Georgia House of Representatives

The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly (the state legislature) of the U.S. state of Georgia. There are currently 180 elected members.

Georgia House of Representatives
Georgia General Assembly
Type
Type
Lower House
Term limits
None
History
New session started
January 14, 2019
Leadership
Speaker of the House
David Ralston (R)
since January 11, 2010
Speaker pro tempore
Jan Jones (R)
since January 11, 2010
Majority Leader
Jon G. Burns (R)
since November 9, 2010
Majority Whip
Minority Leader
Bob Trammell (D)
since July 24, 2017
Minority Whip
Structure
Seats180
Political groups
Majority

Minority

  •      Democratic (75)
  • Vacant (1)
Length of term
2 years
AuthorityArticle III, Georgia Constitution
Salary$17,342/year + per diem
Elections
Last election
November 6, 2018
(180 seats)
Next election
November 3, 2020
(180 seats)
RedistrictingLegislative control
Meeting place
House of Representatives Chamber
Georgia State Capitol
Atlanta, Georgia
Website
Georgia House of Representatives

History

The Georgia House of Representatives was created in 1777 during the American Revolution, making it older than the U.S. Congress. During its existence, its meeting place has moved multiple times, from Savannah to Augusta, to Louisville, to Milledgeville and finally to Atlanta in 1868.[1]

In 1867, the military governor of Georgia called for an assembly in Atlanta to discuss a constitutional convention. Atlanta officials moved to make the city Georgia's new state capital, donating the location of Atlanta's first city hall. The constitutional convention agreed and the people voted to ratify the decision on April 20, 1868. The Georgia General Assembly first presided in Atlanta on July 4, 1868.[1]

On October 26, 1884, construction began on a new state capitol and was first occupied on June 15, 1889.[1]

Powers and privileges

The state constitution gives the state legislature the power to make state laws, restrict land to protect and preserve the environment and natural resources, form a state militia under the command of the Governor of Georgia, expend public money, condemn property, zone property, participate in tourism, and control and regulate outdoor advertising.[2]

The state legislature cannot grant incorporation to private persons but may establish laws governing the incorporation process. It is also prohibited from authorizing contracts or agreements that may have the effect of or the intent of lessening competition or encouraging a monopoly.

Privileges

Members of the Georgia House of Representatives maintain two privileges during their time in office. First, no member can be arrested during session or during committee meetings except in cases of treason, felony, or "breach of the peace". Second, members are not liable for anything they might say in session or committee meetings.

Composition

According to the state constitution of 1983, this body is to comprise no fewer than 180 members elected for two-year terms. Current state law provides for 180 members. Elections are held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even-numbered years.

It is the third-largest lower house of the 50 United States (behind New Hampshire (400) and Pennsylvania (203)).[3]

As of 2011, attorneys account for about 16.1% of the membership of the Georgia House of Representatives, a relatively low figure.[4]

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Republican Democratic Vacant
Beginning of 154th General Assembly 118 62 180 0
End of 154th General Assembly 115 64 179 1
Beginning of 155th General Assembly 105 75 180 0
Latest voting share 58.3% 41.7%

Officers[5]

The House of Representatives elects its own Speaker as well as a Speaker Pro Tempore. The current speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives is David Ralston. The current Speaker Pro Tempore is Jan Jones. The Speaker Pro Tempore becomes Speaker in case of the death, resignation, or permanent disability of the Speaker. The Speaker Pro Tempore serves until a new Speaker is elected. In addition there is a clerk of the House, who is charged with overseeing the flow of legislation through the body. The current clerk is William L. Reilly.[6]

Office Representative Party
Speaker of the HouseDavid RalstonRepublican
Speaker pro temporeJan JonesRepublican
Majority LeaderJon G. BurnsRepublican
Majority WhipTrey KelleyRepublican
Majority Caucus Chairman Matt Hatchett Republican
Majority Caucus Vice-Chairman Micah Gravley Republican
Majority Caucus Secretary/Treasurer Bruce Williamson Republican
Majority Caucus Chief Deputy Whip Mark Newton Republican
Minority LeaderBob TrammellDemocratic
Minority WhipWilliam BoddieDemocratic
Minority Caucus Chairman James BeverlyDemocratic
Minority Caucus Vice-Chairwoman Erica ThomasDemocratic
Minority Caucus Secretary Pat Gardner Democratic
Minority Caucus Treasurer Kimberly Alexander Democratic
Minority Caucus Chief Deputy Whip Dar'shun Kendrick Democratic

