SR 1: Senate Convened; notify the House of Representatives

This is a routine procedural resolution adopted at the start of the Georgia Senate's regular session. It directs the Secretary of the Senate to send official notice to the House of Representatives that the Senate has convened and is ready to conduct business. The resolution does not change any Georgia law, create programs, or affect any group of citizens. It is one of the ceremonial steps chambers take at the opening of a legislative session to formally communicate with each other.

• Instructs the Secretary of the Senate to notify the House of Representatives that the Senate has convened.
• States that the Senate is now ready for the transaction of legislative business.
• Creates no new law, funding, or requirement affecting anyone outside the Senate and House chambers.

This resolution affects only the internal operations of the Georgia General Assembly, specifically the Secretary of the Senate, who must deliver the notice, and the House of Representatives, which receives it.

The resolution has no effect on Georgians outside the Capitol. It simply completes a procedural formality that signals the Senate has officially opened its 2025-2026 session and can begin considering bills.

• The resolution's single operative clause instructs the Secretary of the Senate to notify the House that the Senate has convened in regular session.
• States the Senate is ready for the transaction of business, marking the formal start of legislative activity.

1. 2025-01-13Senate Read and Adopted (Senate)
2. 2025-01-13Senate Hopper (Senate)

• John Kennedy (R, SD-018)Primary sponsor
• Steve Gooch (R, SD-051)
• Harold Jones (D, SD-022)

• legislative procedure
• Georgia Senate