Jeff Mullis

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Jeff Mullis
Member of the Georgia Senate
from the 53rd district
Assumed office
January 8, 2001
Preceded byWaymond C. Huggins
Personal details
Born
Jeffrey Eugene Mullis

(1959-12-27) December 27, 1959 (age 62)
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Teresa
ChildrenThree
ResidenceChickamauga, Georgia
ProfessionEconomic Developer,
former Fire Chief,
Community Planner
Websitewww.legis.ga.gov/members/senate/31?session=1029

Jeffrey Eugene Mullis (December 27, 1959) is an American politician who is a member of the Georgia State Senate. A member of the Republican Party, he has represented the 53rd district since 2001 after an unsuccessful run for state senator in 1998.

Mullis is from Chickamauga. He currently serves as the Northwest Georgia Joint Development Authority Executive Director and the Top of Georgia Economic Development Chairman. He is married to Teresa Nichols, and has three children.[1][2][3]

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.[4][5] 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.[4][5]

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
  • Caucuses
    • Republican Caucus – Vice-chairman
    • Sportsman's Caucus – Co-chairman

Awards[]

  • 2020 Legislative Champion of the Year. Named by the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians (GAFP).[6]

See also[]

  • List of state government committees (Georgia)

References[]

  1. ^ Mullis's official State Senate web page. legis.state.ga.us. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  2. ^ Mullis's official biography. legis.state.ga.us. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  3. ^ Mullis's official campaign website. legis.state.ga.us. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
  4. ^ a b Niesse, Mark; Journal-Constitution, The Atlanta. "Ga. senators advance bills to end at-will absentee voting, require ID". ajc. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Sen. Mullis of Chickamauga introduces election reform bills". Northwest Georgia News. 2021. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
  6. ^ "GAFP names Rep. Rich a Legislative Champion of the Year". valdostatoday.com. October 6, 2020. Retrieved April 4, 2021.

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