Georgia State Senate
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The Georgia State Senate is the upper house of the Georgia General Assembly, in the U.S. state of Georgia. The Georgia State Senate and the lower house of the General Assembly, the Georgia House of Representatives, comprise the bicameral legislature of the state. Combined, the Senate and the House maintain authority under Article III. of the 1983 Constitution of Georgia to enact laws "necessary and proper for the welfare of the state", although state law is subordinate to the state constitution, the United States Constitution, and federal law.
Like most upper houses in the United States, the Senate has the exclusive power to confirm various appointments made by the governor of Georgia, and to try cases of impeachment brought by the House. The Senate is often considered a springboard for those ultimately seeking higher office; all of the state's most recent governors have served in the State Senate.
Legal provisions
The Georgia State Senate is the upper house of the Georgia General Assembly, with the lower house being the Georgia House of Representatives. Both bodies are constitutionally required to convene annually at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta.[1] The General Assembly begins each yearly session on the second Monday in January.[1] From that date of convention, sessions last for 40 legislative days.[1]
The General Assembly may call for special sessions by a three-fifths vote of the members in each chamber.[1] Special sessions in Georgia may span a maximum of 40 days.[1]
Membership requirements
The Georgia State Senate consists of 56 members, each representing a single-member legislative district of equal size with the others. State senators serve a term length of two years, with elections being held in even-numbered years. Senators officially assume their positions on the second Monday in January following their election.
To serve in the Senate, an individual must have attained the age of 25.[1] The person must also be a qualified voter who has resided in the state of Georgia for at least two years.[1] Unlike most states, senators are not required to have lived in their districts for a specific period of time before running.
Leadership
The formal President of the State Senate is the Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, who is elected statewide every four years. Other important figures in the Senate include the President pro tempore (who is elected by all members of the Senate), as well as the Majority Leader, Majority Whip, and Majority Caucus Chair (each of whom are elected by the majority of what is currently the Republican caucus).[1]
The minority party is headed by the Minority Leader, who is elected by the minority party caucus.[1]
Compensation
The current salary for state senators is $17,342.[2] The Majority Leader and Minority Leader earn an additional $400 per month.
Officers
The presiding officer of the Senate is the president of the Senate. A president pro tempore, usually a high-ranking member of the majority party, acts as president in case of the temporary disability of the president. In case of the death, resignation, or permanent disability of the President or in the event of the succession of the president to the executive power, the President pro tempore becomes President. The Senate also has as an officer, the secretary of the Senate.
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List of committees
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Districts
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Composition
According to the state constitution of 1983, this body is to be composed of no more than 56 members elected for two-year terms. Current state law provides for 56 members. Elections are held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even-numbered years.
Senators must be at least 25 years old, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Georgia for two years and their senatorial district for one year (preceding the election). The highest position in the Senate is the President of the Senate, a position currently held by Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones. The second-highest position is president pro tempore, currently held by Senator Butch Miller.
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| End of 155th Assembly | colspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| 35 | 21 | 56 | 0 | |
| End of 156th Assembly | colspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| 34 | 22 | 56 | 0 | |
| Beginning of 157th Assembly | colspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| 33 | 23 | 56 | 0 | |
| End of 157thTemplate:Efn | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| 32 | 1 | 56 | 0 | |
| Beginning of 158th Assembly | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| 32 | 1 | 23 | 56 | 0 |
| May 4, 2025Template:Efn | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" rowspan=2| 31 | 55 | 1 | ||
| September 10, 2025Template:Efn | 22 | 54 | 2 | ||
| October 14, 2025Template:Efn | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| 32 | 55 | 1 | ||
| December 8, 2025Template:Efn | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| 31 | 54 | 2 | ||
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Past composition of the Senate
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List of current senators
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| District | Senator | Party | Since | Residence | Counties represented |
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| 1 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2015 | Savannah | Bryan, Liberty, part of Chatham |
| 2 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Democratic | 2023 | Savannah | Part of Chatham |
| 3 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2023 | Brunswick | Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Glynn, McIntosh, part of Ware |
| 4 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2020 | Statesboro | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, part of Chatham |
| 5 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Democratic | 2019 | Lawrenceville | Part of Gwinnett |
| 6 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2017 | Newnan | Coweta, Heard, part of Carroll |
| 7 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Democratic | 2023 | Duluth | Part of Gwinnett |
| 8 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2021 | Cogdell | Atkinson, Clinch, Echols, Lanier, Lowndes, Pierce, part of Ware |
| 9 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Democratic | 2021 | Grayson | Part of Gwinnett |
