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2012 Interim Joint Committees

Interim Committees are listed below, with their respective subcommittees. Click on the committee name to access committee home pages.


AGRICULTURE
APPROPRIATIONS & REVENUE
Budget Review Subcommittee on Economic Development and Tourism, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government, Finance, and Public Protection
Budget Review Subcommittee on Human Resources
Budget Review Subcommittee on Justice and Judiciary
Budget Review Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education
Budget Review Subcommittee on Primary and Secondary Education
Budget Review Subcommittee on Transportation
BANKING & INSURANCE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TOURISM
Task Force on Economic Development
EDUCATION
ENERGY
HEALTH & WELFARE
JUDICIARY
LABOR & INDUSTRY
LICENSING & OCCUPATIONS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
STATE GOVERNMENT
Task Force on Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs
TRANSPORTATION
VETERANS, MILITARY AFFAIRS & PUBLIC PROTECTION

To provide a continuity of study and action between sessions, interim joint committees are formed from the standing committees of both houses. For instance, the Education Committee of the Senate and the Education Committee of the House become the Interim Joint Committee on Education after the regular session.

Interim committees, besides discussing and studying issues in-depth, draft and approve bills for prefiling for the next regular session. This enables bills to be introduced at the beginning of the session and standing committees to become active immediately. All interim committees, which are actually subcommittees of the Legislative Research Commission (LRC), are open to the public and the press so the people have an opportunity to express views on areas the proposed legislation will affect.

Click here for more information on committees during interims.


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