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State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee, Colorado State Senate
The State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee is a standing committee of the Colorado State Senate.
Per Senate Rule 21 standing committees for the Colorado State Senate are appointed by resolution at the first general session after a general election.[1] The State Senate Majority Leader appoints majority members to the committees, while the State Senate Minority Leader appoints minority members.[2] All appointees serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.[3] Party representation is set proportionally to reflect the party representation of the two majority parties in the Senate.[4]
See rules: Standing Rules of the Senate
Function
| “ | The Senate State Affairs Committee generally considers matters concerning elections, campaign finance, military and veterans affairs, and other subject areas related to state government. In addition, the committee has legislative oversight responsibility for the departments of State and Military and Veterans Affairs.[5][6] | ” |
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Senate State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Senate State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Senate State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Senate State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0) |
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Lois Court (D, Vice chair) left this committee on January 16, 2020.
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| State, Veterans and Military Affairs Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Lois Court | • Ray Scott, Chair | |||
| • Stephen Fenberg | • Vicki Marble, Vice chair | |||
| • Jerry Sonnenberg | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| State, Veterans and Military Affairs Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Matt Jones | • Ray Scott, Chair | |||
| • Jessie Ulibarri | • Jerry Sonnenberg, Vice chair | |||
| • Owen Hill | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Angela Giron, Chair | • Larry Crowder | |||
| • Matt Jones | • Ted Harvey | |||
| • Evie Hudak | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2011 legislative session.
| State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Rollie Heath, Chair | • Bill Cadman | |||
| • Bob Bacon, Vice Chair | • Kevin J. Grantham | |||
| • Betty Boyd | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, “Senate Rules - Committees,” accessed March 2, 2021(Section 21(a))
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, “Senate Rules - Committees,” accessed March 2, 2021(Section 21(a)(10))
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, “Senate Rules - Committees,” accessed March 2, 2021(Section 21(b))
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, “Senate Rules - Committees,” accessed March 2, 2021(Section 21(a)(10))
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "State, Veterans, & Military Affairs," accessed March 2, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
