ATLANTA – Today, House Speaker Jon Burns (R-Newington) announced appointments to the Georgia House of Representatives’ 2025 study committees. These committees will meet throughout the interim, hear from experts, stakeholders and the public and compile a report of specific findings or legislative recommendations ahead of the 2026 legislative session.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Matt Reeves (R-Duluth) was recently recognized by the Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL), a group of scholars from the University of Virginia and Vanderbilt University, as the fourth most effective House member out of 180 and the top freshman House lawmaker for the 2023-2024 legislative term.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Rob Leverett (R–Elberton), who serves as chairman of the House Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee, was recently ranked the most effective lawmaker in the 157th Georgia General Assembly by the Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL), a collaborative initiative that seeks to advance the generation, communication and use of new knowledge about the effectiveness of individual lawmakers and legislative institutions across the United States.
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ATLANTA – Today, House Speaker Jon Burns (R-Newington) praised State Representative Butch Parrish (R-Swainsboro), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, State Representative Rob Leverett (R-Elberton), Chairman of the House Subcommittee of Rules on Lawsuit Reform and the members of the subcommittee for their passage of Senate Bill 68—Governor Brian Kemp’s comprehensive tort reform legislation. Senate Bill 68 is now eligible for a vote by the full House.
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ATLANTA – Today, House Speaker Jon Burns (R-Newington) praised State Representative Butch Parrish (R-Swainsboro), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, for his creation of the Subcommittee of Rules on Lawsuit Reform. This subcommittee is tasked with considering proposed legislation that addresses changes to Georgia’s legal environment—Senate Bill 68 and Senate Bill 69.
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