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Section 1. There shall be the following standing committees which
shall serve and shall continue throughout the year:
To consist of thirty-seven Senators:
Finance
To consist of twenty-five Senators:
Rules
To consist of twenty-three Senators:
Judiciary
To consist of nineteen Senators:
Banks
Transportation
Education
Higher Education
Insurance
To consist of seventeen Senators:
Health
To consist of sixteen Senators:
Codes
Labor
To consist of thirteen Senators:
Crime Victims, Crime and Correction
Environmental Conservation
Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation
Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs
To consist of eleven Senators:
Aging
Civil Service and Pensions
Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business
Energy and Telecommunications
Agriculture
Consumer Protection
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Racing, Gaming and Wagering
To consist of nine Senators:
Elections
Housing, Construction and Community Development
Infrastructure and Capital Investment
Investigations and Government Operations
Local Government
To consist of six Senators:
Children and Families
Cities
Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
Ethics
Social Services
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
a. The Republican Conference Leader, the Democratic Conference Leader
and the Independent Democratic Conference Leader and their Deputies
shall be nonvoting ex-officio members of all standing committees of the
Senate of which they are not actual members. As far as practicable,
Senators shall be appointed to no more than seven standing committees.
b. Term limits for chairs and ranking members. No chair or ranking
member of a committee shall serve in such capacity longer than eight
consecutive years.
c. Conference membership of committees. The membership of all
committees, unless otherwise provided by the act or resolution creating
them, shall be composed, as nearly as may be, of Majority Coalition and
Democratic Conference members in the same proportion as the number of
Majority Coalition and Democratic Conference members in the Senate bears
to the total membership of the Senate.
For purposes of committee composition, in the event that the
proportion of Majority Coalition members would result in a fractional
amount, the number of Majority Coalition members shall be rounded up to
the next whole number. Furthermore, the total number of Independent
Democratic Conference members appointed to all committees shall be in
the same proportion, as nearly as may be, as the number of Independence
Democratic Conference members in the Senate bears to the total
membership of the Senate. Further, in the case of an excused absence of
any committee member on either the Finance or the Rules Committee, the
Conference Leaders may designate an alternate member of the conference
for meetings of standing committees provided written notice is provided
and accepted by the Majority Coalition Leaders at least one hour prior
to the commencement of such committee meeting.
d. The provisions of the opening paragraph of this section and
paragraph c of this section relative to the proportional membership on
committees as well as the specific number of members to comprise each
committee may be amended by resolution adopted by a majority of members
elected.