NCSL Agriculture, Environment and Energy Committee Roster

Committee Officers & NCSL Staff // Committee Members // Committee Jurisdiction

Committee Description

This committee has jurisdiction over state and federal agriculture and rural development legislation, regulations and policies;natural resources legislation, regulations and policies; and energy and electric utilities legislation, regulation and policies. The committee educates Congress and federal agencies as to state concerns regarding these issues. In addition, it serves as a forum for legislators and legislative staff to learn about and share information about options being considered in other states. These are a sample of issues recently addressed:

The Farm Bill
State and National Rural Development Policy
Community Reinvestment Act
Rural Health Care, Education and Telecommunications
Air Quality-Multipollutant strategies
Global Warming-State actions
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Environmental Regulations
Water Allocation-Dispute resolution
Energy Policy Act of 2005
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Energy Security
Energy Infrastructure- Supply & Demand Issues

NCSL Agriculture, Environment and Energy Committee

Chair: Senator Beverly Gard, Indiana
Vice Chair: Assemblymember Mark DeSaulnier, California
Vice Chair: Representative Terry L. England, Georgia
Vice Chair: Representative Carl J. Gatto, Alaska
Vice Chair: Representative John A. Heaton, New Mexico
Vice Chair: Representative Stan Mayfield, Florida
Vice Chair: Senator Harris B. McDowell III, Delaware
Vice Chair: Representative Larry R. Powell, Kansas
Vice Chair: Representative Richard F. Roy, Connecticut
Vice Chair: Representative Carole A. Rubley, Pennsylvania
Vice Chair: Senator Mary Margaret Whipple, Virginia
Immediate Past Chair: Representative Warren Chisum, Texas
Staff Chair: Scott Young, Nevada
Staff Vice Chair: Lowell Atchley, Kentucky
Staff Vice Chair: James Fry, South Dakota
Staff Vice Chair: Thomas Hamby, Florida
Staff Vice Chair: Franklin Munyan, Virginia
Immediate Past Staff Chair: Josh Applebee, Alaska

NCSL CONTACTS: Kate Marks (Denver) Lee Posey (DC) Melissa Savage (Denver) Tamra Spielvogel (DC)

Alabama
Representative Thomas E. Jackson
Representative Gerald Allen
Representative Elwyn Thomas
Representative James M. Martin
Representative Billy Beasley
Representative Yusaf Salaam
Representative Mike Hill
Representative John J. Letson
Representative Oliver Robinson
Representative Mike Ball
Representative Alan Baker
Representative Owen Drake
Representative Chad Fincher
Representative Betty Carol Graham
Representative Pat Moore

Alaska
Representative Woodie W. Salmon
Representative Harry Crawford Jr.
Representative Reggie Joule
Representative William A. Thomas Jr.
Representative Mark Neuman
Representative Beth Kerttula
Representative Bryce Edgmon
Representative Craig Johnson
Representative Scott J. Kawasaki
Representative Kevin Gerald Meyer
Representative Mary Nelson
Senator Kim S. Elton
Josh Applebee, Office of Representative Bob Roses
Representative Carl J. Gatto

Arizona
Senator Paula Aboud
Senator Amanda Aguirre
Senator Marsha Arzberger
Senator Robert Blendu
Senator Jake Flake
Senator Albert A. Hale
Senator Tom O'Halleran
Representative Lucy Mason

Arkansas
Representative Jerry Brown
Representative Nathan George
Senator Denny Altes
Senator Randy Laverty
Senator Ruth Whitaker

California
Assemblymember Mark DeSaulnier
Assemblymember Jared Huffman
Senator Denise M. Ducheny
Bill Julian, Senate Energy, Utilities & Communication Committee
Senator Michael Machado

Colorado
Senator Ken Gordon
Thomas Morris, Legislative Legal Services
Representative Ray J. Rose
Representative Kathleen Curry
Senator Jim Isgar
Senator Jack Taylor
Senator Ken Kester
Representative Jerry Sonnenberg

Connecticut
Senator Andrew Roraback
Kevin E. McCarthy, Legislative Research
Representative Richard F. Roy
Representative Diana S. Urban
Joseph Holstead, Office of Legislative Research
Representative Terry Backer
Representative James O'Rourke III
Representative Mary M. Mushinsky
Paul Frisman, Office of Legislative Research
Representative Patricia M. Widlitz
Representative Pamela Z. Sawyer

