New Committee Membership

This week, the Senate formally announced new Committee membership for the 2021 Legislative Session.  We are still awaiting Committee assignments for the House.  All Senate Committee membership can be found here.  Two of the committees that we closely follow during session in the Senate are the Banking & Financial Institutions and Judiciary Committee.  Both Committees had notable changes to their membership, which are outlined below.
 
As part of our advocacy efforts, we will be reaching out to new Committee members for the committees that we closely follow in the coming weeks of the session.  We encourage you as bankers to introduce yourselves to new Banking Committee members, especially if you live in their districts.
 
The new banking committee Chairman is Senator Matt Brass.  Senator Brass is Tyler’s Senator as he lives in that district and Tyler has known him for years.  Another notable announcement was the appointment of Senator Brain Strickland as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.  Senator Strickland takes the helm from Senator Jesse Stone, who did not run for re-election.    
 
- Banking and Financial Institutions-

• Matt Brass                   Chairman                     New Member to Committee
• John Kennedy            Vice Chairman
• Ed Harbison                Secretary
• Jason Anavitarte        Member                       New Member to Committee
• Clint Dixon                  Member                       New Member to Committee
• Sonya Halpern            Member                       New Member to Committee
• Emanuel Jones           Member                       New Member to Committee
• Jennifer Jordan          Member
• Butch Miller                 Member
• Bruce Thompson        Ex-Officio                    Change to Position

 
- Judiciary-

• Brian Strickland          Chairman                     Change to Position
• Bill Cowsert                 Vice Chairman
• John Kennedy             Secretary                      Change to Position
• Bo Hatchett                  Member                       New Member to Committee
• Harold Jones II            Member
• Kay Kirkpatrick            Member                       New Member to Committee
• Elena Parent                 Member
• Michael "Doc" Rhett   Member
• Blake Tillery                  Member                        Change to Position
• Ben Watson                   Member                       New Member to Committee

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