Jeffrey Eugene Mullis (December 27, 1959) is an American politician who is a former member of the
Georgia State Senate
The Georgia State Senate is the upper house of the Georgia General Assembly, in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Legal provisions
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. A member of the
Republican Party, he represented the 53rd district from 2001 to 2023 after an unsuccessful run for state senator in 1998.
Mullis is from
Chickamauga Chickamauga may refer to:
Entertainment
* "Chickamauga", an 1889 short story by American author Ambrose Bierce
* "Chickamauga", a 1937 short story by Thomas Wolfe
* "Chickamauga", a song by Uncle Tupelo from their 1993 album ''Anodyne (album), Ano ...
. He currently serves as the
Northwest Georgia Joint Development Authority
The Northwest Georgia Joint Development Authority (NWGAJDA) is a joint development authority that serves Catoosa County, Chattooga County, Dade County, and Walker County in the U.S. state of Georgia.
The NWGAJDA was created under general statu ...
Executive Director and the Top of Georgia Economic Development Chairman. He was appointed to the Stone Mountain Memorial Association board by Governor Kemp in 2023. He is married to Teresa Nichols, and has three children.
In 2021, Mullis sponsored elections reform legislation in Georgia. The bill would end no-excuse absentee voting and restrict absentee voting to those who are over 75, have a physical disability or are out of town.
He sponsored the legislation during the COVID-19 pandemic and shortly after the 2020 elections where Democratic candidates won both of Georgia's U.S. Senate, as well as Georgia's electoral college votes in the presidential election.
Political career
Mullis has served in the
146th,
147th,
148th and
149th Georgia General Assemblies.
Current Georgia State Senate positions
* Committees
** Rules - Chairman
** Chairman of the Economic Development Subcommittee of Senate Appropriations
** Rules - Chairman
** Appropriations - Member
** Banking and Financial Institutions - Member
** Economic Development - Member
*
Caucus
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The term originated in the United States, where it can refer to a meeting ...
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Republican
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Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
Caucus – Vice-chairman
** Sportsman's Caucus – Co-chairman
Awards
* 2020 Legislative Champion of the Year. Named by the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians (GAFP).
See also
*
List of state government committees (Georgia)
The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is bicameral, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 68 seated committees are operated: 29 senate committees, 37 house committees, and 2 ...
References
External links
Welcome to the Georgia General Assembly!Legis.ga.gov. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
* https://ballotpedia.org/Jeff_Mullis
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Republican Party Georgia (U.S. state) state senators
Living people
People from Walker County, Georgia
21st-century American politicians
1959 births