NCSL Children, Families and Human Services Committee
Co-Chair: Senator Joan Ballweg, Wisconsin
Co-Chair: Representative Lisa Reynolds, Oregon
Vice Chair: Representative Julie A. Casimiro, Rhode Island
Vice Chair: Senator Kay Kirkpatrick, Georgia
Vice Chair: Representative Dave Pinto, Minnesota
Vice Chair: Senator Julie VanOrden, Idaho
Staff Co-Chair: Patrick Benedikt Ashton, Nevada
Staff Co-Chair: Sean Faherty, Utah
Staff Vice Chair: Shawna Richards, US Virgin Islands
Alabama
Senator April Weaver
Alaska
Representative Andy Josephson
Representative Genevieve Mina
James Sexton
Senator David Wilson
Arkansas
Representative Deborah Ferguson
Senator Greg Leding
Representative Stephen Magie
Representative Aaron Pilkington
Phil Price
Representative Jeff Wardlaw
California
Gail Gronert
Assemblymember Corey Jackson
Krista Pfefferkorn
Colorado
Representative Judy Amabile
Ms Kate Blackman
Representative Mary Bradfield
Representative Brandi Bradley
Representative Kyle Brown
Christy B. Chase
Representative Lindsey Daugherty
Representative Regina English
Senator Rhonda Fields
Representative Lorena Garcia
Jennifer Gilroy
Senator Joann Ginal
Representative Eliza Hamrick
Representative Anthony Hartsook
Representative Richard Holtorf
Representative Iman Jodeh
Representative Chris Kennedy
Representative Karen McCormick
Senator Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Representative David Ortiz
Jane Ritter
Representative Matt Soper
Representative Tammy Story
Representative Brianna Titone
Representative Ron Weinberg
Senator Faith Winter
Representative Mary Young
Connecticut
Neil A. Ayers
Dina Berlyn
Courtney Cullinan Grasso
Nicole Dube
Senator Mae Flexer
Marie Grady
Melvette Hill
Elizabeth Keyes
James Orlando
Emily Shepard
Delaware
Senator Eric Buckson
Representative Kerri Evelyn Harris
Senator Sarah McBride
Senator Marie Pinkney
Holly Vaughn Wagner
District of Columbia
Councilmember Vincent Gray
Councilmember Brianne K. Nadeau
Georgia
Tara Boockholdt
Debra Brady
Senator Kay Kirkpatrick
Hawaii
Representative Terez Amato
Senator Henry J.C. Aquino
Senator Joy A. San Buenaventura
Idaho
Elizabeth Bowen
Senator Kevin Cook
Senator Julie VanOrden
Illinois
Senator Lakesia Collins
Senator Mattie Hunter
Clayton Klenke
Representative Lindsey LaPointe
Representative Anna Moeller
Angie Sidles
Representative Anne Stava-Murray
Indiana
Senator Vaneta Becker
Trent Glass
Erik Gonzalez
Casey Kline
Representative Vanessa Summers
Representative Dennis Zent
Iowa
Representative Michael Bergan
Representative Brooke Boden
Brad Trow
Kansas
Representative Doug Blex
Representative Ron Bryce
Representative Susan Concannon
Representative John Eplee
Senator Beverly Gossage
Representative Brenda Landwehr
Senator Pat Pettey
Senator Mark Steffen
Kentucky
Senator Julie Raque Adams
Representative Danny Bentley
Senator Karen Berg
Senator Danny Carroll
Representative Daniel Elliott
Christopher Joffrion
Senator Stephen Meredith
Breanna Patterson
Ben Payne
Jessica Sharpe
Dana Simmons
DeeAnn Wenk
Louisiana
Senator Regina Ashford Barrow
Senator Heather Cloud
Drew Murray
Maine
Anna Broome
Representative Holly B. Stover
Maryland
Delegate Bonnie Cullison
Senator Guy Guzzone
Senator Antonio Hayes
Erin Hopwood
Senator J.B. Jennings
Senator Ariana B. Kelly
Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke
Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk
Simon Powell
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg
Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes
Senator Mary Washington
Massachusetts
Senator Nick Collins Sr.
Senator John Cronin
Senator Julian Cyr
Representative Marjorie C. Decker
Senator Lydia Edwards
Senator Cindy Friedman
Senator Robyn Kennedy
Senator Jason M. Lewis
Senator Joan B. Lovely
Ernestina Mendes
Senator Jacob R. Oliveira
Senator Pavel Payano
Senator Rebecca L. Rausch
Lisa Rosenfeld
Senator John C. Velis
Johanna Wakelin
Michigan
Humphrey Akujobi
Lorna Beard
Kevin Koorstra
John Maxwell
Viola Wild
Minnesota
Doug Berg
Carlos Guereca
Representative Heather Keeler
Elisabeth Klarqvist
Steve McDaniel
Representative Dave Pinto
Mississippi
Senator Hob Bryan
Tracy R Day
Lonnie Edgar Jr.
