NCSL Children, Families and Human Services Committee
Co-Chair: Senator Lisa Reynolds, Oregon
Co-Chair: Senator Julie VanOrden, Idaho
Vice Chair: Representative Melissa G. Ballard, Utah
Vice Chair: Representative Julie A. Casimiro, Rhode Island
Vice Chair: Senator Kay Kirkpatrick, Georgia
Vice Chair: Representative Dave Pinto, Minnesota
Staff Co-Chair: Patrick Benedikt Ashton, Nevada
Staff Co-Chair: Sean Faherty, Utah
Staff Vice Chair: Ben Payne, Kentucky
Staff Vice Chair: Jessie Pringle, Kansas
Staff Vice Chair: Shawna Richards, US Virgin Islands
Representative Sabi Kumar
Alabama
Senator April Weaver
Alaska
Representative Genevieve Mina
James Sexton
Senator Löki Tobin
Arkansas
Senator Greg Leding
Representative Stephen Magie
Representative Aaron Pilkington
Phil Price
Representative Jeff Wardlaw
California
Assemblymember Corey Jackson
Krista Pfefferkorn
Colorado
Senator Judy Amabile
Representative Mary Bradfield
Representative Brandi Bradley
Representative Kyle Brown
Christy B. Chase
Senator Lindsey Daugherty
Representative Regina English
Representative Lisa Feret
Representative Lorena Garcia
Representative Lori Garcia Sander
Representative Lindsay Gilchrist
Jennifer Gilroy
Representative Eliza Hamrick
Representative Anthony Hartsook
Senator Iman Jodeh
Representative Dusty Johnson
Representative Sheila Lieder
Senator Janice Marchman
Representative Karen McCormick
Senator Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Jane Ritter
Representative Gretchen Rydin
Representative Matt Soper
Representative Katie Stewart
Representative Tammy Story
Representative Brianna Titone
Representative Ron Weinberg
Senator Faith Winter
Connecticut
Neil A. Ayers
Dina Berlyn
Courtney Cullinan
Nicole Dube
Senator Mae Flexer
Marie Grady
Melvette Hill
Elizabeth Keyes
James Orlando
Emily Shepard
Delaware
Senator Eric Buckson
Representative Kerri Evelyn Harris
Senator Kyra L. Hoffner
Senator Russell Huxtable
Senator S. Elizabeth Lockman
Senator Marie Pinkney
Senator Nicole Poore
Holly Vaughn Wagner
District of Columbia
Councilmember Brianne K. Nadeau
Georgia
Debra Brady
Senator Kay Kirkpatrick
Amber Mack
Hawaii
Representative Terez Amato
Senator Henry J.C. Aquino
Representative Lisa Marten
Representative Ikaika M. Olds
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
Senator Greg Walker
Iowa
Representative Michael Bergan
Representative Brooke Boden
Brad Trow
Kansas
Representative Barbara Ballard
Representative Doug Blex
Representative Ron Bryce
Senator Beverly Gossage
Senator Pat Pettey
Jessie Pringle
Kentucky
Senator Julie Raque Adams
Senator Karen Berg
Senator Danny Carroll
Representative Stephanie Ann Dietz
Senator Donald Douglas
Representative Daniel Elliott
Representative Samara Heavrin
Christopher Joffrion
Senator Stephen Meredith
Breanna Patterson
Ben Payne
Jessica Sharpe
Dana Simmons
DeeAnn Wenk
Louisiana
Senator Regina Ashford Barrow
Representative Stephanie H. Berault
Representative Emily Chenevert
Senator Heather Cloud
Representative Peter Egan
Representative Adrian Fisher
Drew Murray
Maine
Anna Broome
Representative Adam Lee
Representative Kristi Michele Mathieson
Representative Holly B. Stover
Maryland
Delegate J. Sandy Bartlett
Delegate Bonnie Cullison
Senator Guy Guzzone
Senator Antonio Hayes
Erin Hopwood
Senator J.B. Jennings
Delegate Dana Jones
Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke
Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk
Simon Powell
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg
Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes
Delegate Emily Shetty
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
Kathleen Louise Johnston-Calati
Kevin Koorstra
Maya Lowry
John Maxwell
Viola Wild
Minnesota
Doug Berg
Representative Nathan Coulter
Carlos Guereca
Representative Jessica Hanson
Representative Heather Keeler
Elisabeth Klarqvist
Steve McDaniel
Representative Dave Pinto
Representative Samantha Sencer-Mura
Mississippi
Senator Nicole Boyd
Senator Hob Bryan
Tracy R Day
Lonnie Edgar Jr.