Members of the House of Representatives

District Representative Party Residence Counties Represented
1Colton MooreRepublicanTrenton Dade, Walker
2Steve TarvinRepublicanChickamauga Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield
3Dewayne HillRepublicanRinggold Catoosa
4Kasey CarpenterRepublicanDalton Whitfield
5Matt BartonRepublicanCalhoun
6Jason RidleyRepublicanCohutta Whitfield, Murray
7David RalstonRepublicanBlue Ridge Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer
8Matt GurtlerRepublicanBlairsville Rabun, Towns, Union, White
9Kevin TannerRepublicanDawsonville Dawson, Forsyth, Lumpkin
10Terry RogersRepublicanClarkesville Habersham, White
11Rick JasperseRepublicanJasper Gordon, Murray, Pickens
12Eddie LumsdenRepublicanArmuchee Chattooga, Floyd
13Katie DempseyRepublicanRome Floyd
14Mitchell ScogginsRepublicanCartersville Bartow, Floyd
15Matthew GambillRepublicanCartersville Bartow
16Trey KelleyRepublicanCedartown Bartow, Haralson, Polk
17Martin MomtahanRepublicanDallas Paulding
18Kevin CookeRepublicanCarrollton Carroll, Haralson
19Joseph GullettRepublicanDallas Paulding
20Michael CaldwellRepublicanWoodstock Cherokee
21Scot TurnerRepublicanHolly Springs Cherokee
22Wes CantrellRepublicanCanton Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton
23Mandi L. BallingerRepublicanCanton Cherokee
24Sheri GilliganRepublicanCumming Forsyth
25Todd JonesRepublicanSuwanee Forsyth, Fulton
26Marc MorrisRepublicanCumming Forsyth
27Lee HawkinsRepublicanGainesville Hall, White
28Chris Erwin Republican Homer Banks, Stephens
29Matt DubnikRepublicanGainesville Hall
30Emory DunahooRepublicanGainesville Hall
31Tommy BentonRepublicanJefferson Jackson
32Alan PowellRepublicanHartwell Franklin, Hart, Madison
33Tom McCallRepublicanElberton
34Bert ReevesRepublicanKennesaw Cobb
35Ed SetzlerRepublicanAcworth Cobb
36Ginny EhrhartRepublicanPowder Springs Cobb
37Mary Frances WilliamsDemocraticMarietta Cobb
38David WilkersonDemocraticAustell Cobb
39Erica ThomasDemocraticAustell Cobb
40Erick AllenDemocraticSmyrna Cobb, Fulton
41Michael SmithDemocraticMarietta Cobb
42Teri AnulewiczDemocraticSmyrna Cobb
43Sharon CooperRepublicanMarietta Cobb
44Don ParsonsRepublicanMarietta Cobb
45Matt DollarRepublicanMarietta Cobb, Fulton
46John CarsonRepublicanMarietta Cherokee, Cobb
47Jan JonesRepublicanMilton Fulton
48Mary RobichauxDemocraticRoswell Fulton
49Chuck MartinRepublicanAlpharetta Fulton
50Angelika KauscheDemocraticJohns Creek Fulton
51Josh McLaurinDemocraticSandy Springs Fulton
52Deborah SilcoxRepublicanAtlanta Fulton
53Sheila JonesDemocraticSmyrna Cobb, Fulton
54Betsy HollandDemocraticAtlanta Fulton
55Marie MetzeDemocraticAtlanta Fulton
56Mable ThomasDemocraticAtlanta Fulton
57Pat GardnerDemocraticAtlanta Fulton
58Park CannonDemocraticAtlanta Fulton
59David DreyerDemocraticAtlanta Fulton
60Kim SchofieldDemocraticAtlanta Clayton, Fulton
61Roger BruceDemocraticAtlanta Cobb, Douglas, Fulton
62William BoddieDemocraticAtlanta Douglas, Fulton
63Debra MazemoreDemocraticFayetteville Clayton, Fayette, Fulton
64Derrick JacksonDemocraticTyrone Fayette, Fulton
65Sharon Beasley-TeagueDemocraticRed Oak Douglas, Fulton
66Kimberly AlexanderDemocraticHiram Douglas, Paulding
67Micah GravleyRepublicanDouglasville Douglas, Paulding
68J. CollinsRepublicanVilla Rica Carroll, Douglas
69Randy NixRepublicanLaGrange Carroll, Heard, Troup
70Lynn Ratigan SmithRepublicanNewnan Carroll, Coweta
71Philip SingletonRepublicanSharpsburg Coweta, Fayette
72Josh BonnerRepublicanPeachtree City Coweta, Fayette
73Karen MathiakRepublicanGriffin Fayette, Henry, Spalding
74Valencia StovallDemocraticEllenwood Clayton
75Mike GlantonDemocraticJonesboro Clayton
76Sandra ScottDemocraticRex Clayton, Henry
77Rhonda BurnoughDemocraticRiverdale Clayton
78Demetrius DouglasDemocraticStockbridge Clayton, Henry
79Mike WilenskyDemocraticDunwoody DeKalb
80Matthew WilsonDemocraticBrookhaven DeKalb, Fulton
81Scott HolcombDemocraticAtlanta DeKalb, Gwinnett
82Mary Margaret OliverDemocraticDecatur DeKalb
83Becky EvansDemocraticAtlanta DeKalb
84Renitta ShannonDemocraticAtlanta DeKalb
85Karla DrennerDemocraticAvondale Estates DeKalb
86Michele HensonDemocraticStone Mountain DeKalb
87Viola DavisDemocraticStone Mountain DeKalb
88Billy MitchellDemocraticStone Mountain DeKalb
89Bee NguyenDemocraticAtlanta DeKalb
90Pam StephensonDemocraticDecatur DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale
91Vernon JonesDemocraticLithonia DeKalb, Rockdale
92Doreen CarterDemocraticLithonia DeKalb, Rockdale
93Dar'shun KendrickDemocraticLithonia DeKalb, Gwinnett
94Karen BennettDemocraticStone Mountain DeKalb, Gwinnett
95Beth MooreDemocraticPeachtree Corners Fulton, Gwinnett
96Pedro MarinDemocraticDuluth Gwinnett
97Bonnie RichRepublicanDuluth Gwinnett
98David ClarkRepublicanBuford Gwinnett
99Brenda Lopez RomeroDemocraticNorcross Gwinnett
