Agriculture & Water Committee

The Agriculture and Water Committee provides a forum in which legislators can engage in the exchange of information and ideas on relevant policy topics at all levels of government. It represents state government on key regional and national issues, promotes the importance of agriculture and water concerns, and works toward collaborative solutions to strengthen the west.

For more information on the committee, please contact Jackie Tinetti, Policy Analyst.

Committee Leadership

Senator Wendy McKamey

Montana

Co-Chair

Assemblymember Lori Wilson

California

Co-Chair

Committee Roster

Alaska

Representative Dan Saddler

Arizona

(Presently None)

California

Assemblylmember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan
Assemblymember Robert Rivas
Assemblymember Esmeralda Soria
Assemblymember Carlos Villapudua
Assemblymember Lori Wilson
Assemblymember Vince Fong

Colorado

Senator Dylan Roberts
Senator Nick Hinrichsen
Senator Janice Marchman
Senator Kevin Priola
Senator Cleave Simpson
Senator Rod Pelton
Senator Byron Pelton

Hawaii

Senator Lynn DeCoite
Senator Mike Gabbard
Senator Lorraine R. Inouye
Senator Jarrett Keohokalole
Senator Herbert M. “Tim” Richards, III
Representative Cedric Asuega Gates
Representative Linda Ichiyama
Representative Kirstin Kahaloa
Representative Darius K. Kila
Representative Amy A. Perruso
Representative Mahina Poepoe
Representative Gene Ward

Idaho

Senator Linda Wright Hartgen
Senator Jim Guthrie
Senator Carrie Semmelroth

Montana

Senator Wendy McKamey

New Mexico

Senator Mimi Stewart
Senator Joseph Cervantes
Senator Crystal Diamond
Senator David Gallegos
Senator Ron Griggs
Senator Leo Jaramillo
Senator Brenda McKenna
Senator Steven Neville
Senator Shannon Pinto
Senator Cliff Pirtle
Senator Joshua Sanchez
Senator Pat Woods

Nevada

Assemblywoman Alexis Hansen
Assemblywoman Sarah Peters
Assemblyman Howard Watts

Oregon

(Presently None)

Utah

Senator Scott Sandall
Senator Mike K. McKell
Senator Derrin Owens
Senator Daniel McCay
Senator Nate Blouin
Representative Bridger Bolinder
Representative Walt Brooks
Representative Casey Snider

Washington

Representative Sam Low

Wyoming

Senator Larry Hicks
Senator Cheri Steinmetz
Representative Dalton Banks
Representative Allen Slagle

Past Committee Rosters

2021 – 2022 – Agriculture & Water Committee

Co-Chair

Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
California

Co-Chair

Senator Brian Boner
Wyoming

Alaska

Senator Scott Kawasaki
Representative George Rauscher
Representative Liz Snyder
Representative Sarah L. Vance

Arizona

Senator Sine Kerr

California

Assemblymember Cecilia M. Aguiar-Curry
Assemblymember Megan Dahle
Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia
Assemblymember Robert Rivas
Assemblymember Rudy Salas, Jr.
Assemblymember Carlos Villapudua

Colorado

Representative Mike Lynch
Representative Donald E. Valdez

Hawaii

Senator Mike Gabbard
Senator Lorraine R. Inouye
Representative Patrick Pihana Branco
Representative Mark J. Hashem
Representative Greggor Ilagan
Representative Lisa Marten
Representative Amy A. Perruso
Representative David A. Tarnas
Representative Chris Todd

Idaho

Senator Lee Heider
Senator Jim Patrick
Senator Michelle Stennett
Representative Kevin Andrus
Representative Sally Toone

Montana

Senator Ellie Boldman
Senator Jill Cohenour
Senator Janet Ellis
Senator Shane A. Morigeau
Senator Shannon O’Brien
Senator J.P. Pomnichowski
Senator Daniel Salomon
Senator Mark Sweeney
Senator Susan A. Webber
Representative Michele Binkley
Representative Willis Curdy
Representative Geraldine Custer
Representative Julie Dooling
Representative Robert Farris-Olsen
Representative Tom France
Representative Steven Galloway
Representative Joshua Kassmier
Representative Rhonda Knudsen
Representative Brandon Ler
Representative Marty Malone
Representative Marilyn Marler
Representative Wendy McKamey
Representative Joe Read
Representative Marvin Weatherwax, Jr.

