LANSING AREA SENATORS NAMED TO SENATE COMMITTEES

LANSING -- New senators from mid-Michigan will assume committee
chairmanships in the next Michigan Senate.

Sen.-elect Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge, has been appointed to lead the
Senate's Judiciary Committee in his first term in the Senate, while
freshman Sen.-elect Joe Hune, R-Hamburg Township, will head the
Senate's Agriculture, Insurance and Redistricting committees.
Freshman Sen.-elect Judy Emmons, R-Sheridan, will lead the Families,
Seniors & Human Services Committee, according to a list released by
Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville and Minority Leader
Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing.

"Richardville said he wanted me in (the judiciary) positions due to
my experience -- 31 years in police work and also my three terms on
the House Judiciary Committee," said Jones, who is finishing up his
third and final term in the Michigan House.

Jones said bringing Michigan into compliance with the federal Adam
Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act and regulation of medical
marijuana would be two prime issues for his committee in 2011.

"We need to bring some sanity (on regulation), compared to what we
have right now," Jones said in reference to medical marijuana.