100Dewey McClainDemocraticLilburn Gwinnett
101Sam ParkDemocraticLawrenceville Gwinnett
102Gregg KennardDemocraticLawrenceville Gwinnett
103Timothy BarrRepublicanLawrenceville Gwinnett, Hall
104Chuck EfstrationRepublicanDacula Gwinnett
105Donna McLeodDemocraticLawrenceville Gwinnett
106Brett HarrellRepublicanSnellville Gwinnett
107Shelly HutchinsonDemocraticSnellville Gwinnett
108Jasmine ClarkDemocraticTucker Gwinnett
109Dale RutledgeRepublicanMcDonough Henry, Newton, Rockdale
110Andrew WelchRepublicanMcDonough Butts, Henry, Newton
111El-Mahdi HollyDemocraticStockbridge Henry
112Dave BeltonRepublicanSocial Circle Newton, Rockdale
113Pam DickersonDemocraticConyers Barrow, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton
114Tom KirbyRepublicanLoganville Barrow, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton
115Bruce WilliamsonRepublicanMonroe Morgan, Newton
116Terry EnglandRepublicanAuburn Barrow
117Houston GainesRepublicanAthens Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Oconee
118Spencer FryeDemocraticAthens Clarke
119Marcus WiedowerRepublicanWatkinsville Clark, Oconee
120Trey RhodesRepublicanGreensboro Greene, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Taliaferro, Wilkes
121Barry FlemingRepublicanHarlem Columbia, McDuffie
122Jodi LottRepublicanEvans Columbia
123Mark NewtonRepublicanAugusta Columbia, Richmond
124Henry HowardDemocraticAugusta Richmond
125Sheila Clark NelsonDemocraticAugusta Richmond
126Gloria FrazierDemocraticHephzibah Burke, Richmond
127Brian PrinceDemocraticAugusta Jefferson, Richmond
128Mack JacksonDemocraticSandersville Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Johnson, McDuffie, Warren, Washington
129Susan HolmesRepublicanMonticello Butts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe
130David KnightRepublicanGriffin Henry, Lamar, Spalding
131Ken PullinRepublicanZebulon Lamar, Pike, Upson
132Bob TrammellDemocraticLaGrange Coweta, Meriwether, Troup
133Vance SmithRepublicanPine Mountain Harris, Muscogee, Troup
134Richard H. SmithRepublicanColumbus Harris, Muscogee
135Calvin SmyreDemocraticColumbus Muscogee
136Carolyn HugleyDemocraticColumbus Muscogee
137Debbie BucknerDemocraticJunction City Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot
138Mike CheokasRepublicanAmericus Sumter, Schley, Marion, Chattahoochee
139Patty BentleyDemocraticReynolds Dooly, Macon, Peach, Taylor
140Robert DickeyRepublicanMusella Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Monroe, Peach
141Dale WashburnRepublicanMacon Bibb, Monroe
142Miriam ParisDemocraticMacon Bibb
143James BeverlyDemocraticMacon Bibb
144Danny MathisRepublicanCochran Bibb, Bleckley, Houston, Jones, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson
145Rick WilliamsRepublicanMilledgeville Baldwin, Putnam
146Shaw BlackmonRepublicanBonaire Houston
147Heath ClarkRepublicanWarner Robins Houston
148Noel Williams Jr.RepublicanCordele Crisp, Houston, Pulaski, Wilcox
149Jimmy PruettRepublicanEastman Dodge, Jeff Davis, Laurens, Wheeler
150Matt HatchettRepublicanDublin Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen
151Gerald GreeneRepublicanCuthbert Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Terrell, Webster
152Bill YeartaRepublicanSylvester Lee, Sumter, Worth
153CaMia HopsonDemocraticAlbany Dougherty
154Winfred DukesDemocraticAlbany Baker, Dougherty, Miller, Seminole
155Clay PirkleRepublicanOcilla Ben Hill, Coffee, Irwin, Tift, Turner
156Greg MorrisRepublicanVidalia Appling, Jeff Davis, Montgomery, Toombs
157Bill WerkheiserRepublicanGlennville Evans, Tattnall, Wayne
158Butch ParrishRepublicanSwainsboro Bulloch, Candler, Emanuel, Jenkins
159Jon G. BurnsRepublicanNewington Bulloch, Effingham, Screven
160Jan TankersleyRepublicanBrooklet Bryan, Bulloch
161Bill HitchensRepublicanRincon Chatham, Effingham
162Carl Wayne GillardDemocraticGarden City Chatham
163J. Craig GordonDemocraticSavannah Chatham
164Ron StephensRepublicanSavannah Bryan, Chatham, Liberty
165Mickey StephensDemocraticSavannah Chatham
166Jesse PetreaRepublicanSavannah Bryan, Chatham
167Jeff JonesRepublicanBrunswick Glynn, Long, McIntosh
168Al WilliamsDemocraticMidway Liberty
169Dominic LaRicciaRepublicanAmbrose Bacon, Jeff Davis
170Penny HoustonRepublicanNashville Tift, Cook
171VacantCamilla Colquitt, Decatur, Mitchell
172Sam WatsonRepublicanMoultrie Colquitt, Thomas, Tift
173Darlene TaylorRepublicanThomasville Decatur, Grady, Thomas
174John CorbettRepublicanValdosta Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Lowndes, Ware
175John LaHoodRepublicanValdosta Brooks, Lowndes, Thomas
176Jason ShawRepublicanLakeland
177Dexter SharperDemocraticValdosta Lowndes
178Steven MeeksRepublicanScreven Appling, Brantley, Pierce, Wayne
179Don HoganRepublicanBrunswick Glynn
180Steven SainzRepublicanWoodbine Camden, Charlton, Ware

