Sen. John F. Kennedy (R – Macon), Chair of the Senate Committee on Reapportionment and Redistricting, and Rep. Bonnie Rich (R – Suwannee), Chair of the House Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment Committee, have announced that due to the Governor’s declaration of a state of emergency in the Augusta area, the Joint Senate and House Redistricting Hearing scheduled for today, July 7, 2021 in Augusta has been CANCELLED.

Information regarding the meeting being rescheduled will be announced at a later date.

Video archives of previous Joint Senate and House Redistricting hearings can be found on the General Assembly website here: https://www.legis.ga.gov/schedule/all

Georgia residents are also able to submit written testimony using the form available on the General Assembly website here: https://www.legis.ga.gov/news/senate/submit-written-testimony-to-senate-and-house-redistricting-committees

Over the next several weeks, the Senate Committee on Reapportionment and Redistricting and the House Committee on Congressional and Legislative Reapportionment will hold additional joint hearings in Brunswick, Albany, Columbus and Macon, as well as a virtual participation option. The dates for these hearings can be found here. More details on future hearings will be announced when they become available and will be posted on the schedule here.