July 28, 2008
Moore Elected Vice President of NCSL
Massachusetts senator poised to become organization's president in three years
NEW ORLEANS – Massachusetts Senator Richard Moore was elected vice president of the National Conference of State Legislatures, a bipartisan organization that serves the nation’s 7,382 state lawmakers. He was sworn into office at NCSL's Legislative Summit in New Orleans on Saturday.
Sen. Moore will serve one year in the position, ascend to president-elect the following year and then become president. Moore also is a member of the NCSL’s executive committee and chairs its homeland security committee. He was co-chairman of the Massachusetts host committee for last year’s Legislative Summit in Boston.
As the voice of state legislatures within our nation’s federal system of government, NCSL is poised to tackle many challenges in the next few years.
“I feel especially honored to be chosen from among such a highly qualified group of candidates,” Moore said. “It makes being chosen by your colleagues from across the nation all the more significant.”
Senator Moore, a Democrat from Uxbridge, Mass., serves as the senate chairman of the joint committee on health care financing for the 2007-2008 session.
In addition to serving on its 60-member executive committee, Moore is co-chair of NCSL’s health information technology champions project, and co-chair of the advisory committee for NCSL’s Trust for Representative Democracy. He also is a member of the board of directors of NCSL’s Foundation for State Legislatures and serves on the association’s health chairs project, which represents legislators who chair health care-related committees in their home legislatures.
NCSL is the bipartisan organization that serves the legislators and staffs of the states, commonwealths and territories. It provides research, technical assistance and opportunities for policymakers to exchange ideas on the most pressing state issues and is an effective and respected advocate for the interests of the states in the American federal system.
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