Fitzgerald Announces Committee Structure, Members
Democrat members on each committee will be appointed after recommendation by the Minority Leader.
[Madison, WI] Today, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R – Juneau) announced his intention to make the following appointments and changes to the 2017-18 Joint and Senate Standing Committees to reflect changes in Senate membership:
SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES
AGRICULTURE, SMALL BUSINESS & TOURISM
- Senator Moulton (Chair)
- Senator Tiffany (Vice Chair)
- Senator Harsdorf
- Senator Petrowski
- Senator-Elect Testin
EDUCATION
- Senator Olsen (Chair)
- Senator Darling (Vice Chair)
- Senator Nass
- Senator Vukmir
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, COMMERCE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Senator-Elect Feyen (Chair)
- Senator Petrowski (Vice Chair)
- Senator Darling
- Senator-Elect Testin
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
- Senator Vukmir (Chair)
- Senator Moulton (Vice Chair)
- Senator LeMahieu
INSURANCE, HOUSING & TRADE
- Senator Lasee (Chair)
- Senator Olsen (Vice Chair)
- Senator-Elect Craig
NATURAL RESOURCES & ENERGY
- Senator Cowles (Chair)
- Senator Lasee (Vice Chair)
- Senator Olsen
REVENUE, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS & RURAL ISSUES
- Senator Marklein (Chair)
- Senator LeMahieu (Vice Chair)
- Senator Tiffany
SPORTING HERITAGE, MINING & FORESTRY
- Senator Tiffany (Chair)
- Senator-Elect Testin (Vice Chair)
- Senator Moulton
TRANSPORTATION & VETERANS AFFAIRS
- Senator Petrowski (Chair)
- Senator Marklein (Vice Chair)
- Senator Cowles
GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TECHNOLOGY & CONSUMER PROTECTION
- Senator Stroebel (Chair)
- Senator-Elect Craig (Vice Chair)
- Senator Kapenga
UNIVERSITIES & TECHNICAL COLLEGES
- Senator Harsdorf (Chair)
- Senator Nass (Vice Chair)
- Senator-Elect Feyen
PUBLIC BENEFITS, LICENSING & STATE-FEDERAL RELATIONS
- Senator Kapenga (Chair)
- Senator Harsdorf (Vice Chair)
- Senator-Elect Craig
LABOR & REGULATORY REFORM
- Senator Nass (Chair)
- Senator Wanggaard (Vice Chair)
- Senator Lasee
ELECTIONS & UTILITIES
- Senator LeMahieu (Chair)
- Senator Kapenga (Vice Chair)
- Senator Wanggaard
JUDICIARY & PUBLIC SAFETY
- Senator Wanggaard (Chair)
- Senator Vukmir (Vice Chair)
- Senator Stroebel
FINANCIAL SERVICES, CONSTITUTION & FEDERALISM
- Senator-Elect Craig (Chair)
- Senator Stroebel (Vice Chair)
- Senator-Elect Feyen
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, MILITARY AFFAIRS & SENIOR ISSUES
- Senator-Elect Testin (Chair)
- Senator-Elect Feyen (Vice Chair)
- Senator Marklein
SENATE ORGANIZATION
- Senator Fitzgerald (Chair) (Ex-Officio)
- Senator Roth (Ex-Officio)
- Senator Vukmir (Ex-Officio)
FINANCE
- Senator Darling (Chair)
- Senator Olsen (Vice Chair)
- Senator Marklein
- Senator Vukmir
- Senator Tiffany
- Senator Harsdorf
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES
- Senator Nass (Chair)
- Senator LeMahieu (Vice Chair)
- Senator Stroebel
JOINT COMMITTEES AND ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENTS
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
- Senator Darling (Co-Chair)
- Senator Olsen (Vice Chair)
- Senator Harsdorf
- Senator Marklein
- Senator Tiffany
- Senator Vukmir
COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE RULES
- Senator Nass (Co-Chair)
- Senator LeMahieu
- Senator Stroebel
COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
- Senator Roth (Co-Chair) (Ex-Officio)
- Senator Fitzgerald (Ex-Officio)
- Senator Darling (Ex-Officio)
COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION POLICY AND TECHNOLOGY
- Senator Harsdorf (Co-Chair)
- Senator Cowles
- Senator Roth
LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COMMITTEE
- Senator Cowles (Co-Chair)
- Senator Darling (Ex-Officio)
- Senator Kapenga
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
- Senator Roth (Co-Chair) (Ex-Officio)
- Senator Darling (Ex-Officio)
- Senator Fitzgerald (Ex-Officio)
- Senator Marklein (Ex-Officio)
- Senator Moulton
- Senator Petrowski
- Senator Wanggaard
REVIEW COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL PENALTIES
- Senator Wanggaard (Co-Chair)
COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE ORGANIZATION
- Senator Roth (Co-Chair) (Ex-Officio)
- Senator Fitzgerald (Ex-Officio)
- Senator Vukmir (Ex-Officio)
SURVEY COMMITTEE ON TAX EXEMPTIONS
- Senator-Elect Feyen (Co-Chair)
- Senator Tiffany
SURVEY COMMITTEE ON RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
- Senator-Elect Testin (Co-Chair)
- Senator-Elect Craig
LAW REVISION COMMITTEE
- Senator Wanggaard (Co-Chair)
- Senator LeMahieu
BUILDING COMMISSION
- Senator Moulton
- Senator Petrowski
WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
- Senator-Elect Feyen
Democrat members on each committee will be appointed after recommendation by the Minority Leader. The minority party Senator listed first for each committee will be the ranking minority member.
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) represents the 13th Senate District, which covers portions of Dodge, Jefferson, Waukesha, Washington, Dane, and Columbia counties.
NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. It has not been verified for its accuracy or completeness.
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