Fountain Hills Republican John Kavanagh will return as chairman of the state House Appropriations Committee when Arizona lawmakers report in January for their 2013 regular session.
Kavanagh’s return as Appropriations chairman is among 18 committee chairmanships announced Thursday by Speaker Andy Tobin in a post-election reorganization.
Other returning House chairmen include Bob Robson for the Rules Committee, Doris Goodale and Eddie Farnsworth for Judiciary.
Newly appointed chairmen include Debbie Lesko for the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee and Justin Olson for a new Federalism and Fiscal Responsibility Committee.
Lesko is currently House majority whip.
In all, the House will have 18 committees, all led by majority Republicans.
