Georgia CommonsHouse · Passed · 2025-2026 Regular Session
HR 995: House of Representatives convened; notify Senate
Last action January 12, 2026 · House Read and Adopted
A House resolution formally notifies the Georgia Senate that the House of Representatives has convened for the 2025-2026 regular session and is ready to conduct business.
The summaries below were written by an AI model (claude-sonnet-5) from the text of the resolution and are not part of it. Quote the text, not the summary. The stored text is the Introduced version, the latest the General Assembly's website lists.
In plain language
This is a procedural resolution passed at the start of a Georgia General Assembly session. It does not create, change, or repeal any law. Instead, it directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to send official notice to the Senate that the House has convened in regular session and is ready to begin its work. This kind of resolution is a routine opening step in each legislative session, letting the two chambers formally acknowledge to each other that they are both operating and able to take up bills and other business.
What the bill does
- Instructs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to formally notify the Georgia Senate that the House has convened.
- States that the House is now in regular session and ready for the transaction of legislative business.
- Creates no new law, funding, or penalty; it is a one-time procedural notice between the two chambers.
Who it affects
This resolution mainly affects the internal operations of the Georgia General Assembly, specifically the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Georgia Senate, who receive formal notice that the House has convened.
Why it matters
This resolution is purely procedural and has no direct effect on the public. It simply confirms, through official legislative custom, that the House of Representatives is open for business so the Senate and House can begin working together on legislation.
Key provisions
- The resolution's single operative clause directs the Clerk of the House to notify the Senate that the House has convened in regular session.
- States the House is ready for the transaction of business, a standard formality at the start of a legislative session.
From the bill
“the Clerk of the House is hereby instructed to notify the Senate that the House of Representatives has convened in regular session and is now ready for the transaction of business”
Discussed in meetings (1)
The House and Senate meetings that took this bill up, from their machine transcripts. Each account was written by Georgia Commons with AI and is not part of the record; the video is what was said.
House floor session, January 12, 2026 (legislative day 1)
From 1:19:41 · Watch on the General Assembly's Vimeo channel · Confirmed by the bill's status history (House First Readers)
Summary by Georgia Commons: The majority leader presented HR 995 to notify the Senate that the House had convened. The House adopted the resolution without objection.
Status timeline
- House Read and Adopted (House)
- House First Readers (House)
- House Hopper (House)
Sponsors
- Chuck Efstration (R, HD-104)
Topics
- legislative procedure
- Georgia General Assembly session