Georgia House of Representatives


The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia. There are currently 180 elected members. Republicans have had a majority in the chamber since 2005. The current House Speaker is Jon G. Burns.

History

The Georgia House of Representatives was created in 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.
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.
On October 26, 1884, construction began on a new state capitol and was first occupied on June 15, 1889.

Powers and privileges

The state constitution gives the state legislature the power to make state laws, restrict land use 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.
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.

Districts

Composition

According to the Georgia 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 and Pennsylvania ). Republicans currently have a majority, though Democrats have gained seats in recent elections.
As of 2011, attorneys account for about 16.1% of the membership of the Georgia House of Representatives, a relatively low figure.

Officers

The House of Representatives elects its own speaker as well as a speaker pro tempore. Speaker Jon G. Burns was elected on January 9, 2023. Speaker Pro Tempore Jan Jones, who served as speaker following the death of Speaker David Ralston, was reelected to her previous position on that day as well. 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.
OfficeRepresentativeParty
Speaker of the HouseJon BurnsRepublican
Speaker pro temporeJan JonesRepublican
Majority LeaderChuck EfstrationRepublican
Majority WhipJames BurchettRepublican
Majority Caucus ChairmanBruce WilliamsonRepublican
Majority Caucus Vice-ChairmanHouston GainesRepublican
Majority Caucus Secretary/TreasurerGinny EhrhartRepublican
Majority Caucus Chief Deputy WhipRob LeverettRepublican
Minority LeaderCarolyn HugleyDemocratic
Minority WhipSam ParkDemocratic
Minority Caucus ChairmanTanya MillerDemocratic
Minority Caucus Vice-ChairmanSpencer FryeDemocratic
Minority Caucus SecretaryPark CannonDemocratic
Minority Caucus TreasurerSolomon AdesanyaDemocratic
Minority Caucus Chief Deputy WhipSaira DraperDemocratic