Ronald M. Frith
Senator Rod Hickman
Senator John Horhn
Senator Chad McMahan
Senator David Parker
Senator Robin Robinson
Corbin Stanford
Senator Angela Turner-Ford
Missouri
Representative Tara Peters
Montana
Griffin Burns
Alexis Sandru
Adam Sechrist
Senator Mike Yakawich
Nebraska
Senator Beau Ballard
Senator Machaela Cavanaugh
Senator John A. Fredrickson
Senator Rick Holdcroft
Senator Megan Hunt
Senator Teresa J. Ibach
Senator Loren Lippincott
Senator Terrell McKinney
Senator Glen Meyer
Senator Merv Riepe
Senator Ashlei Spivey
Nevada
Patrick Benedikt Ashton
Assemblymember Tracy Brown-May
Assemblymember Cecelia Gonzalez
Assemblymember Gregory T. Hafen II
Assemblymember Duy Nguyen
New Hampshire
Representative Debra DeSimone
Michael Kane
Representative Erica Layon
Representative Wayne MacDonald
Senator Tim McGough
Representative Charles McMahon
Representative Mark Pearson
Kevin P. Ripple
Senator Victoria Sullivan
Representative Mary Jane Wallner
Representative Lucy Weber
New Jersey
Assemblymember Shavonda E. Sumter
New Mexico
Sabina Gaynor
Senator Martin Hickey
Kelly Klundt
Andrea Lazarow
Senator Linda M. Lopez
Senator Shannon D. Pinto
Charles Sallee
Senator Antoinette Sedillo Lopez
Senator William P. Soules
Senator Elizabeth Stefanics
Representative Elizabeth Thomson
New York
Assemblymember Deborah J. Glick
North Carolina
Representative William D. Brisson
Representative Tricia Ann Cotham
Sean Hamel
Jennifer Hillman
Senator Ralph Hise Jr.
Amy Jo Johnson
Joyce Jones
Representative Donnie Loftis
Theresa Matula
Representative Diane Wheatley
Representative Donna McDowell White
North Dakota
Representative Bert Anderson
Senator Sean Cleary
Senator Kathy Hogan
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
Representative Karen Brownlee
Senator Jerry Cirino
Representative Michele Grim
Senator Terry Johnson
Representative Meredith Lawson-Rowe
Representative Melanie Miller
Senator Mark Romanchuk
Representative C. Allison Russo
Representative Andrea White
Oklahoma
Senator John Haste
Representative Mark Lawson
Will Robinson
Senator Paul Rosino
Representative Marilyn Stark
Oregon
Senator Sara Gelser Blouin
Senator Lisa Reynolds
Rhode Island
Representative Julie A. Casimiro
Representative Grace Diaz
Representative John G. Edwards IV
Representative Arthur Handy
Representative Michelle E. McGaw
Representative Mary Ann Shallcross-Smith
Representative Tina L. Spears
Representative Teresa A. Tanzi
South Carolina
President Thomas C. Alexander
Paula G. Benson
Representative William Clyburn
Gene Hogan
Senator Brad Hutto
Senator Margie Bright Matthews
Speaker G. Murrell Smith Jr.
J. Mason Thomas
Senator Daniel B. Verdin III
South Dakota
Representative Erin Healy
Representative Mellissa Heermann
Representative David Kull
Representative Scott Moore
Representative Brian Mulder
Representative Taylor Rehfeldt
Tennessee
David Aguilera
Senator Richard Briggs
Senator Rusty Crowe
Representative Ron Gant
Debbie Gazzaway
Senator Ferrell Haile
Representative David Hawk
Representative Esther Helton-Haynes
Senator Becky Duncan Massey
Senator Shane Reeves
Jenny Ritchey
Representative Bryan Terry
Senator Dawn White
Texas
Sarah Akbar
Lauren Ames
Shannon Berry
Yvonne Danae Bush
Dayleen Chery
Jessica Connaughton
Lauren Cooper
Kathy Dunham
Kaylei Elworth
Erick Fajardo
Krissie Farmer
Mackenzie Fitzgerald
Alina Maria Flasinska
John Garza
Matthew Hodgson
Emma Johnson
Senator Lois Kolkhorst
Mark Kuster
Reece LeClair
Stephen Loomis
Kelly Lowe
Melissa MacNeil
John Mistrot
Libby Murphy
Sonia Paauwe
Brittany Peters
Scott Riegel
Kristine Rodriguez
Senaida San Miguel
Elizabeth Shannon
Allison Zaby
US Virgin Islands
Senator Angel L. Bolques
Senator Ray Fonseca
Senator Marise C. James
Shawna Richards
Utah
Representative Melissa G. Ballard
Senator Luz Escamilla
Sean Faherty
Russell Frandsen
Representative Karianne Lisonbee
Senator Ann Millner
Senator Kathleen Riebe
Lisa Sorensen
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
Delegate Shelly A. Simonds
Delegate Kathy K.L. Tran
Senator Angelia Williams Graves
Washington
Representative Lisa Callan
Senator Paul Harris
Representative Alicia Rule
West Virginia
Delegate Adam Burkhammer
Senator Amy N. Grady
Delegate Michael Hite
Jeff Johnson
Delegate Jonathan Pinson
Charles Roskovensky
Delegate Evan Worrell
Wisconsin
Senator Jesse James
Representative Scott Krug
Brian Larson
Steven McCarthy
Amber Otis
Melissa Schmidt
Representative Lisa Subeck
Wyoming
Representative Ivan D. Posey
Ian Shaw