Ronald M. Frith
Senator John Horhn
Senator Chad McMahan
Corbin Stanford
Missouri
Representative Tara Peters
Representative Robert Sauls
Representative Mike Stephens
Montana
Griffin Burns
Representative Jennifer Carlson
Senator Chris Friedel
Senator Dennis Lenz
Alexis Sandru
Representative Mike Yakawich
Nebraska
Senator Raymond M. Aguilar
Senator Beau Ballard
Senator John A. Fredrickson
Senator Megan Hunt
Senator Teresa J. Ibach
Senator Loren Lippincott
Senator Terrell McKinney
Senator Merv Riepe
Senator Justin Wayne
Nevada
Patrick Benedikt Ashton
Assemblymember Cecelia Gonzalez
Assemblymember Michelle Gorelow
Assemblymember Gregory T. Hafen II
Assemblymember Sarah Peters
New Hampshire
Mike Hoffman
Michael Kane
Representative Erica Layon
Representative Wayne MacDonald
Representative James MacKay
Representative Tim McGough
Representative Charles McMahon
Representative James Murphy
Representative Mark Pearson
Kevin P. Ripple
Representative Alexis Simpson
New Jersey
Assemblymember Herb Conaway Jr.
Assemblymember Shavonda E. Sumter
New Mexico
Sabina Gaynor
Senator Martin Hickey
Kelly Klundt
Andrea Lazarow
Senator Linda M. Lopez
Senator Bill B. O'Neill
Senator Gerald Ortiz y Pino
Senator Shannon D. Pinto
Senator Nancy Rodriguez
Charles Sallee
Senator Gregg Schmedes
Senator Antoinette Sedillo Lopez
Senator William P. Soules
Senator Elizabeth Stefanics
Representative Elizabeth Thomson
New York
Assemblymember Taylor Darling
Assemblymember Deborah J. Glick
North Carolina
Representative William D. Brisson
Sean Hamel
Jennifer Hillman
Senator Ralph Hise Jr.
Amy Jo Johnson
Joyce Jones
Theresa Matula
North Dakota
Representative Bert Anderson
Senator Sean Cleary
Senator Kathy Hogan
Senator Curt Kreun
Senator Judy Lee
Representative Karen M. Rohr
Representative Matthew Ruby
Representative Mary Schneider
Ohio
Senator Nickie J. Antonio
Senator Louis W. Blessing III
Senator Andrew O. Brenner
Representative Darnell T. Brewer
Senator Jerry Cirino
Representative Michele Grim
Senator Terry Johnson
Senator Stephanie Kunze
Senator Mark Romanchuk
Oklahoma
Senator John Haste
Representative Mark Lawson
Senator Greg McCortney
Representative Randy Randleman
Will Robinson
Senator Paul Rosino
Representative Marilyn Stark
Oregon
Senator Sara Gelser Blouin
Representative Lisa Reynolds
Senator Elizabeth Steiner
Puerto Rico
President Jose L. Dalmau Santiago
Senator Marially Gonzalez Huertas
Senator Ruben Soto Rivera
Senator Rosamar Trujillo Plumey
Rhode Island
Representative Julie A. Casimiro
Representative Grace Diaz
Representative John G. Edwards IV
Representative Arthur Handy
Representative Michelle E. McGaw
Senator Joshua Miller
South Carolina
President Thomas C. Alexander
Paula G. Benson
Representative William Clyburn
Gene Hogan
Senator Brad Hutto
Senator Margie Bright Matthews
Senator Katrina Frye Shealy
Speaker G. Murrell Smith Jr.
J. Mason Thomas
Senator Daniel B. Verdin III
South Dakota
Senator Bryan Breitling
Representative Erin Healy
Representative Mellissa Heermann
Senator Jean Hunhoff
Representative David Kull
Representative Scott Moore
Representative Brian Mulder
Representative Taylor Rehfeldt
Tennessee
Erwin David Aguilera
Senator Richard Briggs
Senator Rusty Crowe
Representative Ron Gant
Debbie Gazzaway
Senator Ferrell Haile
Representative David Hawk
Representative Esther Helton-Haynes
Representative Sabi Kumar
Senator Becky Duncan Massey
Senator Shane Reeves
Jenny Ritchey
Representative Bryan Terry
Texas
Sarah Akbar
Lauren Ames
Shannon Berry
Yvonne Danae Bush
Jessica Connaughton
Lauren Cooper
Kathy Dunham
Lana Elserag
Kaylei Elworth
Erick Fajardo
Krissie Farmer
Mackenzie Fitzgerald
Alina Maria Flasinska
John Garza
Matthew Hodgson
Emma Johnson
Senator Lois Kolkhorst
Mark Kuster
Stephen Loomis
Kelly Lowe
Melissa MacNeil
John Mistrot
Libby Murphy
Sonia Paauwe
Brittany Peters
Kristine Rodriguez
Senaida San Miguel
Elizabeth Shannon
Allison Zaby
US Virgin Islands
Shawna Richards
Utah
Senator Luz Escamilla
Sean Faherty
Russell Frandsen
Senator Ann Millner
Senator Kathleen Riebe
Senator Scott D. Sandall
Senator Evan J. Vickers
Senator Ronald Winterton
Vermont
Representative Elizabeth Burrows
Jennifer Carbee
Representative Leslie Goldman
Nolan Langweil
Joyce Manchester
Katie McLinn
Virginia
Senator Jennifer B. Boysko
Senator Barbara A. Favola
Senator Mamie E. Locke
Senator L. Louise Lucas
Jeff Lunardi
Susan Massart
Senator Tammy Mulchi
Senator Todd E. Pillion
Washington
Representative Lisa Callan
Representative Paul Harris
Representative Alicia Rule
Representative Tana Senn
West Virginia
Senator Amy N. Grady
Jeff Johnson
Charles Roskovensky
Wisconsin
Senator Joan Ballweg
Senator Jesse James
Representative Scott Krug
Brian Larson
Steven McCarthy
Amber Otis
Melissa Schmidt
Representative Lisa Subeck