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List of members of the American Legislative Exchange Council

List of members of the American Legislative Exchange Council

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The American Legislative Exchange Council, otherwise known by the acronym ALEC, is a non-profit 501(c) political organization established in 1973 in Chicago.[1] The legislative members are state and federal legislators. It is a forum to allow the members to write model laws and discuss legislative language with other members. ALEC meetings are an opportunity for the corporate and non-profit leaders to meet and provide feedback to legislators. Member legislators can then use these model bills as templates for their own bills.

This is a list of current members. For former members, see List of former members of the American Legislative Exchange Council.

ALEC's vision statement is "A nonpartisan membership association for conservative state lawmakers who shared a common belief in limited government, free markets, federalism, and individual liberty. Their vision and initiative resulted in the creation of a voluntary membership association for people who believed that government closest to the people was fundamentally more effective, more just, and a better guarantor of freedom than the distant, bloated federal government in Washington, D.C."[2]

ALEC keeps its membership, activities and communications confidential.[3] This list includes members whose identity primarily has become known through internal documents revealed to Common Cause and by research by members of the press.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Board of Scholars

The ALEC Board of Scholars is composed of the following:[4]

Board of directors

As of December 2017, the ALEC board of directors is composed of the following:[5]

Name Party affiliation State
ALEC National Chair
State Senator. James R. Buck[6] Republican Indiana
Board Members
State Sen. Wayne Niederhauser Republican Utah
State Rep. Jason Saine Republican North Carolina
State Sen. Debbie Lesko Republican Arizona
State Sen. Leah Vukmir Republican Wisconsin
State Sen. Joel C. Anderson Republican California
State Del. Kathy Byron Republican Virginia
State Rep. Alan Clemmons Republican South Carolina
State Sen. Andre E. Cushing, III Republican Maine
Speaker Gary L. Daniels Republican New Hampshire
State Rep. David Frizzell Republican Indiana
Speaker Philip Gunn Republican Mississippi
State Rep. Yvette Herrell Republican New Mexico
Speaker William J. Howell Republican Virginia
State Sen. Brian Kelsey Republican Tennessee
State Rep. Phil King Republican Texas
State Rep. Dawn Pettengill Republican Iowa
State Rep. John Piscopo Republican Connecticut
State Rep. David Reis Republican Illinois
State Rep. Bill Seitz Republican Ohio
State Sen. Jim Smith Republican/Non-Partisan Nebraska
State Sen. Susan Wagle Republican Kansas
Speaker Linda Upmeyer Republican Iowa

Board in 2013

The ALEC board of directors is composed of the following:[7]

Name Party affiliation State
2013 ALEC National Chair
State Rep. John Piscopo Republican Connecticut
First Vice Chair
State Rep. Linda Upmeyer Republican Iowa
Second Vice Chair
State Rep. Phil King Republican Texas
Treasurer
State Sen. Leah Vukmir Republican Wisconsin
Secretary
State Rep. Liston Barfield Republican South Carolina
Chairs Emeritus
State Rep. Harold Brubaker Republican North Carolina
State Rep. Tom Craddick Republican Texas
State Rep. Noble Ellington Republican Louisiana
State Sen. Steve Faris Democratic Arkansas
State Rep. Bobby Hogue Democratic Arkansas
State Sen. Owen H. Johnson Republican New York
State Rep. Dolores Mertz Democratic Iowa
Immediate Past Chair
State Rep. David Frizzell Republican Indiana
Name Party affiliation State
Board Members
State Sen. Gary Banz Republican Oklahoma
State Sen. James R. Buck Republican Indiana
State Sen. Bill Cadman Republican Colorado
State Sen. Barbara Cegavske Republican Nevada
State Rep. Joe Harrison Republican Louisiana
Speaker William J. Howell Republican Virginia
State Sen. Michael Lamoureux Republican Arkansas
State Rep. Steve McDaniel Republican Tennessee
Speaker Raymond Merrick Republican Kansas
State Rep. Tim Moffitt Republican North Carolina
State Sen. Wayne Neiderhauser Republican Utah
State Sen. Bill Seitz Republican Ohio
State Rep. Blair Thoreson Republican North Dakota
Speaker Thom Tillis Republican North Carolina
State Rep. Curry Todd Republican Tennessee
State Sen. Susan Wagle Republican Kansas

Private enterprise board

The ALEC private enterprise board is composed of the following corporate leaders:[8]

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State chairs

ALEC state chairs from state legislatures are:[9]

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Task force members

ALEC presently has 9 task forces to "commission research, publish papers, convene workshops, issue alerts, and serve as clearinghouses of information on free market policies in the states." Each task force is co-chaired by one state legislator (termed "public") and one corporate representative(termed "private"), but Private Co-Chairs have veto power over final decisions of their task force. The primary goal of these task forces is to develop model policies for the country. "The centerpiece to the Task Forces is ALEC's model legislation. To date, ALEC has considered, written, and approved hundreds of model bills, resolutions, and policy statements."[10]

Contributing authors

Corporate and non-profit members

Legislative members

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

See also

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