Ways and Means Committee, Louisiana House of Representatives

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The Ways and Means Committee is a standing committee of the Louisiana House of Representatives.

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Per the House Rules, committees of the Louisiana House of Representatives are assigned by the Speaker of the House.[1] It is unclear when committees are assigned. A majority of appointed members make up a committee's quorum.[2] The Speaker and Speaker Pro Tempore serve as ex officio members of every committee.[3]

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Function

“ To this committee shall be referred, in accordance with the rules, all legislative instruments, messages, petitions, memorials and other matters relating to the following subjects: Taxes and the raising of revenue;Bonds and the bonding of revenue; Issuance, payment or retirement of bonds; Evidences of indebtedness; State revenues, generally; Revenue collection; Assessors, their offices, salaries, expenses, compensation, and the like; Parish tax collectors, their offices, salaries, experiences, compensation and the like; Comprehensive state capital budget, prior to consideration by the Committee on Appropriations in accordance with House Rule 6.8(C).[4][5] ”

Membership

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at:editor@ballotpedia.org.

2023-2024 legislative session

Ways and Means Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (4) Republican members (15) Third-party members(0)

2021-2022 legislative session

Ways and Means Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (4) Republican members (14) Third-party members(0)

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

Ways and Means Members, 2015
Democratic members (9)Republican members (12)
• Patrick Williams, Vice Chair• Joel Robideaux, Chair
• Regina Barrow• Henry Burns
• Michael Danahay• Lowell Hazel
• Robert Johnson• Richard Burford
• Major Thibaut• Frank Hoffmann
• Marcus Hunter• Taylor Barras
• Mickey Guillory• Tom Willmott
• Harold Ritchie• Lenar Whitney
• Walt Leger, III, ex officio• Chris Broadwater
• Julie Stokes
• Eddie Lambert
• Chuck Kleckley, ex officio

2012-2013

Republican Party Republicans (12)

Democratic Party Democrats (9)

2010-2011

Republican Party Republicans (9)

Democratic Party Democrats (6)

Grey.png Independents (2)

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Louisiana House of Representatives, "Rules of Order," accessed February 18, 2021(Rule 6.3(A))
  2. ↑ Louisiana House of Representatives, "Rules of Order," accessed February 18, 2021(Rule 14.36)
  3. ↑ Louisiana House of Representatives, "Rules of Order," accessed February 18, 2021(Rule 6.3(C))
  4. ↑ Louisiana House of Representatives, "Ways and Means Committee," accessed February 18, 2021
  5. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.


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