Public Safety Committee, Virginia House of Delegates
The Public Safety Committee is a standing committee of the Virginia House of Delegates.
Per the House Rules, committees of the Virginia House of Delegates are assigned by the Speaker of the House. The Speaker also appoints each committee chair and vice-chair. No member may serve as chair or vice-chair on more than one committee except for the Speaker, who automatically serves as the House Rules Committee chair. Each committee is apportioned based on the proportion of majority and minority party members in the House.[1][2] A majority of appointed members constitutes a quorum.[3]
See rules: House Rules
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
Public Safety Committee, 2023-2024 |
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Democratic members (8) | Republican members (12) | Third-party members(0) |
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2020-2021 legislative session
Public Safety Committee, 2020-2021 |
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Democratic members (13) | Republican members (9) | Third-party members(0) |
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2016 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2016 legislative session.
Militia, Police and Public Safety Members, 2016 | ||||
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Democratic members (7) | Republican members (15) | |||
• Roz Tyler | • Scott Lingamfelter, Chair | |||
• Patrick Hope | • Tommy Wright, Vice-Chair | |||
• Kaye Kory | • Ben Cline | |||
• Alfonso Lopez | • C. Todd Gilbert | |||
• Marcus Simon | • James Morefield | |||
• S. "Sam" Rasoul | • James Edmunds, II | |||
• John Bell (Virginia) | • Tony Wilt | |||
• Michael Webert | ||||
• Rick Morris | ||||
• Matt Fariss | ||||
• Israel O'Quinn | ||||
• Chris Head | ||||
• Larry Rush | ||||
• Buddy Fowler | ||||
• Glenn Davis (Virginia) |
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
Militia, Police and Public Safety Members, 2015 | ||||
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Democratic members (7) | Republican members (15) | |||
• Roz Tyler | • Scott Lingamfelter, Chair | |||
• Patrick Hope | • Tommy Wright, Vice-Chair | |||
• Scott Surovell | • Ben Cline | |||
• Kaye Kory | • C. Todd Gilbert | |||
• Alfonso Lopez | • James Morefield | |||
• Marcus Simon | • James Edmunds, II | |||
• S. "Sam" Rasoul | • Tony Wilt | |||
• Michael Webert | ||||
• Rick Morris | ||||
• Matt Fariss | ||||
• Israel O'Quinn | ||||
• Chris Head | ||||
• Larry Rush | ||||
• Buddy Fowler | ||||
• Mark J. Berg |
2014 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2014 legislative session.
Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee Members, 2014 | ||||
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Democratic members (7) | Republican members (15) | |||
• Roz Tyler | • Scott Lingamfelter, Chair | |||
• Eileen Filler-Corn | • Tommy Wright, Vice-Chair | |||
• Patrick Hope | • Ben Cline | |||
• Scott Surovell | • C. Todd Gilbert | |||
• Kaye Kory | • James Morefield | |||
• Alfonso Lopez | • James Edmunds, II | |||
• Marcus Simon | • Tony Wilt | |||
• Michael Webert | ||||
• Rick Morris | ||||
• Matt Fariss | ||||
• Israel O'Quinn | ||||
• Chris Head | ||||
• Larry Rush | ||||
• Buddy Fowler | ||||
• Mark J. Berg |
2012-2013
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2012 legislative session.
Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee Members, 2012 | ||||
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Democratic members (7) | Republican members (15) | |||
• Eileen Filler-Corn | • Scott Lingamfelter, Chair | |||
• Patrick Hope | • Tommy Wright, Vice-Chair | |||
• Kaye Kory | • Ben Cline] | |||
• Lynwood Lewis | • James Edmunds, II | |||
• Alfonso Lopez | • Matt Fariss | |||
• Scott Surovell | • C. Todd Gilbert | |||
• Roz Tyler | • Chris Head | |||
• Donald Merricks | ||||
• James Morefield | ||||
• Rick Morris | ||||
• Israel O'Quinn | ||||
• Larry Rush | ||||
• Beverly Sherwood | ||||
• Michael Webert | ||||
• Tony Wilt |
2010-2011
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2010 legislative session.
Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee Members, 2010 | ||||
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Democratic members (9) | Republican members (16) | |||
• James Shuler | • Beverly Sherwood, Chair | |||
• Jim Scott | • Tommy Wright, Vice-Chair | |||
• Bill Barlow | • Bill Carrico | |||
• Roz Tyler | • David Nutter | |||
• Paula Miller | • Morgan Griffith | |||
• Lynwood Lewis | • C. Todd Gilbert | |||
• Matthew James | • Donald Merricks | |||
• Mark Keam | • Clay Athey | |||
• Eileen Filler-Corn | • Ben Cline | |||
• Scott Lingamfelter | ||||
• James Morefield | ||||
• William Cleaveland | ||||
• John Cox (Virginia) | ||||
• James Edmunds, II | ||||
• Greg Habeeb | ||||
• Tony Wilt |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Members who are not affiliated with the majority party or largest minority party are counted as members of the majority party.
- ↑ This provision does not apply to the House Rules Committee.
- ↑ Virginia General Assembly, "Rules of the House of Delegates," accessed Feb. 24, 2021