Delaware
Representative V. George Carey
Senator George H. Bunting Jr.
Representative Pamela J. Thornburg
Senator David B. McBride
Representative Joseph W. Booth
Representative Gerald W. Hocker
Senator Harris B. McDowell III
Senator Thurman Adams Jr.
Senator Steven H. Amick

Florida
Representative Stan Mayfield
Thomas Hamby, House Environ & Nat Resources Council
Diana W. Caldwell, Senate Communications & Public Utilities Cmtee
Rashada Houston
Alex Regalado, OPPAGA
Wayne S. Kiger
Richard H. Woerner, OPPAGA
Jeff Poole, Senate

Georgia
Representative Richard A. Royal
Representative Lynn Ratigan Smith
Representative Charles N. Sims Jr.
Representative John Lunsford
Representative Charles E. Martin Jr.
Senator Nan Orrock
Representative Calvin Hill
Representative Terry L. England
Senator John Bulloch
Senator Joseph I. Carter
Senator Eric Johnson
Senator Ross Tolleson
Senator Michael S. Meyer von Bremen
Representative Amos Amerson
Representative Jeff Lewis
Gardner Sapp, House Research
Senator Mitch Seabaugh
Representative Tony Sellier
Representative Barbara Sims
Representative Allen M. Peake
Representative Mark Williams

Hawaii
Senator Rosalyn H. Baker
Senator Jill N. Tokuda
Representative Hermina M. Morita

Illinois
Senator James F. Clayborne Jr.
Representative Frank J. Mautino
Representative John E. Bradley
Senator Christine Radogno
Representative Karen May
Senator John O. Jones
Representative Julie Hamos
Senator Susan Garrett
Representative Mary E. Flowers

Indiana
Leslie Hiner, IN House of Representatives
Robert Bond, Indiana Legislative Services Agency
Michael E. Thrall, House of Representatives
Senator Beverly Gard
Representative Robert J. Bischoff
Representative Phil Pflum
Senator Robert N. Jackman
Senator James A. Lewis Jr.
Senator Johnny Nugent
Senator Greg F. Walker
Senator Richard D. Young Jr.

Iowa
Representative Donovan Olson
Representative Michael J. Reasoner
Senator Thomas J. Rielly
Julie Simon, Senate Democratic Caucus
Jace Mikels, Senate Democratic Caucus
Senator Brian H. Schoenjahn
Senator John P. Kibbie
Theresa Kehoe, Senate

Kansas
Senator Janis K. Lee
Senator Jay Scott Emler
Senator Mark Taddiken
Representative Larry R. Powell
Cynthia Lash, Legislative Research Department
Senator Stephen R. Morris
Representative John M. Faber
Representative Vaughn L. Flora
Representative Rocky Fund
Representative Carl Dean Holmes
Representative Don V. Myers
Representative Tom Moxley
Representative Joshua Svaty

Kentucky
Lowell Atchley, Legislative Research Commission
Representative Jim Wayne
Representative Jimmy Higdon
Senator Damon Thayer
Jay Hartz, Office of the Senate President
Representative Mitchel B. Denham
Representative Royce W. Adams
Representative Don Pasley
D. Todd Littlefield, Legislative Research Commission
Senator Ernie Harris Jr.
Senator Robert Stivers
Representative Ron Crimm
Tanya Monsanto, Legislative Research Commission
Senator Ed Worley
Representative Eddie Ballard
Senator Vernie McGaha
Representative Thomas M. McKee
Representative Bob DeWeese
Senator David E. Boswell
Senator Dan Kelly
Senator Charlie Borders
Senator Joey Pendleton
Representative John A. Arnold Jr.
Senator Tom Jensen
Harland Hatter, Senate Majority Office
Representative Jim Gooch Jr.

Louisiana
Senator Reggie P. Dupre Jr.
Senator Robert Adley
Senator Troy Hebert
Senator Francis C. Thompson

Maine
Representative Deborah L. Simpson
Senator Philip L. Bartlett II
Senator Roger L. Sherman
Representative Herbert C. Adams
Representative Lawrence Bliss
Representative Mark E. Bryant
Representative Patrick S. Flood
Representative Stacey Allen Fitts
Representative Jon Hinck
Representative Theodore Koffman
Representative Jacqueline A. Lundeen
Representative David Miramant
Representative John F. Piotti
Representative Kimberley C. Rosen
Representative Nancy E. Smith

