The state House has appointed the conferees it will send to meet with Senate counterparts to hammer out differences between the two chambers’ budget bills.

House Budget Committee Chairman Rick Stream (R-Kirkwood) will defend the House position on all 13 budget bills. Other combinations of representatives will join him on the remaining budget bills based on how their areas of expertise match up with the subject matter of each bill:

HB 1 – Board of Fund Commissioners – Reps. Tom Flanigan (R-Carthage) and Jeanne Kirkton (D-Webster Groves)

HB 2 – State Board of Education and Department of Elementary and Secondary Education – Reps. Mike Lair (R-Chillicothe) and Genise Montecillo (D-St. Louis)

HB 3 – Department of Higher Education – Reps. Flanigan and Montecillo

HB 4 – Department of Revenue and Department of Transportation – Reps. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) and Gail McCann Beatty (D-Kansas City)

HB 5 – Office of Administration, Departments of Transportation and Department of Public Safety – Reps. Mark Parkinson (R-St. Charles) and McCann-Beatty

HB 6 – Department of Agriculture, Department of Natural Resources and Department of Conservation – Reps. Craig Redmon (R-Canton) and Kirkton

HB 7 – Department of Economic Development, Department of Insurance, Department of Financial Institutions and Professional Registration and Department of Labor and Industrial Relations – Reps. Flanigan and Kevin McManus (D-Kansas City)

HB 8 – Department of Public Safety – Reps. Marsha Haefner (R-St. Louis) and Chris Kelly (D-Columbia)

HB 9 – Department of Corrections – Reps. Flanigan and Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur)

HB 10 – Department of Mental Health, Board of Public Buildings and Department of Health and Senior Services – Reps. Sue Allen (R-Town and Country) and Kirkton

HB 11 – Department of Social Services – Reps. Flanigan and Kirkton

HB 12 – Statewide elected officials, the Judiciary, Office of State Public Defender and the General Assembly – Reps. Flanigan and Kelly

HB 13 – Real property and related services – Reps. Flanigan and Kirkton