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Membership

List of current representatives

, the membership of the House is as follows:
DistrictRepresentativePartySinceResidenceCounties represented
1Republican2021RossvilleDade, part of Walker
2Republican2014ChickamaugaParts of Catoosa, Walker, and Whitfield
3Republican2023RinggoldPart of Catoosa
4Republican2017DaltonPart of Whitfield
5Republican2019CalhounParts of Floyd and Gordon
6Republican2017ChatsworthMurray, parts of Gordon and Whitfield
7Republican2023Blue RidgeFannin, Gilmer, part of Dawson
8Republican2021BlairsvilleTowns, Union, part of White
9Republican2021DawsonvilleParts of Dawson, Lumpkin, and White
10Republican2021CorneliaRabun, part of Habersham
11Republican2010JasperPickens, parts of Cherokee and Forsyth
12Republican2013ArmucheeChattooga, part of Floyd
13Republican2007RomePart of Floyd
14Republican2019CartersvilleParts of Bartow and Cherokee
15Republican2019CartersvillePart of Bartow
16Republican2013CedartownPolk, part of Paulding
17Republican2019DallasPart of Paulding
18Republican2021BremenHaralson, parts of Carroll and Paulding
19Republican2019DallasParts of Cobb and Paulding
20Republican2021WoodstockPart of Cherokee
21Republican2021Holly SpringsPart of Cherokee
22Republican2023WoodstockParts of Cherokee and Cobb
23Bill FincherRepublican2026CantonPart of Cherokee
24Republican2023CummingPart of Forsyth
25Republican2017CummingParts of Forsyth and Fulton
26Republican2021CummingPart of Forsyth
27Republican2013GainesvilleParts of Hall and Lumpkin
28Republican2023DawsonvilleParts of Forsyth and Hall
29Republican2017GainesvillePart of Hall
30Republican2023Chestnut MountainParts of Gwinnett and Hall
31Republican2011GillsvilleParts of Hall and Jackson
32Republican2019HomerBanks, Stephens, parts of Habersham and Jackson
33Republican1991HartwellFranklin, Hart, part of Madison
34Republican2021MariettaPart of Cobb
35Democratic2023KennesawPart of Cobb
36Republican2019Powder SpringsPart of Cobb
37Democratic2019MariettaPart of Cobb
38Democratic2011Powder SpringsPart of Cobb
39Democratic2023MabletonPart of Cobb
40Republican2023Villa RicaParts of Douglas and Paulding
41Democratic2013MariettaPart of Cobb
42Democratic2025SmyrnaPart of Cobb
43Democratic2023MariettaPart of Cobb
44Republican1995MariettaParts of Cherokee and Cobb
45Republican1997MariettaPart of Cobb
46Republican2011MariettaParts of Cherokee and Cobb
47Republican2003MiltonParts of Cherokee and Fulton
48Republican2023Peachtree CornersParts of Fulton and Gwinnett
49Republican2003AlpharettaPart of Fulton
50Democratic2023Johns CreekPart of Fulton
51Democratic2023Sandy SpringsPart of Fulton
52Democratic2021AtlantaParts of DeKalb and Fulton
53Republican2023Sandy SpringsPart of Fulton
54Democratic2019AtlantaPart of Fulton
55Democratic2023AtlantaPart of Fulton
56Democratic2025AtlantaPart of Fulton
57Democratic2021AtlantaPart of Fulton
58Democratic2016AtlantaPart of Fulton
59Democratic2023AtlantaPart of Fulton
60Democratic2005AtlantaParts of Cobb and Fulton
61Democratic2025SmyrnaParts of Cobb and Fulton
62Democratic2023AtlantaPart of Fulton
63Democratic2017AtlantaPart of Fulton
64Democratic2025DouglasvillePart of Douglas
65Democratic2025AtlantaParts of Coweta and Fulton
66Democratic2013HiramPart of Douglas
67Democratic2023FairburnParts of Coweta and Fulton
68Democratic2023TyroneParts of Fayette and Fulton
69Democratic2017South FultonParts of Fayette and Fulton
70Republican1997NewnanParts of Carroll and Coweta
71Republican2025CarrolltonPart of Carroll
72Republican2023RoopvilleHeard, parts of Carroll and Troup
73Republican2017FayettevilleParts of Coweta and Fayette
74Democratic2025HamptonParts of Clayton and Henry
75Democratic2023JonesboroPart of Clayton
76Democratic2011RexPart of Clayton
77Democratic2017RiverdalePart of Clayton
78Democratic2013StockbridgeParts of Clayton and Henry
79Democratic2021JonesboroPart of Clayton
80Democratic2023DunwoodyPart of DeKalb
81Republican2025Locust GrovePart of Henry
82Republican2017GriffinParts of Fayette and Spalding
83Democratic2023ChambleePart of DeKalb
84Democratic2003DecaturPart of DeKalb
85Democratic2001Avondale EstatesPart of DeKalb
86Democratic2023TuckerPart of DeKalb
87Democratic2019Stone MountainPart of DeKalb
88Democratic2003Stone MountainParts of DeKalb and Gwinnett
89Democratic2023DecaturPart of DeKalb
90Democratic2023AtlantaPart of DeKalb
91Democratic2021StonecrestParts of DeKalb and Rockdale
92Democratic2021ConyersPart of Rockdale
93Democratic2015LithoniaParts of DeKalb, Gwinnett and Rockdale
94VacantParts of DeKalb and Gwinnett
95Democratic2011LithoniaParts of DeKalb and Gwinnett
96Democratic2025NorcrossPart of Gwinnett
97Democratic2023DuluthPart of Gwinnett
98Democratic2021NorcrossPart of Gwinnett
99Republican2023DuluthPart of Gwinnett
