Council of State Governments

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The Council of State Governments
AbbreviationCSG
Formation1933
FounderHenry 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 that serves all three branches of state government. Founded in 1933 by Colorado state Sen. Henry W. Toll, CSG is a region-based forum that fosters the exchange of insights and ideas to help state officials shape public policy. [1]

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The CSG National Headquarters is located in Lexington, Kentucky, but the council also operates regional offices in Atlanta, Chicago, New York City and Sacramento, California. CSG maintains an office in Washington, D.C. that monitors federal government activities and their impact on state issues and programs.

Other CSG services include policy academies, research briefs, webinars and annual conferences and meetings at the national and regional levels.

The CSG Justice Center, which is based in New York City and has offices across the country, provides strategies to increase public safety and strengthen communities. [2]

CSG national leadership includes a governor, who serves as the national president, and a member of a state legislature, who serves as national chair. CSG regions are chaired by state legislators.

CSG membership includes 56 U.S. states and territories; six Canadian provinces also partner with the council. Annual dues are paid by each state and territory to support the council's operations. In addition, revenue is derived from publication sales, registration fees, corporate grants and contributions, and investment income.

The CSG is considered part of the 'Big Seven', a group of organizations that represent local and state government in the United States.

History

In 1925, Henry Wolcott Toll, then a Colorado state senator, created the American Legislators’ Association, the forerunner to CSG, which provided legislators with information and opportunities to connect. [3] Toll believed interstate cooperation was imperative for states to maintain control over inherent state issues.

CSG—the only national organization that serves all three branches of state government—was created in 1933. "Probably 12 or 15 of us sat around a table in a small room," Toll recalled 25 years later. "The Council of State Governments had never been heard of before that day."

About five years after CSG was conceived, a new building at 1313 East 60th St., in Chicago became the council's central home. In 1967, CSG and the Commonwealth of Kentucky entered into an agreement that provided CSG with a headquarters building in Lexington, Kentucky. The building was dedicated on June 9, 1969. In 1993, the state financed the construction of a second building to facilitate the council's continued growth.

Some CSG services have been offered since the early years. The Book of the States, which provides comprehensive data and analysis about state governments and their operations, was first published in 1935. [4] State Government News, which later became the CSG bimonthly magazine, Capitol Ideas, was first published in 1958. [5]

The Eastern Regional Conference was established in 1937. CSG opened a Washington, D.C. office in 1938. The Midwestern Legislative Conference was established in 1945. Both the Southern Conference—now the Southern Legislative Conference—and the Western Regional Conference—now CSG West—were established in 1947. In 2006, the CSG Justice Center was formed.

The CSG Henry Toll Fellowship program, a leadership development program for state officials, was established in 1986. [6]

Timeline

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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. [1]

RegionHeadquartersU.S. StatesU.S. TerritoriesAssociate MembersWebsite
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, United States Virgin Islands, Washington, D.C. New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec CSG ERC

Justice Center

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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. [2] 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.

