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.

History

The Georgia House of Representatives was created in 1777 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 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.

Composition

According to the state 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 ).
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. The current speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives is David Ralston. The current Speaker Pro Tempore is Jan Jones. 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 HouseDavid RalstonRepublican
Speaker pro temporeJan JonesRepublican
Majority LeaderJon G. BurnsRepublican
Majority WhipTrey KelleyRepublican
Majority Caucus ChairmanMatt HatchettRepublican
Majority Caucus Vice-ChairmanMicah GravleyRepublican
Majority Caucus Secretary/TreasurerBruce WilliamsonRepublican
Majority Caucus Chief Deputy WhipMark NewtonRepublican
Minority LeaderBob TrammellDemocratic
Minority WhipWilliam BoddieDemocratic
Minority Caucus ChairmanJames BeverlyDemocratic
Minority Caucus Vice-ChairwomanErica ThomasDemocratic
Minority Caucus SecretaryPat GardnerDemocratic
Minority Caucus TreasurerKimberly AlexanderDemocratic
Minority Caucus Chief Deputy WhipDar'shun KendrickDemocratic

Members of the House of Representatives

DistrictRepresentativePartyResidenceCounties Represented
1Colton MooreRepublicanTrentonDade, Walker
2Steve TarvinRepublicanChickamaugaCatoosa, Walker, Whitfield
3Dewayne HillRepublicanRinggoldCatoosa
4Kasey CarpenterRepublicanDaltonWhitfield
5Matt BartonRepublicanCalhoun
6Jason RidleyRepublicanCohuttaWhitfield, Murray
7David RalstonRepublicanBlue RidgeDawson, Fannin, Gilmer
8Matt GurtlerRepublicanBlairsvilleRabun, Towns, Union, White
9Kevin TannerRepublicanDawsonvilleDawson, Forsyth, Lumpkin
10Terry RogersRepublicanClarkesvilleHabersham, White
11Rick JasperseRepublicanJasperGordon, Murray, Pickens
12Eddie LumsdenRepublicanArmucheeChattooga, Floyd
13Katie DempseyRepublicanRomeFloyd
14Mitchell ScogginsRepublicanCartersvilleBartow, Floyd
15Matthew GambillRepublicanCartersvilleBartow
16Trey KelleyRepublicanCedartownBartow, Haralson, Polk
17Martin MomtahanRepublicanDallasPaulding
18Kevin CookeRepublicanCarrolltonCarroll, Haralson
19Joseph GullettRepublicanDallasPaulding
20Michael CaldwellRepublicanWoodstockCherokee
21Scot TurnerRepublicanHolly SpringsCherokee
22Wes CantrellRepublicanCantonCherokee, Forsyth, Fulton
23Mandi L. BallingerRepublicanCantonCherokee
24Sheri GilliganRepublicanCummingForsyth
25Todd JonesRepublicanSuwaneeForsyth, Fulton
26Marc MorrisRepublicanCummingForsyth
27Lee HawkinsRepublicanGainesvilleHall, White
28Chris ErwinRepublicanHomerBanks, Stephens
29Matt DubnikRepublicanGainesvilleHall
30Emory DunahooRepublicanGainesvilleHall
31Tommy BentonRepublicanJeffersonJackson
32Alan PowellRepublicanHartwellFranklin, Hart, Madison
33Tom McCallRepublicanElberton
34Bert ReevesRepublicanKennesawCobb
35Ed SetzlerRepublicanAcworthCobb
36Ginny EhrhartRepublicanPowder SpringsCobb
37Mary Frances WilliamsDemocraticMariettaCobb
38David WilkersonDemocraticAustellCobb
39Erica ThomasDemocraticAustellCobb
40Erick AllenDemocraticSmyrnaCobb, Fulton
41Michael SmithDemocraticMariettaCobb
42Teri AnulewiczDemocraticSmyrnaCobb
43Sharon CooperRepublicanMariettaCobb
44Don ParsonsRepublicanMariettaCobb
45Matt DollarRepublicanMariettaCobb, Fulton
46John CarsonRepublicanMariettaCherokee, Cobb
47Jan JonesRepublicanMiltonFulton
48Mary RobichauxDemocraticRoswellFulton
