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Lt. Governor makes committee assignment changes before end of 2020

By: Sarah Ulmer - December 21, 2020

Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann has made some changes to his committee assignments for members before the 2021 Legislative session. There were no chairman or vice-chair changes in the most recent moves, only committee members.

Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
John A. Polk, Chairman; Angela Burks Hill, Vice-Chairman
Members: Kevin Blackwell; David Blount; Jenifer B. Branning; Albert Butler; W. Briggs Hopson III; Chris McDaniel; Rita Potts Parks; Mike Thompson; Angela Turner-Ford

Agriculture
Chuck Younger, Chairman; Tyler McCaughn, Vice-Chairman
Members: Chris Caughman; Lydia Graves Chassaniol; Angela Burks Hill; Robert L. Jackson; Sampson Jackson II; David Jordan; Joseph M. Seymour; Sarita Simmons; Melanie Sojourner; Benjamin Suber; Neil S. Whaley

Appropriations
W. Briggs Hopson III, Chairman; John A. Polk, Vice-Chairman
Members: Kevin Blackwell; Jenifer B. Branning; Albert Butler; Kathy L. Chism; Dennis DeBar, Jr.; Scott DeLano; Hillman Terome Frazier; Angela Burks Hill; Robert L. Jackson; Sampson Jackson II; Tyler McCaughn; Michael McLendon; J. Walter Michel; Philip Moran; Sollie B. Norwood; Rita Potts Parks; Joseph M. Seymour; Sarita Simmons; Benjamin Suber; Jeff Tate; Angela Turner-Ford; Brice Wiggins; Bart Williams; Tammy Witherspoon

Business and Financial Institutions
Chris Caughman, Chairman; Chad McMahan, Vice-Chairman
Members: Kevin Blackwell; Jenifer B. Branning; Kathy L. Chism; John Horhn; Robert L. Jackson; Chris Johnson; Michael McLendon; Rita Potts Parks; Daniel H. Sparks; Benjamin Suber; Joseph Thomas

Constitution
Chris Johnson, Chairman; Derrick T. Simmons, Vice-Chairman
Members: Jenifer B. Branning; Hob Bryan; Kathy L. Chism; Jeremy England; Hillman Terome Frazier; Benjamin Suber; Bart Williams

Corrections
Juan Barnett, Chairman; Daniel H. Sparks, Vice-Chairman
Members: Joel R.Carter, Jr.; Lydia Graves Chassaniol; Dennis DeBar, Jr.; Sampson Jackson II; Sollie B. Norwood; Derrick T. Simmons; Sarita Simmons; Melanie Sojourner; Brice Wiggins

County Affairs
Angela Burks Hill, Chairman; Neil S. Whaley, Vice-Chairman
Members: Chris Caughman; Robert L. Jackson; David Jordan; Tyler McCaughn; Joseph M. Seymour; Melanie Sojourner; Bart Williams

Drug Policy
David Jordan, Chairman; Melanie Sojourner, Vice-Chairman
Members: Joel R.Carter, Jr.; Kathy L. Chism; Chris Johnson; Chris McDaniel; Sollie B. Norwood; Sarita Simmons; Daniel H. Sparks; Joseph Thomas; Bart Williams

Economic and Workforce Development
David Parker, Chairman; Chuck Younger, Vice-Chairman
Members: Juan Barnett; Jason Barrett; Kathy L. Chism; Jeremy England; Dean Kirby; Chad McMahan; J. Walter Michel; Sollie B. Norwood; Daniel H. Sparks

Education
Dennis DeBar, Jr., Chairman; David Blount, Vice-Chairman
Members: Nicole Boyd; Hob Bryan; Scott DeLano; Angela Burks Hill; W. Briggs Hopson III; Chris Johnson; David Jordan; Michael McLendon; Chad McMahan; Sollie B. Norwood; John A. Polk; Sarita Simmons; Brice Wiggins

Elections
Jeff Tate, Chairman; Hob Bryan, Vice-Chairman
Members: Kevin Blackwell; David Blount; Jenifer B. Branning; Lydia Graves Chassaniol; Joey Fillingane; Hillman Terome Frazier; David Parker

Energy
Joel R.Carter, Jr., Chairman; Rita Potts Parks, Vice-Chairman
Members: Juan Barnett; Lydia Graves Chassaniol; Dennis DeBar, Jr.; Josh Harkins; Angela Burks Hill; Robert L. Jackson; Sampson Jackson II; Chris McDaniel; J. Walter Michel; Philip Moran; John A. Polk; Neil S. Whaley; Chuck Younger

