Georgia House of Representatives

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
state lower house
authorityDerivedFrom Constitution of the State of Georgia
surface form: Constitution of Georgia
buildingTypeOfMeetingPlace state capitol building
canIntroduce bills
resolutions
canOverrideVeto yes
country United States of America
surface form: 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 U.S. state of Georgia
surface form: State of Georgia
languageOfWork English
lastElectionDate 2024-11-05
legislativeChamber lower house
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Atlanta
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia
meetsIn Georgia State Capitol
membersTitle state representative
minimumAgeForMembers 21 years
partOf Georgia General Assembly
passes state budget
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the House of Representatives
surface form: 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

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U.S. state of Georgia hasLegislativeChamber Georgia House of Representatives
subject surface form: Georgia
Richard Russell Jr. memberOf Georgia House of Representatives
Georgia State Capitol houses Georgia House of Representatives
this entity surface form: Georgia House of Representatives chamber
Georgia General Assembly hasComponent Georgia House of Representatives
Georgia General Assembly lowerHouse Georgia House of Representatives
Georgia State Senate hasLowerHouse Georgia House of Representatives
Government of the State of Georgia lowerHouse Georgia House of Representatives
Commons House of Assembly succeededBy Georgia House of Representatives
this entity surface form: Georgia House of Assembly
Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives partOf Georgia House of Representatives
Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives chamber Georgia House of Representatives
Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives presidesOver Georgia House of Representatives
William Schley servedInStateLegislature Georgia House of Representatives
Rules of the Georgia House of Representatives appliesTo Georgia House of Representatives
Rules of the Georgia House of Representatives adoptedBy Georgia House of Representatives
Rules of the Georgia House of Representatives canBeAmendedBy Georgia House of Representatives
Rules of the Georgia House of Representatives publishedBy Georgia House of Representatives
Jon G. Burns legislativeBody Georgia House of Representatives
Georgia's U.S. House delegation relatedChamber Georgia House of Representatives
George Rockingham Gilmer legislativeBody Georgia House of Representatives
John Forsyth servedIn Georgia House of Representatives
Wilson Lumpkin servedIn Georgia House of Representatives
Stacey Abrams memberOf Georgia House of Representatives