STATE OF NEW MEXICO
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SENATE ANNOUNCES 2013 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
The Senate Committees’ Committee, chaired by newly elected President Pro-Tem
Mary Kay Papen, (D) Dona Ana, District 38, announced the following assignments
of Senators to the standing committees of the body on Thursday afternoon.
Conservation Committee
Meets Tuesdays, Thursdays, 2:30 p.m., Room 311
Chairman: Senator Peter Wirth, (D) Santa Fe, District 25; Vice Chairman: Senator
Benny Shendo Jr., (D) Bernalillo, McKinley, Rio Arriba, San Juan, Sandoval, District
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Members: Senator Phil Griego, (D) Bernalillo, Lincoln, San Miguel, Santa Fe,
Torrance, Valencia, District 39; Senator Richard C. Martinez, (D) Los Alamos, Rio
Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe, District 5; Senator Michael Padilla, (D) Bernalillo,
District 14; Senator William H. Payne, (R) Bernalillo, District 20; Senator John C.
Ryan, (R) Bernalillo, Sandoval, District 10; Senator William E. Sharer, (R) San Juan,
District 1; Senator William Soules, (D) Dona Ana, District 37; Senator Pat Woods,
(R) Curry, Quay, Union, District 7
Corporations and Transportation Committee
Meets 2 p.m.: Mondays, Room 303; Wednesdays, Fridays, Room 311
Chairman: Senator Phil Griego, (D) Bernalillo, Lincoln, San Miguel, Santa Fe,
Torrance, Valencia, District 39; Vice Chairman: Senator Clemente Sanchez, (D)
Cibola, Socorro, McKinley, Valencia, District 30Members: Senator Joseph Cervantes, (D) Dona Ana, District 31; Senator Lee S.
Cotter, (R) Dona Ana, District 36; Senator Timothy M. Keller, (D) Bernalillo, District
17; Senator Mark Moores, (R) Bernalillo, District 21; Senator Michael Padilla, (D)
Bernalillo, District 14; Sander Rue, (R) Bernalillo, District 23; Senator John M.
Sapien, (D) Bernalillo, Sandoval, District 9; Senator William E. Sharer, (R) San Juan,
District 1
Education Committee
Meets Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 8 a.m., Room 311
Chairman: Senator John M. Sapien, (D) Bernalillo, Sandoval, District 9; Vice
Chairman: Senator William Soules, (D) Dona Ana District 37
Members: Senator Craig Brandt, (R) Sandoval, District 40; Senator Lee S. Cotter,
(R) Dona Ana, District 36; Senator Gay G. Kernan, (R) Chaves, Eddy, Lea, District
42; Senator Bill B. O’Neill, (D) Bernalillo, District 13; President Pro-Tem Mary Kay
Papen, (D) Dona Ana, District 38; Senator John Pinto, (D) McKinley, San Juan,
District 3; Senator Pat Woods, (R) Curry, Quay, Union, District 7
Finance Committee
Meets Mondays through Saturdays, 1:30 p.m., Room 322
Chairman: Senator John Arthur Smith, (D) Dona Ana, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra, District
35; Vice Chairman: Senator Carlos R. Cisneros, (D) Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa
Fe, Taos, District 6
Members: Senator Sue Wilson Beffort, (R) Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe,
Torrance, District 19; Senator William F. Burt, (R) Chaves, Lincoln, Otero, District
33; Senator Pete Campos, (D) Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay, San
Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos, District 8; Senator Carroll H. Leavell, (R) Eddy, Lea, District
41; Senator Howie C. Morales, (D) Catron, Grant, Socorro, District 28; Senator
George K. Munoz, (D) Cibola, McKinley, San Juan, District 4; Senator Steven P.
