NCSL Budgets & Revenue Committee Roster

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Committee Description

The Budgets and Revenue Committee is one of 11 standing committees. It is responsible for protecting the states' interests in federal decisions regarding fiscal matters including annual action on the federal budget. It examines federal and state policies with fiscal implications, including: funding for services and programs; budget processes; tax and revenue systems; legislative oversight; unfunded mandates; and state-local fiscal relations. Committee members serve two-year terms and include both legislators and legislative staff. Committee officers, selected by NCSL's president, serve one-year terms.

NCSL Budgets & Revenue Committee

Chair: Senator Donne E. Trotter, Illinois
Vice Chair: Representative Mark V. Falzone, Massachusetts
Vice Chair: Representative Pryor A. Gibson III, North Carolina
Vice Chair: Senator Jean Hunhoff, South Dakota
Vice Chair: Representative John Otto, Texas
Vice Chair: Representative Sharon J. Schwartz, Kansas
Vice Chair: Delegate Harry Keith White, West Virginia
Immediate Past Chair: Senator Richard Devlin, Oregon
Staff Chair: James White, Tennessee
Staff Vice Chair: Stephanie Barrett, Vermont
Staff Vice Chair: Mitchell Bean, Michigan
Staff Vice Chair: Cynthia Kelly, Florida
Staff Vice Chair: Stephen Kubico, Delaware
Immediate Past Staff Chair: Kathryn (Kate) R. Wade, Wisconsin

NCSL CONTACTS: Bert Waisanen (Denver) Judy Zelio (Denver) Molly Ramsdell (DC)

Alabama
Representative Alvin A. Holmes
Representative John W. Rogers Jr.
Representative Richard J. Lindsey
Representative Victor Gaston
John E. Norris, Dept of Examiners of Public Accounts
Representative John G. Page III
Representative Todd Greeson
Representative J. Gregory Canfield
Kelly Butler, Legislative Fiscal Office
Senator Roger H. Bedford Jr.

Alaska
Representative Anna I. Fairclough
Senator Bert Stedman
Senator Joe J. Thomas
Representative Mike Chenault

Arizona
Senator Robert Burns
Senator Jim Waring

Arkansas
Representative Clark Hall
Representative George Overbey Jr.
Senator Paul Bookout
Senator Irma Hunter Brown
Senator Shawn A. Womack

California
Senator Denise M. Ducheny
Senator Gloria Romero
Senator Don Perata

Colorado
Senator Abel J. Tapia
Representative James L. Riesberg
Representative Tom Massey

Connecticut
Representative Peter A. Tercyak
Representative Walter Pawelkiewicz
Representative Kevin M. DelGobbo
Kerry A Kelley, General Assembly
Representative Denise W. Merrill
Representative Cameron C. Staples
Senator Toni Nathaniel Harp
Senator Eileen M. Daily

Delaware
Senator Robert I. Marshall
Senator Nancy W. Cook
Representative Donna D. Stone
Representative Richard C. Cathcart
Representative Gregory F. Lavelle
Senator Steven H. Amick
Senator Robert L. Venables Sr.
Stephen Kubico, Office of the Controller General

Florida
Cynthia Kelly, Senate Appropriations Committee
Jamie DeLoach, Senate Appropriations Committee
Elaine Peters, Senate Appropriations Cmte
Alan Johansen, Finance & Tax
Ray Wilson
Kathy McGuire, OPPAGA
David K. Coburn, Senate

Georgia
Representative Carl Rogers Sr.
Representative Ben Harbin
Representative Bob H. Smith
Senator Chip Rogers
Jenee Burke, House Appropriations Committee
Senator Johnny Grant
Senator Seth Harp
Senator Renee' S. Unterman
Representative Mark Hamilton

Illinois
Senator Chris Lauzen
Senator Dave Syverson
Senator Terry Link
Senator Christine Radogno
Senator Donne E. Trotter

Indiana
Diane Powers, Legislative Services Agency
Eric Gonzalez, House of Representatives
Representative William A. Crawford
Senator Brandt Hershman
Senator Lindel Hume
Senator Luke Kenley
Senator Robert Meeks
Senator Frank Mrvan Jr.

