Energy, Industry And Mining Committee, West Virginia State Senate

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The Energy, Industry and Mining Committee is a standing committee of the West Virginia State Senate.

Per the Senate Rules, committees of the West Virginia State Senate are assigned by the president of the Senate.^[1] Committees are assigned at the start of each term.^[2] A majority of appointed members make up a committee's quorum.^[3] The president serves as the ex officio chairperson of the Rules Committee.^[4]

See rules: Senate Rules

Membership[edit]

2023-2024 legislative session

Energy, Industry and Mining Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (1)	Republican members (13)	Third-party members(0)
Michael Caputo	Randy E. Smith Chair Ben Queen Vice Chair Jason Barrett Donna Boley Robert Karnes Patrick Martin Eric Nelson Mike Oliverio Rupie Phillips David Stover Mike Stuart Chandler Swope Jay Taylor

2021-2022 legislative session

Energy, Industry and Mining Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (10)	Third-party members(0)
Michael Caputo Mike Romano	Randy E. Smith Chair Rupie Phillips Vice chair Charles Clements Glenn Jeffries Patrick Martin Eric Nelson David Sypolt Donna Boley William Hamilton Chandler Swope

William Ihlenfeld (D) left this committee on October 05, 2021. ^[Source]

2019-2020 legislative session

Energy, Industry and Mining Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (4)	Republican members (9)	Third-party members(0)
Douglas Facemire William Ihlenfeld Richard Lindsay Mike Woelfel	Randy E. Smith Chair David Sypolt Vice-Chair Donna Boley Charles Clements Sue Cline William Hamilton Glenn Jeffries Kenny Mann Chandler Swope

2017 legislative session[edit]

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Energy, Industry and Mining Members, 2017
Democratic members (4)	Republican members (9)
• Douglas Facemire	• Randy E. Smith, Chair
• Glenn Jeffries	• David Sypolt, Vice chair
• Richard Ojeda	• Craig Blair
• Mike Woelfel	• Donna Boley
	• Sue Cline
	• Ryan Ferns
	• Ed Gaunch
	• Jeff Mullins
	• Chandler Swope

2015-2016[edit]

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

Energy, Industry and Mining Members, 2015
Democratic members (6)	Republican members (7)
• Douglas Facemire	• Jeff Mullins, Chair
• Art Kirkendoll	• David Nohe, Vice-Chair
• Robert Williams	• Dave Sypolt
• Mike Woelfel	• Craig P. Blair
• Herb Snyder	• Donna Boley
• Jack Yost	• Daniel Hall
	• Mark R. Maynard

2013-2014[edit]

Energy, Industry and Mining Members, 2013
Democratic members (10)	Republican members (3)
• Douglas Facemire, Chair	• Clark Barnes
• Art Kirkendoll, Vice Chair	• David Nohe
• Robert Beach	• Dave Sypolt
• Sam Cann
• Mike Green
• Evan Jenkins
• Robert Plymale
• Herb Snyder
• Ron Stollings
• Jack Yost

2011-2012[edit]

Energy, Industry and Mining Members, 2011
Democratic members (10)	Republican members (3)
• Mike Green, Chair	• Karen Facemyer
• Douglas Facemire, Vice Chair	• David Nohe
• Robert Beach	• David Sypolt
• John Fanning
• Walt Helmick
• Evan Jenkins
• Orphy Klempa
• Joseph Minard
• Ron Stollings
• Jack Yost

2009-2010[edit]

Energy, Industry and Mining Members, 2009
Democratic members (10)	Republican members (3)
• Douglas Facemire	• Frank Deem
• John Fanning	• Jesse Guills
• Mike Green	• David Sypolt
• Walt Helmick
• Evan Jenkins
• Jeffrey Kessler
• Joseph Minard
• Ron Stollings
• Robert Williams
• Jack Yost

External links[edit]

Energy, Industry and Mining Committee

Footnotes[edit]

↑ West Virginia State Legislature, "Senate Rules," accessed February 22, 2021 (Rule 28)
↑ West Virginia State Legislature, "Senate Rules," accessed February 22, 2021 (Rule 27)
↑ West Virginia State Legislature, "Senate Rules," accessed February 22, 2021 (Rule 1)
↑ West Virginia State Legislature, "Senate Rules," accessed February 22, 2021 (Rule 27-17)

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Current members of the West Virginia State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Randy Smith

Majority Leader:Patrick Martin

Minority Leader:Mike Woelfel

Senators

District 1

Laura Wakim Chapman (R)

Ryan Weld (R)

District 2

Charles Clements (R)

Christopher Rose (R)

District 3

Mike Azinger (R)

Donna Boley (R)

District 4

Amy Grady (R)

Eric Tarr (R)

District 5

Scott Fuller (R)

Mike Woelfel (D)

District 6

Craig Hart (R)

Mark Maynard (R)

District 7

Rupie Phillips (R)

Mike Stuart (R)

District 8

T. Kevan Bartlett (R)

Glenn Jeffries (R)

District 9

Brian Helton (R)

Rollan Roberts (R)

District 10

Vince Deeds (R)

Jack Woodrum (R)

District 11

William Hamilton (R)

Robbie Morris (R)

District 12

Patrick Martin (R)

Ben Queen (R)

District 13

Joey Garcia (D)

Mike Oliverio (R)

District 14

Randy Smith (R)

Jay Taylor (R)

District 15

Darren Thorne (R)

Tom Willis (R)

District 16

Jason Barrett (R)

Patricia Rucker (R)

District 17

Anne Charnock (R)

Tom Takubo (R)

Republican Party (32)

Democratic Party (2)

[1] West Virginia State Legislature, "Senate Rules," accessed February 22, 2021 (Rule 28)

[2] West Virginia State Legislature, "Senate Rules," accessed February 22, 2021 (Rule 27)

[3] West Virginia State Legislature, "Senate Rules," accessed February 22, 2021 (Rule 1)

[4] West Virginia State Legislature, "Senate Rules," accessed February 22, 2021 (Rule 27-17)

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