Management Case
There are eighteen standing committees:
Standing committees screen bills, hold public hearings, and report these bills favorably or unfavorably.
Group A standing committees meet Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Appropriations
Education
Environment
Finance, Revenue, & Bonding
Government Administration & Elections
Judiciary
Planning & Development
Transportation
Group B standing committees meet Tuesday and Thursday.
Banks
Energy & Technology
General Law
Human Services
Insurance & Real Estate
Labor & Public Employees
Public Health
Public Safety
Commerce
Higher Education & Employment
There are currently three select committees:
Aging
Children
Veterans Affairs
Like the standing committees, select committees carry out public hearings, issue reports on their findings, and create their own bills.
The main difference is that select committees do not report on bills to the entire legislature. Instead, they report to a specific standing committee.
Finally, there are four statutory committees:
Executive and Legislative Nominations considers and reports on all executive and legislative nominations requiring action by one or both chambers (except nominations of judges and workers compensation commissioners, which are considered by the Judiciary Committee).
Programs Review and Investigations conducts investigations requested by the General Assembly; reviews administrative agencies operations and practices to ascertain whether state programs are effective, serve their intended purpose, or require modification or elimination; and raises bills for corrective action.
Regulations Review reviews the regulations of administrative agencies; those it disapproves are submitted to the General Assembly to sustain or