Committee Assignments

Senator Hewitt serves on the following committees and subcommittees:

• Committee on Finance

  • Appropriation of state funds, including the cash portion of the comprehensive state capital budget
  • Budgetary requirements and procedures
  • Central purchasing
  • Economy and efficiency of government operations
  • Expenditure of funds
  • Fiscal controls
  • General appropriations bill
  • Revenue sharing

• Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget

• The Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget (JLCB) meets on a monthly basis throughout the year and is composed of the members of the House Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Finance, and the Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means and Chairman of the Committee on Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.  R.S.24:651-656 provides for the primary statutory authority of the committee. The committee is created and established as the budgetary and fiscal representative of the legislature to assist the body in its responsibilities under the Constitution of Louisiana and to provide the legislature with information. During the interim, the committee is authorized to approve or disapprove transfers of funds and to approve requests for use of interest earnings and for change orders for capital constructions projects. The committee is often extended broad authority to interpret and oversee implementation of legislative intent in regard to fiscal and budgetary matters.

• Committee on Transportation (Vice Chairman)

  • Air, bus and vehicular transportation
  • Common carriers, except by water
  • Construction, improvement and maintenance of waterways, lakes and streams
  • Facilities in connection with lakes, waterways and streams
  • Flood and drainage projects
  • Highways, roads and bridges
  • Levee districts
  • Motor vehicle regulation
  • Public Works
  • Ports
  • Railroads
  • Rules and Regulations for highways, railroads and air use
  • Transportation, highways and public works in general
  • Water conservation districts

• Select Committee on Coastal Restoration and Flood Control

  • tidelands
  • construction, improvements and maintenance of waterways, lakes, and streams in coastal parishes
  • facilities in connection with lakes, waterways, and streams in coastal parishes
  • flood and drainage projects in coastal parishes
  • levee districts in coastal parishes
  • public works in connection with construction, improvement, and maintenance of waterways, lakes, and streams in coastal parishes

• Committee on Environmental Quality

  • Air quality
  • Environmental control and regulation generally
  • Hazardous waste regulation
  • Land pollution
  • Radiation regulation and control
  • Solid waste regulation
  • Water resources

• Select Committee on Women and Children

• The Select Committee on Women and Children was created to study and make recommendations on issues regarding women and children, including but not limited to, advancing their well being, particularly concerning access to health, promoting equity in education, economic advancement, health, and criminal justice, and reviewing state law to ensure the inclusiveness of the concerns of women and children.