Senate Names New Chairmen
Following up on our post about Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Stivers being named Floor Leader, the Senate named two new committee chairmen today.
Sen. Tom Jensen (2008 rank #T-11) was named co-Chairman of the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary. Jensen was formerly chair of the Committee on Natural Resources and Energy.
To replace Jensen there, committee Vice Chair Brandon Smith (#23) was named co-chair of the Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
These appointments are actually to the joint committees that exist in between sessions, and may not indicate that these will be the chairmen of the Senate committees when session resumes in January, but it's a strong possibility.
