Jordan to chair Senate Reference Committee

State Sen­a­tor Kris Jor­dan (R-Ostrander) has been named Chair­man of the Sen­ate Ref­er­ence Com­mit­tee for the 130th Gen­eral Assem­bly by Sen­ate Pres­i­dent Keith Faber (R-Celina). In this role, Jor­dan will be respon­si­ble for assign­ing bills to a Sen­ate stand­ing com­mit­tee after their introduction.

“Com­mit­tees are the work­horses of the Leg­is­la­ture, where both mem­bers and the peo­ple of Ohio have the oppor­tu­nity to make their opin­ions known about a par­tic­u­lar piece of leg­is­la­tion,” Jor­dan said. “I look for­ward to work­ing with the mem­bers of the Ref­er­ence Com­mit­tee to ensure that this process is as smooth and effi­cient as possible.”

Sen­a­tor Jor­dan was also appointed Vice-Chairman of the Energy & Nat­ural Resources Com­mit­tee. He will also serve on the Pub­lic Safety, Local Gov­ern­ment & Vet­er­ans Affairs Com­mit­tee, the Com­merce & Labor Com­mit­tee, the Med­ic­aid, Health & Human Ser­vices Com­mit­tee, and the Finance Sub­com­mit­tee on Med­ic­aid. Sen­a­tor Faber announced a restruc­tur­ing of the Sen­ate Com­mit­tees ear­lier this month to allow mem­bers the oppor­tu­nity to delve more deeply into com­plex issues such as edu­ca­tion and Medicaid.

Jor­dan is cur­rently serv­ing his first term in the Ohio Sen­ate, hav­ing pre­vi­ously served in the Ohio House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives and as a Delaware County Com­mis­sioner. He and his wife Melissa live in Ostrander.

Posted by Gary Henery on Jan 30 2013. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.