HR 4: Joint session; message from the Governor

This resolution schedules a joint meeting of the Georgia House of Representatives and Senate for 10:45 A.M. on Thursday, January 16, 2025, in the House chamber. Governor Brian Kemp is invited to address the combined chambers at 11:00 A.M. that same day. The resolution also creates a 14-member escort committee, seven lawmakers chosen by the Speaker of the House and seven chosen by the President of the Senate, to bring the Governor into the chamber. It extends an invitation to the Justices of the Georgia Supreme Court and the Judges of the Georgia Court of Appeals to attend. Finally, it directs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to the Governor and to each of the invited judges.

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

This resolution directly affects Governor Brian Kemp, members of the Georgia House of Representatives and Senate who will attend the joint session, the 14 lawmakers named to the escort committee, and the Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the Court of Appeals who are invited to attend.

This is a procedural, ceremonial measure that arranges the logistics for the Governor's address to the legislature. It does not change any Georgia law, create funding, or set policy; it simply organizes when and how the address takes place and who is invited.

• First resolving clause invites Governor Brian Kemp to address the joint session at 11:00 A.M. on January 16, 2025.
• Second resolving clause sets the joint session itself for 10:45 A.M. that day in the House chamber.
• Third resolving clause creates a 14-member escort committee, seven named by the Speaker and seven by the Senate President, to escort the Governor.
• Fourth resolving clause invites the Supreme Court Justices and Court of Appeals Judges to attend.
• Fifth resolving clause directs the Clerk of the House to transmit copies of the resolution to the Governor and the judiciary.

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