153rd Georgia General Assembly

{{Short description|Term of state legislature in US state of Georgia}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox legislative session | name = 153d Georgia General Assembly | image = File:Seal of Georgia.svg | image_size = 125px | alt = Great Seal of the State of Georgia | caption = Great Seal of the State of Georgia | body = Georgia General Assembly | meeting_place = Georgia State Capitol | election = | government = | term_start = | term_end = | before = 152nd | after = 154th | chamber1 = Senate | chamber1_image = | chamber1_image_size = | chamber1_alt = | membership1 = 56 (38 R, 18 D) | control1 = Republican Party | chamber1_leader1_type = President of the Senate | chamber1_leader1 = Casey Cagle (R) | chamber1_leader2_type = | chamber1_leader2 = | chamber2 = House of Representatives | chamber2_image = | chamber2_image_size = | chamber2_alt = | membership2 = 180 (119 R, 60 D, 1 I) | control2 = Republican Party | chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker of the House | chamber2_leader1 = | chamber2_leader2_type = | chamber2_leader2 = | session1_start = {{Start date|2015|01|12}} | session1_end = {{End date|2015|04|02}} | session2_start = {{Start date|2016|01|11}} | session2_end = {{End date|2016|03|24}} }}

The 153rd General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia convened its first session on January 12, 2015,<ref>[http://www.legis.ga.gov/INTERN/en-US/default.aspx] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216103919/http://www.legis.ga.gov/intern/en-US/default.aspx |date=2014-12-16 }}. legis.ga.gov. Retrieved December 12, 2014.</ref> at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. Its second session was January 11 through March 24, 2016. The '''153rd Georgia General Assembly''' succeeded the 152nd of 2013 and 2014, and preceded the 154th in 2017 and 2018.

==Party composition== Of the 180 Georgia State House seats and 56 Georgia State Senate seats, zero changed hands with respect to political party following the 2014 elections.

===Senate=== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan=2 align=center valign=bottom | Affiliation ! colspan=2 align=center valign=bottom | Members |- | {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}} | width="201" | Republican Party | colspan=2 align=center | 38 |- | {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}} | Democratic Party | colspan=2 align=center | 18 |- | bgcolor="yellow"|  | Independent | colspan=2 align=center | 0 |- | bgcolor="black"|  | Vacancies | colspan=2 align=center | 0 |- | colspan=2 align=center |  '''Total''' | colspan=2 align=center | '''56'''  |}

===House of Representatives=== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan=2 align=center valign=bottom | Affiliation ! colspan=2 align=center valign=bottom | Members |- | {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}} | width="201" | Republican Party | colspan=2 align=center | 119 |- | {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}} | Democratic Party | colspan=2 align=center | 60 |- | bgcolor="yellow"|  | Independent | colspan=2 align=center | 1 |- | bgcolor="black"|  | Vacancies | colspan=2 align=center | 0 |- | colspan=2 align=center |  '''Total''' | colspan=2 align=center | '''180'''  |}

== Officers ==

=== Senate ===

{| class="wikitable" ! colspan=2 align=center |Position ! align="center" width="99" |Name ! align=center |District ! align=center |Party |- | {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}} | width="201" |President |Casey Cagle | align=center | n/a |Republican |- | {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}} |President Pro Tempore |David Shafer | align=center | 48 |Republican |}

==== Majority leadership ====

{| class="wikitable" ! colspan=2 align=center |Position ! align="center" width="99" |Name ! align=center |District |- | {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}} | width="201" |Senate Majority Leader |Bill Cowsert | align=center | 46 |- | {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}} |Majority Caucus Chairman |{{anchor|William Ligon, Jr.}}|William Ligon, Jr. | align=center | 3 |- | {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}} |Majority Whip |Steve Gooch | align=center | 51 |}

==== Minority leadership ====

=== House of Representatives ===

{| class="wikitable" ! colspan=2 align=center |Position ! align="center" width="99" |Name ! align=center |District ! align=center |Party |- | {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}} | width="201" |Speaker of the House |David Ralston | align=center | 7 |Republican |- | {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}} |Speaker Pro Tempore |Jan Jones | align=center | 47 |Republican |}

==== Majority leadership ====

{| class="wikitable" ! colspan=2 align=center |Position ! align="center" width="99" |Name ! align=center |District |- | {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}} | width="201" |House Majority Leader |Jon G. Burns | align=center | 159 |- | {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}} |Majority Whip |Matt Ramsey | align=center | 72 |- | {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}} |Majority Caucus Chairman |Matt Hatchett | align=center | 150 |- | {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}} |Majority Caucus Vice-chairman |Sam Teasley | align=center | 37 |- | {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}} |Majority Caucus Sec./Treas. |Bruce Williamson | align=center | 115 |}

==== Minority leadership ====

{| class="wikitable" ! colspan=2 align=center |Position ! align="center" width="99" |Name ! align=center |District |- | {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}} | width="201" |House Minority Leader |Stacey Abrams | align=center | 89 |- | {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}} |Minority Whip |Carolyn Hugley | align=center | 136 |- | {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}} |Minority Caucus Chairman |Virgil Fludd | align=center | 64 |- | {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}} |Minority Caucus Vice-chairman |Billy Mitchell | align=center | 88 |- | {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}} |Minority Caucus Secretary |Pat Gardner | align=center | 57 |- | {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}} |Minority Caucus Treasurer |David Wilkerson | align=center | 38 |- |}

==See also== {{portal|Georgia (U.S. state)}} * List of Georgia state legislatures

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

==External links== *[http://www.legis.ga.gov/ Georgia General Assembly website] **2015-2017 Representatives by [http://www.house.ga.gov/Representatives/en-US/HouseMembersList.aspx Name] **2015-2017 Senators by [http://www.senate.ga.gov/senators/en-US/SenateMembersList.aspx Name]

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