Management

There are eighteen standing committees: |

Standing committees screen bills, hold public hearings, and report these bills favorably or unfavorably.

Group A standing committees meet Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

* Appropriations

* Education

* Environment

* Finance, Revenue, & Bonding

* Government Administration & Elections

* Judiciary

* Planning & Development

* Transportation

Group B standing committees meet Tuesday and Thursday.

* Banks

* Energy & Technology

* General Law

* Human Services

* Insurance & Real Estate

* Labor & Public Employees

* Public Health

* Public Safety

* Commerce

* Higher Education & Employment

There are currently three select committees: |

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Aging

* Children

* Veterans' Affairs

Like the standing committees, select committees carry out public hearings, issue reports on their findings, and create their own bills.

The main difference is that select committees do not report on bills to the entire legislature. Instead, they report to a specific standing committee.

Finally, there are four statutory committees:

Executive and Legislative Nominations considers and reports on all executive and legislative nominations requiring action by one or both chambers (except nominations of judges and workers' compensation commissioners, which are considered by the Judiciary Committee).

Programs Review and Investigations conducts investigations requested by the General Assembly; reviews administrative agencies' operations and practices to ascertain whether state programs are effective, serve their intended purpose, or require modification or elimination; and raises bills for corrective action.

Regulations Review reviews the regulations of administrative agencies; those it disapproves are submitted to the General Assembly to sustain or reject the committee's disapproval.

Finally, the Joint Committee on Legislative Management conducts the business affairs of...