Enrolled Bills
Tammy Witherspoon, Chairman; Robert L. Jackson, Vice-Chairman
Members: Chris McDaniel; Sollie B. Norwood; Benjamin Suber

Environment Prot, Cons and Water Res
Chris McDaniel, Chairman; Chris Caughman, Vice-Chairman
Members: Jason Barrett; Albert Butler; Scott DeLano; David Jordan; Tyler McCaughn; Sarita Simmons; Jeff Tate; Mike Thompson; Tammy Witherspoon

Ethics
Albert Butler, Chairman; Chris McDaniel, Vice-Chairman
Members: Juan Barnett; Jason Barrett; J. Walter Michel; Sollie B. Norwood; Joseph M. Seymour; Joseph Thomas; Chuck Younger

Executive Contingent Fund
Robert L. Jackson, Chairman; Juan Barnett, Vice-Chairman
Members: Jason Barrett; J. Walter Michel; Neil S. Whaley

Finance
Josh Harkins, Chairman; Chris Johnson, Vice-Chairman
Members: Juan Barnett; Jason Barrett; Barbara Blackmon; David Blount; Nicole Boyd; Hob Bryan; Joel R.Carter, Jr.; Chris Caughman; Lydia Graves Chassaniol; Jeremy England; Joey Fillingane; John Horhn; David Jordan; Dean Kirby; Chris McDaniel; Chad McMahan; David Parker; Derrick T. Simmons; Melanie Sojourner; Daniel H. Sparks; Joseph Thomas; Mike Thompson; Neil S. Whaley; Chuck Younger

Forestry
Sampson Jackson II, Chairman; Joseph M. Seymour, Vice-Chairman
Members: Jenifer B. Branning; Albert Butler; Chris Caughman; Tyler McCaughn; Daniel H. Sparks; Jeff Tate; Joseph Thomas

Gaming
David Blount, Chairman; Philip Moran, Vice-Chairman
Members: Kevin Blackwell; Lydia Graves Chassaniol; Scott DeLano; Jeremy England; Robert L. Jackson; Mike Thompson; Chuck Younger

Highways and Transportation
Jenifer B. Branning, Chairman; Barbara Blackmon, Vice-Chairman
Members: David Blount; Hob Bryan; Albert Butler; Joel R.Carter, Jr.; Scott DeLano; Jeremy England; Joey Fillingane; W. Briggs Hopson III; John Horhn; Sampson Jackson II; Michael McLendon; Philip Moran; Rita Potts Parks; Melanie Sojourner; Mike Thompson; Neil S. Whaley; Chuck Younger

Housing
Barbara Blackmon, Chairman; Tammy Witherspoon, Vice-Chairman
Members: Nicole Boyd; Jenifer B. Branning; David Jordan; Philip Moran; David Parker

Insurance
J. Walter Michel, Chairman; Michael McLendon, Vice-Chairman
Members: Barbara Blackmon; Kevin Blackwell; Nicole Boyd; Scott DeLano; Hillman Terome Frazier; Josh Harkins; Angela Burks Hill; John Horhn; Dean Kirby; Joseph Thomas; Chuck Younger

Interstate and Federal Cooperation
Hillman Terome Frazier, Chairman; Joseph Thomas, Vice-Chairman
Members: Sampson Jackson II; Dean Kirby; Derrick T. Simmons

Investigate State Offices
Mike Thompson, Chairman; Sarita Simmons, Vice-Chairman
Members: Joel R.Carter, Jr.; Hillman Terome Frazier; Angela Burks Hill; John Horhn; Michael McLendon; Philip Moran; Bart Williams

Judiciary, Division A
Brice Wiggins, Chairman; Jenifer B. Branning, Vice-Chairman
Members: Juan Barnett; Jason Barrett; Barbara Blackmon; Nicole Boyd; Dennis DeBar, Jr.; Jeremy England; Hillman Terome Frazier; W. Briggs Hopson III; Dean Kirby; Tyler McCaughn; Chris McDaniel; David Parker; Derrick T. Simmons; Angela Turner-Ford

Judiciary, Division B
Joey Fillingane, Chairman; Jeremy England, Vice-Chairman
Members: Jason Barrett; Dennis DeBar, Jr.; Angela Burks Hill; Sampson Jackson II; Tyler McCaughn; Chris McDaniel; Derrick T. Simmons; Daniel H. Sparks; Benjamin Suber; Joseph Thomas; Mike Thompson; Angela Turner-Ford; Brice Wiggins

