clerk Gregory M. Gray p. 6 Senate - Capitol Phone Numbers & Offices President Tomblin Steve Harrison William R. Sharpe Jr. 357-7801 357-7841 357-7845 227M 200W 206W Billy Wayne Bailey Walt Helmick Vic Sprouse 357-7807 357-7980 357-7901 214W 465W 245M Charles Barnes Jon Blair Hunter John Unger II 357-7973 357-7995 357-7933 203W 223W 216W Donna J. Boley Evan H. Jenkins Russ Weeks 357-7905 357-7956 357-7831 213W 216W 229W Edwin Bowman Jeffrey V. Kessler Randy White 357-7918 357-7880 357-7906 214W 210W 204W Don Caruth Charles Lanham John Yoder 357-7854 357-7843 357-7957 203W 213W 229W H. Truman Chafin Shirley Love 357-7808 357-7849 223M 217W Frank Deem Brooks McCabe 357-7970 357-7990 217W 441M Tracy Dempsey Andy McKenzie 357-7939 357-7984 206W 209W Larry J. Edgell Joseph M. Minard 357-7827 357-7904 415M 204W Karen L. Facemyer Sarah M. Minear 357-7855 357-7914 218W 441M John Pat Fanning Michael Oliverio II 357-7867 357-7919 218W 209W Dan Foster Robert H. Plymale 357-7866 357-7937 223W 415M Jesse O. Guills Roman Prezioso 357-7959 357-7961 200W 439M p. 7 House of Delegates - Capitol Phone Numbers & Offices Speaker Kiss Delegate Canterbury Delegate Hartman Delegate Michael Delegate Schoen Delegate Varner 340-3210 340-3131 340-3396 340-3230 340-3141 340-3249 234M 223E 220E 462M 150R 246M Delegate Amores Delegate Caputo Delegate Hatfield Delegate Miley Delegate Sobonya Delegate Wakim 340-3252 340-3367 340-3140 340-3163 340-3175 340-3177 418M 219E 209E 231E 4R 6R-A Delegate Anderson Delegate Carmichael Delegate Houston Delegate Moore Delegate Spencer Delegate Walters 340-3168 340-3115 340-3173 340-3152 340-3270 340-3194 151R 150R 226E 228E 226E 224E Delegate Argento Delegate Craig Delegate Howard Delegate Morgan Delegate Stalnaker Delegate Webster 340-3183 340-3248 340-3121 340-3123 340-3218 340-3184 231E 400M 2R 210E 212E 207E Delegate Armstead Delegate Crosier Delegate Hrutkay Delegate Overington Delegate Staton Delegate Wells 340-3124 340-3188 340-3156 340-3148 340-3220 340-3146 150R 220E 227E 258M 228M 230E Delegate Ashley Delegate DeLong Delegate Hunt Delegate Palumbo Delegate Stemple Delegate H. White 340-3185 340-3161 340-3287 340-3143 340-3116 340-3117 224E 218E 230E 210E 216E 276M Delegate Azinger Delegate Doyle Delegate Iaquinta Delegate Paxton Delegate Stephens Delegate G. White 340-3202 340-3280 340-3129 340-3199 340-3119 340-3174 200E-C 472M 220E 210E 230E 150R Delegate Barker Delegate Duke Delegate Kominar Delegate Perdue Delegate Stevens Delegate Williams 340-3137 340-3151 340-3378 340-3269 340-3176 340-3337 231E 150R 6U-A 208E 4R 442M Delegate Beach Delegate Eldridge Delegate Lane Delegate Perry Delegate Sumner Delegate Wysong 340-3112 340-3160 340-3275 340-3159 340-3180 340-3135 222E 231E 150R 233E 150R 230E Delegate Beane Delegate Ellem Delegate Leach Delegate Pethtel Delegate Susman Delegate Yost 340-3192 340-3394 340-3395 340-3149 340-3187 340-3350 213E 223E 476M 204E 209E 228E Delegate Blair Delegate Ennis Delegate Leggett Delegate Pino Delegate Swartzmiller 340-3122 340-3192 340-3195 340-3114 340-3138 150R 212E 151R 242M 203E Delegate Boggs Delegate Evans Delegate Long Delegate Poling Delegate Tabb 340-3134 340-3399 340-3120 340-3102 340-3274 201E 200E-C 6U-B 227E 6U-C Delegate Border Delegate Ferrell Delegate Longstreth Delegate Porter Delegate Talbott 340-3136 340-3154 340-3118 340-3172 340-3169 151R 217E 225E 150R 205E Delegate Brown Delegate Fragale Delegate Louisos Delegate Proudfoot Delegate Tansill 340-3178 340-3392 340-3111 340-3166 340-3179 207E 217E 217E 206E 6R-A Delegate