Small Business Development Committee, Georgia House of Representatives
The Small Business Development Committee is a committee of the Georgia House of Representatives.
The Small Business Development Committee was formally known as the Special Committee on Small Business Development and Job Creation.
Per the House Rules, committees of the Georgia House of Representatives are assigned by the Speaker of the House.[1] Committees are assigned after each election.[2] A quorum is not defined in the rules. The Speaker, Speaker pro Tempore, Majority Leader, and Majority Whip are all ex officio members of every committee, except the Speaker who is only an ex officio member of the Rules committee.[3]
See rules: House Rules
Function
“ | This committee is charged with drafting legislation that will enable the state's small businesses to flourish and create more jobs.[4][5] | ” |
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
Small Business Development Committee, 2023-2024 |
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Democratic members (17) | Republican members (21) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
Small Business Development Committee, 2021-2022 |
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Democratic members (18) | Republican members (23) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
Small Business Development Committee, 2019-2020 |
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Democratic members (18) | Republican members (21) | Third-party members(1) |
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
Small Business Development Members, 2017 | ||||
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Democratic members (14) | Republican members (17) | |||
• James Beverly | • Chad Nimmer, Chair | |||
• William Boddie | • John Deffenbaugh, Vice chair | |||
• Roger Bruce | • Buddy Harden | |||
• Rhonda Burnough | • Wesley E. "Wes" Cantrell | |||
• Park Cannon | • Amy Carter | |||
• Doreen Carter | • David Clark | |||
• Karla Drenner | • Bubber Epps | |||
• Michele Henson | • Matt Gurtler | |||
• Mack Jackson | • David Knight | |||
• Dar'shun Kendrick | • Mark Newton | |||
• Samuel Park | • Allen Peake | |||
• Renitta Shannon | • John Pezold | |||
• Dexter Sharper | • Alan Powell | |||
• Valencia Stovall | • Paulette Rakestraw | |||
• Jason Shaw | ||||
• David Stover | ||||
• Steve Tarvin |
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
Small Business Development Members, 2015 | ||||
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (15) | |||
• James Beverly | • David Knight, Chair | |||
• Roger Bruce | • John David Pezold, Vice chair | |||
• Karla Drenner | • Wesley E. "Wes" Cantrell | |||
• Virgil Fludd | • Amy Carter | |||
• Michele Henson | • David Clark | |||
• Mack Jackson | • John Deffenbaugh | |||
• LaDawn Jones | • Mike Dudgeon | |||
• Dar'shun Kendrick | • Buddy Harden | |||
• Dexter Sharper | • Tom Kirby | |||
• Valencia Stovall | • Allen Peake | |||
• Alan Powell | ||||
• Paulette Rakestraw | ||||
• Jason Shaw | ||||
• David Stover | ||||
• Steve Tarvin |
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
Small Business Development Committee Members, 2013 | ||||
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Democratic members (8) | Republican members (12) | |||
• James Beverly | • David Knight, Chair | |||
• Roger Bruce | • Josh Clark, Vice Chair | |||
• Karla Drenner | • Buddy Harden | |||
• Virgil Fludd | • Paulette Rakestraw | |||
• Michele Henson | • Amy Carter | |||
• Mack Jackson | • Mike Dudgeon | |||
• Dar'shun Kendrick | • Tom Kirby | |||
• Valencia Stovall | • Allen Peake | |||
• John David Pezold | ||||
• Alan Powell | ||||
• Jason Shaw | ||||
• David Stover |
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
Small Business Development Committee Members, 2011 | ||||
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Democratic members (5) | Republican members (9) | |||
• Karla Drenner | • David Knight, Chair | |||
• Virgil Fludd | • Barbara Sims, Vice Chair | |||
• Michele Henson | • Billy Horne | |||
• Roger Bruce | • Paulette Rakestraw | |||
• Gloria Bromell Tinubu | • Josh Clark | |||
• Alan Powell | ||||
• Sean Jerguson | ||||
• Amy Carter | ||||
• Allen Peake |
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Georgia State Legislature, "House Rules (Rule 11.1)," accessed February 18, 2021
- ↑ Georgia State Legislature, "House Rules (Rule 11.7)," accessed February 18, 2021
- ↑ Georgia State Legislature, "House Rules (Rule 11.3)," accessed February 18, 2021
- ↑ Georgia General Assembly, "House Committee on Small Business Development," accessed February 18, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.