Government Operations Committee, Tennessee State Legislature

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The Government Operations Committee is a joint committee of the Tennessee General Assembly.

Per Section 80 of the Senate Rules, rules pertaining to joint committees are governed by Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure.[1] The Committee Rules of the House do not address joint committees, but House Rule 79 states that any questions about the rules of the House are to be governed by the most recent edition of Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure.[2][1] The Senate Rules allow for members to vote by houses if the House of Representatives and the State Senate committees or subcommittees meet jointly and there is a quorum present.[1][2]

DocumentIcon.jpg See rules: House Permanent Rules of Order
 DocumentIcon.jpg See rules: Senate Rules of Order

Function

“ Responsible for legislation concerning the creation of new departments, commissions, boards, agencies or councils of state government; the reauthorization of existing departments, commissions, boards, agencies or councils of state government; licensing and/or certification of occupational and/or professional groups; and review of regulations promulgated by Tennessee departments, commissions, boards or agencies.[3][4] ”

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: editor@ballotpedia.org

2019-2020 legislative session

Government Operations Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (4) Republican members (20) Third-party members(0)

2017 legislative session

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

Government Operations Members, 2017
Democratic members (4)Republican members (16)
• Craig Fitzhugh• Jeremy Faison, Chair
• Bo Mitchell• Mike Bell, Chair
• Mike Stewart• John Ragan, Vice chair
• Thelma Harper• Ed Jackson, Vice chair
• Jon Lundberg, Vice chair
• Kent Calfee
• Glen Casada
• Curtis Halford
• Dan Howell
• Curtis Johnson
• Ryan Williams
• Mae Beavers
• Janice Bowling
• Rusty Crowe
• Kerry Roberts
• Steve Southerland

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

The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 State of Tennessee, "Rules of Order of the Senate for the One Hundred Twelfth General Assembly," February 22, 2021(Section 80)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 State of Tennessee 112th General Assembly, "Permanent Rules of Order," accessed February 23, 2021
  3. ↑ Tennessee General Assembly, "Joint Committee - Government Operations," accessed February 23, 2021
  4. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.


Current members of the Tennessee State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:Randy McNally
Minority Leader:Raumesh Akbari
Senators
District 1
J. Lowe (R)
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
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District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
Bo Watson (R)
District 12
Ken Yager (R)
District 13
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Mark Pody (R)
District 18
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District 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
Sara Kyle (D)
District 31
District 32
Paul Rose (R)
District 33
Republican Party (27)
Democratic Party (6)



Current members of the Tennessee House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Cameron Sexton
Majority Leader:William Lamberth
Minority Leader:Karen Camper
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
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District 6
Tim Hicks (R)
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District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
Tim Rudd (R)
District 35
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Ed Butler (R)
District 42
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Pat Marsh (R)
District 63
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District 74
Jay Reedy (R)
District 75
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Joe Towns (D)
District 85
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District 92
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District 94
Ron Gant (R)
District 95
District 96
District 97
District 98
District 99
Republican Party (75)
Democratic Party (24)


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