HR5: HR5 Joint session; message from Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

This resolution is a routine procedural measure calling for a joint session of the Georgia House of Representatives and Senate. It sets the date and time, 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, in the House chamber, for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia to deliver an address to both chambers. The resolution also arranges a joint session to begin slightly earlier, at 10:45 A.M., for the purpose of hearing that address, and invites the other Justices of the Supreme Court and the Judges of the Court of Appeals to attend in the House chamber. Finally, it directs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to the Chief Justice, the other Justices, and the Court of Appeals judges.

• Calls a joint session of the Georgia House of Representatives and Senate for 11:00 A.M. on January 28, 2025, in the House chamber.
• Invites the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia to address that joint session.
• Schedules the joint session to convene at 10:45 A.M. that day specifically to hear the Chief Justice's address.
• Invites every other Justice of the Supreme Court and every Judge of the Court of Appeals to attend in the House chamber.
• Directs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to the Chief Justice, the other Justices, and the Court of Appeals judges.

This resolution directly affects members of the Georgia House of Representatives and Senate, the Chief Justice and other Justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia, the Judges of the Court of Appeals, and the Clerk of the House, who is tasked with distributing copies of the resolution.

The resolution does not change any law; it organizes a ceremonial joint legislative session so the state's top judicial officer can address lawmakers, a routine event that lets the legislative and judicial branches interact publicly at the start of the session.

• Sets the joint session for 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, in the hall of the House of Representatives.
• Schedules the joint session itself to begin at 10:45 A.M. that day to hear the Chief Justice's address.
• Extends an invitation to each other Justice of the Supreme Court and each Judge of the Court of Appeals to attend.
• Directs the Clerk of the House to transmit copies of the resolution to the invited judicial officials.

1. 2025-01-14Senate Transmitted House (Senate)
2. 2025-01-14Senate Read and Adopted (Senate)
3. 2025-01-13House Read and Adopted (House)
4. 2025-01-13House First Readers (House)
5. 2025-01-09House Hopper (House)

• Chuck Efstration (R, HD-104)Primary sponsor

• Georgia legislature
• joint session
• Supreme Court of Georgia
• Court of Appeals
• legislative procedure