Senator Jay Emler - Legislative Experience
Member Senate Commerce Committee, January 2001 to present.
Member Senate Utilities Committee, January 2001 to present. Vice Chairman, 2001-2004. Chairman 2005 to present.
Member Senate Ways and Means Committee, January 2005 to present. Vice Chairman January 2005 to present.
Member Joint Committee on Kansas Security (standing committee), January 2004 to present. Alternate between being Chairman and Vice Chairman, depending upon whether House or Senate is chairing. Currently serving as Chairman.
Member Council of State Governments - Midwest Legislative Conference Executive Committee, June 2001 to present. Elected second vice chair July 2006. Will serve as chairman in 2009.
Member Council of State Governments - Midwest Legislative Conference Midwest-Canada Relations Committee, June 2005 to present. Co-chair Security Subcommittee, August 2005 to present.
Member National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Committee on Justice Information Sharing, 2004 to present.
Member NCSL Energy and Electric Utilities Standing Committee, January 2004 to present.
Member United States Department of Justice Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative Advisory Committee, April 2006 to present, representing NCSL.
Ex-officio member Governor’s Council on Homeland Security, August 2004 to present.
Member Kansas City Chapter of InfraGard.
Member Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services, August 2005 to present. Chairman Executive Committee, August 2006 to present.
Graduate of Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development, Madison, Wisconsin, 2002.
Graduate of University of Virginia Darden School of Emerging Political Leaders, June 2006.
Graduate NCSL Leadership Institute, June 2002.
Member Council of State Governments - Midwest Legislative Conference Economic Development Committee, June 2001 to August 2004.
Member Joint Select Committee on Kansas Security (ad hoc committee), January 2002 to December 2003.
Member Joint Committee on Information Technology, January 2001 to December 2002.
Member Joint Committee on Cultural Resources, January 2003 to December 2004.
Member Joint Committee on Claims Against the State, January 2001 to December 2004.
Member Senate Education Committee, January 2001 to December 2004. Serve on the committee that chooses the Kansas Teacher of the Year.
Elected to the Kansas Senate, November 2000. Sworn into office, January 2001.