Kotek announces 2015 House committee assignments

Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek has announced house committee assignments for the 2015 Legislative Session. 
 

The assignments come after Kotek met with every returning and incoming member of the House of Representatives to discuss their priorities and interests.   

District 32 Representative Deborah Boone will be Vice Chair of the Veterans and Emergency Preparedness Committee; she will also be a member of the Energy and Environment Committee

District 31 Representative Brad Witt will chair the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee.  He will also be a member of the Rules Committee and the Rural Communities: Land Use and Water Committee.  

The House will convene January 12, 2015 for an organizational session, which will include the swearing-in of all House members, the official election of the constitutional officers and the introduction of the first set of bills. The 2015 Session will officially begin February 2.