The General Assembly may call for special sessions by a three-fifths vote of the members in each chamber.[1] Special sessions in Georgia may span a maximum of 40 days.[1]
Membership requirements
The Georgia State Senate consists of 56 members, each representing single-member legislative districts of equal size. State senators serve a term length of two years, with elections being held in even-numbered years. Senators officially assume their positions on the second Monday in January following their election.
To serve in the Senate, an individual must have attained the age of 25.[1] The person must also be a qualified voter who has resided in the state of Georgia for at least two years.[1] Unlike most states, senators are not required to have lived in their districts for a specific period of time before running.
Leadership
The formal President of the State Senate is the Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, who is elected statewide every four years. Other important figures in the Senate include the President pro tempore (who is elected by all members of the Senate), as well as the Majority Leader, Majority Whip, and Majority Caucus Chair (each of whom are elected by the majority of what is currently the Republican caucus).[1]
The minority party is headed by the Minority Leader, who is elected by the minority party caucus.[1]
Compensation
The current salary for state senators is $17,342.[2] The Majority Leader and Minority Leader earn an additional $400 per month.
Officers
The presiding officer of the Senate is the president of the Senate. A president pro tempore, usually a high-ranking member of the majority party, acts as president in case of the temporary disability of the president. In case of the death, resignation, or permanent disability of the President or in the event of the succession of the president to the executive power, the President pro tempore becomes President. The Senate also has as an officer, the secretary of the Senate.
As of January 2023[update], the majority and minority leadership is as follows:
According to the state constitution of 1983, this body is to be composed of no more than 56 members elected for two-year terms. Current state law provides for 56 members. Elections are held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even-numbered years.
Senators must be at least 25 years old, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Georgia for two years and their senatorial district for one year (preceding the election). The highest position in the Senate is the President of the Senate, a position currently held by Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones. The second-highest position is president pro tempore, currently held by Senator Butch Miller.
^ abcdefghiThe Book of the States (53 ed.). The Council of State Governments. January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
^Salzer, James. "Georgia Senate rejects big pay raise for the General Assembly, state officials". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ISSN 1539-7459. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
^ abcdefghijklmnopqPrabhu, Maya T. (January 12, 2023). "Lt. Gov. Burt Jones assigns Senate committee chairs". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
^"Senator John F. Kennedy Elected President Pro Tempore of the Georgia State Senate". Middle Georgia CEO. January 11, 2023.
^ abcdefPrabhu, Maya T. (November 11, 2022). "Georgia Senate Republicans elect new leadership". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Not to be confused with the as of yet unestablished upper house of the Parliament of Georgia Asian country anticipated by the constitution of 1995 which is also styled the Senate For the current session see 157th Georgia General Assembly This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information January 2021 The Georgia state Senate is the upper house of the Georgia General Assembly in the U S state of Georgia Georgia State SenateGeorgia General AssemblyTypeTypeUpper HouseTerm limitsNoneHistoryNew session startedJanuary 11 2021LeadershipPresidentBurt Jones R since