Council of State Governments

The Council of State Governments
Abbreviation CSG
Motto Sharing capitol ideas
Formation 1933
Founder Henry Wolcott Toll
Type non-governmental organization
Location
Executive Director/CEO
David Adkins
Website www.csg.org

The Council of State Governments (CSG) is a nonpartisan non-profit organization in the United States serving the state governments. It serves state legislatures, state courts, and executive branch officials and agencies, and is the only multi-branch organization of state governments in the United States. CSG was founded by Colorado Senator Henry Toll in 1933. CSG also serves the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands (commonwealths) as well as Guam and the United States Virgin Islands.

CSG is headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, and also operates four regional offices, for the East (northeast), Midwest, West, and South. The Council also maintains an office in Washington, D.C. to monitor federal government activities and their impact on state issues and programs. CSG's Justice Center, based in New York City and with offices around the country, provides practical, nonpartisan advice and consensus-driven strategies—informed by available evidence—to increase public safety and strengthen communities

CSG is funded by annual dues paid by each state and territory to support CSG's operations, in addition to revenue derived from publication sales, registration fees, corporate grants and contributions, and investment income.

The organization is headed by a governor who serves as President and a member of a state legislature who serves as chairman.

Several Canadian provinces are international members of some of CSG's regional subdivisions, notably the "Eastern Regional Conference" or ERC. In fact, Quebec City was chosen as the venue for CSG's annual national meeting in 1999, Halifax, Nova Scotia as ERC's annual regional meeting in the summer of 2011, and Edmonton, Alberta as WRC's in the summer of 2012.

CSG is the precursor and partner of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), with which it shares Executive Committee members, and is the umbrella organization for multiple state leaders' organizations as well as research entities, such as the Healthy States Initiatives, founded by CSG and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), headquartered in Atlanta, GA, as well as the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators.


History

In 1925, Colorado state senator Henry Wolcott Toll created the American Legislators' Association, which provided legislators with information and opportunities to connect.[1] Prior to its establishment, Senator Toll published a four-page leaflet called "The Legislator" that was designed to make state legislators aware of what their counterparts in other states were doing. The first meeting of the Association was held on July 19 and 20, 1926 in Denver and was made up of "councils" consisting of five members of the senate and five members of the house from each state. Originally underwritten by Senator Toll, Senator George Woodward of Pennsylvania began contributing in 1926 and was later joined by legislators William A. Davenport, Morton Hull, and Henry L. Shattiick. Eventually the Association received an appropriation from the Spelman Fund, which led to the development of the magazine, "State Government" in April 1930. Due to the increased volume of work, the Association moved offices from Denver to Chicago on October 15, 1930.[2]

On January 18-20, 1935, the planning board of the American Legislators' Association met in Washington D.C. to discuss a league of state governments, which would serve as a co-ordinating agency for administrative as well as legislative officials. As a result the Council of State Governments was organized. The purpose of the Council was to develop and promote means by which the states could better cooperate with one another and with the federal government. The plan contemplated that the Council would derive its existence and authority from Commissions on Interstate Cooperation which were to be created by law in the (then) forty-eight states.[3]

Timeline [4][5]

Regional offices

CSG has 6 offices across the country including 4 regional offices, a federal affairs office in Washington D.C., and the headquarters office in Lexington, KY.[6]

Region Headquarters U.S. States U.S. Territories Associate Members Website Logo
CSG West Sacramento Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Alberta, British Columbia CSG West
CSG Midwest Chicago Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario CSG Midwest
CSG South (also known as Southern Legislative Conference) Atlanta Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia CSG SLC
CSG East (also known as Eastern Regional Conference) New York City Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Washington, D.C. New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec CSG ERC

Justice Center

On December 3, 2006, the Council of State Governments Governing Board voted to transform the Eastern Regional Conference’s (CSG/ERC) criminal justice program into a national Justice Center. The Justice Center’s Board of Directors includes state legislative leaders, judges, corrections administrators, juvenile justice agency directors, and law enforcement professionals, who together represent a cross-section of the senior-level state officials who shape criminal justice policy across the country.[7] The Justice Center is headquartered in New York City with additional offices in Austin, Seattle, Bethesda, and Washington, D.C.

Affiliate Organizations

Affiliate organizations contribute specialized expertise, information, resources and issues to the overall mission of CSG. In turn, CSG offers a mechanism by which affiliates may tap into CSG's products and services, and a forum for bringing issues to a broader, collective state audience.