Iowa
Representative Mark A. Kuhn
Representative Jo Oldson
Holly M. Lyons, Legislative Services Agency
Senator Robert E. Dvorsky
Theresa Kehoe, Senate
Rusty Martin, Senate Democratic Caucus
Senator Joe Bolkcom

Kansas
Senator Dwayne D. Umbarger
Representative Bill Feuerborn
Representative Tom Holland
Representative Lee Tafanelli
Representative Kenny A. Wilk
Representative Sharon J. Schwartz

Kentucky
Senator Ernie Harris Jr.
Louis Pierce, Legislative Research Commission
Representative Charlie Hoffman
Greg Hager, Legislative Research Commission
Harland Hatter, Senate Majority Office
Representative Mike Cherry
Senator R. J. Palmer II
Representative Scott Brinkman
Senator Dan Kelly
Senator Charlie Borders
Representative Rocky Adkins

Louisiana
Senator John A. Alario Jr.
Senator Michael J. Michot
Senator Robert Marionneaux

Maine
Senator Margaret R. Rotundo
Senator Karl W. Turner
Representative Jeremy Ross Fischer
Representative H. Sawin Millett Jr.
Representative Anne M. Rand
Representative Richard G. Woodbury

Maryland
Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden
Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson
Senator Ulysses Currie
J M. Yarborough, Dept of Legislative Services/Ofc of Policy Analysis
Delegate Anne Healey
David B. Juppe, Dept of Legislative Services/Ofc of Policy Analysis
Senator James E. DeGrange Sr.
Delegate Adrienne A. Jones
Patrick S. Frank, Dept of Legislative Services

Massachusetts
Senator Steven C. Panagiotakos
Representative Mark V. Falzone

Michigan
Mitchell Bean, House of Representatives
Kirk Lindquist, Michigan House Fiscal Agency
Jay Wortley, Senate Fiscal Agency
Marilyn Peterson, House Legislative Analysis Section
Margaret Alston, House Fiscal Agency
Gary Olson, Senate
David Zin, Senate Fiscal Agency
Jim Stansell, Michigan House Fiscal Agency
Rebecca Ross, House Fiscal Agency
Kyle I. Jen, House Fiscal Agency
William E. Hamilton, House of Representatives
Representative Daniel Acciavatti
Representative Fran Amos
Representative George Cushingberry Jr.
Representative Bert Johnson
Representative Rebekah Warren
Senator John Pappageorge
Senator Gretchen Whitmer
Senator Deborah L. Cherry

Minnesota
Senator Thomas M. Bakk
Senator Don Betzold
Senator Richard J. Cohen
Senator Dennis R. Frederickson
Senator Rod Skoe
Bill (William) Marx, House of Representatives
Representative Lyndon R. Carlson
Representative Lyle J. Koenen
Representative Ann Lenczewski
Representative Morrie Lanning
Katherine B. Schill, House of Representatives

Mississippi
Bart Sperry, House of Representatives
Representative Johnny W. Stringer

Missouri
Representative Gayle Kingery
Representative Judy Baker
Representative Michael R. Brown
Representative Sara Lampe
Representative Clint Zweifel
Senator Gary Nodler
Senator Frank A. Barnitz
Senator Robert Mayer
Adam Crumbliss
Senator Timothy P. Green
William Tucker, House of Representatives
Senator Carl M. Vogel
Senator Joan Bray
Senator Michael R. Gibbons

Montana
Representative Brady Wiseman
Representative John Sinrud
Senator Dan W. Harrington
Senator Don Ryan
Senator Trudi Schmidt
Senator John Brueggeman

Nebraska
Senator Carroll Burling
Senator Abbie Cornett
Senator Lavon L. Heidemann
Senator Danielle Nantkes
Senator John E. Nelson
Senator Ron Raikes
Senator John Wightman
Michael Calvert, Legislative Fiscal Office
Tom Bergquist, Legislative Fiscal Office

Nevada
Senator Mike McGinness
Senator Bob Coffin
Senator William J. Raggio
Mark Stevens, Fiscal Analysis Division
Senator Dean A. Rhoads
Assemblymember Morse Arberry Jr.
Assemblymember Heidi S. Gansert
Assemblymember Garn Mabey Jr.
Assemblymember Kathy McClain

New Hampshire
Senator Lou D'Allesandro
Representative Susan W. Almy
Representative Bernard Benn
Representative Daniel Adams Eaton
Representative Neal M. Kurk
Representative Norman L. Major
Representative Michael G. Marsh
Representative Marjorie K. Smith

New Jersey
Catherine Brennan, Office of Legislative Services
Assemblymember Gary Schaer
Assemblymember Peter J. Barnes III

New Mexico
Representative Jane E. Powdrell-Culbert
Frances Ramirez Maestas, Suite 200
David Abbey, Legislative Finance Committee
Senator Sue Wilson Beffort
Senator Nancy E. Rodriguez
Cleo Griffith, Legislative Council Service
Senator Joseph J. Carraro
Speaker Ben Lujan
Doug Williams, Legislative Council Service
Jonelle Maison, Legislative Council Service
Senator John Arthur Smith
Senator Cynthia Nava
Representative Richard J. Berry
Representative Roberto J. Gonzales
Representative Patricia A. Lundstrom
Representative Danice R. Picraux
Representative Don L. Tripp
Representative Luciano Varela
Representative Henry K. Saavedra
Senator Shannon Robinson

