NCSL Environment Committee Roster

Committee Officers & NCSL Staff // Committee Members

Committee Description

This committee has jurisdiction over state and federal natural resources legislation, regulations 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:

Air Quality-Multipollutant Strategies
Global Warming: State and Federal Actions
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Environmental Regulations
Product Stewardship
Water Resource Management: Water Quality, Wetlands Restoration, and Water Allocation-Dispute Resolution
Conservation
Land Management

NCSL Environment Committee

Chair: Senator Mary Margaret Whipple, Virginia
Vice Chair: Honorable Jackie Dingfelder, Oregon
Vice Chair: Honorable Pricey Harrison, North Carolina
Vice Chair: Honorable Karen May, Illinois
Vice Chair: Honorable Lynn Ratigan Smith, Georgia
Immediate Past Chair: Honorable Beverly Gard, Indiana
Staff Chair: George Givens, North Carolina
Staff Vice Chair: Thomas Hamby, Florida
Staff Vice Chair: Larry Novey, Florida
Staff Vice Chair: John Stolzenberg, Wisconsin
Immediate Past Staff Chair: Scott Young, Nevada

NCSL CONTACTS: Linda Sikkema (Denver) 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
Senator Wendell Mitchell

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

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

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

California
Honorable Mark DeSaulnier
Honorable 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
Senator Ken Kester
Representative Ray J. Rose
Honorable Kathleen Curry
Senator Jim Isgar
Senator Jack Taylor
Honorable Jerry Sonnenberg

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Maine
Honorable Deborah L. Simpson
Honorable Philip L. Bartlett II
Honorable Roger L. Sherman
Honorable Herbert C. Adams
Honorable Lawrence Bliss
Honorable Mark E. Bryant
Honorable Patrick S. Flood
Honorable Stacey Allen Fitts
Honorable Jon Hinck
Representative Theodore Koffman
Representative Jacqueline A. Lundeen
Representative David Miramant
Honorable John F. Piotti
Honorable Kimberley C. Rosen
Honorable 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
Delegate Dereck E. Davis
Kelly G. Dincau, Dept of Legislative Services/Ofc of Policy Analysis
Delegate Gail H. Bates
Delegate Herman L. Taylor II
Senator George C. Edwards
Delegate Jon S. Cardin
Delegate Rudolph C. Cane
Senator E.J. Pipkin
Senator Thomas McLain Middleton
Delegate Michael H. Weir Jr.
Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo
Delegate Barbara A. Frush
Delegate Virginia P. Clagett
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
Senator Raymond E. Basham
Senator Patricia L. Birkholz
Senator Liz Brater
Senator Dennis Olshove
Senator Michael Prusi
Senator Ron Jelinek
Honorable Barbara Byrum
Honorable Terry L. Brown
Representative Judy Emmons
Honorable Goeff Hansen
Representative Kathleen Law
Honorable Mark S. Meadows
Representative Neal Nitz
Representative Lorence Wenke

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 Dennis Ozment
Honorable Karen Clark
Honorable Bob Dettmer
Honorable Kent Eken
Representative Paul Gardner
Representative Bud Heidgerken
Honorable Alice Hausman
Honorable Rick Hansen
Honorable Joe Hoppe
Honorable Al Juhnke
Honorable Doug Magnus
Representative Aaron Peterson
Representative Kathy Tingelstad
Honorable Dean Urdahl
Honorable Jean Wagenius
Honorable Andy Welti
Jim Reinholdz, House of Representatives

Mississippi
Gwennetta Tatum, House of Representatives
Representative Tyrone Ellis
Representative Herbert D. Frierson
Representative John Wesley Hines Sr.
Oona McKenzie, House of Representatives
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith

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

Montana
Honorable Sue Dickenson
Honorable George G. Groesbeck
Representative William G. Thomas
Honorable Edward B. Butcher
Honorable Gordon R. Hendrick
Honorable Harry W. Klock
Senator Ken Hansen
Honorable Steve Gallus
Senator Larry Jent
Senator Greg Lind
Senator Don Ryan
Senator Rick Laible
Senator Jim Peterson
Honorable 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
Honorable Michael A. Schneider
Honorable John C. Carpenter
Honorable Jerry D. Claborn
Honorable Pete Goicoechea
Honorable Joseph Hogan
Scott Young, Legislative Counsel Bureau
Senator Mark E. Amodei
Honorable Dean A. Rhoads
Senator Warren B. Hardy
Honorable John Jay Lee

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

New York
Honorable Carl L. Marcellino

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

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

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

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

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

Pennsylvania
Representative Carole A. Rubley
Honorable Michael Gerber
Honorable Richard T. Grucela
Representative Arthur D. Hershey
Honorable Scott Perry
Honorable 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 Peter L. Lewiss
Honorable Brian Patrick Kennedy
Honorable V. Susan Sosnowski
Representative Joseph N. Amaral

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

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

Tennessee
Honorable Brenda Gilmore

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

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

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

Virginia
Senator Emmett W. Hanger Jr.
Delegate James M. Shuler
Delegate Clarke N. Hogan
Delegate Albert C. Eisenberg
Senator John C. Watkins
Craig Burns, House Appropriations Committee
Senator Frank M. Ruff Jr.
Neal Menkes, Senate Finance Committee
Delegate Robert D. Orrock Sr.
Martin Farber, Division of Legislative Services
Clyde E. Cristman, Senate Finance Committee
Senator John S. Edwards
Franklin Munyan, Division of Legislative Services
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.
Senator Mary Margaret Whipple

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

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

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

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