CSG Presidents and Chairs

Year President State Chairman State
2016 Gov. Jack Martell Delaware Sen. Beau McCoy Nebraska
2015 Gov. Brian Sandoval Nevada Sen. Carl Marcellino New York
2014 Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin West Virginia Sen. Mark Norris Tennessee
2013 Gov. Jay Nixon Missouri Senate Majority Leader Gary Stevens Alaska
2012 Gov. Luis Fortuño Puerto Rico Senate Majority Leader Jay Emler Kansas
2011 Gov. Brian Schweitzer Montana Deputy Speaker Robert (Bob) Godfrey Connecticut
2010 Gov. Mike Rounds South Dakota Senate President David Williams Kentucky
2009 Gov. Joe Manchin III West Virginia Senator Bart Davis Idaho
2008 Gov. M. Jodi Rell Connecticut Rep. Kim Koppelman North Dakota
2007 Gov. Brad Henry Oklahoma Rep. Deborah Hudson Delaware
2006 Gov. Jim Douglas Vermont Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin West Virginia
2005 Gov. Ruth Ann Minner[note 1] Delaware Assemblyman Lynn Hetrick Nevada
2004 Gov. Frank Murkowski Alaska Sen. John Hottinger Minnesota
2003 Gov. Mike Huckabee Arkansas Rep. Dan Bosley Massachusetts
2002 Gov. Parris Glendening Maryland Sen. John Chichester Virginia
2001 Gov. Dirk Kempthorne Idaho Sen. Manny Aragón[note 2] New Mexico
2000 Gov. Paul E. Patton Kentucky Rep. Tom Ryder Illinois
1999 Gov. Tommy Thompson Wisconsin Sen. Kenneth McClintock[note 3] Puerto Rico
1998 Gov. Pedro Rosselló[note 4] Puerto Rico Rep. Charlie Williams Mississippi
1997 Gov. George Pataki New York Sen. Jeff Wells Colorado
1996 Gov. Mike Leavitt Utah Senate President Stan Aronoff Ohio
1995 Gov. Mel Carnahan Missouri Assemblyman Bob Wertz New York
1994 Gov. Ben Nelson Nebraska Rep. Bob Hunter North Carolina
1993 Gov. Jim Edgar Illinois Sen. Jeannette Hamby Oregon
1992 Gov. Zell Miller Georgia Rep. John Connors Iowa
1991 Gov. Terry Branstad Iowa Sen. W. Paul White Massachusetts
1990 Gov. Michael N. Castle Delaware Speaker Thomas B. Murphy Georgia
1989 Gov. William A. O'Neill Connecticut Senate President Arnold Christensen Utah
1988 Gov. James Martin North Carolina Senate President Pro Tem Mary McClure South Dakota
1987 Gov. Richard H. Bryan Nevada Sen. Hugh Farley New York
1986 Gov. Robert D. Orr Indiana Rep. John E. Miller Arkansas
1985 Gov. Charles S. Robb Virginia Sen. James I. Gibson Nevada
1984 Gov. James R. Thompson Illinois Rep. Roy Hausauer North Dakota
1983 Gov. Scott M. Matheson Utah Rep. Timothy J. Moynihan Connecticut
1982 Gov. Richard A. Snelling Vermont Sen. Kenneth C. Royall Jr. North Carolina
1981 Gov. George Busbee Georgia Rep. William Grannell Oregon
1980 Gov. Otis R. Bowen, M.D. Indiana Senate Pres. Oliver Ocasek Ohio
1979 Gov. Julian M. Carroll Kentucky Speaker James J. Kennelly Connecticut
1978 Gov. William G. Milliken Michigan Speaker Bill Clayton Texas
1977 Gov. Reubin O'Donovan Askew Florida Speaker Pro Tem John J. Thomas Indiana
1976 Gov. Robert D. Ray Iowa Sen. J. Harry Michael Jr. Virginia
1975 Gov. Calvin L. Rampton Utah Sen. John J. Marchi New York
1974 Gov. Daniel J. Evans Washington Speaker William J. Lanting Idaho
1973 Gov. Marvin Mandel Maryland Assemblyman Charles J. Conrad California
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1957 Gov. Thomas B. Stanley Virginia Sen. Frank E. Panzer Wisconsin
1956 Gov. Arthur B. Langlie Washington Sen. Robert A. Ainsworth, Jr. Louisiana
1955 Gov. Robert F. Kennon Louisiana Sen. Carleton G. Howe Vermont
1954 Gov. Dan Thornton Colorado Sen. Stanton Hall Mississippi
1953 Gov. Allan Shivers Texas Rep. Elisha T. Barrett New York
1952 Gov. Val Peterson Nebraska Rep. J. Maynard Magruder Virginia
1951 Gov. Frank J. Lausche Ohio Rep. Bernice T. Van der Vries[note 5] Illinois
1950 Gov. Frank Carlson Kansas Sen. John W. Noble Missouri
1949 Gov. William Preston Lane Jr. Maryland Sen. Burton M. Cross Maine
1948 Gov. Horace Hildreth Maine Sen. Charles H. Jenkins North Carolina
1947 Gov. Millard F. Caldwell Florida Sen. John W. Van Ness Indiana
1946 Gov. Edward Martin Pennsylvania Rep. S. Denmead Kolb Maryland
1945 Gov. Herbert B. Maw Utah Sen. C. Petrus Peterson Nebraska
1944 Gov. Leverett Saltonstall Massachusetts Sen. Grant Macfarlane Utah
1943 Gov. Herbert R. O'Conor Maryland Sen. Thurman A. Biddinger Indiana
1942 Gov. Harold E. Stassen Minnesota Sen. Robert C. Hendrickson New Jersey
1941 Gov. Harold E. Stassen Minnesota Sen. Edgar Brown South Carolina
1940 Gov. Lloyd C. Stark Missouri Rep. Ellwood J. Turner Pennsylvania
1939 Gov. Robert L. Cochran Nebraska Assemblyman Harold C. Ostertag New York
1938 Gov. Robert L. Cochran Nebraska Sen. Thomas Vernor Smith Illinois

Notes

  1. First female President
  2. Second Hispanic chair
  3. First Hispanic Chairman
  4. First Hispanic President
  5. First female Chair

References

  1. Hopkins, Shawntaye (January–February 2016). "From Milestone to Milestone CSG Evolves From the Vision of Henry Toll" (PDF). Capitol Ideas (Kentucky: The Council of State Governments).
  2. The Book of the States. Illinois: The Council of State Governments. 1937. p. 8-13.
  3. The Book of the States. Illinois: The Council of State Governments. 1937. p. 8-13.
  4. The Book of the States. Illinois: The Council of State Governments. 1937. p. 8-13.
  5. Hopkins, Shawntaye (January–February 2016). "From Milestone to Milestone CSG Evolves From the Vision of Henry Toll" (PDF). Capitol Ideas (Kentucky: The Council of State Governments).
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