FYI

Here are some early committee chair appointments made by House Speaker Tillis and Senate Pro Tem Berger

HOUSE

Appropriations:

Senior Chair – Rep. Nelson Dollar (Wake)
Chair – Rep. Mitch Gillespie (Burke, McDowell)
Chair – Rep. Linda Johnson (Mecklenburg)
Chair – Rep. Bryan Holloway (Rockingham, Stokes)
Chair – Rep. Justin Burr (Stanly)

Finance:

Senior Chair – Rep. Julia Howard (Davie, Iredell)
Chair – Rep. Mitchell Setzer (Catawba, Iredell)
Chair – Rep. David Lewis (Harnett)
Chair – Rep. Robert Brawley (Mecklenburg)

The House also elected its caucus leadership positions over the weekend:

Speaker Pro-Tem – Rep. Paul Stam (Wake)
Majority Leader – Rep. Edgar Starnes (Caldwell)
Majority Whip – Rep. Mike Hager (Cleveland, Rutherfordton)

A couple of observations on House Appointments:

-With Rep. Justin Burr moving to a full Appropriations Committee Chairmanship  -   vacant chair for the HHS Appropriations Sub-Committee.

SENATE

Appropriations:

Chair – Sen. Neal Hunt (Wake)
Chair – Sen. Pete Brunstetter (Forsyth)
Chair – Sen. Harry Brown (Onslow)

Finance:

Chair – Sen. Bob Rucho (Mecklenburg)
Chair – Sen. Bill Rabon (Brunswick)

Health and HHS Appropriations:

Chair – Sen. Louis Pate (Wayne)
Chair – Sen. Ralph Hise (6 western counties)
*It’s important to note that Sen. Stan Bingham did not retain his chairmanship on the HHS subcommittee.

Education and Appropriations Sub-committee on Education:

Chair – Sen. Jerry Tillman (Randolph)
Chair – Sen. Dan Soucek (Alexander, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes)
Chair – Sen. Tom Apodaca (Education Committee only)

Rules:

Chair – Sen. Tom Apodaca (Henderson)

Agriculture:

Chair – Sen. Andrew Brock (Davie)
Chair – Sen. Brent Jackson (Duplin, Lenoir, Sampson)

Chairs of the subcommittees of the House Appropriations Committee:

HHS: Rep. Avila (Wake), Rep. Brisson (D-Bladen) and Rep. Hollo (Alexander)
Education: Rep. Blackwell (Burke), Rep. Horn (Union) and Rep. McGrady (Henderson)
General Government: Rep. Cleveland (Onslow) and Rep. Brown (Davidson)
Justice and Public Safety: Rep. Daughtry (Johnston), Rep. Boles (Moore), Rep. Hurley (Randolph) and Rep. Faircloth (Guilford)
Environment and Natural Resources: Rep. West (Cherokee) and Rep. McElraft (Cartaret)
Transportation: Rep. Torbett (Gaston) and Rep. Shepherd (Onslow)
Information Technology: Rep. Saine (Lincoln)