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Ways and Means Committee, Georgia House of Representatives

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The Ways and Means 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]

DocumentIcon.jpg See rules: House Rules

Function

“ The Committee on Ways and Means is chief tax-writing committee in the House of Representatives. The Committee derives a large share of its jurisdiction from the state Constitution which declares, "All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives."[4][5] ”

Membership

Bert Reeves (R) left this committee on April 30, 2021. [Source]

Edward Stephens (D) left this committee on August 14, 2021. [Source]

  • Note: Bert Reeves (R) resigned on April 30, 2021, to become Georgia Institute of Technology's vice president of university relations.[6]

2017 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Ways and Means Members, 2017
Democratic members (7)Republican members (23)
• Stacey Abrams• Jay Powell, Chair
• Sharon Beasley-Teague• Trey Kelley, Vice chair
• Patty Bentley• Dale Rutledge
• Debbie Buckner• Paul Battles
• Spencer Frye• Shaw Blackmon
• Howard Mosby• John Carson
• Edward Stephens• John L. Corbett
• Geoff Duncan
• Terry England
• Brett Harrell
• Penny Houston
• David Knight
• Charles Martin, Jr.
• Don Parsons
• Allen Peake
• Albert T. "Bert" Reeves
• Trey Rhodes
• Ed Rynders
• Ron Stephens, Georgia Representative
• Sam Teasley
• Sam Watson
• Wendell Willard
• Bruce Williamson

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

2013-2014

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

2011-2012

The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.

2009-2010

The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Georgia State Legislature, "House Rules (Rule 11.1)," accessed February 18, 2021
  2. ↑ Georgia State Legislature, "House Rules (Rule 11.7)," accessed February 18, 2021
  3. ↑ Georgia State Legislature, "House Rules (Rule 11.3)," accessed February 18, 2021
  4. ↑ Georgia General Assembly, "House Committee on Ways & Means," accessed February 18, 2021
  5. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  6. ↑ Marietta Daily Journal, "Reeves to resign from General Assembly, become Georgia Tech executive," April 22, 2021


Current members of the Georgia House of Representatives
Leadership
Minority Leader:Carolyn Hugley
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Will Wade (R)
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Eric Bell (D)
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Jon Burns (R)
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