Local lawmakers named to committees

Lt. Gov. Randy McNally won re-election without opposition as Speaker of the Senate, and subsquently appointed Sen. Richard Briggs as chairman of the State & Local Government Committee and reappointed Sen. Becky Duncan Massey to lead the Transportation & Safety Committee.

Massey will continue to serve as a member of the Health Committee. Briggs will also serve as a member of the Rules and Transportation & Safety committees.

On the House side, Knoxville’s freshmen legislators – Michele Carringer, Eddie Mannis and Sam McKenzie – received appointments to Education committees, while Rep. Justin Lafferty was named chair of the Higher Education Subcommittee.

Other committee assignments for Knox County’s delegation include:

Carringer: Education Administration Committee and K-12 Subcommittee; State Government Committee and Departments and Agencies Subcommittee.

Gloria Johnson: Government Operations Committee; Naming and Designating Committee.

Lafferty: Education Administration Committee and chair, Higher Education Subcommittee; Government Operations and Insurance Committees

Mannis: Commerce Committee and Business and Utilities Subcommittee; Education Instruction Committee; Local Government Committee and Elections and Campaign Finance Subcommittee.

McKenzie: Education Instruction Committee and Subcommittee; Transportation Committee.

Dave Wright: Vice Chair, Local Government Committee and member, Cities and Counties Subcommittee, Elections and Campaign Finance Subcommittee; Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee and Property and Planning Subcommittee.

Zachary: Chair, Calendar and Rules Committee; Member, Finance, Ways and Means Committee and Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee and Business and Utilities Subcommittee.