Ways and Means Committee, Louisiana House of Representatives
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]
See rules: House Rules
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 |
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Democratic members (4) | Republican members (15) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
Ways and Means Committee, 2021-2022 |
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Democratic members (4) | Republican members (14) | Third-party members(0) |
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2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
Ways and Means Members, 2015 | ||||
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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 |
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2010-2011
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Louisiana House of Representatives, "Rules of Order," accessed February 18, 2021(Rule 6.3(A))
- ↑ Louisiana House of Representatives, "Rules of Order," accessed February 18, 2021(Rule 14.36)
- ↑ Louisiana House of Representatives, "Rules of Order," accessed February 18, 2021(Rule 6.3(C))
- ↑ Louisiana House of Representatives, "Ways and Means Committee," accessed February 18, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.