Labor
John Horhn, Chairman; Hillman Terome Frazier, Vice-Chairman
Members: Joel R.Carter, Jr.; Kathy L. Chism; Sarita Simmons; Melanie Sojourner; Jeff Tate; Bart Williams; Tammy Witherspoon

Legislative Budget Committee
Delbert Hosemann Jr., Vice-Chairman
Members: Joey Fillingane; Josh Harkins; W. Briggs Hopson III; John Horhn; Dean Kirby; Nicole Boyd

Local and Private
Chad McMahan, Chairman; Dean Kirby, Vice-Chairman
Members: Barbara Blackmon; Jeff Tate; Neil S. Whaley

Medicaid
Kevin Blackwell, Chairman; Joey Fillingane, Vice-Chairman
Members: Barbara Blackmon; David Blount; Hob Bryan; Josh Harkins; Chris Johnson; Rita Potts Parks; John A. Polk; Angela Turner-Ford; Brice Wiggins

Municipalities
Derrick T. Simmons, Chairman; Jason Barrett, Vice-Chairman
Members: Juan Barnett; Chris Caughman; Lydia Graves Chassaniol; David Jordan; Tyler McCaughn; Michael McLendon; Sollie B. Norwood; Joseph M. Seymour; Benjamin Suber; Angela Turner-Ford; Tammy Witherspoon

Ports and Marine Resources
Philip Moran, Chairman; Mike Thompson, Vice-Chairman
Members: Albert Butler; Joel R.Carter, Jr.; Scott DeLano; Jeremy England; W. Briggs Hopson III; Joseph M. Seymour; Derrick T. Simmons; Melanie Sojourner; Brice Wiggins

Public Health and Welfare
Hob Bryan, Chairman; David Parker, Vice-Chairman
Members: Barbara Blackmon; Kevin Blackwell; David Blount; Chris Caughman; Dennis DeBar, Jr.; Joey Fillingane; Hillman Terome Frazier; Josh Harkins; W. Briggs Hopson III; John Horhn; Chris Johnson; Chad McMahan; Rita Potts Parks; John A. Polk; Jeff Tate; Brice Wiggins; Tammy Witherspoon

Public Property
Angela Turner-Ford, Chairman; Albert Butler, Vice-Chairman
Members: Jason Barrett; David Blount; Kathy L. Chism; Josh Harkins; Joseph M. Seymour

Rules
Dean Kirby, Chairman; J. Walter Michel, Vice-Chairman
Members: Dennis DeBar, Jr.; Hillman Terome Frazier; David Parker

State Library
Sollie B. Norwood, Chairman; Kathy L. Chism, Vice-Chairman
Members: Sarita Simmons; Joseph Thomas; Tammy Witherspoon

Technology
Scott DeLano, Chairman; Bart Williams, Vice-Chairman
Members: Kevin Blackwell; Nicole Boyd; Michael McLendon; Jeff Tate; Angela Turner-Ford

Tourism
Lydia Graves Chassaniol, Chairman; John Horhn, Vice-Chairman
Members: Nicole Boyd; Albert Butler; Joel R.Carter, Jr.; Robert L. Jackson; Chris Johnson; David Jordan; Chad McMahan; Philip Moran; Mike Thompson

Universities and Colleges
Rita Potts Parks, Chairman; Nicole Boyd, Vice-Chairman
Members: David Blount; Chris Caughman; Joey Fillingane; Hillman Terome Frazier; Josh Harkins; J. Walter Michel; David Parker; John A. Polk; Daniel H. Sparks; Bart Williams; Tammy Witherspoon

Veterans and Military Affairs
Joseph M. Seymour, Chairman; Scott DeLano, Vice-Chairman
Members: Juan Barnett; Lydia Graves Chassaniol; Dennis DeBar, Jr.; Chad McMahan; Angela Turner-Ford

Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
Neil S. Whaley, Chairman; Benjamin Suber, Vice-Chairman
Members: Chris Caughman; Kathy L. Chism; Sampson Jackson II; Chris McDaniel; J. Walter Michel; Derrick T. Simmons; Daniel H. Sparks; Chuck Younger

About the Author(s)
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Sarah Ulmer

Sarah is a Mississippi native, born and raised in Madison. She is a graduate of Mississippi State University, where she studied Communications, with an emphasis in Broadcasting and Journalism. Sarah’s experience spans multiple mediums, including extensive videography with both at home and overseas, broadcasting daily news, and hosting a live radio show. In 2017, Sarah became a member of the Capitol Press Corp in Mississippi and has faithfully covered the decisions being made by leaders on some of the most important issues facing our state. Email Sarah: sarah@magnoliatribune.com