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Title 28. GENERAL ASSEMBLY · Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

28-1-1. Membership and apportionment of General Assembly.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    There shall be 180 members of the House of Representatives, and such membership shall be apportioned among the representative districts provided for in Chapter 2 of this title.#

  2. (b)

    There shall be 56 members of the Senate, and such membership shall be apportioned among the senatorial districts provided for in Chapter 2 of this title.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 192, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 291; Ga. L. 1901, p. 51, § 1; Ga. L. 1906, p. 80, § 1; Civil Code 1910, §§ 333, 334; Ga. L. 1918, p. 84, §§ 1-4; Ga. L. 1921, p. 229, § 1; Ga. L. 1931, p. 48, § 1; Code 1933, §§ 47-101, 47-102; Ga. L. 1946, p. 42, § 1; Ga. L. 1962, Ex. Sess., p. 7, § 9; Ga. L. 1965, p. 127, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 159, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 187, § 1; Ga. L. 1968, p. 209, § 1; Ga. L. 1971, Ex. Sess., p. 22, § 1; Ga. L. 1971, Ex. Sess., p. 69, § 1; Ga. L. 1974, p. 16, § 1.

Editor's notes

Prior to the legislative relating to the composition of the General sions, which were codified as follows: Senate Code 1863, § 4923 Code 1868, § 4917 Code 1873, § 5042 Code 1882, § 5040 House of Representatives Code 1863, § 4927 Code 1868, § 4921 Code 1873, § 5046 Code 1882, § 5042 In the session of 1890-91, the first nonconstitutional composition of the House of Representatives which was subsequently codified as § 291 1906, the first nonconstitutional provision relating enacted by Ga. L. 1906, p. 80, § 1, which was Code of 1910. As a result of the enactment of the nonconstitutional the Code beginning with the Code of 1895 parallel provisions relating to the composition of the follows: Senate Civil Code 1910 ............................................................................... ........................................................................................... Code 1933 ...................................................................... ...................................................................... ........................................................................ ....................................................................................... House of Representatives Civil Code 1895 ............................................................................... ........................................................................................... Civil Code 1910 ............................................................................... ........................................................................................... Code 1933 ...................................................................... ...................................................................... ........................................................................ ....................................................................................... Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. II, Paras. I and II. session of 1890-91, the provisions of law Assembly were solely constitutional provi- provision relating to the was enacted by Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 192, § l, of the Civil Code of 1895. In the session of to the composition of the Senate was subsequently codified as § 334 of the Civil provisions, there appeared in constitutional and nonconstitutional General Assembly, which were codified as § 6411 (Const.) § 344 § 2-1301 (1877 Const.) § 2-1401 (1945 Const.) § 2-801 (1976 Const.) § 47-102 § 5747 (Const.) § 291 § 6413 (Const.) § 333 § 2-1401 (1877 Const.) § 2-1501 (1945 Const.) § 2-901 (1976 Const.) § 47-101

Cross references

Composition and apportionment of General Assembly, Ga.

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