Maryland
Senator David R. Brinkley
Senator Paul G. Pinsky
Robert K. Smith, Dept of Legislative Services/Ofc of Policy Analysis
Senator John C. Astle
Kelly G. Dincau, Dept of Legislative Services/Ofc of Policy Analysis
Delegate Gail H. Bates
Delegate Rudolph C. Cane
Delegate Dereck E. Davis
Delegate Herman L. Taylor II
Delegate Jon S. Cardin
Senator George C. Edwards
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo
Delegate Barbara A. Frush
Delegate Virginia P. Clagett
Senator E.J. Pipkin
Senator Thomas McLain Middleton
Delegate Michael H. Weir Jr.
Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh
Delegate James W. Hubbard
Senator Brian E. Frosh

Massachusetts
Senator Pamela P. Resor

Michigan
Kirk Lindquist, Michigan House Fiscal Agency
Jessica Runnels, Senate Fiscal Agency
Suzanne Lowe, Senate Fiscal Agency
Cindy Peruchietti, Office of the Speaker
Senator Ron Jelinek
Representative Barbara Byrum
Representative Terry L. Brown
Representative Judy Emmons
Representative Goeff Hansen
Representative Kathleen Law
Representative Mark S. Meadows
Representative Neal Nitz
Representative Lorence Wenke
Senator Raymond E. Basham
Senator Patricia L. Birkholz
Senator Liz Brater
Senator Dennis Olshove
Senator Michael Prusi

Minnesota
Senator Ellen R. Anderson
Senator Satveer Chaudhary
Senator Michael J. Jungbauer
Senator Gary W. Kubly
Senator Patricia Pariseau
Senator Dan Skogen
Senator Jim Vickerman
Representative Karen Clark
Representative Bob Dettmer
Representative Kent Eken
Representative Paul Gardner
Representative Bud Heidgerken
Representative Alice Hausman
Representative Rick Hansen
Representative Joe Hoppe
Representative Al Juhnke
Representative Doug Magnus
Representative Aaron Peterson
Representative Kathy Tingelstad
Representative Dean Urdahl
Representative Jean Wagenius
Representative Andy Welti
Representative Dennis Ozment
Jim Reinholdz, House of Representatives

Mississippi
Gwennetta Tatum, House of Representatives
Margaret Stewart, House Legislative Services Office
Sylvia Green, Office of the Speaker
Representative Tyrone Ellis
Representative Herbert D. Frierson
Representative John Wesley Hines Sr.
Oona McKenzie, House of Representatives
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith

Missouri
Representative Shannon Cooper
Representative Gayle Kingery
Representative Jason Holsman
Representative Tony George
Representative Beth Low
Representative Martin T. Rucker
Representative James Whorton
Senator Kevin Engler
Senator Timothy P. Green
Senator Bill Stouffer
Senator Chris Koster
Senator Dan Clemens
Senator Maida Coleman
Senator Frank A. Barnitz
Senator Robert Mayer
Roland Tackett, House of Representatives
Senator Michael R. Gibbons
Senator Joan Bray
Senator John E. Griesheimer

Montana
Representative Sue Dickenson
Representative George G. Groesbeck
Representative William G. Thomas
Representative Edward B. Butcher
Representative Gordon R. Hendrick
Representative Harry W. Klock
Senator Ken Hansen
Senator Steve Gallus
Senator Larry Jent
Senator Greg Lind
Senator Don Ryan
Senator Rick Laible
Senator Jim Peterson
Senator Donald Steinbeisser

Nebraska
Senator Tom Carlson
Senator Merton L. Dierks
Senator John N. Harms
Senator Russ Karpisek
Senator Vickie D. McDonald
Senator Don Preister
Senator Kent Rogert
Senator Norman Wallman

Nevada
Senator Michael A. Schneider
Assemblymember John C. Carpenter
Assemblymember Jerry D. Claborn
Assemblymember Pete Goicoechea
Assemblymember Joseph Hogan
Scott Young, Legislative Counsel Bureau
Senator Mark E. Amodei
Senator Dean A. Rhoads
Senator Warren B. Hardy
Senator John Jay Lee

New Hampshire
Senator Martha Fuller Clark
Senator Robert Odell Jr.
Representative David Borden
Representative Don Brueggemann
Representative Suzanne Harvey
Representative Harry C. Merrow
Representative Timothy D. O'Connell
Representative James G. Phinizy

New Jersey
Senator Robert M. Gordon
Assemblymember Upendra J. Chivukula
Assemblymember Douglas Howard Fisher
Assemblymember Vincent Prieto
Assemblymember Reed Gusciora
Judith L. Horowitz, Office Of Legislative Services