49Chuck MartinRepublicanAlpharettaFulton
50Angelika KauscheDemocraticJohns CreekFulton
51Josh McLaurinDemocraticSandy SpringsFulton
52Deborah SilcoxRepublicanAtlantaFulton
53Sheila JonesDemocraticSmyrnaCobb, Fulton
54Betsy HollandDemocraticAtlantaFulton
55Marie MetzeDemocraticAtlantaFulton
56Mable ThomasDemocraticAtlantaFulton
57Pat GardnerDemocraticAtlantaFulton
58Park CannonDemocraticAtlantaFulton
59David DreyerDemocraticAtlantaFulton
60Kim SchofieldDemocraticAtlantaClayton, Fulton
61Roger BruceDemocraticAtlantaCobb, Douglas, Fulton
62William BoddieDemocraticAtlantaDouglas, Fulton
63Debra BazemoreDemocraticFayettevilleClayton, Fayette, Fulton
64Derrick JacksonDemocraticTyroneFayette, Fulton
65Sharon Beasley-TeagueDemocraticRed OakDouglas, Fulton
66Kimberly AlexanderDemocraticHiramDouglas, Paulding
67Micah GravleyRepublicanDouglasvilleDouglas, Paulding
68J. CollinsRepublicanVilla RicaCarroll, Douglas
69Randy NixRepublicanLaGrangeCarroll, Heard, Troup
70Lynn SmithRepublicanNewnanCarroll, Coweta
71Philip SingletonRepublicanSharpsburgCoweta, Fayette
72Josh BonnerRepublicanPeachtree CityCoweta, Fayette
73Karen MathiakRepublicanGriffinFayette, Henry, Spalding
74Valencia StovallDemocraticEllenwoodClayton
75Mike GlantonDemocraticJonesboroClayton
76Sandra ScottDemocraticRexClayton, Henry
77Rhonda BurnoughDemocraticRiverdaleClayton
78Demetrius DouglasDemocraticStockbridgeClayton, Henry
79Mike WilenskyDemocraticDunwoodyDeKalb
80Matthew WilsonDemocraticBrookhavenDeKalb, Fulton
81Scott HolcombDemocraticAtlantaDeKalb, Gwinnett
82Mary Margaret OliverDemocraticDecaturDeKalb
83Becky EvansDemocraticAtlantaDeKalb
84Renitta ShannonDemocraticAtlantaDeKalb
85Karla DrennerDemocraticAvondale EstatesDeKalb
86Michele HensonDemocraticStone MountainDeKalb
87Viola DavisDemocraticStone MountainDeKalb
88Billy MitchellDemocraticStone MountainDeKalb
89Bee NguyenDemocraticAtlantaDeKalb
90Pam StephensonDemocraticDecaturDeKalb, Henry, Rockdale
91Vernon JonesDemocraticLithoniaDeKalb, Rockdale
92Doreen CarterDemocraticLithoniaDeKalb, Rockdale
93Dar'shun KendrickDemocraticLithoniaDeKalb, Gwinnett
94Karen BennettDemocraticStone MountainDeKalb, Gwinnett
95Beth MooreDemocraticPeachtree CornersFulton, Gwinnett
96Pedro MarinDemocraticDuluthGwinnett
97Bonnie RichRepublicanDuluthGwinnett
98David ClarkRepublicanBufordGwinnett
99Brenda Lopez RomeroDemocraticNorcrossGwinnett
100Dewey McClainDemocraticLilburnGwinnett
101Sam ParkDemocraticLawrencevilleGwinnett
102Gregg KennardDemocraticLawrencevilleGwinnett
103Timothy BarrRepublicanLawrencevilleGwinnett, Hall
104Chuck EfstrationRepublicanDaculaGwinnett
105Donna McLeodDemocraticLawrencevilleGwinnett
106Brett HarrellRepublicanSnellvilleGwinnett
107Shelly HutchinsonDemocraticSnellvilleGwinnett
108Jasmine ClarkDemocraticTuckerGwinnett
109Dale RutledgeRepublicanMcDonoughHenry, Newton, Rockdale
110Andrew WelchRepublicanMcDonoughButts, Henry, Newton
111El-Mahdi HollyDemocraticStockbridgeHenry
112Dave BeltonRepublicanSocial CircleNewton, Rockdale
113Pam DickersonDemocraticConyersBarrow, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton
114Tom KirbyRepublicanLoganvilleBarrow, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton
115Bruce WilliamsonRepublicanMonroeMorgan, Newton
116Terry EnglandRepublicanAuburnBarrow
117Houston GainesRepublicanAthensBarrow, Clarke, Jackson, Oconee
118Spencer FryeDemocraticAthensClarke
119Marcus WiedowerRepublicanWatkinsvilleClark, Oconee
120Trey RhodesRepublicanGreensboroGreene, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Taliaferro, Wilkes
