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Senator O'Leary is the Senate Chairman of
the Joint Committee on Education and the Senate Vice-Chairman of
the Joint Committee on Housing. In addition, he also serves on many
other committees and boards including: the Committees on Labor,
Environment, and Mental Health. Learn more about these committees
below:
Joint Committee on Education,
Chairman
It shall be the duty of the committee on Education, Arts and
Humanities to consider all matters concerning education (through grade
12) andsuch other matters as may be referred. Committee
Website
Joint Committee on Labor and
Workforce Development
It shall be the duty of the
committee on Labor and Workforce Development to consider all matters
concerning discrimination with respect to employment, the labor laws,
workers' compensation and other such matters as may be referred. Committee
Website
Special Standing Committee on Federal Stimulus Oversight
The members of this Committee have been tasked with the oversight and
review of state spending of federal stimulus funding.
Joint Committee on Environment,
Natural Resources and Agriculture
It shall be the duty of the committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture to consider all matters concerning the Division of Conservation, natural resources and the environment, air, water and
noise pollution and control thereof, hunting and fishing, conservation, solid
waste disposal, sewerage, agriculture and farm problems, and other such matters
as may be referred. Committee
Website
Joint Committee on State
Administration and Regulatory Oversight, Vice Chair
It shall be the duty of the
committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight to consider
all matters concerning competitive biddingon public contracts, public
construction opening meeting laws, state regulations, state agencies,
lobbyists' rep porting laws and such other matters as may be referred. Committee
Website
Joint Committee on Mental
Health and Substance Abuse
It shall be the duty of the
committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse to consider all matters
concerning behavioral health, drug detoxification, homeless mentally
ill, Mental Health Department oversight, mental illness, mentally ill
services and such other matters as may be referred. Committee
Website
Joint Committee on Community
Development and Small Business
It shall be the duty of the committee on Community Development and
Small Business to consider all matters concerning mercantile
establishments, the establishment of economic districts and local
planning commissions, urban renewal, and other such matters as may be
referred. Committee
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