SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES Agriculture, 1836-: All matters relating to agriculture Appropriations, 1906-: To appropriate funds for the support of government Aviation, 1937-1953: Aviation Banking, 1925-1947: Banks, savings banks, trust and guaranty companies Banking & Corporations, 1955-1968: Banks, trust companies, insurance and guaranty companies, private and quasi-public corporations, including railroads and other companies subject to the Public Service Commission Banking & Insurance, 1917-1923, 1949-1953: Banks, trust companies, insurance and guaranty companies Banks, 1836-1915: Banks, savings banks, trust companies Claims, 1836-1953: Claims against the state Commerce & Labor, 1917-1953: Commerce, labor, domestic manufactures, weights and measures Conservation, 1917-1919: Conservation of state resources, water powers, forestry and internal developments Conservation & Development, 1921-1968: Conservation and development of state resources, water powers, geology, forestry, parks, development of industrial and internal affairs Corporations, 1890-1915: Private corporations Corporations & Franchises, 1917-1953: Private and quasi-public corporations, including railroads, street railways, and other companies subject to the Public Service Commission Education, 1836-: All literary and scientific subjects; Educational Institutions (1949); Libraries (1951) Educational Institutions, 1917-1947: State Schools, normal schools, colleges Elections, 1836-1915: Election of its members Energy & Natural Resources, 1977-1984: the conservation and planning of sources of energy; See Natural Resources (1969-1976) Federal Relations, 1867-1947, 1953: Matters relating to the government of the United States and the relations of the state thereto Finance, 1836-: All matters affecting the revenue of the state; local taxes and the Grand List (1949); banks, trust companies, insurance and guaranty companies, private and quasi-public corporations, including railroads and other companies subject to the Public Service Commission. (Transportation out 1989) SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES (CONT'D) Fish & Game, 1917-1968: Fish and game General, 1855-1968, 1977-1990: All matters with no other appropriate committee; Commerce & Labor, claims against the state (1955); Unemployment & Workers Compensation Insurance (1985); all matters military, including veterans and civil defense, aviation (1977). (Aviation out 1989) General Affairs & Housing, 1991-: General committee (1990) and all matters related to housing General & Military Affairs, 1969-1976: General committee (1977) Government Operations, 1969-: Administration of government and justice, matters relating to suffrage, nominations, elections, compensation and retirement benefits for public officials and employees, municipal corporations, reapportionment Grand List, 1876-1915: To compile and deal with all matters concerning the Grand List Health & Welfare, 1969-: Preservation of health, traffic in intoxicating liquor, matters relating to old age assistance and other matters relating to social and economic security and pensions, compensations, relief and aid in connection therewith; unemployment and workers compensation insurance (to 1989) Highway Traffic, 1925-1976: Licensing of motor vehicles and regulation of traffic on the highways Highways & Bridges, 1867-1976: Construction and maintenance of highways and bridges Highways & Traffic, 1977-1988: Transportation facilities, principally highways and bridges, regulation of traffic thereon and licensing of users thereof Insane Asylum, 1876-1915: Insane asylum Institutions, 1955-: Department of Institutions (Corrections) and Public Buildings Insurance, 1925-1947: Insurance Judiciary, 1836-: All judicial and legal matters; excepting justice and municipal courts 1912-1947 Justice & Municipal Courts, 1912-1915: Justice and municipal courts Land Tax, 1836-1915: Land tax Library, 1917-1949: State library and other libraries Manufactures, 1836-1915: Domestic manufactures Mileage & Debentures, 1917-1935: Mileage and debentures of the members of the Senate Military Affairs, 1836-1945, 1955-1968: Militia, discharged veterans, aviation, all matters military including civil defense 1955 SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES (CONT'D) Military & Veterans Affairs, 1949-1953: All matters military in nature and all matter relating to discharged veterans Minor Courts, 1917-1947: See Justice & Municipal Courts Municipal Corporations, 1906-1968: Municipal corporations Natural Resources, 1969-1976: Conservation, development and planning of the state's natural resources, including water quality, geology, forestry, parks and recreation, fish and wildlife, community and regional planning and development and internal and industrial development Natural Resources & Energy, 1985-: See Natural Resources (1969-1976); See Energy & Natural Resources (1977-1984) Penal Institutions, 1917-1935: House of correction and state prison Printing, 1858-1915: To decide whether all bills should be printed or not Public Buildings, 1917-1953: All public buildings except those otherwise provided for by rule Public Health, 1917-1968: Preservation of health, traffic of intoxicating liquor (1955) Railroads, 1867-1915: Railroads Roads, 1847-1866: Roads Roads & Canals, 1836-1846: Roads and canals Rules, 1836-1843, 1847, 1858-: Rules of the Senate Social Security, 1937-1947: Unemployment insurance, old age assistance and other matters relating to social and economic security and pensions, compensation, relief and aid in connection therewith Social Welfare, 1949-1968: See Social Security State & Court Expenses, 1917-1968: Expenses of the administration of government and justice; suffrage, nominations, elections, election of members (1955) State & Industrial Interests, 1912-1915: Internal and industrial development State Institutions, 1917-1953: State Industrial School, state school for the feeble-minded, state hospital for the insane, and other institutions for the insane and mentally disabled State Prison, 1876-1915: State prison Street Railways, 1906-1915: Street railways Suffrage & Elections, 1917-1953: Suffrage, nominations, elections, election of members Taxation, 1917-1947: Local taxation and the Grand List SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES (CONT'D) Temperance, 1917-1953: Traffic in intoxicating liquors Transportation, 1989-: All transportation companies and corporations subject to the regulation of the Public Service Board and all air and surface transportation, including its registration and regulation and the licensing of its operations and the construction and maintenance of its thoroughfares and the regulation of its users thereof Veterans & Military Affairs, 1947: See Military & Veterans Affairs SENATE COMMITTEES WITH NO TIES TO CURRENT COMMITTEES: Federal Relations: 1867-1947, 1953 Mileage & Debentures: 1917-1935 Printing: 1858-1915 JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES Bills, 1836-1872: Check engrossed bills for accuracy Fourth Joint Rule, 1842-1915: To receive and report on all documents transmitted by the Governor for the use of the General Assembly Game & Fisheries, 1880-1915: Fish and game House of Correction, 1882-1915: House of correction Immigration & Industrial Interests, 1892-1910: Internal and industrial development Immigration & Labor, 1912-1915: Labor and industrial development Industrial School, 1896-1915: Industrial school Insurance, 1902-1915: Insurance Joint Rules, 1839-: Joint rules Library, 1851-1915: Libraries Public Health, 1896-1915: Preservation of health Reform School, 1869-1894: Reform school Revision of Bills, 1898-1912: To examine bills after engrossment State & Court Expenses, 1888-1915: Expenses for the administration of government and justice State Work House, 1878-1880: State work house Temperance, 1892-1915: Traffic in intoxicating liquors