January 9 2023President pro temporeJohn Kennedy R since January 9 2023Majority LeaderSteve Gooch R since January 9 2023Minority LeaderGloria Butler D since January 11 2021StructureSeats56Political groupsMajority Republican 33 Minority Democratic 23 Length of term2 yearsAuthorityArticle III Georgia ConstitutionSalary 17 342 year per diemElectionsLast electionNovember 8 2022 56 seats Next electionNovember 5 2024 56 seats RedistrictingLegislative controlMeeting placeState Senate ChamberGeorgia CapitolAtlanta GeorgiaWebsitewww wbr senate wbr ga wbr gov Contents 1 Legal provisions 1 1 Membership requirements 1 2 Leadership 1 3 Compensation 2 Officers 3 List of committees 4 Composition 5 Past composition of the Senate 6 List of current senators 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksLegal provisions EditThe Georgia State Senate is the upper house of the Georgia General Assembly with the lower house being the Georgia House of Representatives Both bodies are constitutionally required to convene annually at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta 1 The General Assembly begins each yearly session on the second Monday in January 1 From that date of convention sessions last for 40 legislative days 1 The General Assembly may call for special sessions by a three fifths vote of the members in each chamber 1 Special sessions in Georgia may span a maximum of 40 days 1 Membership requirements Edit The Georgia State Senate consists of 56 members each representing single member legislative districts of equal size State senators serve a term length of two years with elections being held in even numbered years Senators officially assume their positions on the second Monday in January following their election To serve in the Senate an individual must have attained the age of 25 1 The person must also be a qualified voter who has resided in the state of Georgia for at least two years 1 Unlike most states senators are not required to have lived in their districts for a specific period of time before running Leadership Edit The formal President of the State Senate is the Lieutenant Governor of Georgia who is elected statewide every four years Other important figures in the Senate include the President pro tempore who is elected by all members of the Senate as well as the Majority Leader Majority Whip and Majority Caucus Chair each of whom are elected by the majority of what is currently the Republican caucus 1 The minority party is headed by the Minority Leader who is elected by the minority party caucus 1 Compensation Edit The current salary for state senators is 17 342 2 The Majority Leader and Minority Leader earn an additional 400 per month Officers EditThe presiding officer of the Senate is the president of the Senate A president pro tempore usually a high ranking member of the majority party acts as president in case of the temporary disability of the president In case of the death resignation or permanent disability of the President or in the event of the succession of the president to the executive power the President pro tempore becomes President The Senate also has as an officer the secretary of the Senate As of January 2023 update the majority and minority leadership is as follows Office Officeholder PartyLt Governor and senate president Burt Jones 3 RepublicanPresident pro tempore John F Kennedy 4 5 RepublicanMajority leader Steve Gooch 5 RepublicanMajority whip Randy Robertson 5 RepublicanMajority caucus chairman Jason Anavitarte 5 RepublicanMajority caucus vice chairman Matt Brass 5 RepublicanMajority caucus treasurer Dean Burke 5 RepublicanMinority leader Gloria Butler 6 DemocraticMinority whip Harold V Jones II 6 DemocraticMinority caucus chair Elena Parent 6 DemocraticMinority caucus vice chair Sonya Halpern 6 DemocraticMinority caucus vice chair of fundraising and campaigns David Lucas 6 DemocraticMinority caucus secretary Nan Orrock 6 DemocraticList of committees EditAdministrative Affairs Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Chair Russ Goodman 3 Appropriations Chair Blake Tillery Assignments Banking and Financial