2011 committee line-up

This past weekend members of the House Democratic Caucus approved the new committee structure (down from 25 committees to 21), chairs and members of the committees.

Agriculture & Natural Resources
Rep. Brian Blake (Aberdeen) - Chair
Stanford - Vice Chair
Dunshee
Lytton
Rolfes
Van De Wege

Business & Financial Services
Rep. Steve Kirby (Tacoma) - Chair
Kelley - Vice Chair
Blake
Hudgins
Hurst
Pedersen
Ryu
Stanford

Capital Budget
Rep. Hans Dunshee (Snohomish) - Chair
Ormsby - Vice Chair
Jacks
Jinkins
Lytton
Tharinger

Community Development & Housing
Rep. Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney (Seattle) - Chair
Finn - Vice Chair
Maxwell
Ryu
Santos

Early Learning & Human Services
Rep. Ruth Kagi (Lake Forest Park) - Chair
Roberts - Vice Chair
Dickerson
Goodman
Orwall

Education
Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos (Seattle) - Chair
Lytton - Vice Chair
Billig
Finn
Haigh
Hunt
Ladenburg
Liias
Maxwell
McCoy
Probst

Education Appropriations & Oversight
Rep. Kathy Haigh (Shelton) - Chair
Probst - Vice Chair
Frockt
Maxwell
Orwall
Reykdal
Rolfes
Santos
Sells
Stanford

Environment
Rep. Dave Upthegrove (Des Moines) - Chair
Rolfes - Vice Chair
Fitzgibbon
Morris
Moscoso
Takko
Tharinger

General Government Appropriations & Oversight
Rep. Zack Hudgins (Tukwila) - Chair
Blake
Darneille
Fitzgibbon
Miloscia
Pedersen
Van De Wege

Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight
Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson (Seattle) - Chair
Appleton - Vice Chair
Cody
Green
Kagi
Pettigrew
Seaquist

Health Care & Wellness
Rep. Eileen Cody (West Seattle) - Chair
Jinkins - Vice Chair
Clibborn
Green
Kelley
Moeller
Van De Wege

Higher Education
Rep. Larry Seaquist (Gig Harbor) - Chair
Carlyle
Hasegawa
Jacks
Probst
Reykdal
Sells
Springer

Judiciary
Rep. Jamie Pedersen (Seattle) - Chair
Goodman - Vice Chair
Eddy
Frockt
Kirby
Orwall
Roberts

Labor & Workforce Development
Rep. Mike Sells (Everett) - Chair
Reykdal - Vice Chair
Green
Kenney
Miloscia
Moeller
Ormsby
Roberts

Local Government
Rep. Dean Takko (Longview) - Chair
Tharinger - Vice Chair
Fitzgibbon
Springer
Upthegrove

Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness
Rep. Chris Hurst (Enumclaw) - Chair
Ladenburg - Vice Chair
Appleton
Goodman
Kirby
Moscoso

Rules
Speaker Frank Chopp (Seattle) - Chair
Eddy
Frockt
Goodman
Green
Kelley
Maxwell
Moeller
Orwall
Pettigrew
Probst
Ryu
Springer
Sullivan
Van De Wege

State Government & Tribal Affairs
Rep. Sam Hunt (Olympia) - Chair
Appleton - Vice Chair
Dunshee
Hurst
McCoy
Miloscia

Technology, Energy & Communications
Rep. John McCoy (Tulalip) - Chair
Jacks - Vice Chair
Billig
Carlyle
Eddy
Frockt
Hasegawa
Kelley
Liias
Morris

Transportation
Rep. Judy Clibborn (Mercer Island) - Chair
Billig - Vice Chair
Liias - Vice Chair
Eddy
Finn
Fitzgibbon
Jinkins
Ladenburg
Moeller
Morris
Moscoso
Reykdal
Rolfes
Ryu
Takko
Upthegrove

Ways & Means
Rep. Ross Hunter (Medina) - Chair
Darneille - Vice Chair, Appropriations
Hasegawa - Vice Chair, Finance
Carlyle
Cody
Dickerson
Haigh
Hudgins
Hunt
Kagi
Kenney
Ormsby
Pettigrew
Seaquist
Springer
Sullivan

42 in the hopper

Legislators have already begun pre-filing bills for the 2011 session. As of this today, there have been 42 House bills dropped into the "hopper" (the extremely technical term for the basket in the code reviser’s office where legislators file bills they want to sponsor).

See a bill that interests you? Set up an easy bill-tracking account and follow it through the process.