A Georgia State Senator serves as part of the Georgia State Senate, where they can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws after going through the legislative process. The Georgia State Senate, along with the Georgia House of Representatives, makes up our state lawmaking body: the Georgia General Assembly. The General Assembly is structured very similarly to the US Congress. Unlike in Congress, Georgia State Senators only serve in this position part-time, most of which is spent at the State Capitol in downtown Atlanta during the state legislative session. Georgia has 56 state senate districts, each of which elects one state senator.

There are some policy areas in which state laws have a lot more impact, such as education. For example, Senate Bill 48 (SB48) was passed in the latest legislative session, and outlined special terms for students with dyslexia in Georgia’s public school system. SB48 began in the Senate with six co-sponsors, who championed this bill through relevant committees within the Senate. SB48 ultimately passed the Senate with a vote in which every state senator could be involved. It then moved to the Georgia House of Representatives, where they repeated the process, passed the bill, and went to the Governor for final approval to become a law.

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- Your state senator represents the interests of your district in the Georgia State Senate.
- Your state senator can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws after going through the legislative process. 
- State Senators are involved in approving some appointments by the Governor.
- The State Senate, along with the State House of Representatives, makes up our state lawmaking body: the Georgia General Assembly.
- There are 56 Georgia senators, each representing a single district.
- State Senators are elected to two-year terms. They are paid a yearly salary of $17,342.

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A US Representative elected in Georgia represents their district in the US House of Representatives, where they can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become federal laws after going through the full legislative process. The House of Representatives, along with the Senate, makes up the US Congress. Congress acts as the Legislative Branch of the United States Government. Each state within the US gets a different number of US Representatives, proportional to their population. Georgia currently has 14 US Representatives, each of whom are elected by and represent their district while serving in Washington DC.

Federal laws created and passed by the House of Representatives have a huge impact. A current example is H.R. 6800 (better known as the HEROES Act), which began in the House of Representatives and outlines a second round of emergency coronavirus relief. The “H.R.” at the front of a bill number indicates that it started in the House of Representatives. This involves garnering support for the Heroes Act, successfully taking it through all relevant committees within the House, and ultimately passing it on to the US Senate, where the bill will repeat the process with US Senators. All US Representatives are involved in this process through voting.

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- Your US Representative represents the interests of your district in the US House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. Georgia currently has 14 US Representatives.
- US Representatives can author, sponsor, debate, and vote on bills that become national law.
- Representatives may serve on congressional committees. Committees focus on certain policy areas, such as transportation, education, or labor. They may also run for higher positions within their party, such as the Speaker of the House or Majority/Minority Leader.
- Representatives are elected to two-year terms. To hold this office, a candidate must be a legal resident of Georgia and a US citizen for at least seven years before their election. US Representatives are paid a salary of $174,000/year.

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