| 10 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Democratic | 2005 | Decatur | Parts of DeKalb and Henry |
| 11 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2023 | Moultrie | Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Grady, Seminole, Thomas |
| 12 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Democratic | 2009 | Dawson | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Mitchell, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Sumter, Terrell, Webster |
| 13 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2020 | Cordele | Ben Hill, Berrien, Crisp, Irwin, Lee, Tift, Turner, Worth, part of Coffee |
| 14 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Democratic | 2023 | Sandy Springs | Part of Fulton |
| 15 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Democratic | 1993 | Columbus | Chattahoochee, Macon, Marion, Schley, Talbot, Taylor, part of Muscogee |
| 16 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2015 | Tyrone | Lamar, Pike, Spalding, part of Fayette |
| 17 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Democratic | 2007 | Jonesboro | Parts of Clayton and Henry |
| 18 | VacantTemplate:Efn | Crawford, Monroe, Peach, Upson, parts of Bibb and Houston | |||
| 19 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2017 | Vidalia | Appling, Bacon, Jeff Davis, Long, Montgomery, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Wayne, Wheeler, part of Coffee |
| 20 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2015 | Perry | Bleckley, Dodge, Dooly, Laurens, Pulaski, Treutlen, Wilcox, part of Houston |
| 21 | Jason Dickerson | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2025 | Canton | Parts of Cherokee and Fulton |
| 22 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Democratic | 2015 | Augusta | Part of Richmond |
| 23 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2021 | Sylvania | Burke, Emanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Jenkins, McDuffie, Screven, Taliaferro, Warren, parts of Columbia and Richmond |
| 24 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2017 | Grovetown | Elbert, Greene, Hart, Lincoln, Oglethorpe, Wilkes, part of Columbia |
| 25 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2023 | Milledgeville | Baldwin, Butts, Jasper, Jones, Putnam, parts of Bibb and Henry |
| 26 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Democratic | 2013 | Macon | Hancock, Johnson, Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson, parts of Bibb and Houston |
| 27 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2019 | Cumming | Part of Forsyth |
| 28 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Democratic | 2009 | Atlanta | Parts of Cobb, Douglas, and Fulton |
| 29 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2019 | Cataula | Harris, Meriwether, Troup, part of Muscogee |
| 30 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2024 | Carrollton | Haralson, parts of Carroll, Douglas, and Paulding |
| 31 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2021 | Dallas | Polk, part of Paulding |
| 32 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2017 | Marietta | Parts Cherokee and Cobb |
| 33 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Democratic | 2015 | Marietta | Part of Cobb |
| 34 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Democratic | 2025 | Fayetteville | Parts of Clayton and Fayette |
| 35 | VacantTemplate:Efn | Parts of Cobb and Fulton | |||
| 36 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Democratic | 2007 | Atlanta | Part of Fulton |
| 37 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2023 | Acworth | Parts of Bartow and Cobb |
| 38 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Democratic | 2025 | Atlanta | Part of Fulton |
| 39 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Democratic | 2021 | Atlanta | Part of Fulton |
| 40 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Democratic | 2019 | Atlanta | Parts of DeKalb and Gwinnett |
| 41 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Democratic | 2021 | Stone Mountain | Part of DeKalb |
| 42 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2018 | McDonough | Morgan, parts of Henry, Newton, and Walton |
| 43 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Democratic | 2017 | Lithonia | Rockdale, parts of DeKalb, Gwinnett, and Newton |
| 44 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Democratic | 2015 | Atlanta | Parts of Clayton and DeKalb |
| 45 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2021 | Buford | Parts of Barrow and Gwinnett |
| 46 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2007 | Athens | Parts of Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Oconee, and Walton |
| 47 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2011 | Danielsville | Madison, parts of Barrow, Clarke, and Jackson |
| 48 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2023 | Johns Creek | Parts of Forsyth, Fulton, and Gwinnett |
| 49 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2025 | Gainesville | Part of Hall |
| 50 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2021 | Cornelia | Banks, Franklin, Habersham, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, parts of Hall, Jackson, and White |
| 51 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2011 | Dahlonega | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Union, part of White |
| 52 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2013 | Rome | Parts of Bartow, Floyd, and Gordon |
| 53 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| RepublicanTemplate:Efn | 2023 | Trenton | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, part of Floyd |
| 54 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2017 | Dalton | Murray, Whitfield, part of Gordon |
| 55 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| Democratic | 2025 | Stone Mountain | Parts of DeKalb and Gwinnett |
| 56 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"| Republican | 2011 | Roswell | Parts of Cherokee, Cobb, and Fulton |
See also
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- Georgia General Assembly
- Georgia House of Representatives
- List of former members of the Georgia State Senate
- Recent terms of the General Assembly:
- 157th Georgia General Assembly (2023–2024)
- 156th Georgia General Assembly (2021–2023)
- 155th Georgia General Assembly (2019–2021)
- 154th Georgia General Assembly (2017–2018)
- 153rd Georgia General Assembly (2015–2016)
- List of Georgia state legislatures
Notes
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External links
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