Full Name:
Steve Henson
Gender:
Male
Family:
Married
Birth Date:
03/30/1959
Birth Place:
Indianapolis, IN
Home City:
Tucker, GA
Bachelor's, Economics, University of Georgia
Senator, Georgia State Senate, District 41, 2003-present
Minority Leader, Georgia State Senate, 2011-2021
Candidate, Georgia State Senate, District 41, 2018
Senator, Georgia State Senate, District 55, 1991-1999
Candidate, Georgia State Commissioner of Labor, 1998
Former Member, Administrative Affairs Committee, Georgia State Senate
Former Member, Ethics Committee, Georgia State Senate
Former Member, Health and Human Services Committee, Georgia State Senate
Former Member, Health and Human Services Subcommittee on Scope of Practice, Georgia State Senate
Former Member, Natural Resources and the Environment Committee, Georgia State Senate
Former Member, Reapportionment and Redistricting, Georgia State Senate
Former Member, Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee, Georgia State Senate
Former Member, Rules Committee, Georgia State Senate
Former Member, State Institutions and Property Committee, Georgia State Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Pharmacology, Georgia State Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Technology and Education, Georgia State Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Technology and Education, Georgia State Senate
Former Vice Chair, Urban Affairs Committee, Georgia State Senate
Former Democratic Caucus Whip, Georgia State Senate, 2009-2011
Teacher/Vocational Administrator, Henson Training Institute, present
Former Assistant Floor Leader, Governor Zell Miller
Former Employee, Human Resource Development
Member, DeKalb Lung Association, present
Member, Georgia Advisory Council for the Mentally Ill, present
Member, Georgia Epilepsy Board, present
Member, League of Women Voters, present
Member, Oakhurst Community Health Clinic, present
Member, Partnership for Reform in Science and Mathematics (PRISM), present
President, Stone Mountain Exchange Club, present
Member, Tucker Jaycees, present
Former Chair, DeKalb County Democratic Party
Former Chair, DeKalb Senate Delegation
Former Officer, Dekalb Jaycees
Former President, Young Democrats of Georgia
Awards:
Rainbow PUSH Leadership Award, 2015
Technology Legislator of the Year, Technology Association of Georgia, 2013
Arnie Award, Creative Loafing, 2013
Honor Roll Legislator, Georgia Conservation Voters, 2010
Award of Excellence, Association of County Commissioners of Georgia, 2009
Environmental Leadership Award, Georgia Conservation Voters, 2009
Legislator of the Year, Organization of DeKalb Educators, 2008