Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, South Carolina State Senate
The Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee is a standing committee of the South Carolina State Senate.
Per Section 19 (d) of the Senate Rules, committees of the South Carolina State Senate are assigned through self-selection by Senate members. For committee selection, the Clerk of the Senate will make a list of all Senate members in the order of length of service and the members with the longest continuous service will select first. This process will continue until all members are assigned. Committees are assigned at the start of the new session following the election of Senate members.[1] The chairperson of each standing committee will be the senior member of the committee from the majority party. If a vacancy were to occur in the chairmanship of a standing committee, then the next most senior member from the majority party would take over.[2]
See rules: Rules of the Senate of South Carolina
Function
According to Rule 19 of the Senate Rules, the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee has jurisdiction over the following titles of the South Carolina Code of Laws:
| “ | Titles 4 (county fairs), 39 (agricultural and food products), 46, 47, 48 (land resources, soil and water conservation, mining, oil and gas, and wetlands), and 49[3][4] | ” |
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
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Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (11) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (11) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (10) | 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.
| Agriculture and Natural Resources Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (10) | |||
| • Kent Williams, South Carolina Senator | • Daniel Verdin, Chair | |||
| • Vincent Sheheen | • Shane Massey | |||
| • Ronnie Sabb | • Wes Climer | |||
| • John Matthews | • Stephen Goldfinch, Jr. | |||
| • Thomas McElveen | • Sandy Senn | |||
| • Glenn Reese | • Greg Hembree | |||
| • Mike Fanning | • Paul Campbell | |||
| • Greg Gregory | ||||
| • Rex Rice | ||||
| • Scott Talley | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (10) | |||
| • Bradley Hutto | • Daniel B. Verdin, III, Chair | |||
| • Creighton B. Coleman | • Kevin L. Bryant | |||
| • J. Thomas McElveen, III | • Paul G. Campbell, Jr. | |||
| • John W. Matthews, Jr. | • Chauncey K. Gregory | |||
| • Kent M. Williams | • Greg Hembree | |||
| • Vincent A. Sheheen | • Tom Young, Jr. | |||
| • Ronnie Sabb | • Lawrence K. "Larry" Grooms | |||
| • A. Shane Massey | ||||
| • Thomas D. "Tom" Corbin | ||||
| • Katrina Frye Shealy | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (10) | |||
| • J. Yancey McGill | • Daniel B. Verdin, III, Chair | |||
| • Creighton B. Coleman | • Kevin L. Bryant | |||
| • J. Thomas McElveen, III | • Paul G. Campbell, Jr. | |||
| • John W. Matthews, Jr. | • Chauncey K. Gregory | |||
| • Kent M. Williams | • Greg Hembree | |||
| • Vincent A. Sheheen | • Tom Young, Jr. | |||
| • Kevin L. Johnson | • Lawrence K. "Larry" Grooms | |||
| • A. Shane Massey | ||||
| • Thomas D. "Tom" Corbin | ||||
| • Katrina Frye Shealy | ||||
2011-2012
| Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (9) | |||
| • Dick Elliott | • Daniel Verdin, Chairman | |||
| • Brad Hutto | • Lee Bright | |||
| • Phil Leventis | • Kevin Bryant | |||
| • John Matthews | • Paul Campbell | |||
| • John McGill | • George Campsen | |||
| • Vincent Sheheen | • Tom Davis | |||
| • Kent Williams, South Carolina Senator | • Lawrence Grooms | |||
| • John Knotts | ||||
| • Mike Rose | ||||
2009-2010
| Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (10) | |||
| • Kent Williams | • Daniel Verdin | |||
| • Vincent Sheheen | • Mike Rose | |||
| • John McGill | • Mick Mulvaney | |||
| • John Matthews | • John Knotts | |||
| • Phil Leventis | • Lawrence Grooms | |||
| • Brad Hutto | • Tom Davis | |||
| • Dick Elliott | • George Campsen | |||
| • Paul Campbell | ||||
| • Kevin Bryant | ||||
| • Lee Bright | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ South Carolina State Legislature, "Rules of the Senate of South Carolina," accessed February 22, 2021(Rule 19 (d))
- ↑ South Carolina State Legislature, "Rules of the Senate of South Carolina," accessed February 22, 2021(Rule 19 (e))
- ↑ South Carolina State Legislature, "Rules of the Senate of South Carolina (Rule 19)," accessed March 2, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