121Barry FlemingRepublicanHarlemColumbia, McDuffie
122Jodi LottRepublicanEvansColumbia
123Mark NewtonRepublicanAugustaColumbia, Richmond
124Henry HowardDemocraticAugustaRichmond
125Sheila Clark NelsonDemocraticAugustaRichmond
126Gloria FrazierDemocraticHephzibahBurke, Richmond
127Brian PrinceDemocraticAugustaJefferson, Richmond
128Mack JacksonDemocraticSandersvilleGlascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Johnson, McDuffie, Warren, Washington
129Susan HolmesRepublicanMonticelloButts, Jasper, Jones, Monroe
130David KnightRepublicanGriffinHenry, Lamar, Spalding
131Ken PullinRepublicanZebulonLamar, Pike, Upson
132Bob TrammellDemocraticLaGrangeCoweta, Meriwether, Troup
133Vance SmithRepublicanPine MountainHarris, Muscogee, Troup
134Richard H. SmithRepublicanColumbusHarris, Muscogee
135Calvin SmyreDemocraticColumbusMuscogee
136Carolyn HugleyDemocraticColumbusMuscogee
137Debbie BucknerDemocraticJunction CityHarris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot
138Mike CheokasRepublicanAmericusSumter, Schley, Marion, Chattahoochee
139Patty BentleyDemocraticReynoldsDooly, Macon, Peach, Taylor
140Robert DickeyRepublicanMusellaBibb, Crawford, Houston, Monroe, Peach
141Dale WashburnRepublicanMaconBibb, Monroe
142Miriam ParisDemocraticMaconBibb
143James BeverlyDemocraticMaconBibb
144Danny MathisRepublicanCochranBibb, Bleckley, Houston, Jones, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson
145Rick WilliamsRepublicanMilledgevilleBaldwin, Putnam
146Shaw BlackmonRepublicanBonaireHouston
147Heath ClarkRepublicanWarner RobinsHouston
148Noel Williams Jr.RepublicanCordeleCrisp, Houston, Pulaski, Wilcox
149Jimmy PruettRepublicanEastmanDodge, Jeff Davis, Laurens, Wheeler
150Matt HatchettRepublicanDublinJohnson, Laurens, Treutlen
151Gerald GreeneRepublicanCuthbertCalhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Terrell, Webster
152Bill YeartaRepublicanSylvesterLee, Sumter, Worth
153CaMia HopsonDemocraticAlbanyDougherty
154Winfred DukesDemocraticAlbanyBaker, Dougherty, Miller, Seminole
155Clay PirkleRepublicanOcillaBen Hill, Coffee, Irwin, Tift, Turner
156Greg MorrisRepublicanVidaliaAppling, Jeff Davis, Montgomery, Toombs
157Bill WerkheiserRepublicanGlennvilleEvans, Tattnall, Wayne
158Butch ParrishRepublicanSwainsboroBulloch, Candler, Emanuel, Jenkins
159Jon G. BurnsRepublicanNewingtonBulloch, Effingham, Screven
160Jan TankersleyRepublicanBrookletBryan, Bulloch
161Bill HitchensRepublicanRinconChatham, Effingham
162Carl Wayne GillardDemocraticGarden CityChatham
163J. Craig GordonDemocraticSavannahChatham
164Ron StephensRepublicanSavannahBryan, Chatham, Liberty
165Mickey StephensDemocraticSavannahChatham
166Jesse PetreaRepublicanSavannahBryan, Chatham
167Jeff JonesRepublicanBrunswickGlynn, Long, McIntosh
168Al WilliamsDemocraticMidwayLiberty
169Dominic LaRicciaRepublicanAmbroseBacon, Jeff Davis
170Penny HoustonRepublicanNashvilleTift, Cook
171VacantCamillaColquitt, Decatur, Mitchell
172Sam WatsonRepublicanMoultrieColquitt, Thomas, Tift
173Darlene TaylorRepublicanThomasvilleDecatur, Grady, Thomas
174John CorbettRepublicanValdostaCamden, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Lowndes, Ware
175John LaHoodRepublicanValdostaBrooks, Lowndes, Thomas
176Jason ShawRepublicanLakeland
177Dexter SharperDemocraticValdostaLowndes
178Steven MeeksRepublicanScrevenAppling, Brantley, Pierce, Wayne
179Don HoganRepublicanBrunswickGlynn
180Steven SainzRepublicanWoodbineCamden, Charlton, Ware

List of committees