Environment and Agriculture Committee, Rhode Island State Senate
The Environment and Agriculture Committee is a standing committee of the Rhode Island State Senate.
Per Section 5 of the Senate Rules, committees of the Rhode Island State Senate are assigned by the President of the Senate.[1] Senators are appointed to standing committees every two years. Each standing committee is made up of the President of the Senate and the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate.[1] These three leaders are considered to be ex officio members with voting rights in all committees. Any vacancies that have occurred shall be filled by the President of the Senate.[2] The President of the Senate has the power to appoint the chair, vice chair, and secretary among the membership of each committee.[3]
See rules: Senate Rules
Function
| “ | It shall be the duty of the committee on environment and agriculture to consider the appointments of the governor referred to it by the senate which require the advice and consent of the senate and all legislation and matters relating to the conservation of the air, land, water, plant, animal, mineral and other natural resources of the state, and to adopt all means necessary and proper by law to protect the natural environment of the people of the state by providing adequate resource planning for the control and regulation of the use of the natural resources of the state and for the preservation, regeneration, and restoration of the natural environment of the state, to maintain oversight over the application, execution and operation of the laws within its jurisdiction and to consider such other matters as may be referred to it by the senate.[4][5] | ” |
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
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Environment and Agriculture Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (1) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Environment and Agriculture Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (1) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Environment and Agriculture Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (1) | Third-party members(0) |
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Environment and Agriculture Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (1) | |||
| • V. Susan Sosnowski, Chair | • Nicholas Kettle | |||
| • William Conley Jr., Vice chair | ||||
| • Steve Archambault | ||||
| • Jeanine Calkin | ||||
| • Cynthia Armour Coyne | ||||
| • Joshua Miller | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Environment and Agriculture Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (1) | |||
| • V. Susan Sosnowski, Chair | • Nicholas Kettle | |||
| • William J. Conley, Jr., Vice-Chair | ||||
| • Gayle L. Goldin, Secretary | ||||
| • Steve Archambault | ||||
| • Cynthia Armour Coyne | ||||
| • Maryellen Goodwin | ||||
| • William Walaska | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Environment and Agriculture Committee Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • V. Susan Sosnowski, Chair | • Nicholas D. Kettle, Secretary | |||
| • William A. Walaska, Vice Chair | • David E. Bates | |||
| • Maryellen Goodwin | ||||
| • Gayle L. Goldin | ||||
| • Catherine Cool Rumsey | ||||
| • William J. Conley, Jr. | ||||
| • Stephen R. Archambault | ||||
2011-2012
| Environment and Agriculture Committee Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Daniel Da Ponte | • David Bates, Rhode Island Senator | |||
| • Maryellen Goodwin | • Nicholas Kettle | |||
| • V. Susan Sosnowski | ||||
| • Michael McCaffrey | ||||
| • William Walaska | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rhode Island State Legislature, "2019-2020 -- S 0250 Substitute A," accessed February 21, 2021(Section 5.2)
- ↑ Rhode Island State Legislature, "2019-2020 -- S 0250 Substitute A," accessed February 21, 2021(Section 5.3)
- ↑ Rhode Island State Legislature, "2019-2020 -- S 0250 Substitute A," accessed February 21, 2021(Section 5.4)
- ↑ Rhode Island State Legislature, "2019-2020 -- S 0250 Substitute A," accessed February 21, 2021(Section 5.1-9)
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