New Mexico

Senator Joseph Cervantes
Senator Crystal R. Diamond
Senator David Gallegos
Senator Ron Griggs
Senator Leo Jaramillo
Senator Brenda Grace McKenna
Senator Steven P. Neville
Senator Shannon D. Pinto
Senator Cliff R. Pirtle
Senator Joshua A. Sanchez
Senator Mimi Stewart
Senator Pat Woods
Representative Marian Matthews
Representative Patricia Roybal Caballero

Nevada

Senator Melanie Scheible
Assemblywoman Sarah Peters
Assemblyman Howard Watts, III

Oregon

Senator Bill Kennemer

Utah

Senator Jani Iwamoto
Senator Scott Sandall
Representative Timothy D. Hawkes
Representative Casey Snider

Washington

Representative Tom Dent
Representative Mary Dye
Representative Debra Lekanoff
Representative Sharon Shewmake

Wyoming

Senator Brian Boner
Representative Bill Fortner
Representative Jeremy Haroldson

2019-2020 – Water & Environment Committee

Chair

Representative Zach Brown
Montana

Vice Chair

Senator Bill Hansell
Oregon

Alaska

Senator Tom Begich
Senator Scott Kawasaki
Representative Andy Josephson

Arizona

n/a

California

Senator Ben Allen
Senator Bob Wieckowski
Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Assemblymember Richard Bloom
Assemblymember Jordan Cunningham
Assemblymember Laura Friedman
Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia

Colorado

Senator Don Coram
Senator Kerry Donovan
Representative Marc Catlin
Representative Lisa Cutter
Representative Monica Duran
Representative Daneya Esgar
Representative Meg Froelich
Representative Edie Hooton
Representative Dominique Jackson
Representative Sonya Jaquez Lewis
Representative Hugh McKean
Representative Dylan Roberts
Representative Emily Sirota
Representative Marc Snyder
Representative Brianna Titone

Hawaii

Senator Kaiali’i Kahele
Representative Daniel Holt
Representative Scot Matayoshi
Representaitve Chris Todd
Representative Ryan Yamane

Idaho

Senator Mark Harris
Senator Lee Harris
Senator Jim Patrick
Senator Michelle Stennett

Montana

Senator Duane Ankney
Senator John Esp
Senator Pat Flowers
Senator Bruce Gillespie
Senator Douglas Kary
Senator Mary McNally
Senator J.P. Pomnichowski
Senator Jon Sesso
Senator Susan Webber
Representative Zach Brown
Representative Geraldine Custer
Representative Ross Fitzgerald
Representative Bradley Hamlett
Representative Casey Knudsen
Representative Forrest Mandeville
Representative Marilyn Marler
Representative Patricia Rae Peppers
Representative Joe Read
Representative Marvin Weatherwax
Representative Kerry White

Nevada

Senator Melanie Scheible
Assemblywoman Sarah Peters
Assemblyman Jim Wheeler

New Mexico

Senator William Burt
Senator Joseph Cervantes
Senator Richard Martinez
Senator Mary Kay Papen
Senator Cliff Pirtle
Senator Gabriel Ramos
Senator Pat Woods
Representative Patricia Roybal Caballero

Oregon

Senator Bill Hansell
Representative Marty Wilde

Utah

Senator Stuart Adams
Senator Jacob Anderegg
Senator Curt Bramble
Senator David Buxton
Senator Kirk Cullimore
Senator Luz Escamilla
Senator Dan Hemmert
Senator David Hinkins
Senator Don Ipson
Senator Jani Iwamoto
Senator Ralph Okerlund
Senator Kathleen Riebe
Senator Scott Sandall
Senator Todd Weiler
Representative Keven Stratton

Washington

Senator Mona Das
Senator Liz Lovelett
Senator Christine Rolfes
Representative Debra Lekanoff
Representative Sharon Shewmake

Wyoming

Senator Larry Hicks
Representative Stan Blake

2019-2020 – Agriculture Committee

Chair

Representative Lynn DeCoite
Hawaii

Vice Chair

Senator Lee Heider
Idaho

Alaska

Senator Scott Kawasaki
Representative Benjamin Carpenter
Representative Sharon Jackson

Arizona

n/a

California

Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Assemblymember Adam Gray
Assemblymember Rudy Salas
Assemblymember Susan Talamantes Eggman

Colorado

Senator Jerry Danielson
Senator Joann Ginal
Senator Jesse Sonnenberg
Representative Marc Catlin
Representative Daneya Esgar
Representative Dylan Roberts

Hawaii

Senator Mike Gabbard
Representative Richard Cregan
Representative Lynn DeCoite
Representative Lauren Matsumoto
Representative Richard Onishi

