Senator Jack Hill, a Republican from Reidsville, was first elected to the Georgia Senate from the 4th District in 1990. Sen. Hill is chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and also serves on the Ethics, Natural Resources and the Environment, Regulated Industries and Utilities and Rules committees. Sen. Hill also is an ex-officio member of the Assignments Committee. Past Chairmanships include: K-12
Education, Ethics and Higher Education.

Sen. Hill has emerged as a respected leader in the area of rural economic development. He headed the Senate Rural Policy Study Committee, which recommended a package of economic development legislation adopted by the 1992 and 1993 General Assemblies, including an expansion of the state's job
tax credit aimed at spurring new and expanded industry in economically depressed areas of the state.

Sen. Hill also chaired the Senate Rural Hospital and Health Care Study Committee, which highlighted the plight of rural hospitals and has worked tirelessly through the years to help save community hospitals. He also led efforts to increase reimbursement rates through restructuring as “critical access
hospitals.”

Sen. Hill has shown a strong interest in voting reform and eliminating fraud in voting. He originally authored the “Voter ID” legislation which returned accountability to a voting process weakened by motor voter registration changes. He has opposed the limiting of I.D. forms that was recently passed
by the Legislature. He has been a proponent of “Early Voting” legislation, which he introduced in 1999. Early voting was eventually passed as part of the package of federally mandated election reform.

Additionally, Sen. Hill authored and passed legislation in 1999, which helps insure that other lists, besides voter lists, are used in drawing a jury pool. Clerks of Court are now required to use additional sources, including driver’s license information.

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