Legislative Leadership and Committees
The 2009-2010 Committee and Leadership assignments for the House and Senate were announced on February 12, 2009. Representative Frank Smizik (D-Brookline), former chair of the Environment Committee, heads up a new House committee on Global Warming.
Senate Leadership
- Senate President - Therese Murray of Plymouth
- Majority Leader - Frederick E. Berry of Peabody
- President Pro Tempore - Stanley C. Rosenberg of Amherst
- Asst. Majority Leader - Joan M. Menard of Somerset
- Majority Whip - Marian Walsh of Boston
- Asst. Majority Whip - Steven A. Tolman of Boston
House Leadership
- Speaker of the House - Robert A. DeLeo of Winthrop
- Majority Leader - James E. Vallee of Franklin
- Speaker Pro Tempore - Thomas M. Petrolati of Ludlow
- Assistant Majority Leader - Ronald Mariano of Quincy
- Second Assistant Majority Leader - Patricia A. Haddad of Somerset
Senate Committee on Ways & Means
- Chair - Steven C. Panagiotakos of Lowell
- Vice Chair - Stephen M. Brewer of Barre
- Asst. Vice Chair - Harriette L. Chandler of Worcester
House Committee on Ways & Means
- Chair - Charles A. Murphy of Burlington
- Vice Chair -Barbara A. L'ltalien of Andover
- Ass't Vice Chair - Stephen Kulik of Worthington
also on the committee from western Mass:
- Rep. Denis Guyer of Dalton
- Rep. Christopher Speranzo of Pittsfield
- Rep. Michael Kane of Holyoke
- Rep. Christopher Donelan of Orange
- Rep. James Welch of West Springfield
Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture
- Senate Chair - Anthony W. Petruccelli of Boston
- Senate Vice Chair - James B. Eldridge of Acton
- House Chair - William Straus of Mattapoisett
- House Vice Chair - Denis E. Guyer of Dalton
Committee Members - Senate
Jennifer L. Flanagan of Leominster
Robert A. O'Leary of Barnstable
Michael O. Moore of Millbury
Committee Members - House
Demetrius J. Atsalis of Barnstable
Michael F. Rush of Boston
Brian P. Wallace of Boston
Sean Garballey of Arlington
Carolyn C. Dykema of Holliston
Ann-Margaret Ferrante of Gloucester
Timothy R. Madden of Nantucket
House Committee on Global Warming & Climate Change
- Chair - Frank I. Smizik of Brookline
- Vice Chair - William N. Brownsberger of Belmont
- Matthew C. Patrick of Falmouth
- Joyce A. Spiliotis of Peabody
- Cleon H. Turner of Dennis
- Linda Dean Campbell of Methuen
- Steven J. D'Amico of Seekonk
- Sean Garballey of Arlington
For full listings of all committees:
Senate Committees
House Committees
|
