Pubdate: Mon, 20 Dec 2010
Source: Lansing State Journal (MI)
Copyright: 2010 Lansing State Journal
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/232
Author: Derek Melot

LANSING AREA SENATORS NAMED TO SENATE COMMITTEES

LANSING -- New senators from mid-Michigan will assume committee 
chairmanships in the next Michigan Senate.

Sen.-elect Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge, has been appointed to lead the 
Senate's Judiciary Committee in his first term in the Senate, while 
freshman Sen.-elect Joe Hune, R-Hamburg Township, will head the 
Senate's Agriculture, Insurance and Redistricting committees. 
Freshman Sen.-elect Judy Emmons, R-Sheridan, will lead the Families, 
Seniors & Human Services Committee, according to a list released by 
Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville and Minority Leader 
Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing.

"Richardville said he wanted me in (the judiciary) positions due to 
my experience -- 31 years in police work and also my three terms on 
the House Judiciary Committee," said Jones, who is finishing up his 
third and final term in the Michigan House.

Jones said bringing Michigan into compliance with the federal Adam 
Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act and regulation of medical 
marijuana would be two prime issues for his committee in 2011.

"We need to bring some sanity (on regulation), compared to what we 
have right now," Jones said in reference to medical marijuana.  
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