Finance Committee, Washington House of Representatives
The Finance Committee is a standing committee of the Washington House of Representatives.
Per Rule 24 of the House Rules, committee members of the House of Representatives are selected by the caucus of each party.[1] The chairs of the committees are selected by the majority party caucus.[1] Standing committees of the House have the power to issue commissions for the examination of witnesses, the power to administer oaths, and the powers of subpoena.[2] The debate by any standing committee on a measure is open to the public.[3]
See rules: House Rules
Function
The Finance Committee considers topics including, but not limited to:
“ | issues relating to state and local revenues, such as increases or decreases in taxes; exemptions from taxes; and changes in the administration of taxes. (Note: Issues involving revenue for transportation purposes, such as gasoline taxes, are usually considered by the House Transportation Committee.) [4][5] | ” |
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
Finance Committee, 2023-2024 |
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Democratic members (9) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
Finance Committee, 2021-2022 |
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (6) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
Finance Committee, 2019-2020 |
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Democratic members (8) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members(0) |
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Jeff Morris (D) left this committee on January 06, 2020.
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
Finance Members, 2017 | ||||
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Democratic members (6) | Republican members (5) | |||
• Kristine Lytton, Chair | • Terry Nealey | |||
• Noel Frame, Vice chair | • Ed Orcutt | |||
• Laurie Dolan | • Cary Condotta | |||
• Gerry Pollet | • Drew Stokesbary | |||
• Larry Springer | • J.T. Wilcox | |||
• Sharon Wylie |
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
Finance Members, 2015 | ||||
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Democratic members (9) | Republican members (7) | |||
• Reuven Carlyle, Chair | • Terry Nealey, Ranking Minority Member | |||
• Steve Tharinger, Vice-Chair | • Ed Orcutt, Assistant Ranking Minority Member | |||
• Joe Fitzgibbon | • Cary Condotta | |||
• Gerry Pollet | • Matt Manweller | |||
• Chris Reykdal | • Drew Stokesbary | |||
• June Robinson | • Brandon Vick | |||
• Cindy Ryu | • J.T. Wilcox | |||
• Larry Springer | ||||
• Sharon Wylie |
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
Finance Members, 2013 | ||||
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Democratic members (8) | Republican members (5) | |||
• Reuven Carlyle, Chair | • Terry Nealey | |||
• Steve Tharinger, Vice chair | • Ed Orcutt | |||
• Joe Fitzgibbon | • Cary Condotta | |||
• Drew Hansen | • Brandon Vick | |||
• Kristine Lytton | • J.T. Wilcox | |||
• Gerry Pollet | ||||
• Chris Reykdal | ||||
• Larry Springer |
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Washington State Legislature, "House Rules," accessed February 21, 2021 (Rule 24)
- ↑ Washington State Legislature, "House Rules," accessed February 21, 2021(Rule 26)
- ↑ Washington State Legislature, "House Rules," accessed February 21, 2021(Rule 25)
- ↑ Washington State Legislature, "House Finance Committee," accessed March 2, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.