Environment Committee, Connecticut General Assembly

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The Environment Committee is a joint standing committee of the Connecticut General Assembly and contains members of the Senate and the House. In the Connecticut Legislature, there are no separate chamber committees.

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Per each chamber's rules, committees of the Connecticut General Assembly are assigned by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House. Committees are assigned by the fifth regular session day of the first year of the term.[1][2] The President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate and the House are considered ex officio members of all committees.[3]

DocumentIcon.jpg See rules: Senate Rules
 DocumentIcon.jpg See rules: House Rules
 DocumentIcon.jpg See rules: Joint Rules

Function

“ The Environment Committee has cognizance of those matters relating to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection that include conservation, recreation, pollution control, fisheries and game, state parks and forests, water resources and flood and erosion control; and all matters relating to the Department of Agriculture, including farming, dairy products and domestic animals.[4][5] ”

Membership

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes yearly updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: [email protected]

2021-2022 legislative session

Environment Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (21) Republican members (11) Third-party members(0)

2017 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Environment Members, 2017
Democratic members (16)Republican members (14)
• Ted Kennedy, Jr., Co-chair• Craig Miner, Co-chair
• Mike Demicco, Co-chair• Stephen Harding, Jr., Ranking member
• Mae Flexer, Vice chair• Heather Somers, Vice chair
• Joe Gresko, Vice chair• Gary Byron
• David Arconti, Jr.• Devin R. Carney
• Dorinda Keenan Borer• Doug Dubitsky
• Patricia Dillon• Adam Dunsby
• Liz Linehan• Ben McGorty
• Mary Mushinsky• Cara Christine Pavalock
• Geraldo Reyes• John Piscopo
• Kevin Ryan• Prasad Srinivasan
• Ezequiel Santiago• Mark Tweedie
• Derek Slap• David Wilson
• William Tong• Melissa Ziobron
• Edwin Vargas
• Christopher Ziogas

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

2013-2014

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

2011-2012

2009-2010

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ State of Connecticut General Assembly, "Resolution Concerning the Rules of the Senate," accessed February 18, 2021
  2. ↑ State of Connecticut General Assembly, "Resolution Concerning the House Rules," accessed February 18, 2021
  3. ↑ State of Connecticut General Assembly, "Resolution Concerning the Joint Rules of the Senate and the House of Representatives," accessed February 18, 2021
  4. ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Environment Committee," accessed March 2, 2021
  5. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.


Current members of the Connecticut State Senate
Leadership
Majority Leader:Bob Duff
Minority Leader:Stephen Harding
Senators
District 1
District 2
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District 4
MD Rahman (D)
District 5
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Bob Duff (D)
District 26
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District 33
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District 35
District 36
Democratic Party (24)
Republican Party (12)


Current members of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Matthew Ritter
Majority Leader:Jason Rojas
Minority Leader:Vincent Candelora
Representatives
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Pat Boyd (D)
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Kurt Vail (R)
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Jay Case (R)
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Joe Hoxha (R)
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Tom O'Dea (R)
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Fred Gee (D)
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Democratic Party (98)
Republican Party (53)

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