List of committees

  • Agriculture and Consumer Affairs
  • Judiciary
  • Appropriations
  • Judiciary – Non-Civil
  • Banks and Banking
  • Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment
  • MARTOC- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Overview Committee. Senate/House joint committee. Provides oversight of the Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA).[7][8][9]
  • Defense and Veterans Affairs
  • Motor Vehicles
  • Economic Development and Tourism
  • Natural Resources and Environment
  • Education
  • Public Safety and Homeland Security
  • Ethics
  • Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
  • Game, Fish, and Parks
  • Regulated Industries
  • Governmental Affairs
  • Retirement
  • Health and Human Services
  • Rules
  • Higher Education
  • Science and Technology
  • Human Relations and Aging
  • Special Rules
  • Industry and Labor
  • State Properties
  • Information and Audits
  • State Planning and Community Affairs
  • Insurance
  • Transportation
  • Interstate Cooperation
  • Ways and Means
  • Intergovernmental Coordination
  • Budget & Fiscal Affairs Oversight
  • Code Revision
  • Juvenile Justice
  • Small Business Development

Past composition of the House of Representatives

See also

References

  1. The Capitalization of Georgia, Georgia State Government Archived March 6, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. (accessed June 2, 2013)
  2. Article III Section VI Archived December 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Georgia Constitution (accessed June 2, 2013)
  3. brenda erickson (October 11, 2007). "Population and Size of Legislature". Ncsl.org. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
  4. "Georgia House of Representatives". Georgia House of Representatives. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
  5. "House Leadership". www.house.ga.gov. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  6. "Action & Advocacy:JLA Day At The Capitol". The Junior League of Atlanta. February 26, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  7. "Senate MARTOC". Georgia State Senate. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  8. "House MARTOC". Georgia House of Representatives. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
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