Georgia House of Representatives
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The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly, the state legislature of Georgia. The state House of Representatives is made of 180 representatives elected from individual legislative districts for a two-year term with no limits. Annual sessions begin on the 2nd Monday in January and run for 40 Legislative days. Sessions normally end in mid to late March, depending upon the number of recess days.
House Leadership
The House of Representatives elects its own Speaker as well as a Speaker Pro Tempore. 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.
Make-up of the house
| Affiliation | Members | |
|---|---|---|
| | Republican Party | 104 |
| | Democratic Party | 73 |
| Vacant | 3 | |
| Total | 180 | |
Current members
Standing Committees
- Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Appropriations Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Banks and Banking Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Budget and Fiscal Affairs Oversight Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Children and Youth Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Code Review Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Defense and Veterans Affairs Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Economic Development and Tourism Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Education Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Ethics Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Game, Fish, and Parks Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Governmental Affairs Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Health and Human Services Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Higher Education Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Human Relations and Aging Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Industrial Relations Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Information and Audits Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Insurance Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Interstate Cooperation Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Intragovernmental Coordination Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Judiciary Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- MARTOC Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Motor Vehicles Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Natural Resources and Environment Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Regulated Industries Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Retirement Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Rules Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Science and Technology Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Special Committee on Certificate of Need Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Special Rules Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- State Institutions and Property Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- State Planning and Community Affairs Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Transportation Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
- Ways and Means Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
External links
- Official Georgia House of Representatives website
- Project Vote Smart - State House of Georgia
- House district maps
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