Whitver Announces Iowa Senate Committee Announcements

On Monday,  Iowa Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver (R-Ankeny) released committee assignments for members of the Iowa Senate Majority for the Eighty-Eighth General Assembly.

The standing committees assignments are:

Appropriations

• State Senator Michael Breitbach (R-Strawberry Point) – Chair 
• State Senator Tim Kraayenbrink (R-Ft. Dodge) – Vice Chair
• State Senator Tom Greene (R-Burlington)
• State Senator Ken Rozenboom (R-Oskaloosa)
• State Senator Julian Garrett (R-Cumming)
• State Senator Mark Costello (R-Imogene)
• State Senator Mark Lofgren (R-Muscatine)
• State Senator Tom Shipley (R-Nodaway)
• State Senator Dennis Guth (R-Klemme)
• State Senator Craig Johnson (R-Independence)
• State Senator Carrie Koelker (R-Dyersville)
• State Senator Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Ottumwa)
• State Senator Charles Schneider (R-West Des Moines)

Agriculture

• State Senator Dan Zumbach (R-Ryan) – Chair
• State Senator Annette Sweeney (R-Alden) – Vice Chair
• State Senator Waylon Brown (R-St. Ansgar)
• State Senator Jeff Edler (R-State Center)
• Senator Shipley
• State Senator Tim Kapucian (R-Keystone)
• Senator Rozenboom
• Senator Costello

Commerce

• State Senator Jake Chapman (R-Adel) – Chair
• Senator Koelker – Vice Chair
• Senator Brown
• State Senator Dan Dawson (R-Council Bluffs)
• State Senator Amy Sinclair (R-Allerton)
• Senator Breitbach
• Senator Miller-Meeks
• State Senator Randy Feenstra (R-Hull)
• Senator Johnson
• State Senator Roby Smith (R-Davenport)
• State Senator Zach Nunn (R-Bondurant)

Education

• Senator Sinclair – Chair
• State Senator Chris Cournoyer (R-Pleasant Valley) – Vice Chair
• Senator Sweeney
• State Senator Jerry Behn (R-Boone)
• Senator Kraayenbrink
• Senator Lofgren
• Senator Rozenboom
• Senator Johnson
• State Senator Brad Zaun (R-Urbandale)
• Senator Edler

Ethics

• Senator Costello – Chair
• Senator Behn – Vice Chair
• Senator Sweeney

Government Oversight

• Senator Sinclair – Chair
• Senator Lofgren – Vice Chair
• State Senator Zach Whiting (R-Spirit Lake)

Human Resources

• Senator Miller-Meeks – Chair
• State Senator Mark Segebart (R-Vail) – Vice Chair
• Senator Johnson
• Senator Costello
• Senator Garrett
• State Senator Jim Carlin (R-Sioux City)
• Senator Edler
• Senator Greene

Judiciary

• Senator Zaun – Chair
• Senator Dawson – Vice Chair
• Senator Garrett
• Senator Chapman
• Senator Nunn
• Senator Shipley
• Senator Sweeney
• State Senator Jason Schultz (R-Schleswig)
• Senator Whiting
• Senator Sinclair

Labor

• Senator Schultz – Chair
• Senator Whiting – Vice Chair
• Senator Koelker
• Senator Guth
• Senator Brown
• Senator Nunn
• Senator Carlin

Local Government

• Senator Edler – Chair
• Senator Greene – Vice Chair
• Senator Kraayenbrink
• Senator Lofgren
• Senator Guth
• Senator Garrett
• Senator Segebart

Natural Resources

• Senator Rozenboom – Chair
• Senator Shipley – Vice Chair
• Senator Zumbach
• Senator Behn
• Senator Kapucian
• Senator Cournoyer
• Senator Sweeney
• Senator Segebart

Rules

• Senator Whitver – Chair
• Senator Schneider – Vice Chair
• Senator Sinclair
• Senator Behn
• Senator Feenstra
• Senator Smith
• Senator Chapman

State Government

• Senator Smith – Chair
• Senator Johnson – Vice Chair
• Senator Chapman
• Senator Dawson
• Senator Feenstra
• Senator Schultz
• Senator Miller-Meeks
• Senator Whiting
• Senator Cournoyer
• Senator Zaun

Transportation

• Senator Kapucian – Chair
• Senator Brown – Vice Chair
• Senator Breitbach 
• Senator Shipley
• Senator Whiting
• Senator Cournoyer
• Senator Koelker
• Senator Zumbach

Veterans Affairs

• Senator Dawson – Chair
• Senator Miller-Meeks – Vice Chair
• Senator Koelker
• Senator Costello
• Senator Edler
• Senator Carlin
• Senator Lofgren

Ways and Means

• Senator Feenstra – Chair
• Senator Dawson – Vice Chair
• Senator Behn
• Senator Chapman
• Senator Smith
• Senator Sweeney
• Senator Nunn
• Senator Edler
• Senator Schultz
• Senator Brown
• Senator Carlin

The appointments to the Appropriations subcommittees are: 

Administration and Regulation

• Senator Guth – Chair
• Senator Zumbach – Vice Chair
• Senator Whiting

Agriculture & Natural Resources

• Senator Shipley – Chair
• Senator Rozenboom – Vice Chair
• Senator Sweeney

Education 

• Senator Kraayenbrink – Chair
• Senator Sinclair – Vice Chair
• Senator Koelker

Justice Systems

• Senator Garrett – Chair
• Senator Nunn – Vice Chair
• Senator Carlin

Health and Human Services

• Senator Costello – Chair
• Senator Edler – Vice Chair
• Senator Miller-Meeks

Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals

• Senator Johnson – Chair
• Senator Smith – Vice Chair
• Senator Dawson

Economic Development

• Senator Lofgren – Chair
• Senator Greene – Vice Chair
• Senator Cournoyer

The assignments to permanent statutory committees are:

Administrative Rules Review                                    

• Senator Brown – Vice Chair                                                                            
• Senator Costello                                                             
• Senator Whiting  

Public Retirement Systems                                        

• Senator Schneider – Co-Chair
• Senator Lofgren                                                           
• Senator Breitbach 

State Government Efficiency

• Senator Smith – Co-Chair
• Senator Brown
• Senator Johnson

Commission on Interstate Cooperation

• Senator Shipley – Co-Chair 
• Senator Garrett
• Senator Lofgren

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