New Mexico
Senator Cisco McSorley
Senator Phil A. Griego
Senator Timothy Zeph Jennings
Senator Stuart Ingle
Gordon Meeks, Legislative Council Service
Senator Nancy E. Rodriguez
Representative Mimi Stewart
Senator Richard C. Martinez
Senator H. Diane Snyder
Senator John T.L. Grubesic
Senator John Christopher Ryan
Senator William E. Sharer
Senator Carroll H. Leavell
Jon Boller, Legislative Council Service
Senator Mary Kay Papen
Representative Brian K. Moore
Representative Andrew Nunez
Senator Clinton D. Harden Jr.
Representative Jeannette O. Wallace
Senator Carlos R. Cisneros
Senator Leonard Lee Rawson
Senator Michael S. Sanchez
Representative John A. Heaton
Representative Ray Begaye
Representative Daniel R. Foley
Representative William J. Gray
Representative Joni Marie Gutierrez
Representative Dona Gale Irwin
Representative Larry A. Larranaga
Representative Peter F. Wirth

New York
Senator Carl L. Marcellino

North Carolina
Barbara Riley, Legislative Research Division
George Givens, General Assembly
Jeff Hudson, General Assembly
Steven Rose, Legislative Research Division
Kory J. Goldsmith, NC General Assembly, Research Division
Senator Janet Cowell
Representative Lucy T. Allen
Representative Van R. Braxton
Representative William D. Brisson
Representative Bill Faison
Representative Pryor A. Gibson III
Representative Jim Harrell III
Representative Pricey Harrison
Representative Dewey L. Hill
Representative Carolyn H. Justice
Representative James H. Langdon Jr.
Representative David R. Lewis
Representative Daniel F. McComas
Representative Louis M. Pate Jr.
Representative Ruth Samuelson
Representative Bonner L. Stiller
Representative Cullie M. Tarleton
Representative Russell E. Tucker
Representative Alice Graham Underhill
Representative Thomas Roger West
Representative W. A. Wilkins
Representative Larry W. Womble
Representative Michael H. Wray
Laura DeVivo, Office of the House Speaker

North Dakota
Representative Michael D. Brandenburg
Representative Craig Headland
Senator Randel Christmann
Representative Donald Vigesaa
Jeffrey N. Nelson, Legislative Council

Ohio
Representative Tyrone K. Yates
Representative Jim Aslanides
Representative Jim McGregor
Representative Michael DeBose
Representative Stephen E. Reinhard
Representative John Domenick
Representative Bob Gibbs
Representative Louis W. Blessing Jr.
Representative James T. Raussen
Representative David T. Daniels
Representative Fred Strahorn
Representative John P. Hagan
Senator Larry A. Mumper
Representative Michael J. Skindell
Senator Jason H. Wilson
Senator Dale Miller

Oklahoma
Representative Dale DeWitt
Representative Don Armes
Representative Dennis Adkins
Representative Marian Cooksey
Representative John T. Enns
Representative Jeffrey W. Hickman
Representative Rob Johnson
Representative Fred Jordan
Representative Skye McNiel
Representative Ron Peters
Representative Brian Renegar
Representative Phil Richardson
Representative Wade Rousselot
Representative Jerry Shoemake
Representative Weldon Watson
Representative Purcy D. Walker
Kim Bishop, House Legal Division
Mary J. Mitts, Senate

Oregon
Representative Deborah Boone
Representative Ben Cannon
Representative Chris Edwards
Representative Bill Garrard
Representative Ron Maurer
Representative Arnie Roblan
Representative Brad Witt

Pennsylvania
Representative Carole A. Rubley
Representative Michael Gerber
Representative Richard T. Grucela
Representative Arthur D. Hershey
Representative Scott Perry
Representative Rosita C. Youngblood
Mark E. Brown, House of Representatives
Christian L. Soura, Senate
Barry L. Denk, Center for Rural Pennsylvania
Jay Howes, Republican Research Office

Puerto Rico
Representative Javier A. Rivera Aquino

Rhode Island
Representative Joseph N. Amaral
Representative Peter L. Lewiss
Representative Brian Patrick Kennedy
Senator V. Susan Sosnowski

