CLS Newsletter - 2023 Committee Assignments & Leadership

COLORADO LEGISLATIVE STRATEGIES NEWSLETTER
 
2023 Committee Assignments & Leadership

See below for committee assignments (all House and Senate committees of reference and selected joint committees) and final leadership elections for the 2023 legislative session.

​HOUSE COMMITTEES:

House Democrats

• Speaker of the House – Julie McCluskie (Dillon)
• Majority Leader – Monica Duran (Wheat Ridge)
• Assistant Majority Leader – Jennifer Bacon (Denver)
• Majority Whips – Andrew Boesenecker (Ft. Collins)

                            Iman Jodeh (Aurora)

• Majority Caucus Chairs – Mandy Lindsay (Aurora)

                                          Brianna Titone (Arvada)

• Speaker Pro-Tempore – Chris Kennedy (Lakewood)
• Joint Budget Committee – Shannon Bird (Westminster)

                                          Emily Sirota (Denver)
 
House Republicans 

• Minority Leader – Mike Lynch (Wellington)
• Assistant Minority Leader – Rose Pugliese (Colorado Springs)
• Minority Whip – Richard Holtorf (Akron)
• Minority Caucus Chair – Mary Bradfield (Colorado Springs)
• Joint Budget Committee – Rod Bockenfeld (Watkins)

 
Senate Democrats

• President of the Senate – Steve Fenberg (Boulder)
• Majority Leader – Dominick Moreno (Commerce City)
• Assistant Majority Leader – Robert Rodriguez (Denver)
• Majority Whip – Julie Gonzales (Denver)
• Majority Caucus Chair – Janet Buckner (Aurora)
• President Pro-Tempore – James Coleman (Denver)
• Joint Budget Committee – Rachel Zenzinger (Arvada)

       Jeff Bridges (Greenwood Village)
 
Senate Republicans 

• Minority Leader – Paul Lundeen (Monument)
• Assistant Minority Leader – Bob Gardner (Colorado Springs)
• Minority Whip – Cleave Simpson (Alamosa)
• Minority Caucus Chair – Jim Smallwood (Parker)
• Joint Budget Committee – Barbara Kirkmeyer (Ft. Lupton)