ATLANTA – The House Committee on Assignments, chaired by Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge), announced committee assignments for the 2019-2020 term.
“The Committee on Assignments thoughtfully discussed and deliberated on these important assignments, and I am proud to say we reached a unanimous decision,” said Speaker Ralston. “We are blessed to have a deep bench of talented leaders in the House. I know all of our new and returning chairmen will do their best to serve the House and the citizens of our great state. I congratulate them all on their appointments.”
Committee chairmen for the legislative term are as follows:
- Agriculture & Consumer Affairs – Rep. Tom McCall
- Appropriations – Rep. Terry England
- Banks & Banking – Rep. Greg Morris
- Budget & Fiscal Affairs Oversight – Rep. Lee Hawkins
- Code Revision – Rep. Timothy Barr
- Defense & Veterans Affairs – Rep. Heath Clark
- Economic Development & Tourism – Rep. Ron Stephens
- Education – Rep. Rick Jasperse
- Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications – Rep. Don Parsons
- Ethics – Rep. Randy Nix
- Game, Fish & Parks – Rep. Trey Rhodes
- Governmental Affairs – Rep. Ed Rynders
- Health & Human Services – Rep. Sharon Cooper
- Higher Education – Rep. Chuck Martin
- Human Relations & Aging – Rep. Jesse Petrea
- Industry & Labor – Rep. Bill Werkheiser
- Information & Audits – Rep. Darlene Taylor
- Insurance – Rep. Richard Smith
- Interstate Cooperation – Rep. David Clark
- Intragovernmental Coordination – Rep. Jan Tankersley
- Judiciary – Rep. Barry Fleming
- Judiciary (Non-Civil) – Rep. Chuck Efstration
- Juvenile Justice – Rep. Mandi Ballinger
- Legislative & Congressional Reapportionment – Rep. Eddie Lumsden
- MARTOC – Rep. Deborah Silcox
- Motor Vehicles – Rep. John Corbett
- Natural Resources & Environment – Rep. Lynn Smith
- Public Safety & Homeland Security – Rep. Bill Hitchens
- Regulated Industries – Rep. Alan Powell
- Retirement – Rep. Tommy Benton
- Rules – Rep. Jay Powell
- Science & Technology – Rep. Ed Setzler
- Small Business Development – Rep. Wes Cantrell
- Special Rules – Rep. Dave Belton
- State Planning & Community Affairs – Rep. Jimmy Pruett
- State Properties – Rep. Gerald Greene
- Transportation – Rep. Kevin Tanner
- Ways & Means – Rep. Brett Harrell
Chairmen of the subcommittees of Appropriations are as follows:
- Economic Development – Rep. Penny Houston
- Education – Rep. Robert Dickey
- General Government – Rep. Sam Watson
- Health – Rep. Butch Parrish
- Higher Education – Rep. David Knight
- Human Resources – Rep. Katie Dempsey
- Public Safety – Rep. Andy Welch
- Transportation & Infrastructure – Rep. Shaw Blackmon
The complete list of committee assignments can be found at http://www.house.ga.gov/Documents/Information/2019_Committee_Assignments.pdf.
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