153rd Georgia General Assembly

Term of state legislature in US state of Georgia February 2025 January 2025 153d Georgia General Assembly File:Seal of Georgia.svg 125px Great Seal of the State of Georgia Great Seal of the State of Georgia Georgia General Assembly Georgia State Capitol 152nd 154th Senate 56 (38 R, 18 D) Republican Party President of the Senate Casey Cagle (R) House of Representatives 180 (119 R, 60 D, 1 I) Republican Party Speaker of the House 2015 01 12 2015 04 02 2016 01 11 2016 03 24 The 153rd General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia convened its first session on January 12, 2015, https://web.archive.org/web/20141216103919/http://www.legis.ga.gov/intern/en-US/default.aspx 2014-12-16 . legis.ga.gov. Retrieved December 12, 2014. 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 Affiliation Members Republican Party (United States) Republican Party 38 Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party 18  Independent 0  Vacancies 0  Total 56  House of Representatives Affiliation Members Republican Party (United States) Republican Party 119 Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party 60  Independent 1  Vacancies 0  Total 180  Officers Senate PositionNameDistrictParty Republican Party (United States)PresidentCasey Cagle n/aRepublican Republican Party (United States)President Pro TemporeDavid Shafer 48Republican Majority leadership PositionNameDistrict Republican Party (United States)Senate Majority LeaderBill Cowsert 46 Republican Party (United States)Majority Caucus ChairmanWilliam Ligon, Jr. 3 Republican Party (United States)Majority WhipSteve Gooch 51 Minority leadership PositionNameDistrict Democratic Party (United States)Senate Minority LeaderSteve HensonSteve Henson 41 Democratic Party (United States)Minority Caucus ChairmanHoracena Tate 38 Democratic Party (United States)Minority WhipVincent Fort 39 House of Representatives PositionNameDistrictParty Republican Party (United States)Speaker of the HouseDavid Ralston 7Republican Republican Party (United States)Speaker Pro TemporeJan Jones 47Republican Majority leadership PositionNameDistrict Republican Party (United States)House Majority LeaderJon G. Burns 159 Republican Party (United States)Majority WhipMatt Ramsey 72 Republican Party (United States)Majority Caucus ChairmanMatt Hatchett 150 Republican Party (United States)Majority Caucus Vice-chairmanSam Teasley 37 Republican Party (United States)Majority Caucus Sec./Treas.Bruce Williamson 115 Minority leadership PositionNameDistrict Democratic Party (United States)House Minority LeaderStacey Abrams 89 Democratic Party (United States)Minority WhipCarolyn Hugley 136 Democratic Party (United States)Minority Caucus ChairmanVirgil Fludd 64 Democratic Party (United States)Minority Caucus Vice-chairmanBilly Mitchell 88 Democratic Party (United States)Minority Caucus SecretaryPat Gardner 57 Democratic Party (United States)Minority Caucus TreasurerDavid Wilkerson 38 See also Georgia (U.S. state) List of Georgia state legislatures References 30em External links Georgia General Assembly website 2015-2017 Representatives by Name 2015-2017 Senators by Name Category:Georgia (U.S. state) legislative sessions Category:2015 in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:2016 in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:2015 U.S. legislative sessions Category:2016 U.S. legislative sessions