Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, in consultation with Senate President Jack Kibbie, has released the committee assignments for the 32 Democrats who will serve in the upper chamber during the next two years. I got the list from the Iowa Senate Democrats website, and I’ve posted it after the jump.
The list identifies Democratic senators by surname only. Click here for a chart showing each senator’s full name, home town, district number and Senate office e-mail address.
The Senate Democrats created two new committees: the Environment and Energy Independence Committee and the Rebuild Iowa Committee.
I haven’t had time to look carefully at the list for changes from last session, but please share any of your insights in the comments.
Chase Martyn analyzed the Iowa House Democrat committee assignments here. Among other things, he noticed,
Almost all vulnerable Democratic incumbents have been kept off the Ways and Means committee. In a year of budget shortfalls, Ways and Means will likely have to send some tax-increasing bills to the floor. Members of the committee who vote to send those bills to the floor will be said to have voted for tax increases an absurd number of times because negative direct mail does not typically distinguish between committee votes and floor votes.
On December 5, the committee assignments for the Democratic members of the Iowa Senate were released:
Senate Standing Committees
Administrative Rules Review
1. Horn
2. Kibbie
3. Courtney
Agriculture
15 members
1. Fraise -Chair
2. Olive -Vice Chair
3. Appel
4. Black
5. Courtney
6. Hancock
7. Kibbie
8. Rielly
9. Seng
10. Sodders
Appropriations
25 members
1. Dvorsky – Chair
2. McCoy- Vice Chair
3. Appel
4. Bolkcom
5. Danielson
6. Dearden
7. Dotzler
8. Fraise
9. Hancock
10. Hatch
11. Hogg
12. Jochum
13. Ragan
14. Schoenjahn
15. Seng
16. Warnstadt
Labor & Business Relations
11 members
1. Courtney -Chair
2. Jochum-Vice Chair
3. Dearden
4. Dotzler
5. Dvorsky
6. Hatch
7. Horn
Commerce
15 members
1. Warnstadt -Chair
2. Heckroth -Vice Chair
3. Bolkcom
4. Courtney
5. Dandekar
6. McCoy
7. Olive
8. Rielly
9. Schmitz
10. Stewart
Economic Growth
15 members
1. Stewart -Chair
2. Olive- Vice Chair
3. Beall
4. Dandekar
5. Dotzler
6. Hatch
7. Heckroth
8. Rielly
9. Schmitz
10.Wilhelm
Education
15 members
1. Schmitz -Chair
2. Schoenjahn -Vice Chair
3. Appel
4. Beall
5. Dvorsky
6. Heckroth
7. Kreiman
8. Quirmbach
9. Sodders
10.Wilhelm
Ethics
Statutory, 6 members; 3 each
1. Kibbie
CoChair2. Fraise
3. Dearden
Human Resources
13 members
1. Ragan -Chair
2. Schmitz -Vice Chair
3. Bolkcom
4. Dotzler
5. Hatch
6. Kreiman
7. Quirmbach
8. Wilhelm
Judiciary
15 members
1. Kreiman -Chair
2. Hogg -Vice Chair
3. Fraise
4. Hancock
5. Horn
6. Jochum
7. Quirmbach
8. Schoenjahn
9. Sodders
10. Warnstadt
Local Government
11 members
1. Quirmbach -Chair
2. Beall -Vice Chair
3. Kreiman
4. McCoy
5. Olive
6. Rielly
7. Schoenjahn
Natural Resources
13 members
1. Dearden -Chair
2. Hancock -Vice Chair
3. Black
4. Bolkcom
5. Fraise
6. Ragan
7. Schoenjahn
8. Seng
Rules & Administration
11 members
1. Gronstal-Chair
2. Kibbie -Vice Chair
3. Courtney
4. Danielson
5. Dearden
6. Dvorsky
7. Ragan
State Government
15 members
1. Appel-Chair
2. Kibbie -Vice Chair
3. Black
4. Courtney
5. Danielson
6. Dearden
7. Hatch
8. Horn
9. Jochum
10. Sodders
Transportation
13 members
1. Rielly -Chair
2. Beall -Vice Chair
3. Dandekar
4. Danielson
5. Hancock
6. Heckroth
7. McCoy
8. Warnstadt
Ways & Means
17 members
1. Bolkcom-Chair
2. McCoy-Vice Chair
3. Dandekar
4. Dotzler
5. Hogg
6. Jochum
7. Quirmbach
8. Schmitz
9. Seng
10. Stewart
11. Wilhelm
Veterans Affairs
11 members
1. Beall –Chair
2. Warnstadt -Vice Chair
3. Black
4. Danielson
5. Kibbie
6. Ragan
7. Sodders
Environment & Energy Independence
11 members
1. Black -Chair
2. Hogg -Vice Chair
3. Bolkcom
4. Hancock
5. Rielly
6. Stewart
7. Wilhelm
Rebuild Iowa
13 members
1. Hogg -Chair
2. Heckroth -Vice Chair
3. Appel
4. Dandekar
5. Dvorsky
6. Horn
7. Jochum
8. Stewart
Budget Subcommittees
Administration & Regulation
1. Danielson -Chair
2. Jochum-Vice Chair
3. Kreiman
Agriculture & Natural Resources
1. Seng -Chair
2. Black- Vice Chair
3. Wilhelm
Economic Development
1. Dotzler -Chair
2. Heckroth -Vice Chair
3. Dandekar
Education
1.Schoenjahn -Chair
2. Quirmbach -Vice Chair
3. Horn
Health & Human Services
1. Hatch -Chair
2. Ragan- Vice Chair
3. Schmitz
Justice Systems
1. Hancock -Chair
2. Hogg -Vice Chair
3. Fraise
Transportation
1. McCoy-Chair
2. Warnstadt -Vice Chair
3. Beall
Government Oversight
1. Olive-Chair
2. Courtney-Vice Chair
3. Sodders