Ron Stephens

State Representative Ron Stephens (R-Savannah) represents the 164 th District in the Georgia House of Representatives, where he has served for 27 years. Rep. Stephens is the chairman of the House of Economic and Development & Tourism Committee. He also serves on the Appropriations, Appropriations Subcommittee on Health, Creative Arts & Entertainment, Rules, Urban Affairs and Ways & Means committees, as well as the Special Committee on Resource Management. Rep. Stephens is a graduate of Armstrong State & Mercer University with a degree in Pharmacy. He and his wife, Janice, have two daughters, Karen and Ashlin, two grandsons, Walker Brown and James “Beau” Dukes, IV, and one granddaughter, Ivey. The Stephens are members of Richmond Hill Baptist Church. Rep. Stephens has spent more than 46 years as a pharmacist. Before elected to the House, Rep. Stephens served as a city councilman in Garden City. Rep. Stephens is the co-author of the first floating homestead exemption in Georgia. House Bill 350 effectively freezes property taxes for the homeowner. The exemption now applies in more than 70 taxing districts in the state, and today, House Bill 350 is known as the “Stephens-Day Bill.”…