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Judiciary Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
The Judiciary Committee is a standing committee of the Georgia House of Representatives.
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 Judiciary Committee considers a wide variety of measures relating to law, courts and judges, and constitutional amendments. Any legislation that carries a possibility for civil penalties can be referred to the Judiciary Committee.[4][5] | ” |
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
House Judiciary Committee, 2025-2026 |
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Democratic members (5) | Republican members (12) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
House Judiciary Committee, 2023-2024 |
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Democratic members (6) | Republican members (12) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
House Judiciary Committee, 2021-2022 |
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Democratic members (7) | Republican members (8) | Third-party members(0) |
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Bert Reeves (R) left this committee on April 30, 2021. [Source]
- Note: Bert Reeves (R) resigned on April 30, 2021, to become Georgia Institute of Technology's vice president of university relations.[6]
2019-2020 legislative session
House Judiciary Committee, 2019-2020 |
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Democratic members (6) | Republican members (12) | Third-party members(0) |
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Pam Stephenson (D) left this committee on September 04, 2020.
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
Judiciary Members, 2017 | ||||
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Democratic members (6) | Republican members (11) | |||
• Roger Bruce | • Wendell Willard, Chair | |||
• David Dreyer | • Barry Fleming, Vice chair | |||
• Stacey Evans | • Trey Kelley | |||
• Scott Holcomb | • Beth Beskin | |||
• Mary Margaret Oliver | • Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. | |||
• Pam Stephenson | • Richard Golick | |||
• Meagan Hanson | ||||
• Randy Nix | ||||
• Jay Powell | ||||
• Dale Rutledge | ||||
• Andrew Welch |
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
Judiciary Members, 2015 | ||||
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Democratic members (6) | Republican members (11) | |||
• Roger Bruce | • Wendell Willard, Chair | |||
• Stacey Evans | • Barry Fleming, Vice chair | |||
• LaDawn Jones | • Beth Beskin | |||
• Ronnie Mabra | • Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. | |||
• Mary Margaret Oliver | • Mike Jacobs | |||
• Pam Stephenson | • Trey Kelley | |||
• Larry O'Neal | ||||
• Jay Powell | ||||
• Dale Rutledge | ||||
• Andrew Welch | ||||
• Tom Weldon, Jr. |
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
Judiciary Committee Members, 2013 | ||||
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Democratic members (6) | Republican members (14) | |||
• Roger Bruce | • Wendell Willard, Chair | |||
• Stacey Evans | • Mike Jacobs, Vice Chair | |||
• LaDawn Jones | • Stephen Allison | |||
• Ronnie Mabra | • Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. | |||
• Mary Margaret Oliver | • Barry Fleming | |||
• Pam Stephenson | • Trey Kelley | |||
• Edward Lindsey | ||||
• Larry O'Neal | ||||
• Jay Powell | ||||
• Dale Rutledge | ||||
• Andrew Welch | ||||
• Tom Weldon, Jr. | ||||
• Rich Golick | ||||
• Joe Wilkinson |
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
Judiciary Committee Members, 2011 | ||||
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Democratic members (7) | Republican members (14) | |||
• Pam Stephenson | • Wendell Willard, Chair | |||
• Rick Crawford | • Mike Jacobs, Vice Chair | |||
• Stacey Evans | • Stephen Allison | |||
• Mark Hatfield | • Richard Golick | |||
• Elly Dobbs | • Joe Wilkinson | |||
• Roger Bruce | • Doug McKillip | |||
• Mary Margaret Oliver | • Billy Maddox | |||
• Edward Lindsey | ||||
• Larry O'Neal | ||||
• Jay Powell | ||||
• Randy Nix | ||||
• Andrew Welch | ||||
• Roger Lane | ||||
• Tom Weldon, Jr. |
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.
Judiciary Committee Members, 2009 | ||||
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Democratic members (6) | Republican members (14) | |||
• Rick Crawford | • Wendell Willard, Chair | |||
• Rob Teilhet | • David Ralston, Vice Chair | |||
• Elly Dobbs | • Mike Jacobs | |||
• Roger Bruce | • Tom Weldon, Jr. | |||
• Mary Margaret Oliver | • Stephen Allison | |||
• Pam Stephenson | • Richard Golick | |||
• Joe Wilkinson | ||||
• Edward Lindsey | ||||
• Doug McKillip | ||||
• Billy Maddox | ||||
• Larry O'Neal | ||||
• Roger Lane | ||||
• Jay Powell | ||||
• Mark Hatfield |
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 General Assembly, "House Committee on Judiciary," accessed February 18, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Marietta Daily Journal, "Reeves to resign from General Assembly, become Georgia Tech executive," April 22, 2021