Publications

Presidents and Chairs

YearPresidentStateChairState
1938Gov. Robert L. Cochran Nebraska Sen. Thomas Vernor Smith Illinois
1939Gov. Robert L. Cochran Nebraska Assemblyman Harold C. Ostertag New York
1940Gov. Lloyd C. Stark Missouri Rep. Ellwood J. Turner Pennsylvania
1941Gov. Harold E. Stassen Minnesota Sen. Edgar Brown South Carolina
1942Gov. Harold E. Stassen Minnesota Sen. Robert C. Hendrickson New Jersey
1943Gov. Herbert R. O'Conor Maryland Sen. Thurman A. Biddinger Indiana
1944Gov. Leverett Saltonstall Massachusetts Sen. Grant Macfarlane Utah
1945Gov. Herbert B. Maw Utah Sen. C. Petrus Peterson Nebraska
1946Gov. Edward Martin Pennsylvania Rep. S. Denmead Kolb Maryland
1947Gov. Millard F. Caldwell Florida Sen. John W. Van Ness Indiana
1948Gov. Horace Hildreth Maine Sen. Charles H. Jenkins North Carolina
1949Gov. William Preston Lane Jr. Maryland Sen. Burton M. Cross Maine
1950Gov. Frank Carlson Kansas Sen. John W. Noble Missouri
1951Gov. Frank J. Lausche Ohio Rep. Bernice T. Van der Vries [note 1] Illinois
1952Gov. Val Peterson Nebraska Rep. J. Maynard Magruder Virginia
1953Gov. Allan Shivers Texas Rep. Elisha T. Barrett New York
1954Gov. Dan Thornton Colorado Sen. Stanton Hall Mississippi
1955Gov. Robert F. Kennon Louisiana Sen. Carleton G. Howe Vermont
1956Gov. Arthur B. Langlie Washington Sen. Robert A. Ainsworth Jr. Louisiana
1957Gov. Thomas B. Stanley Virginia Sen. Frank E. Panzer Wisconsin
1958Gov. William G. Stratton Illinois Sen. John W. Noble Missouri
1959Gov. LeRoy Collins Florida Sen. Elisha T. Barrett New York
1960Gov. J. Caleb Boggs Delaware Sen. James J. McBride California
1961Gov. Stephen L.R. McNichols Colorado Sen. Hal Bridenbaugh Nebraska
1962Gov. Wesley Powell New Hampshire Speaker J. D. McCarty Oklahoma
1963Gov. Albert D. Rosellini Washington Sen. David Davis Illinois
1964Gov. John Anderson Jr. Kansas Sen. Clarence L. Carpenter Arizona
1965Gov. Grant Sawyer Nevada Sen. C. George DeStefano Rhode Island
1966Gov. John H. Reed Maine Sen. Albert M. Spradling Jr. Missouri
1967Gov. William L. Guy North Dakota Sen. Charles Welch Jr. Utah
1968Gov. John A. Volpe Massachusetts Sen. Edward L. Marcus Connecticut
1969Gov. Buford Ellington Tennessee Sen. Edwin C. Becker North Dakota
1970Gov. John A. Love Colorado Sen. Charles L. Delaney Vermont
1971Gov. Warren E. Hearnes Missouri Sen. Charles L. Delaney Vermont
1972Gov. Arch A. Moore Jr. West Virginia Speaker Ray S. Smith, Jr. Arkansas
1973Gov. Marvin Mandel Maryland Assemblyman Charles J. Conrad California
1974Gov. Daniel J. Evans Washington Speaker William J. Lanting Idaho
1975Gov. Cal Rampton Utah Sen. John J. Marchi New York
1976Gov. Robert D. Ray Iowa Sen. J. Harry Michael Jr. Virginia
1977Gov. Reubin O'Donovan Askew Florida Speaker Pro Tem John J. Thomas Indiana
1978Gov. William G. Milliken Michigan Speaker Bill Clayton Texas
1979Gov. Julian M. Carroll Kentucky Speaker James J. Kennelly Connecticut
1980Gov. Otis R. Bowen, M.D. Indiana Senate Pres. Oliver Ocasek Ohio
1981Gov. George Busbee Georgia Rep. William Grannell Oregon
1982Gov. Richard A. Snelling Vermont Sen. Kenneth C. Royall Jr. North Carolina
1983Gov. Scott M. Matheson Utah Rep. Timothy J. Moynihan Connecticut
1984Gov. James R. Thompson Illinois Rep. Roy Hausauer North Dakota
1985Gov. Charles S. Robb Virginia Sen. James I. Gibson Nevada
1986Gov. Robert D. Orr Indiana Rep. John E. Miller Arkansas
1987Gov. Richard H. Bryan Nevada Sen. Hugh Farley New York
1988Gov. James Martin North Carolina Senate President Pro Tem Mary McClure South Dakota
1989Gov. William A. O'Neill Connecticut Senate President Arnold Christensen Utah
1990Gov. Michael N. Castle Delaware Speaker Thomas B. Murphy Georgia
1991Gov. Terry Branstad Iowa Sen. W. Paul White Massachusetts
1992Gov. Zell Miller Georgia Rep. John Connors Iowa
1993Gov. Jim Edgar Illinois Sen. Jeannette Hamby Oregon
1994Gov. Ben Nelson Nebraska Rep. Bob Hunter North Carolina
1995Gov. Mel Carnahan Missouri Assemblyman Bob Wertz New York
1996Gov. Mike Leavitt Utah Senate President Stan Aronoff Ohio
1997Gov. George Pataki New York Sen. Jeff Wells Colorado
1998Gov. Pedro Rosselló [note 2] Puerto Rico Rep. Charlie Williams Mississippi
1999Gov. Tommy Thompson Wisconsin Sen. Kenneth McClintock [note 3] Puerto Rico
2000Gov. Paul E. Patton Kentucky Rep. Tom Ryder Illinois
2001Gov. Dirk Kempthorne Idaho Sen. Manny Aragón [note 4] New Mexico
2002Gov. Parris Glendening Maryland Sen. John Chichester Virginia
2003Gov. Mike Huckabee Arkansas Rep. Dan Bosley Massachusetts
2004Gov. Frank Murkowski Alaska Sen. John Hottinger Minnesota
2005Gov. Ruth Ann Minner [note 5] Delaware Assemblyman Lynn Hettrick Nevada
2006Gov. Jim Douglas Vermont Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin West Virginia
2007Gov. Brad Henry Oklahoma Rep. Deborah Hudson Delaware
2008Gov. M. Jodi Rell Connecticut Rep. Kim Koppelman North Dakota
2009Gov. Joe Manchin III West Virginia Senator Bart Davis Idaho
2010Gov. Mike Rounds South Dakota Senate President David Williams Kentucky
2011Gov. Brian Schweitzer Montana Rep. Robert (Bob) Godfrey Connecticut
2012Gov. Luis Fortuño Puerto Rico Sen. Jay Emler Kansas
2013Gov. Jay Nixon Missouri Sen. Gary Stevens Alaska
2014Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin West Virginia Sen. Mark Norris Tennessee
2015Gov. Brian Sandoval Nevada Sen. Carl Marcellino New York
2016Gov. Jack Markell Delaware Sen. Beau McCoy Nebraska
2017Gov. Kate Brown Oregon Sen. Kelvin Atkinson Nevada
2018Gov. Gary Herbert Utah Senate President Robert Stivers Kentucky
2019Gov. Ricardo Rosselló Puerto Rico Sen. Lou D'Allesandro New Hampshire
2020Gov. Laura Kelly Kansas Rep. Joan Ballweg Wisconsin
2021Gov. Laura Kelly Kansas Rep. Joan Ballweg Wisconsin
2022Gov. David Ige Hawaii Sen. Sam Hunt Washington
2023Gov. John Carney Delaware Rep. Julia Howard North Carolina

See also

Notes

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

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