Browning Delegate Frederick Delegate Mahan Delegate Roberts Delegate Rick Thompson 340-3113 340-3164 340-3106 340-3147 340-3158 202E 221E 215E 6R 229E Delegate Butcher Delegate Frich Delegate Manchin Delegate Romine Delegate Ron Thompson 340-3139 340-3125 340-3170 340-3226 340-3189 217E 6R 219E 151R 200E-A Delegate Campbell Delegate Hall Delegate Marshall Delegate Rowan Delegate Trump 340-3132 340-3145 340-3153 340-3157 340-3240 434M 258M 225E 2R 264M Delegate Cann Delegate Hamilton Delegate Martin Delegate Schadler Delegate Tucker 340-3186 340-3167 340-3126 340-3191 340-3162 214E 223E 229E 224E 221E p. 8 Senate - Leadership Senate President - Earl Ray Tomblin President Pro Tempore - William R. Sharpe Jr. Majority Leader - H. Truman Chafin Majority Whip - Billy Wayne Bailey Minority Leader - Vic Sprouse Minority Whip - Andy McKenzie Senate - Standing Committees Agriculture Committee Larry Edgell, Chair Shirley Love, Vice-Chair Dempsey, Helmick, Hunter, Sharpe, Unger, Barnes, Facemyer, Guills, Weeks Banking & Insurance Joseph Minard, Chair Evan H. Jenkins, Vice-Chair Chafin, Fanning, Foster, Helmick, Kessler, Prezioso, Sharpe, Deem, Facemyer, Guills, Lanham, Minear Confirmations Shirley Love, Chair H. Truman Chafin, Vice-Chair Bailey, Bowman, Minard, Plymale, Harrison, McKenzie, Yoder Economic Development Brooks McCabe, Chair Michael Oliverio II, Vice-Chair Bowman, Fanning, Helmick, Kessler, Plymale, Prezioso, Unger, Caruth, Facemyer, Lanham, McKenzie, Minear Education Robert H. Plymale, Chair Larry Edgell, Vice-Chair Bailey, Bowman, Dempsey, Hunter, Oliverio, Unger, White, Barnes, Boley, Guills, Harrison, Sprouse Energy, Industry & Mining William R. Sharpe Jr., Chair Tracy Dempsey, Vice-Chair Fanning, Foster, Helmick, Hunter, Jenkins, Kessler, Oliverio, Caruth, Deem, Guills, McKenzie, Weeks Finance Walt Helmick, Chair William R. Sharpe Jr., Vice-Chair Bailey, Bowman, Chafin, Edgell, Love, McCabe, Plymale, Prezioso, Unger, Boley, Facemyer, Guills, Minear, Sprouse, Yoder Government Organization Edwin Bowman, Chair Billy Wayne Bailey, Vice-Chair Chafin, Jenkins, Kessler, McCabe, Minard, Plymale, White, Boley, Harrison, Lanham, Minear, Weeks Health & Human Resources Roman Prezioso, Chair John Unger II, Vice-Chair Bailey, Edgell, Foster, Hunter, Jenkins, McCabe, Sharpe, Barnes, Boley, Caruth, Guills, Weeks p. 9 Senate - Standing Committees (con’t) Interstate Cooperation Evan H. Jenkins, Chair Tracy Dempsey, Vice-Chair Minard, Unger, Caruth, Harrison, Yoder Judiciary Jeffery Kessler, Chair Michael Oliverio II, Vice-Chair Chafin, Dempsey, Fanning, Foster, Hunter, Jenkins, Minard, White, Barnes, Caruth, Deem, Harrison, Lanham, McKenzie, Weeks Labor Michael Oliverio II, Chair Randy White, Vice-Chair Edgell, Foster, Hunter, Love, Prezioso, Boley, Harrison, Lanham, Yoder Military Jon Blair Hunter, Chair Tracy Dempsey, Vice-Chair Bailey, Fanning, Minard, Oliverio, Boley, Weeks, Yoder Natural Resources Jon Pat Fanning, Chair Randy White, Vice-Chair Bowman, Dempsey, Helmick, Love, McCabe, Plymale, Prezioso, Barnes, Caruth, Deem, Facemyer, Minear Pensions Dan Foster, Chair Brooks McCabe, Vice-Chair Edgell, Plymale, Barnes, Deem, Lanham Rules Earl Ray Tomblin, Chair Bowman, Chafin, Helmick, Kessler, Prezioso, Sharpe, Boley, McKenzie, Minear, Sprouse Transportation & Infrastructure John Unger II, Chair Evan H. Jenkins, Vice-Chair Fanning, Love, Oliverio, White, Deem, Facemyer, McKenzie Enrolled Bills Randy White, Chair Bailey, Love, Sprouse, Yoder p.
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