Sedona AZ (December 2, 2014) – Arizona House of Representatives Speaker-elect David Gowan has announced the members who will serve on the House Standing Committees for its 52nd Legislature.

Gowan explained that he has given thoughtful consideration in determining members for each Committee and is confident they will serve the people of Arizona with integrity, adding, “This is a promising Legislature, and these committee assignments, and their leaders, will make Arizona a better place to live and work as we enter 2015. There are great opportunities for the state ahead, and with the new Governor taking office, we have the ability to build excellent relationships to move Arizona forward. I believe these members are willing to serve their constituents, and each other, to the best of their abilities.”

Membership and meeting times for each House Committee are as below:

• Agriculture, Water and Lands (Thursday morning)
  Chair – Brenda Barton, Vice Chair – Darin Mitchell, Regina Cobb, Karen Fann, Steve
  Montenegro, T.J. Shope, Jennifer Benally, Rosanna Gabaldon, Lisa Otondo
• Appropriations (Wednesday afternoon)
  Chair – Justin Olson, Vice Chair – Vince Leach, John Allen, Russell “Rusty” Bowers, Rick
  Gray, Warren Petersen, Tony Rivero, David Stevens, Michelle Ugenti, Lela Alston, Mark
  Cardenas, Stefanie Mach, Eric Meyer, Andrew Sherwood
• Banking and Financial Services (Tuesday afternoon)
  Chair – Kate Brophy McGee, Vice Chair – Jeff Weninger, John Allen, Eddie Farnsworth, Jill
  Norgaard, Diego Espinoza, Rosanna Gabaldon, Debbie McCune Davis
• Children and Family Affairs (Monday afternoon)
  Chair – John Allen, Vice Chair – Kate Brophy McGee, John Christopher Ackerley, Regina
  Cobb, Phil Lovas, Kelly Townsend, Sally Ann Gonzales, Juan Jose Mendez, Rebecca Rios
• Commerce (Wednesday morning)
  Chair – Warren Petersen, Vice Chair – Jill Norgaard, Jay Lawrence, Tony Rivero, T.J. Shope,
  Diego Espinoza, Charlene Fernandez, Stefanie Mach
• County and Municipal Affairs (Monday afternoon)
  Chair – Doug Coleman, Vice Chair – Tony Rivero, Paul Boyer, Karen Fann, Rick Gray, Lela
  Alston, Reginald Bolding, Rosanna Gabaldon
• Education (Wednesday afternoon)
  Chair – Paul Boyer, Vice Chair – Jay Lawrence, Doug Coleman, Jill Norgaard, Bob Thorpe,
  Reginald Bolding, Lisa Otondo
• Elections (Tuesday morning)
  Chair – Michelle Ugenti, Vice Chair – J.D. Mesnard, Heather Carter, Jeff Weninger, Ken Clark,
  Jonathan Larkin
• Energy, Environment and Natural Resources (Monday afternoon)
  Chair – Frank Pratt, Vice Chair – Russell “Rusty” Bowers, Brenda Barton, Heather Carter, Mark
  Finchem, Vince Leach, Ken Clark, Macario Saldate, Victoria Steele
• Federalism and States’ Rights (Wednesday morning)
  Chair – Kelly Townsend, Vice Chair – Noel Campbell, Mark Finchem, Darn Mitchell, Bob
  Thorpe, Rebecca Rios, Ceci Velasquez, Bruce Wheeler
• Government and Higher Education (Thursday morning)
  Chair – Thorpe, Vice Chair – Ackerley, Phil Lovas, Justin Olson, Warren Petersen, Kelly
  Townsend, Lela Alston, Jonathan Larkin, Macario Saldate
• Health (Tuesday afternoon)
  Chair – Heather Carter, Vice Chair – Regina Cobb, Paul Boyer, Jay Lawrence, Randall “Randy”
  Friese, Eric Meyer
• Insurance (Wednesday morning)
  Chair – Karen Fann, Vice Chair – David Livingston, Doug Coleman, Phil Lovas, Bob Robson,
  Jonathan Larkin, Debbie McCune Davis, Lisa Otondo.

Arizona bills are assigned to one or more of the nineteen House Committees on first reading. Standing
Committees review the bills and conduct inquiries as part of the early stages of the legislative process. For more information, contact your local representatives.

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