HR4: HR4 Joint session; message from the Governor

This resolution arranges a formal joint meeting of the Georgia House of Representatives and the Senate to hear an address from Governor Brian Kemp. It sets the joint session for 10:45 A.M. on Thursday, January 16, 2025, in the House chamber, with the Governor's speech to begin at 11:00 A.M. The resolution also creates a 14-member escort committee, seven appointed by the Speaker of the House and seven by the President of the Senate, to bring the Governor into the chamber. It invites the Justices of the Georgia Supreme Court and the Judges of the Court of Appeals to attend, and it directs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to the Governor and to each judge and justice invited.

• Invites Governor Brian Kemp to address a joint session of the House and Senate at 11:00 A.M. on January 16, 2025.
• Schedules the joint session itself to begin at 10:45 A.M. that same day in the House chamber.
• Creates a 14-member escort committee, split evenly between House and Senate appointees, to bring the Governor into the chamber.
• Invites the Justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia and the Judges of the Court of Appeals of Georgia to attend the session.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to send copies of the resolution to the Governor and to each invited judge and justice.

The resolution directly involves Governor Brian Kemp, members of the Georgia House of Representatives and Senate, the Justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia, the Judges of the Court of Appeals of Georgia, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives.

This is a procedural resolution that organizes a ceremonial event, the Governor's address to a joint session of the legislature, rather than changing any law. It matters mainly to those involved in planning and attending the event, not to Georgians' daily lives.

• Sets the Governor's address for 11:00 A.M. on January 16, 2025, in the hall of the House of Representatives.
• Sets the joint session's start time at 10:45 A.M. the same day, 15 minutes before the Governor's remarks.
• Establishes a fourteen-member escort committee, with seven members named by the Speaker of the House and seven named by the President of the Senate.
• Extends an invitation to the Justices of the Supreme Court and the Judges of the Court of Appeals to attend.
• Instructs the Clerk of the House to transmit a copy of the resolution to the Governor and to each invited justice and judge.

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
• Governor's address
• joint session
• state government ceremony