South Carolina
Representative Michael A. Pitts
Representative Jeffrey D. Duncan
Kelly Bigham, South Carolina Senate
Scott Ramsey, Senate Medical Affairs Committee
Representative William D. Witherspoon
Paula G. Benson, Senate Judiciary Committee
Representative Dwight A. Loftis
Representative Harry F. Cato
Michael Couick, Senate Judiciary Committee
Representative Harry L. Ott Jr.
Regina West, South Carolina Senate
Nancy Coombs, South Carolina Senate
Jane Shuler, South Carolina Senate
Representative Robert S. Perry Jr.
Representative William E. Sandifer III
Senator Phil P. Leventis
Senator Joel B. Lourie
Senator Luke A. Rankin Sr.
Senator Daniel B. Verdin III

South Dakota
Representative Kristi Noem
Representative Thomas J. Brunner
Representative Burt Elliott
Representative Clayton Halverson
James Fry, Legislative Research Council
Speaker Thomas J. Deadrick
Representative Justin Davis
Representative Dave Sigdestad
Representative Dale Hargens
Senator Kenneth McNenny
Senator Gary D. Hanson
Representative Gordon Howie

Texas
Representative Mike Hamilton
Representative Eddie Rodriguez
Representative Wayne Smith
Representative Dennis Bonnen
Representative Charlie Geren
Representative David Farabee
Representative Jim McReynolds
Representative Charles Anderson
Representative George E. West
Representative Sylvester Turner
Representative Sid Miller
Representative Betty Brown
Representative Rick Hardcastle
Representative Myra Crownover
Representative Edmund Kuempel
Representative Warren Chisum
Representative Drew Darby
Senator Kip Averitt
Senator Craig Estes
Senator Glenn Hegar
Representative Jimmy Don Aycock
Representative Brandon Creighton
Representative Juan M. Garcia
Representative Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles
Representative Kelly Hancock
Representative Joe Heflin
Representative Ana E. Hernandez
Representative Phil King
Representative Joe Pickett

Utah
Senator Kevin T. Van Tassell
Senator Brent H. Goodfellow
Representative Tim M. Cosgrove
Stan Eckersley, Legislative Fiscal Analyst
Representative Ben C. Ferry
Representative Fred R. Hunsaker
Ivan Djambov, Legislative Fiscal Analyst Office
Mark Bleazard, Legislative Fiscal Analyst Office

Vermont
Representative David E. Zuckerman
Sara Teachout, Joint Fiscal Office
Representative Sarah R. Edwards
Samuel H. Burr, Legislative Council
Charles Alan Boright, Legislative Council
Representative Albert J. Perry
Representative Kristi Kurt Spengler

Virginia
Franklin Munyan, Division of Legislative Services
Senator Mary Margaret Whipple
Senator Robert Hurt
Senator Ralph S. Northam
Delegate Terry G. Kilgore
Delegate Kenneth R. Melvin
Delegate Samuel A. Nixon Jr.
Delegate Edward T. Scott
Delegate R. Lee Ware Jr.
Delegate James M. Shuler
Delegate Clarke N. Hogan
Delegate Albert C. Eisenberg
Senator Emmett W. Hanger Jr.
Senator John C. Watkins
Craig Burns, House Appropriations Committee
Martin Farber, Division of Legislative Services
Delegate Robert D. Orrock Sr.
Senator Frank M. Ruff Jr.
Neal Menkes, Senate Finance Committee
Clyde E. Cristman, Senate Finance Committee
Senator John S. Edwards

Washington
Senator Phil Rockefeller
Karen Terwilleger, House of Representatives
Jason Callahan, House of Representatives
Representative David Upthegrove
Representative Ed Orcutt
John Charba, House of Representatives
Senator Marilyn Rasmussen
Senator Harriet A. Spanel
Meg VanSchoorl, Cmtee on Econ Dev, Agriculture & Trade
Pam Madson, House Program Research Office
Representative Maralyn Chase
Representative John R. McCoy

West Virginia
Delegate Sam J. Argento
Delegate William F. Stemple
Delegate Michael Caputo
Delegate Barbara Evans Fleischauer
Senator William R. Sharpe Jr.
Senator Larry J. Edgell Jr.
Senator Karen L. Facemyer
Senator John Pat Fanning
Senator Randy White

Wisconsin
John Stolzenberg, Legislative Council
Senator Kathleen Vinehout
Representative Eugene Hahn

Wyoming
Representative Kathy Davison
Representative Lisa Shepperson
Senator Gerald E. Geis
Senator John J. Hines
Representative Sue Wallis
Representative Floyd A. Esquibel
David Gruver, Legislative Service Office