Georgia House of Representatives

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legislative body state lower house

The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Georgia General Assembly, responsible for creating state laws and representing citizens through elected state representatives.

Aliases (2)

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body → state lower house →
authorityDerivedFrom	Constitution of Georgia →
buildingTypeOfMeetingPlace	state capitol building →
canIntroduce	bills → resolutions →
canOverrideVeto	yes →
country	United States →
districtRepresentation	single-member districts →
electionCycle	every 2 years →
establishedInYear	1777 →
governingDocument	Rules of the Georgia House of Representatives →
hasCommitteeSystem	yes →
hasMajorityParty	Republican Party →
hasMinorityParty	Democratic Party →
hasNumberOfMembers	180 →
hasPower	levy state taxes (with Senate) → propose constitutional amendments (with Senate) → regulate state programs and agencies →
hasSpeaker	Jon G. Burns →
jurisdiction	State of Georgia →
languageOfWork	English →
lastElectionDate	2024-11-05 →
legislativeChamber	lower house →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Atlanta, Georgia →
meetsIn	Georgia State Capitol →
membersTitle	state representative →
minimumAgeForMembers	21 years →
partOf	Georgia General Assembly →
passes	state budget →
presidingOfficerTitle	Speaker of the House →
previousElectionDate	2022-11-08 →
primaryFunction	lawmaking → oversight of the executive branch of Georgia → representation of citizens in Georgia →
regularSessionLength	40 legislative days →
residencyRequirement	must be a Georgia resident →
sessionType	annual regular sessions →
sharesLegislativePowerWith	Georgia State Senate →
speakerAssumedOffice	2023-01-09 →
speakerParty	Republican Party →
state	Georgia →
termLength	2 years →
vetoOverrideRequirement	two-thirds vote of both houses →
votingSystem	first-past-the-post →
website	https://www.legis.ga.gov/house →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Georgia General Assembly → Government of the State of Georgia →	lowerHouse
Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives →	chamber
Georgia General Assembly →	hasComponent
Georgia →	hasLegislativeChamber
Georgia State Senate →	hasLowerHouse
Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives →	highestRankingMemberOf
Georgia State Capitol ("Georgia House of Representatives chamber") →	houses
Richard Russell Jr. →	memberOf
Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives →	partOf
Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives →	presidesOver
Commons House of Assembly ("Georgia House of Assembly") →	succeededBy