Institutions Chair Carden Summers 3 Children and Families Chair Kay Kirkpatrick 3 Economic Development and Tourism Chair Brandon Beach 3 Education and Youth Chair Clint Dixon 3 Ethics Chair Max Burns 7 Finance Government Oversight Health and Human Services Higher Education Chair Billy Hickman 3 Insurance and Labor Chair Larry Walker III 3 Interstate Cooperation Chair Colton Moore 3 Judiciary MARTOC Natural Resources and the Environment Chair Lee Anderson 3 Public Safety Reapportionment and Redistricting Chair Shelly Echols 3 Regulated Industries and Utilities Retirement Chair Rick Williams 3 Rules Chair Matt Brass Science and Technology Chair Chuck Payne 3 Special Judiciary State and Local Governmental Operations Chair Frank Ginn 3 State Institutions and Property Transportation Chair Greg Dolezal 3 Urban Affairs Chair Donzella James 3 Veterans Military and Homeland Security Chair Mike Dugan 3 Composition Edit Map of current partisan composition of legislative districts for the State Senate Democratic senator Republican senator According to the state constitution of 1983 this body is to be composed of no more than 56 members elected for two year terms Current state law provides for 56 members Elections are held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even numbered years Senators must be at least 25 years old a citizen of the United States and a resident of Georgia for two years and their senatorial district for one year preceding the election The highest position in the Senate is the President of the Senate a position currently held by Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones The second highest position is president pro tempore currently held by Senator Butch Miller 33 23Republican DemocraticAffiliation Party Shading indicates majority caucus TotalRepublican Democratic VacantEnd of 155th Assembly 35 21 56 0End of 156th Assembly 34 22 56 0Beginning of 157th Assembly 33 23 56 0Latest voting share 59 41 Past composition of the Senate EditMain article Political party strength in Georgia U S state List of current senators EditAs of February 2023 update the Georgia State Senate is composed of 56 members 8 District Senator Party Since Residence Counties represented1 Ben Watson Republican 2015 Savannah Bryan Chatham Liberty2 Derek Mallow Democratic 2023 Savannah Chatham3 Mike Hodges Republican 2023 Brunswick Brantley Camden Charlton Glynn McIntosh4 Billy Hickman Republican 2020 Statesboro Bulloch Candler Effingham Emanuel Evans Tattnall5 Sheikh Rahman Democratic 2019 Lawrenceville Gwinnett6 Jason Esteves Democratic 2023 Atlanta Cobb Fulton7 Nabilah Islam Democratic 2023 Lawrenceville8 Russ Goodman Republican 2021 Cogdell Brooks Clinch Cook Echols Lanier Lowndes Thomas9 Nikki Merritt Democratic 2021 Grayson Gwinnett10 Emanuel Jones Democratic 2005 Ellenwood DeKalb Henry11 Sam Watson Republican 2023 Moultrie Colquitt Decatur Early Grady Miller Mitchell Seminole Thomas12 Freddie Sims Democratic 2009 Dawson Baker Calhoun Clay Dougherty Mitchell Quitman Randolph Stewart Sumter Terrell Webster13 Carden Summers Republican 2020 Cordele Crisp Dodge Dooly Lee Sumter Tift Turner Wilcox Worth14 Josh McLaurin Democratic 2023 Sandy Springs Bartow Cherokee Cobb15 Ed Harbison Democratic 1993 Columbus Chattahoochee Macon Marion Muscogee Schley Talbot Taylor16 Marty Harbin Republican 2015 Tyrone Fayette Lamar Pike Spalding17 Brian Strickland Republican 2018 McDonough Henry Newton Rockdale18 John F Kennedy Republican 2015 Macon Bibb Crawford Houston Monroe Peach Upson19 Blake Tillery Republican 2017 Vidalia Appling Emanuel Jeff Davis Liberty Long Montgomery Tattnall Telfair Toombs Treutlen Wayne Wheeler20 Larry Walker III Republican 2015 Kathleen Bleckley Houston Laurens Peach Pulaski21 Brandon Beach Republican 2013 Alpharetta Cherokee Fulton22 Harold V Jones II Democratic 2015 Augusta McDuffie Richmond23 Max Burns Republican 2021 Sylvania Burke Columbia Emanuel Glascock Jefferson Jenkins Johnson McDuffie Richmond Screven Warren24 Lee Anderson Republican 2017 Grovetown Columbia Elbert Hart Lincoln Oglethorpe Richmond Taliaferro Wilkes25 Rick Williams Republican 