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Democrats name interim committee appointments

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House and Senate Democratic leaders have named their appointments to the interim special committees that will meet before the end of the year.

House Speaker Dan Hawkins has already made his appointments to the seven special committees that will meet.

Senate President Ty Masterson has not yet announced his interim committee appointments.

Here are the House and Senate appointments, not counting the newly created committee to study the budget process.

House

Special committee on available and affordable housing

Pam Curtis, Kansas City
Lynn Melton, Kansas City

Special committee on centralized pooled collateral and PMIB modernization

Mike Amyx, Lawrence
Nikki McDonald, Olathe

Special committee on foreign trade and regulatory sandboxes

Rui Xu, Westwood
John Carmichael, Wichita

Special committee on medical marijuana

Boog Highberger, Lawrence
Heather Meyer, Overland Park

Special committee on sedation dentistry

Cindy Neighbor, Shawnee
Kirk Haskins, Topeka

Special committee on state employee compensation

Vic Miller, Topeka
Brandon Woodard, Lenexa

Special committee on targeted case management

Susan Ruiz, Shawnee
Ford Carr, Wichita

Senate appointments

Special committee on available and affordable housing

Usha Reddi, Manhattan

Special committee on centralized pooled collateral and PMIB modernization

David Haley, Kansas City

Special committee on foreign trade and regulator sandboxes

Oletha Faust-Goudeau, Wichita

Special committee on medical marijuana

Cindy Holscher, Overland Park

Special committee on sedation dentistry

Pat Pettey, Kansas City

Special committee on state employee compensation

Marci Francisco, Lawrence

Special committee on targeted case management

Mary Ware, Wichita