HMHB's Legislative Activities & News
Legislative Tip Sheet
Who are my legislators? Contact your local Voter Registration Office. The number is listed in the phone book in the county government pages. You want to know your House, Senate and Congressional districts. When you know your district numbers, you will be able to find the name(s) of your legislators and contact information on the web at www.legis.state.ga.us/ .
You can also request a copy of Members of the Georgia General Assembly from House Communications (404-656-0305) or Senate Information (404-656-0028). This invaluable resource is updated yearly but is usually not available until a few weeks after the start of the session.
Who is on what committee? This information is included in Members of the Georgia General Assembly and is also available at www.legis.state.ga.us/ . You can find information about committee assignments for individual House and Senate members, or you can look up information by committee.
When is a committee meeting? For the House, call the Clerk of the House at 404-656-5015; for the Senate, call the Secretary of the Senate at 404-656-5040.
Some committees adhere to a daily or weekly schedule when the Legislature is in session, although meetings are often postponed or scheduled on short notice. Most meeting notices are posted outside the offices of the House Clerk and Secretary of the Senate. If you are trying to closely monitor the activity of a specific committee, your best bet is to check with the committee secretary on a daily basis.
For a copy of a bill, go to www.legis.state.ga.us/ . If you know the bill number, you can easily find the legislation. There is also a search option that allows you to search using key words. If you are still having trouble, you can call the Clerk or the House or the Secretary of the Senate (numbers listed above.) You will need to know the title or description of the bill.
To contact a legislator, addresses, phone numbers and sometimes email addresses are available at www.legis.state.ga.us/ . This information is also in Members of the Georgia General Assembly.
When you are at the Capitol and the Legislature is in session, you can send a message to a legislator in the House or Senate chamber. Page desks are located outside each chamber and forms are located on the Senate Page desk and in the south lobby outside the House. Legislators are not always at their desks, so sometimes you must send a message in more than once. If you want to speak to your own legislator, it sometimes helps to call ahead of time and let him or her know that you will be at the Capitol that day. Legislators are more accessible to their own constituents, so if you live in the district, let him or her know that up front.
General Assembly Schedule: Coming soon.
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Compiled by Mary Frances Williams