HR2: HR2 House of Representatives; relative to officials, employees, and committees

This resolution governs how the Georgia House of Representatives organizes its own staff, leadership pay, and committee work for the 2025-2026 two-year session. It authorizes the Speaker of the House to hire staff such as a sergeant-at-arms, pages, clerks, and aides, and gives similar hiring authority to the Clerk of the House for the Clerk's office. It sets salaries for the Majority and Minority Leaders ($2,400 per year) and the Administration Floor Leaders ($1,200 per year), on top of their regular legislative pay. The resolution also designates House leaders and, on limited terms, every member as a 'committee of one' so they can receive standard expense, mileage, and travel reimbursement for official business done when the General Assembly is not in session. It lets the Speaker create interim study committees and cap how many reimbursed days members can claim. It takes effect immediately once adopted by the House.

• Authorizes the Speaker of the House to hire and set pay for House staff such as a sergeant-at-arms, postmaster, pages, aides, and clerks, subject to available funds.
• Gives the Clerk of the House similar authority to hire and set pay for the Clerk's office staff, including reading clerks and journal clerks.
• Sets annual salaries of $2,400 for the Majority and Minority Leaders and $1,200 for each Administration Floor Leader, in addition to regular legislative pay.
• Designates House leaders and, under specified conditions, individual members as a 'committee of one' so they can collect expense, mileage, and travel reimbursement for official business performed when the legislature is not in session.
• Lets the Speaker create and staff interim study committees and cap the number of reimbursed days a member can claim per year.
• Specifies that personnel hired under the resolution serve at the pleasure of the hiring officer and can be discharged with or without cause.

This resolution affects House officers and leadership (the Speaker, Speaker Pro Tempore, Majority and Minority Leaders, floor leaders), House and Clerk's office staff who may be hired under it, and individual House members who receive travel and expense reimbursement for interim and legislative work.

The resolution determines how House staff get hired and paid, how much extra salary top House leaders receive, and how members and staff are reimbursed for work done between legislative sessions, shaping the day-to-day operating budget and staffing of the House.

• Section 1-1 lets the Speaker hire House staff and jointly employ staff with the Senate, with pay set within available appropriated funds.
• Section 2-1 and 2-2 give the Clerk of the House hiring authority for the Clerk's office and set the Clerk's salary under O.C.G.A. § 28-3-23.
• Section 4-3 sets yearly salaries of $2,400 for the Majority and Minority Leaders and $1,200 for each Administration Floor Leader, paid in installments.
• Sections 4-1 and 4-2 designate House leaders and members as a 'committee of one' entitled to interim committee-level expense, mileage, and travel reimbursement for official business.
• Section 5-2 authorizes the Speaker to appoint interim study committees and designate their chairs and duration.
• Section 5-3 lets the Speaker cap the number of reimbursed days per year under the committee-of-one and interim committee provisions.
• Section 6-1 specifies that funding for these activities comes from House, Clerk's office, or Speaker's office appropriations.
• Section 6-3 states the resolution takes effect immediately upon House adoption.

1. 2025-01-13House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2025-01-13House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-01-09House Hopper (House)

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

• legislative operations
• House of Representatives staffing
• legislator pay and reimbursement
• state government administration