Английская Википедия:157th Georgia General Assembly
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox legislative session Шаблон:Georgia General Assemblies The 157th Georgia General Assembly convened its first session on JanuaryШаблон:Nbsp9, 2023 at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta,[1] which adjourned sine die on MarchШаблон:Nbsp29; as stipulated in the Constitution of Georgia, the General Assembly can only hold a session "for a period of no longer than 40 days in the aggregate each year".[2] On October 26, 2023, a special session was called by Governor Brian Kemp for November 28, 2023, to redraw congressional and legislative maps which were approved in the previous General Assembly.
MarchШаблон:Nbsp6 was "Crossover Day", the informal name for the date by which bills must have passed through one chamber in order to remain on track to become law.[1]
The Assembly's members were elected in the 2022 State Senate and State House elections.
Activity
Governor Brian Kemp's floor leaders for the 2023 and 2024 sessions are senators Bo Hatchett and Mike Hodges, and representatives Matthew Gambill, Soo Hong, Lauren McDonald, and Will Wade.[3]
Legislation
In late January 2023, Democratic lawmakers Sally Harrell and Shea Roberts introduced twin bills Шаблон:Emdash S.B.Шаблон:Nbsp15 and H.B.Шаблон:Nbsp75, both described as "long-shot legislation" by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Шаблон:Emdash that would repeal Georgia's 2019 anti-abortion law and add abortion protections to the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.[4]
Representative John Carson sponsored H.B.Шаблон:Nbsp54, to increase Georgia's Qualified Education Expense Credit program cap from $120Шаблон:Nbspmillion to $200Шаблон:Nbspmillion.[5]
Representative Darlene Taylor (R-Thomasville) introduced the Okefenokee Protection Act (H.B.Шаблон:Nbsp71),[6] intended to help protect the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge from mining projects. The bill attracted bipartisan support from Buddy DeLoach and Mary Frances Williams, among about 36 others.[7] Taylor had filed an ultimately unsuccessful similar bill in the previous assembly.[7]
Sports betting
Sports betting was federally banned in the US by the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 until the Supreme Court struck down the law in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018), allowing each state to regulate sports gambling. Governor Kemp had been opposed to legalizing betting in the past, but changed his position in 2023.[8]
Several bills regarding sports betting were introduced during the 2023 session.[8]
Post-sine die
Governor Brian Kemp issued his first veto of the 2023 session on April 4, putting a stop to H.B.Шаблон:Nbsp319, which would have required the General Assembly to approve any University System of Georgia tuition hikes of over 3%. Kemp issued a statement noting that the "Georgia Constitution makes plain the authority to govern, control, and manage the University System and all system institutions is vested in the Board of Regents".Шаблон:Efn H.B.Шаблон:Nbsp319 had passed the House by a vote of 160Шаблон:Endash1 and the Senate unanimously; the tuition measure had been added on the last day of the legislative session to the bill, which originally aimed to abolish the Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation.[9]
On October 26, 2023, a special session was called by Governor Brian Kemp for November 28, 2023,[10] to redraw congressional and legislative maps which were approved in the previous General Assembly, following a ruling earlier in the day federal district judge Steve C. Jones that some districts in the U.S. House, Georgia Senate and Georgia House violated the Voting Rights Act.[11]
Composition
The lawmakers comprising the 157th Assembly are the most diverse in Georgia's history. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution counted 83 non-white members out of 236; 151 are white, 68 are black, 8 are AAPI, five are Hispanic, two are Afro-Latino, and one is Arab. Additionally, there are 81 women in the chamber.[12]
State Senate
Special elections
Governor Brian Kemp chose state senator Dean Burke to be chief medical officer of the Georgia Department of Community Health in December 2022.[13] Burke resigned on December 31, and an election to fill the Senate District 11 seat was scheduled for JanuaryШаблон:Nbsp31, 2023. Three candidates qualified for the election: John H. Monds (L), Sam Watson (R),[14] and Mary Weaver-Anderson (D).[15] Watson won the election easily.[16]
Party composition
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color" | | style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color" | | |||
| Republican | Democratic | Vacant | ||
| End of 155th Assembly | Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 35 | 21 | 56 | 0 |
| End of 156th Assembly | Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 34 | 22 | 56 | 0 |
| Beginning of 157th Assembly | Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 33 | 23 | 56 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Шаблон:Percentage | Шаблон:Percentage | ||
Membership
Шаблон:Asof, the Georgia State Senate is composed of 56 members:[17]
House of Representatives
Special elections
After former speaker David Ralston's resignation and death, a special election was held on JanuaryШаблон:Nbsp3, 2023 to fill the seat in House District 7. Since no candidate reached a vote threshold of 50%,Шаблон:Efn a runoff between Sheree Ralston, David Ralston's widow,[18] and Johnny Chastain Шаблон:Emdash both members of the Fannin County Development Authority Шаблон:Emdash was held on JanuaryШаблон:Nbsp31, 2023;[19] in an upset,[20] Chastain defeated Ralston.[21]
House District 119's previous representative Terry England did not seek reelection in 2022. After winning unopposed in the general election, former Barrow County Chamber of Commerce chair Danny Rampey was arrested in December 2022 and charged with stealing prescription medications.[22] Bowing to pressure from the state Republican party, Rampey announced he would not take office, and Governor Kemp scheduled a special election to be held on JanuaryШаблон:Nbsp31, 2023.[23] No candidate won a majority of the vote, so a runoff was held on February 28 between Republicans Holt Persinger and Charlie Chase;[21] Persinger won the runoff.[24]
State representative Sam Watson resigned from his seat in House District 172 in order to run for the newly-open spot in State Senate District 11.[25] A special election was held on JanuaryШаблон:Nbsp31, 2023; the only candidate to qualify for the ballot was Colquitt County administrator Charles "Chas" Cannon.[26][21]
Democratic member Mike Glanton of District 75 resigned on JanuaryШаблон:Nbsp24, 2023 due to health reasons;[27] a special election was held on MarchШаблон:Nbsp21, 2023 to fill the seat.[28] Eric W. Bell II was elected to fill the seat.[29]
Democratic representative Tish Naghise died on MarchШаблон:Nbsp8, 2023; she had represented the 68th District.[30]
Party composition
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Total | ||
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| style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color" | | style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color" | | |||
| Republican | Democratic | Vacant | ||
| End of 155th General Assembly | Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|105 | 74 | 179 | 1Шаблон:Efn |
| End of 156th General Assembly | Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|103 | 76 | 179 | 1 |
| Beginning of 157th General Assembly | Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|101 | 79 | 180 | 0 |
| July 11, 2023[31] | Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|102 | 78 | 180 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | colspan=1 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican|Шаблон:Percentage | Шаблон:Percentage | ||
Membership
Шаблон:Asof, the membership of the House is as follows:[32]
References and notes
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