Idaho

Senator Mark Harris
Senator Lee Heider
Senator Jim Patrick
Representative Judy Boyle
Representative Clark Kauffman
Representative Laurie Lickey
Representative Britt Raybould
Representative Jerald Raymond
Representative Sally Toone

Montana

Senator Bruce Gillespie
Senator Douglas Kary
Senator Margaret MacDonald
Senator Albert Olszewski
Senator Daniel Salomon
Senator Frank Smith
Representative Barbara Bessette
Representative Mary Ann Dunwell
Representative Dennis Lenz
Representative Denley Loge
Representative Marilyn Marler
Representative Wendy McKamey
Representative Andrea Olsen
Representative Patricia Rae Peppers

Nevada

Senator Dallas Harris
Assemblywoman Alexis Hansen
Assemblywoman Robin Titus
Assemvlyman Greg Smith

New Mexico

Senator Gregory Baca
Senator Bill Burt
Senator Joseph Cervantes
Senator Richard Martinez
Senator Mary Kay Papen
Senator Cliff Pirtle
Senator Gabriel Ramos
Senator Pat Woods

Oregon

Senator Bill Hansell

Utah

Senator David Hinkins
Senator Ralph Okerlund
Senator Scott Sandall
Senator Jerry Stevenson
Representative Joel Ferry

Washington

Senator Rebecca Saldana
Senator Judy Warnick

Wyoming

Senator Ogden Driskill
Representative Hans Hunt

2017-2018 – Agriculture & Water Committee

Chair

Representative Clark Kauffman
Idaho

Vice Chair

Representative Jeni Arndt
Colorado

Alaska

Senator Scott Kawasaki
Representative Benjamin Carpenter
Representative Sharon Jackson

Arizona

Representative Brenda Barton
Representative Rusty Bowers
Representative Becky Nutt

California

Senator Cathleen Galgiani
Senator Robert Hertzberg
Assemblymember Anna Caballero
Assemblymember Brian Dahle
Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia
Assemblymember Adam Gray
Assemblymember Susan Talamantes Eggman

Colorado

Senator Randy Baumgardner
Senator John Cooke
Senator Don Coram
Senator Larry Crowder
Senator Kerry Donovan
Senator Rhonda Fields
Senator Leroy Garcia
Senator Matt Jones
Senator Vicki Marble
Senator Ray Scott
Senator Jerry Sonnenberg
Representative Jeni Arndt

Hawaii

Representative Richard Creagan
Representative Lynn DeCoite
Representative Sam Kong
Representative Lauren Matsumoto
Representative Ryan Yamane

Idaho

Senator Steve Bair
Senator Bert Brackett
Senator Lori Den HArtog
Senator Jim Patrick
Senator Jim Rice
Representative Judy Boyle
Representative Van Burtenshaw
Representative Tom Dayley
Representative Clark Kauffman

Montana

Senator Pat Connell
Senator Brian Hoven
Senator Margie MacDonald
Senator JP Pomnichowski
Representative Brad Hamlett
Representative Wendy McKamey
Representative Andrea Olsen
Representative Ray Shaw

Nevada

Senator Yvanna Cancela
Senator Pete Goicoechea
Senator Don Gustavson
Senator David Parks
Assemblywoman Lesley Cohen
Assemblywoman Sandra Jauregui
Assemblywoman Heidi Swank
Assemblyman Jim Wheeler

New Mexico

Senator Bill Burt
Senator Joseph Cervantes
Senator Richard Martinez
Senator Cliff Pirtle
Senate President Pro Tem Mary Kay Papen
Senator Pat Woods
Representative Paul Bandy
Representative George Dodge
Representative Harry Garcia
Representative Rodolfo S. Martinez

Oregon

Senator Bill Hansell
Representative Brad Witt

Utah

Senator Jacob Anderegg
Senator Margaret Dayton
Senator Jani Iwamoto
Senator Ralph Okerlund
Representative Gage Froerer
Representative Timothy Hawkes
Representative Scott Sandall

Washington

Senator Judy Warnick

Wyoming

Senator Larry Hicks

Upcoming Events

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Aug

1-4

2023

76th CSG West Annual Meeting

This year marks an exciting one for CSG West. We are thrilled to invite you, on behalf of…

Past Events

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Jul

19-22

2022

75th CSG West Annual Meeting

Sep – Oct

28-1

2021

74th CSG West Annual Meeting

Mark your calendar for the 74th CSG West Annual Meeting to be hosted September 28 – October 1,…

Jul

29-30

2020

2020 Virtual Annual Meeting

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, CSG West hosted a first of its kind virtual Annual…

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