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Senate completes committee assignments

A committee led by Sen. Bob Geddes, R-Soda Springs, reports back to the full Senate that the House and the governor have been informed that the Senate is organized and ready for business. That marked the close of the Senate's organizational session, in which committee assignments, chairmanships, seating and various formalities were finalized in preparation for the January legislative session. (Betsy Russell)
A committee led by Sen. Bob Geddes, R-Soda Springs, reports back to the full Senate that the House and the governor have been informed that the Senate is organized and ready for business. That marked the close of the Senate's organizational session, in which committee assignments, chairmanships, seating and various formalities were finalized in preparation for the January legislative session. (Betsy Russell)

The Senate is back on the floor, and is reading over the desk its committee assignments and chairmanships for the 2011 legislative session. Click below for the full list. Here, the committees appointed to inform the House and the governor that the Senate is organized and ready for the session report back, a final step before adjournment of the organizational session, at least on the Senate side.

2011 Senate Standing Committees

Agricultural Affairs
Chairman: Corder
Vice Chair: Smyser
Siddoway, Pearce, Hammond, Vick, Nuxoll, Bock, Schmidt

Commerce & Human Resources
Chairman: Andreason
Vice Chair: McKague
Stegner, Goedde, Cameron, Lodge, Smyser, Stennett, Schmidt

Education
Chairman: Goedde
Vice Chair: Mortimer
Andreason, Pearce, Fulcher, Winder, Toryanski, Malepeai, LeFavour

Finance
Chairman: Cameron
Vice Chair: Keough
Broadsword, Bair, Brackett, Mortimer, Toryanski, Heider, Bilyeu, LeFavour

Health & Welfare
Chairman: Lodge
Vice Chair: Broadsword
Darrington, Smyser, Heider, Vick, Nuxoll, Bock, Schmidt

Judiciary & Rules
Chairman: Darrington
Vice Chair: Vick
Davis, Lodge, McKague, Mortimer, Nuxoll, Bock, LeFavour

Local Government & Taxation
Chairman: Stegner
Vice Chair: Siddoway
Hill, McKenzie, Corder, McGee, Hammond, Werk, Bilyeu

Resources & Environment
Chairman: Pearce
Vice Chair: Bair
Cameron, Geddes, Siddoway, Brackett, Heider, Werk, Stennett

State Affairs
Chairman: McKenzie
Vice Chair: Fulcher
Geddes, Davis, Hill, McGee, Winder, Malepeai, Stennett

Transportation
Chairman: Hammond
Vice Chair: Brackett
Keough, Geddes, McGee, Corder, Winder, Werk, Bilyeu

Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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