100Republican2015BufordParts of Forsyth, Gwinnett, and Hall
101Democratic2011AtlantaPart of DeKalb
102Democratic2023LawrencevillePart of Gwinnett
103Republican2023LawrencevilleParts of Gwinnett and Hall
104Republican2013MulberryParts of Barrow and Gwinnett
105Republican2025BufordPart of Gwinnett
106Akbar AliDemocratic2025Part of Gwinnett
107Democratic2017LawrencevillePart of Gwinnett
108Democratic2019LilburnPart of Gwinnett
109Democratic2013LawrencevillePart of Gwinnett
110Democratic2023GraysonPart of Gwinnett
111Republican2023LoganvilleParts of Gwinnett and Walton
112Republican2011MonroeParts of Gwinnett and Walton
113Democratic2021CovingtonPart of Newton
114Republican2023CovingtonMorgan, parts of Newton and Walton
115Democratic2021McDonoughParts of DeKalb and Henry
116Democratic2019StockbridgeParts of DeKalb and Henry
117Democratic2025McDonoughPart of Henry
118Republican2021JacksonButts, parts of Monroe and Newton
119Republican2023WinderParts of Barrow and Jackson
120Republican2019AthensParts of Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, and Oconee
121Democratic2026WatkinsvilleParts of Clarke and Oconee
122Democratic2013AthensPart of Clarke
123Republican2021ElbertonElbert, Lincoln, Wilkes, parts of Columbia and Madison
124Republican2015GreensboroGreene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, parts of Clarke and Putnam
125Gary RichardsonRepublican2024EvansParts of Columbia and McDuffie
126Democratic2025HephzibahBurke, Jenkins, part of Richmond
127Republican2017AugustaParts of Columbia and Richmond
128Democratic2009SandersvilleGlascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington, parts of Baldwin and McDuffie
129Democratic2023AugustaPart of Richmond
130VacantPart of Richmond
131Republican2025EvansPart of Columbia
132Democratic2013AugustaJefferson, part of Richmond
133Republican2019CochranBleckley, Dodge, Twiggs, Wilkinson, part of Telfair
134Republican2011MusellaCrawford, Upson, parts of Lamar and Peach
135Republican2021ConcordPike, parts of Lamar and Spalding
136Republican2021GrantvilleParts of Coweta, Meriwether, and Troup
137Democratic2003Junction CityTalbot, parts of Meriwether, Muscogee, and Troup
138Republican2019Pine MountainParts of Harris, Muscogee, and Troup
139Republican2024ColumbusParts of Harris and Muscogee
140Democratic2023ColumbusPart of Muscogee
141Democratic1993ColumbusPart of Muscogee
142Democratic2017MaconPart of Bibb
143Democratic2025MaconParts of Bibb and Houston
144Republican2019MaconJasper, parts of Bibb, Jones, Monroe, and Putnam
145Democratic2025MaconParts of Bibb and Monroe
146Republican2015BonairePart of Houston
147Republican2023Warner RobinsParts of Houston and Peach
148Republican2019CordeleCrisp, Pulaski, Wilcox, parts of Ben Hill and Houston
149Democratic2025MilledgevilleParts of Baldwin, Bibb, and Jones
150Democratic2013ButlerDooly, Macon, Taylor, parts of Peach and Sumter
151Republican2019AmericusChattahoochee, Marion, Schley, Stewart, Terrell, Webster, parts of Dougherty and Sumter
152Republican2019SylvesterLee, Worth, part of Dougherty
153Democratic2023AlbanyPart of Dougherty
154Republican1983CuthbertBaker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, Miller, Randolph, Seminole, Quitman, part of Dougherty
155Republican2011DublinJohnson, Laurens
156Republican2021LyonsMontgomery, Toombs, Wheeler, parts of Ben Hill, Tattnall, and Telfair
157Republican2015GlennvilleEvans, Jeff Davis, parts of Appling and Tattnall
158Republican1985SwainsboroCandler, Emanuel, Treutlen, part of Bulloch
159Republican2005NewingtonScreven, parts of Bulloch and Effingham
160Republican2023StatesboroParts of Bryan and Bulloch
161Republican2013RinconParts of Chatham and Effingham
162Democratic2016SavannahPart of Chatham
163Democratic2023SavannahPart of Chatham
164Republican1997SavannahParts of Bryan and Chatham
165Democratic2021SavannahPart of Chatham
166Republican2015SavannahParts of Bryan and Chatham
167Republican2021TownsendLong, McIntosh, parts of Glynn, Liberty, and Wayne
168Democratic2003MidwayPart of Liberty
169Republican2025AmbroseIrwin, Turner, parts of Coffee and Tift
170Republican2025TiftonBerrien, parts of Cook and Tift
171Republican2020CamillaDecatur, Mitchell, part of Grady
172Republican2023MoultrieColquitt, parts of Cook and Thomas
173Republican2011ThomasvilleParts of Grady and Thomas
174Republican2015Lake ParkBrantley, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, parts of Lowndes and Ware
175Republican2018ValdostaBrooks, part of Lowndes
176Republican2019WaycrossAtkinson, Lanier, parts of Coffee, Lowndes, and Ware
177Democratic2013ValdostaPart of Lowndes
178Republican2019ScrevenBacon, Pierce, parts of Appling and Wayne
179Republican2023BrunswickPart of Glynn
180Republican2019St. MarysCamden, part of Glynn