Speaker Ralston Announces Members of Several Study Committees & Commissions

ATLANTA – Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) today announced the members of three House study committees and three joint House-Senate committees/commissions established during the 2018 legislative session.  Those committees and commissions and their respective members are:

Joint Study Commission on Low THC Medical Oil Access (Created by HB 65):

  • Micah Gravley (R-Douglasville)  – Co-Chair
  • David Clark (R-Buford)
  • Alan Powell (R-Hartwell)
  • Shannon Cloud
  • Susan McWhorter Driscoll

Joint Georgia-North Carolina and Georgia-Tennessee Boundary Line Commission (Created by SR 794):

  • Eddie Lumsden (R-Armuchee) – Co-Chair
  • Jason Ridley (R-Chatsworth)
  • Terry Rogers (R-Clarkesville)
  • Marc Morris (R-Cumming) – Ex-officio

Joint Study Committee on the Establishment of a State Accreditation Process (Created by HR 898):

  • Beth Beskin (R-Atlanta) – Co-Chair
  • Mike Glanton (D-Jonesboro)
  • Randy Nix (R-LaGrange)

House Study Committee Retrospective Emergency Room Policies (Created by HR 1194):

  • David Knight (R-Griffin) – Chair
  • James Beverly (D-Macon)
  • Chuck Efstration (R-Dacula)
  • Matt Hatchett (R-Dublin)
  • Lee Hawkins (R-Gainesville)

[REVISED] House Study Committee on Juvenile Court Judges (Created by HR 1260):

  • Mandi Ballinger (R-Canton) – Chair
  • Bert Reeves (R-Marietta)
  • Andy Welch (R-McDonough)

House Study Committee on County Governance (Created by HR 1429)

  • Meagan Hanson (R-Brookhaven) – Chair
  • Demetrius Douglas (D-Stockbidge)
  • Barry Fleming (R-Harlem)
  • Ed Rynders (R-Albany)
  • Jan Tankersley (R-Brooklet)

More information about the legislation creating these study committees and joint committees/commissions may be found on the House of Representatives website at http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/Search.aspx.

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