Committee Assignments

Committee Assignments

Representative Micah Caskey currently serves as Chairman of the House Rules Committee, as a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and as a member of the Joint Bond Review Committee.

Ways and Means

The South Carolina House Ways and Means Committee is made up of twenty-five members and is chaired by Rep. Bruce Bannister (Dist. 24). The committee's primary responsibilities are writing the state's annual budget and crafting state tax and fiscal policy. The committee divides its work in two types of subcommittees: Budget and Legislative Affairs. On the budget side, the committee is comprised of budget subcommittees that work each year to draft the General Appropriations Bill — the legislation that funds public education, infrastructure, law enforcement, health care, and every state agency — before the full House takes up the spending plan. On the Legislative Affairs side, the committee is divided into legislative subcommittees that develop tax and fiscal policy for the state.

Rep. Caskey serves as Chairman of the Constitutional Subcommittee for the budget, and as a member of the General Government Subcommittee for legislative affairs.

Rules

The South Carolina House Rules Committee is responsible for the rules that govern how the House of Representatives operates. It considers amendments to the Rules of the House and handles motions to set legislation for special order — the mechanism that determines the priority and order in which bills are debated on the House floor. Because of this role, the Committee can have significant influence over the flow of legislation and the House calendar.

Rep. Caskey serves as Chairman of the Rules Committee.

Joint Bond Review

The Joint Bond Review Committee is a joint committee of the House and Senate that oversees the State's capital spending and bonded indebtedness. Under Title 2, Chapter 47 of the S.C. Code of Laws, the Committee reviews permanent improvement projects and their funding sources before they are approved, studies the State's existing general obligation and institutional bond obligations and its ability to meet them, recommends priorities for future bond issuance based on the State's needs, and recommends prudent limits on bond obligations relative to projected revenues. Its work helps ensure that South Carolina invests in needed infrastructure while protecting the State's strong credit and fiscal health. South Carolina Legislature

Rep. Caskey serves as a member of the Joint Bond Review Committee.