CSG Committee on Suggested State Legislation 2001

2001 Co-Chairs Senator Pam Redfield, Nebraska Representative Joe Toomy, Louisiana

2001 Vice-Chair Virgil Puskarich, Executive Director, Local Government Commission,

Pennsylvania

Alabama Jerry L. Bassett, Director, Legislative Reference Service Penny Davis, Associate Director, Alabama Law Institute Representative Albert Hall

Arizona Representative Carolyn Allen

Arkansas Bill Lancaster, Senate Chief of Staff Tim Massanelli, Parliamentarian

Colorado Senator Pat Pascoe

Connecticut Sharon Brais, Assistant Director, Legislative Commissioner’s Office

Delaware Senator Patricia Blevins Margaret Moore Dean, Assistant to the Speaker Representative Donna Stone Representative Pamela Thornburg

Georgia Mr. Lamar Holland, Assistant Director, Special Projects, State Finance & Invest. Commission

Idaho Senator Bart Davis

Illinois John M. McCabe, Legislative Director/Legal Counsel NCCUSL

Indiana Senator Ron Alting Senator David Ford Tim Jeffers,Chief of Staff, Office of the Speaker Philip Sachtleben, Executive Director, Legislative Services Agency

Iowa Representative Danny Carroll Representative Steve Richardson

Kansas Representative Rocky Nichols Senator Lana Oleen

Kentucky Representative J.R. Gray Joyce Honaker, Committee Staff Administrator, Legislative Research Commission Representative Thomas Robert Kerr Senator Katie Stine

Louisiana Diane Burkhart, Deputy Administrator, Senate Carole M. Mosely, House Legislative Services Representative Joe Toomy

Maine Tarren Bragdon, Special Assistant, Office of Senate President Pro Tem Representative Albion D. Goodwin Ryan Low, Chief of Staff, Office of the Speaker William MacDonald, Legislative Aide, Senate Democratic Office

Michigan Chris Hackbarth, Deputy Legislative Director, Office of the Speaker Jennifer Spike-DeBano, Legislative Director, Speaker of the House

Minnesota Senator Don Betzold Tom Hanson, Legislative Director to the Speaker Representative Tony Kielkucki Heather Rein, Leadership Assistant, Senate Representative Loren Solberg

Mississippi Representative Bobby Moak Ed Perry, Clerk of the House Caryn Quilter, Attorney, Senate Senator Robert “Rob” Smith Representative Percy Watson

Missouri William H. Henning, University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Law B. Darrell Jackson, Director, House Research Office Representative Denny Merideth Donald Prost, Director, Research & Statute Revision, Committee on Legislative Research

Nebraska Patrick J. O’Donnell, Clerk of the Legislature Senator Pam Redfield

Nevada Assemblywoman Merle Berman Assemblyman Mark Manendo Kim Morgan, Chief Deputy, Legislative Counsel

New Hampshire Amy Ireland Bourgault, Chief of Staff, State House Representative Keith Herman

New Jersey Senator Robert J. Martin

New Mexico Representative Nick L. Salazar

North Carolina Gerry F. Cohen, Director, Legislative Bill Drafting Div., Legislative Services Commission Representative David Redwine Terrence Sullivan, Director of Research, Legislative Services Commission

North Dakota Representative Kim Koppelman Senator Tim Mathern

Ohio Representative Stephen Buehrer Senator Rhine McLin

Oklahoma Scott Emerson, Chief Counsel, House of Representatives

Oregon Senator John Minnis Karen Smith, Director of Legislation, Office of the Senate President

Pennsylvania Joseph W. Murphy, Chief Counsel, House Republican Caucus Virgil Puskarich, Executive Director, Local Government Commission Representative Chris Ross

Rhode Island Representative Thomas Slater

South Carolina John Hazzard, Chief of Staff & Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee Senator Thomas L. Moore

South Dakota Thomas Magedanz, Legislative Research Council

Texas Gina Martin, Chief of Staff, Office of Senator Mike Moncrief

Utah Representative Ron Bigelow

Virginia Delegate Jim Dillard Senator Frederick M. Quayle E.M. Miller, Jr., Director, Division of Legislative Services

West Virginia Delegate Jerry L. Mezzatesta Senator William Wooton

Former CSG Chairs and Presidents (Ex Officio Voting Members) Senator Manny Aragon, Past CSG Chair, New Mexico Representative John Connors, Past CSG Chair, Iowa Senator Hugh Farley, Past CSG Chair, New York Governor Michael Leavitt, Past CSG President, Utah Senator John Marchi, Senate Vice President Pro Tem, Past CSG Chair, New York Senator Kenneth McClintock, Past CSG Chair, Puerto Rico Speaker Thomas Murphy, Past CSG Chair, Georgia Governor Dirk Kempthorne, Past CSG President, Idaho Governor George Pataki, Past CSG President, New York Governor Paul Patton, Past CSG President, Kentucky Governor Pedro Rossello, Past CSG President, Puerto Rico Representative Tom Ryder, Past CSG Chair, Illinois Jeff Wells, Past CSG Chair, Colorado Assemblyman Robert C. Wertz, Past CSG Chair, New York Representative Charlie Williams, Past CSG Chair, Mississippi