Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
The Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee is a standing committee of the Georgia House of Representatives.
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Per the House Rules, committees of the Georgia House of Representatives are assigned by the Speaker of the House.[1] Committees are assigned after each election.[2] A quorum is not defined in the rules. The Speaker, Speaker pro Tempore, Majority Leader, and Majority Whip are all ex officio members of every committee, except the Speaker who is only an ex officio member of the Rules committee.[3]
See rules: House Rules
Function
“ | The House Agricultural and Consumer Affairs Committee hears legislation that impacts Georgia’s largest economic industry, Agriculture. Other areas of concern are human nutrition, consumer consumption of food and its safety aspects, and plant industry.[4][5] | ” |
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
House Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee, 2025-2026 |
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (23) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
House Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee, 2023-2024 |
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Democratic members (7) | Republican members (22) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
House Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee, 2021-2022 |
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Democratic members (7) | Republican members (22) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
House Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee, 2019-2020 |
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Democratic members (3) | Republican members (21) | Third-party members(0) |
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Members, 2017 | ||||
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Democratic members (3) | Republican members (22) | |||
• Patty Bentley | • Tom McCall, Chair | |||
• Winfred Dukes | • Susan Holmes, Vice chair | |||
• Bill McGowan | • Robert Dickey | |||
• Jon G. Burns | ||||
• Amy Carter | ||||
• Kevin Cooke | ||||
• Emory West Dunahoo, Jr. | ||||
• Terry England | ||||
• Bubber Epps | ||||
• Matt Gurtler | ||||
• Buddy Harden | ||||
• Rick Jasperse | ||||
• Tom Kirby | ||||
• Dominic F. Lariccia | ||||
• Clay Pirkle | ||||
• Regina Quick | ||||
• Dale Rutledge | ||||
• Jan Tankersley | ||||
• Darlene Taylor | ||||
• Scot Turner | ||||
• Sam Watson | ||||
• Charles Williams |
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Members, 2015 | ||||
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Democratic members (3) | Republican members (20) | |||
• Patty Bentley | • Tom McCall, Chair | |||
• Winfred Dukes | • Buddy Harden, Vice chair | |||
• Margaret Kaiser | • Jon G. Burns | |||
• Amy Carter | ||||
• Kevin Cooke | ||||
• Emory Dunahoo | ||||
• Terry England | ||||
• Bubber Epps | ||||
• Susan Holmes | ||||
• Rick Jasperse | ||||
• Tom Kirby | ||||
• Dominic F. Lariccia | ||||
• Regina Quick | ||||
• Jay Roberts | ||||
• Dale Rutledge | ||||
• Jan Tankersley | ||||
• Darlene Taylor | ||||
• Scot Turner | ||||
• Sam Watson | ||||
• Chuck Williams |
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee Members, 2013 | ||||
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Democratic members (4) | Republican members (16) | |||
• Patty Bentley | • Buddy Harden, Chair | |||
• Winfred Dukes | • Robert Dickey, Vice Chair | |||
• Carl Von Epps | • Ellis Black | |||
• Margaret Kaiser | • Jon G. Burns | |||
• Amy Carter | ||||
• Terry England | ||||
• Bubber Epps | ||||
• Susan Holmes | ||||
• Rick Jasperse | ||||
• Tom Kirby | ||||
• Regina Quick | ||||
• Jay Roberts | ||||
• Dale Rutledge | ||||
• Jan Tankersley | ||||
• Darlene Taylor | ||||
• Sam Watson |
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee Members, 2011 | ||||
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Democratic members (4) | Republican members (17) | |||
• Glenn Baker | • Tom McCall, Chair | |||
• Carl Von Epps | • Buddy Harden, Vice Chair | |||
• Winfred Dukes | • Gene Maddox | |||
• Lynmore James | • Lee Anderson | |||
• Jon G. Burns | ||||
• Terry England | ||||
• Michael Harden | ||||
• Rick Jasperse | ||||
• Jay Roberts | ||||
• Robert Dickey | ||||
• Susan Holmes | ||||
• Billy Maddox | ||||
• Tommy Smith | ||||
• Bubber Epps | ||||
• Ellis Black | ||||
• Tony McBrayer | ||||
• Jan Tankersley |
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.
Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee Members, 2009 | ||||
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Democratic members (5) | Republican members (14) | |||
• Pat Dooley | • Tom McCall, Chair | |||
• Carl Von Epps | • Terry England, Vice Chair | |||
• Lynmore James | • Gene Maddox | |||
• DuBose Porter | • Michael Harden | |||
• Winfred Dukes | • Kevin Levitas | |||
• Lee Anderson | ||||
• Billy Maddox | ||||
• Tony Sellier | ||||
• Buddy Harden | ||||
• Jay Roberts | ||||
• Jon G. Burns | ||||
• Tommy Smith | ||||
• Penny Houston | ||||
• Ellis Black |
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Georgia State Legislature, "House Rules (Rule 11.1)," accessed February 18, 2021
- ↑ Georgia State Legislature, "House Rules (Rule 11.7)," accessed February 18, 2021
- ↑ Georgia State Legislature, "House Rules (Rule 11.3)," accessed February 18, 2021
- ↑ Georgia House of Representatives, "House Committee on Agriculture & Consumer Affairs," accessed March 4, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.