House Standing Committee
State and Local Government

About the State and Local Government Committee: The nature of the legislation referred to this committee is often very complex. Legislation addressing such matters as local and municipal affairs (forms of local government, powers to tax and raise revenue, local ordinances, local government employees, local government expenditures); cultural affairs; alcoholic beverage taxes and regulations of sale; election laws; holidays and celebrations; military parks and battlefields; museums; preservation of historical markers; private utility districts; public lands; state and public libraries; state government in general; Veteran's affairs; annexation; and penal and correctional institutions often appear. More »

Angela Brown
207 War Memorial Building
Phone (615) 741-3560

Paul Overholser, Research Analyst
Phone (615) 741-1100 ext. 44131