Section 1. There shall be the following standing committees which\nshall serve and shall continue throughout the year:\n To consist of thirty-seven Senators:\n Finance\n To consist of twenty-five Senators:\n Rules\n To consist of twenty-three Senators:\n Judiciary\n To consist of nineteen Senators:\n Banks\n Transportation\n Education\n Higher Education\n Insurance\n To consist of seventeen Senators:\n Health\n To consist of sixteen Senators:\n Codes\n Labor\n To consist of thirteen Senators:\n Crime Victims, Crime and Correction\n Environmental Conservation\n Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation\n Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs\n To consist of eleven Senators:\n Aging\n Civil Service and Pensions\n Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business\n Energy and Telecommunications\n Agriculture\n Consumer Protection\n Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities\n Racing, Gaming and Wagering\n To consist of nine Senators:\n Elections\n Housing, Construction and Community Development\n Infrastructure and Capital Investment\n Investigations and Government Operations\n Local Government\n To consist of six Senators:\n Children and Families\n Cities\n Corporations, Authorities and Commissions\n Ethics\n Social Services\n Alcoholism and Drug Abuse\n a. The Republican Conference Leader, the Democratic Conference Leader\nand the Independent Democratic Conference Leader and their Deputies\nshall be nonvoting ex-officio members of all standing committees of the\nSenate of which they are not actual members. As far as practicable,\nSenators shall be appointed to no more than seven standing committees.\n b. Term limits for chairs and ranking members. No chair or ranking\nmember of a committee shall serve in such capacity longer than eight\nconsecutive years.\n c. Conference membership of committees. The membership of all\ncommittees, unless otherwise provided by the act or resolution creating\nthem, shall be composed, as nearly as may be, of Majority Coalition and\nDemocratic Conference members in the same proportion as the number of\nMajority Coalition and Democratic Conference members in the Senate bears\nto the total membership of the Senate.\n For purposes of committee composition, in the event that the\nproportion of Majority Coalition members would result in a fractional\namount, the number of Majority Coalition members shall be rounded up to\nthe next whole number. Furthermore, the total number of Independent\nDemocratic Conference members appointed to all committees shall be in\nthe same proportion, as nearly as may be, as the number of Independence\nDemocratic Conference members in the Senate bears to the total\nmembership of the Senate. Further, in the case of an excused absence of\nany committee member on either the Finance or the Rules Committee, the\nConference Leaders may designate an alternate member of the conference\nfor meetings of standing committees provided written notice is provided\nand accepted by the Majority Coalition Leaders at least one hour prior\nto the commencement of such committee meeting.\n d. The provisions of the opening paragraph of this section and\nparagraph c of this section relative to the proportional membership on\ncommittees as well as the specific number of members to comprise each\ncommittee may be amended by resolution adopted by a majority of members\nelected.\n
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