2023 Milledgeville Baldwin Bibb Butts Greene Jasper Jones Morgan Putnam Walton26 David Lucas Democratic 2013 Macon Baldwin Bibb Hancock Houston Jones Twiggs Washington Wilkinson27 Greg Dolezal Republican 2019 Cumming Forsyth28 Matt Brass Republican 2017 Newnan Carroll Coweta Fulton Heard Troup29 Randy Robertson Republican 2019 Cataula Harris Meriwether Muscogee Troup30 Mike Dugan Republican 2013 Carrollton Carroll Douglas Paulding31 Jason Anavitarte Republican 2021 Dallas Haralson Paulding Polk32 Kay Kirkpatrick Republican 2017 Marietta Cobb Fulton33 Michael Rhett Democratic 2015 Marietta Cobb34 Valencia Seay Democratic 2003 Riverdale Clayton Fayette35 Donzella James Democratic 2009 College Park Douglas Fulton36 Nan Orrock Democratic 2007 Atlanta Fulton37 Ed Setzler Republican 2023 Acworth Cobb38 Horacena Tate Democratic 1999 Atlanta Cobb Fulton39 Sonya Halpern Democratic 2021 Atlanta Fulton40 Sally Harrell Democratic 2019 Chamblee DeKalb Fulton Gwinnett41 Kim Jackson Democratic 2021 Stone Mountain DeKalb Gwinnett42 Elena Parent Democratic 2015 Atlanta DeKalb43 Tonya Anderson Democratic 2017 Lithonia DeKalb Newton Rockdale44 Gail Davenport Democratic 2011 Jonesboro Clayton DeKalb45 Clint Dixon Republican 2021 Buford Gwinnett46 Bill Cowsert Republican 2007 Athens Clarke Oconee Walton47 Frank Ginn Republican 2011 Royston Barrow Clarke Jackson Madison48 Shawn Still Republican 2023 Norcross Fulton Gwinnett49 Shelly Echols Republican 2023 Alto Hall50 Bo Hatchett Republican 2021 Cornelia Banks Franklin Habersham Hall Jackson Rabun Stephens Towns51 Steve Gooch Republican 2011 Dahlonega Dawson Fannin Forsyth Gilmer Lumpkin Pickens Union White52 Chuck Hufstetler Republican 2013 Rome Bartow Chattooga Floyd Gordon53 Colton Moore Republican 2023 Trenton Catoosa Chattooga Dade Walker54 Chuck Payne Republican 2017 Dalton Gordon Murray Pickens Whitfield55 Gloria Butler Democratic 1999 Stone Mountain DeKalb Gwinnett56 John Albers Republican 2011 Roswell Cherokee FultonSee also EditGeorgia General Assembly Georgia House of Representatives 155th Georgia General Assembly 2019 2021 154th Georgia General Assembly 2017 2018 153rd Georgia General Assembly 2015 2016 152nd Georgia General Assembly 2013 2014 151st Georgia General Assembly 2011 2012 150th Georgia General Assembly 2009 2010 149th Georgia General Assembly 2007 2008 148th Georgia General Assembly 2005 2006 147th Georgia General Assembly 2003 2004 146th Georgia General Assembly 2001 2002 145th Georgia General Assembly 1999 2000 144th Georgia General Assembly 1997 1998 143rd Georgia General Assembly 1995 1996 142nd Georgia General Assembly 1993 1994 140th Georgia General Assembly 1989 1990 139th Georgia General Assembly 1987 1988 138th Georgia General Assembly 1985 1986 137th Georgia General Assembly 1983 1984 136th Georgia General Assembly 1981 1982 135th Georgia General Assembly 1979 1980 134th Georgia General Assembly 1977 1978 Georgia Senate Democratic Caucus Official WebsiteReferences Edit a b c d e f g h i The Book of the States 53 ed The Council of State Governments January 7 2022 Retrieved January 12 2022 Salzer James Georgia Senate rejects big pay raise for the General Assembly state officials The Atlanta Journal Constitution ISSN 1539 7459 Retrieved May 5 2022 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Prabhu Maya T January 12 2023 Lt Gov Burt Jones assigns Senate committee chairs The Atlanta Journal Constitution Senator John F Kennedy Elected President Pro Tempore of the Georgia State Senate Middle Georgia CEO January 11 2023 a b c d e f Prabhu Maya T November 11 2022 Georgia Senate Republicans elect new leadership The Atlanta Journal Constitution a b c d e f Williams Dave November 28 2022 Georgia Senate Democrats reelect Gloria Butler minority leader Capitol Beat Ethics Committee Retrieved January 13 2023 Senators 2023 24 Regular Session Georgia State Senate Retrieved January 21 2023 External links EditOfficial website Georgia State Senate at Ballotpedia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Georgia State Senate amp oldid 1142624309, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