New York
Senator Owen H. Johnson

North Carolina
Cindy Avrette, General Assembly
Trina M. Griffin, General Assembly
Canaan Huie, Office of the Speaker
Representative Daniel T. Blue Jr.
Representative Julia C. Howard
Representative Paul Luebke
Representative William C. McGee
Representative Paul B. Stam Jr.
Representative William L. Wainwright
Representative Jennifer Weiss
Representative Pryor A. Gibson III

North Dakota
Representative Alan H. Carlson
Senator Tony Grindberg
Representative Ken Svedjan

Ohio
Representative Bill Coley
Representative Fred Strahorn
Representative Thomas Patton
Senator John Carey
Senator Dale Miller
Representative Michael J. Skindell

Oklahoma
Janice Buchanan, House Fiscal Division
Speaker Chris Benge
Representative Ken A. Miller
Representative Earl W. Sears
Representative Mike Shelton
Representative Randy Terrill
Representative Todd Thomsen

Oregon
Representative Phil Barnhart
Representative Sal Esquivel
Representative Larry Galizio
Representative Donna Nelson
Representative Tobias Read
Senator Frank Morse
Senator Margaret Carter
Senator Kurt Schrader
Senator Richard Devlin
Senator Ginny Burdick

Pennsylvania
John Raymond, State Senate Appropriations Committee
Paul Dlugolecki, Senate Democratic Appropriations Committee
Representative Craig A. Dally
Representative Glen R. Grell
Representative Curtis G. Sonney
Representative Rick Taylor

Puerto Rico
Representative Angel Perez Otero

Rhode Island
Senator Stephen D. Alves

South Carolina
Representative Daniel T. Cooper
Robby Dawkins, Senate Finance Committee
Representative William Clyburn
Speaker Robert W. Harrell Jr.
Susan DeWitt, Senate Democratic Caucus
Michael Shealy, Senate Finance Committee
Senator John C. Land III
Senator Hugh K. Leatherman Sr.
Senator J. Yancey McGill
Senator William H. O'Dell

South Dakota
Representative Jeffrey Haverly
Senator Julie Bartling
Representative Larry Tidemann
Representative Deb Peters
Senator Jean Hunhoff

Tennessee
James White, Fiscal Review Committee

Texas
Representative John Otto
Representative Tracy O. King
Representative Lois W. Kolkhorst
Representative Fred H. Brown
Representative Vicki Truitt
Representative Jim Pitts
Representative Ruth Jones McClendon
Representative Beverly Woolley
Representative Norma Chavez
Representative Warren Chisum
Representative Drew Darby
Representative Kirk England
Representative Ryan Guillen
Representative Jim Keffer
Representative Eddie Lucio III
Representative Rick Noriega
Representative Allan B. Ritter
Representative Corbin Van Arsdale
John O'Brien, Legislative Budget Board
Senator Robert L. Duncan
Senator Kevin Eltife
Senator Steve Ogden

Utah
Representative Kevin S. Garn
Senator John L. Valentine
Senator Lyle W. Hillyard
Representative Ron Bigelow

Vermont
Emily J. Bergquist, Legislative Council
Representative Carolyn Whitney Branagan
Representative Martha P. Heath
Representative Michael J. Obuchowski
Stephanie Barrett, Joint Fiscal Office

Virginia
Senator Charles J. Colgan
Delegate Algie T. Howell Jr.
Delegate Robert D. Hull
Delegate Lacey E. Putney
Senator Emmett W. Hanger Jr.
Robert Vaughn, House Appropriations Committee
Joan Putney, Division of Legislative Services
Senator William C. Wampler Jr.
Mark Vucci, Division of Legislative Services
Delegate Harry R. Purkey
Delegate Beverly J. Sherwood

Washington
Yona Makowski, House Democratic Research/JLO'B #B5
Susan Howson, House Program Research Office
Roman Daniels-Brown, House Republican Caucus
Representative Jim McIntire
Representative Gary C. Alexander
Representative Ed Orcutt
Representative Mark Ericks
Jack Archer, House Republican Caucus
Senator Margarita Prentice
Representative Jim Dunn
Representative Larry Seaquist
Representative Ross Hunter

West Virginia
Delegate Harry Keith White
Delegate Brent Boggs
Delegate John Doyle
Senator Walt Helmick
Senator William R. Sharpe Jr.

Wisconsin
Senator Russell S. Decker
Representative Samantha Starzyk Kerkman
Representative Robin Vos
Kathryn (Kate) R. Wade

Wyoming
Representative Mary A. Throne
Senator E. Jayne Mockler
Senator John J. Hines
Mark Quiner, Administration, Legislative Service Office
Stephen Sommers, Budget & Fiscal Section, Legislative Service Office