Neville, (R) San Juan, District 2; Senator Nancy Rodriguez, (D) Santa Fe, District 24
Indian & Cultural Affairs Committee
Meets Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8 a.m., Room 303Chairman: Senator John Pinto, (D) McKinley, San Juan, District 3; Vice Chairman:
Senator Cisco McSorley (D) Bernalillo, District 16
Members: Senator Stuart Ingle, (R) Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Lea, Roosevelt,
District 27; President Pro-Tem Mary Kay Papen, (D) Dona Ana, District 38; Senator
Cliff R. Pirtle, (R) Chaves, Eddy, Otero, District 32; Senator Benny Shendo Jr., (D)
Bernalillo, McKinley, Rio Arriba, San Juan, Sandoval, District 22; Senator Lisa A.
Torraco, (R) Bernalillo, District 18
Judiciary Committee
Meets Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 2:30 p.m., Room 321
Chairman: Senator Richard C. Martinez, (D) Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval,
Santa Fe, District 5; Vice Chairman: Senator Joseph Cervantes, (D) Dona Ana,
District 31
Members: Senator Ron Griggs, (R) Dona Ana, Eddy, Otero, District 34; Senator
Linda Lopez, (D) Bernalillo, District 11; Senator Cisco McSorley (D) Bernalillo,
District 16; Senator William H. Payne, (R) Bernalillo, District 20; Senator John C.
Ryan, (R) Bernalillo, Sandoval, District 10; Majority Floor Leader Michael S.
Sanchez, (D) Bernalillo, Valencia, District 29; Senator Lisa A. Torraco, (R) Bernalillo,
District 18; Senator Peter Wirth, (D) Santa Fe, District 25
Public Affairs Committee
Meets 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Room 321; Fridays, Room 303
Chairman: Senator Gerald Ortiz y Pino, (D) Bernalillo, District 12; Vice Chairman:
Senator Bill B. O’Neill, (D) Bernalillo, District 13
Members: Senator Craig Brandt, (R) Sandoval, District 40; Senator Jacob R.
Candelaria, (D) Bernalillo, District 26; Senator Ron Griggs, (R) Dona Ana, Eddy,
Otero, District 34; Senator Daniel Ivey-Soto, (D) Bernalillo, District 15; Senator
Timothy M. Keller, (D) Bernalillo, District 17; Senator Gay G. Kernan, (R) Chaves,
Eddy, Lea, District 42
Rules Committee
Meets 8 a.m., Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Room 321
Chairman: Senator Linda Lopez, (D) Bernalillo, District 11; Vice Chairman: Senator
Daniel Ivey-Soto, (D) Bernalillo, District 15
Members: Senator Jacob R. Candelaria, (D) Bernalillo, District 26; Senator Stuart
Ingle, (R) Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Lea, Roosevelt, District 27; Senator Mark
Moores, (R) Bernalillo, District 21; Senator Gerald Ortiz y Pino, (D) Bernalillo,
District 12; Senator Cliff R. Pirtle, (R) Chaves, Eddy, Otero, District 32; Sander Rue,
(R) Bernalillo, District 23; Senator Clemente Sanchez, (D) Cibola, Socorro,
McKinley, Valencia, District 30; Majority Floor Leader Michael S. Sanchez, (D)
Bernalillo, Valencia, District 29
Committees’ Committee
Meets at Call of the President Pro-Tem
Chairman: President Pro-Tem Mary Kay Papen, (D) Dona Ana, District 38. Vice
Chairman: Majority Floor Leader Michael S. Sanchez, (D) Bernalillo, Valencia,
District 29
Members: Senator Pete Campos, (D) Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay,
San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos, District 8; Senator Carlos R. Cisneros, (D) Los Alamos,
Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, Taos, District 6; Senator Stuart Ingle, (R) Chaves, Curry, De
Baca, Lea, Roosevelt, District 27; Senator Timothy M. Keller, (D) Bernalillo, District
17; Senator George K. Munoz, (D) Cibola, McKinley, San Juan, District 4; Senator
William H. Payne, (R) Bernalillo, District 20; Senator Clemente Sanchez, (D) Cibola,
Socorro, McKinley, Valencia, District 30; Senator William E. Sharer, (R) San Juan,
District 1; Senator John Arthur Smith, (D) Dona Ana, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra, District
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