Miriam Paris

Committee seats — 2011-2012 Regular Session (session 21)

Georgia State Senate, District 26: Economic Development, Education and Youth, Health and Human Services, Veterans, Military, and Homeland Security (Secretary)

Committee seats — 2011 Special Session (session 22)

Georgia State Senate, District 26: Economic Development, Education and Youth, Health and Human Services, Veterans, Military, and Homeland Security

Committee seats — 2017-2018 Regular Session (session 25)

Georgia House of Representatives: Economic Development & Tourism, Education, Special Rules

Committee seats — 2018 Special Session (session 26)

Georgia House of Representatives: Economic Development & Tourism, Education, Special Rules

Committee seats — 2019-2020 Regular Session (session 27)

Georgia House of Representatives: Appropriations, Economic Development & Tourism, Education, Special Rules, Special Committee on Economic Growth

Committee seats — 2020 Special Session (session 1027)

Georgia House of Representatives: Appropriations, Economic Development & Tourism, Education, Special Rules, Special Committee on Economic Growth

Committee seats — 2021 Special Session (session 1030)

Georgia House of Representatives: Appropriations, Economic Development & Tourism, Education, Special Rules

Committee seats — 2021-2022 Regular Session (session 1029)

Georgia House of Representatives: Appropriations, Economic Development & Tourism, Education, Special Rules

Committee seats — 2023 Special Session (session 1032)

Georgia House of Representatives: Appropriations, Economic Development & Tourism, Education, Special Rules, Urban Affairs

Committee seats — 2023-2024 Regular Session (157th GA, session 1031)

Georgia House of Representatives: Appropriations, Economic Development & Tourism, Education, Special Rules, Urban Affairs

Committee seats — 2026 Special Session (session 1034)

Georgia House of Representatives: Appropriations, Economic Development & Tourism, Education, Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications, Urban Affairs

Committee seats — 2025-2026 Regular Session (158th GA, session 1033)

Georgia House of Representatives: Appropriations, Economic Development & Tourism, Education, Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications, Urban Affairs

Lawmakers: Spotlight — School Discipline, Financial Literacy, and Juvenile Justice Reform

Podcast · Georgia Public Broadcasting — Lawmakers: Spotlight (podcast) Excerpts from GOTV Intel's transcription: [00:03:00] “So, you know, a lot of our ideas come from the grassroots, right? A lot of times you have citizens that come up and speak to us about various bills, things that they feel like need to happen in Georgia. And one of my dear friends said to me, 'You know what? I think we need financial literacy in the schools.' The economy is changing. Currency is changing at a rapid rate. Children don't see us spending money, cash. They see cards, they see phones and such. And so, I just really thought that it was a great idea and I introduced HB 674 last year.” [00:03:00] “I felt like we need to get to children when they're very young, right? Because if you talk to a little five-year-old and you've got six pennies in one hand and a dime in another hand, you ask them which one do you want? They're going to say the six pennies, right? Because they don't know that a dime is two nickels, it's 10 pennies and such. So, I just really thought that it would be something that we could do for the children to make it where their financial lives would be much easier.” [00:06:05] “I really felt like we needed to expand that or widen the scope of it, right? Starting in first grade. However, we were able to get kindergarten included. And match all the way up to his eighth grade bill. So, now, it would go from kindergarten throughout high school, they'll be learning about financial literacy.” [00:06:05] “For me, if I had had the financial literacy taught to me when I was young, I think I'd be doing a lot of different things right now. I'm grateful for what I'm doing right now, don't get me wrong. But, it's just important, you know, money when you think about money, you think about the word currency, you know, that's something that's always moving. And if we don't have a clear understanding of that, then this is what runs people into financial ruin, right? It runs them into bankruptcy, it runs them into just all kinds of various negative situations within their family.” [00:06:05] “I really feel like it's an important bill for generations to come. We want them to have a better shot at life than we've had and I'm thinking that financial literacy is a big part of that.” [00:12:28] “I did. I did vote for it. I thought that the bill was hitting all of the right notes. It takes into account nonviolent crimes. And when you think about 17-year-olds, their brains have not even fully developed at that point to make critical decisions, right? And so it's somewhat unjust of us to hold them to that high of a standard. They are children and they are still being very impressed by their peers and we need to take those things into account before we just send them down the road that may not, that will eventually prove to be more detrimental to them than it would be good.”

State Rep. Miriam Paris (D) highlights legislative priorities and International Women's Day Ceremony at Georgia State Capitol — highlight: International Women's Day ceremony at the Capitol

41NBC / WMGT-DT · 2026-03-05 · 1:09 Transcript of the highlight: [00:00] 41NBC anchor: Awesome. Okay. And so, you're helping to host an upcoming International Women's Day ceremony and partnership with Media Girls Network on March 9th at the Capitol. So, why is it important for an event like this at the Capitol, and what do you hope women and young girls take away from this? [00:13] Rep. Miriam Paris: Well, you know, of course, March is Women's uh History Month, and in order to celebrate a lot of our unsung heroes, women that are just keeping their head down, doing the work, and you know, not always being recognized for the for the great contributions that they make, you know? Uh, women are head of household in in many cases and making sure that that that they just get the honor and just recognition that they get. So, we're really having this day to recognize them, honor them, and just call their name out in the in the capital. So, they'll be presented with a resolution uh from the state. And um you know, we're we're going to have a good time. It's going to be a a pretty big event for us. And it's something that uh a colleague of mine, uh Erica Adiyemi, she and I have done this for a few years now.

State Rep. Miriam Paris (D) highlights legislative priorities and International Women's Day Ceremony at Georgia State Capitol — highlight: HB 674: financial literacy in schools

41NBC / WMGT-DT · 2026-03-05 · 1:07 Transcript of the highlight: [00:00] 41NBC anchor: you're pushing for this year. [00:01] Rep. Miriam Paris: Well, thank you for that question. Really appreciate it because it gives me a chance to tell you about the work that that I've been doing at the general assembly. I serve on the education committee, and there uh last year I introduced uh House Bill 674, which was a financial literacy uh initiative to get the school system to start teaching children from grades one all the way up to 12th grade about money because if you ask a child about money, give him a dime, you ask him what is it they're going to say it's money. They won't tell you that it's 10 cents. They don't know that it's two nickels. So really making sure that children are aware of money, how to spend it, how to save it, and how to invest in it. Once we start teaching them that early, they'll get a better hold of, you know, what it means to have finances and what to do with them. And it helps with them in their long-term, you know, life uh keeps them financially literate and um hopefully a better life for them as they go forward. Yeah, that's that's that's an

State Rep. Miriam Paris (D) highlights legislative priorities and International Women's Day Ceremony at Georgia State Capitol

TV segment · 41NBC/WMGT

Decision 2024: Meet Miriam Paris, candidate for Georgia House District 142 — highlight: Record turnout: voting as a responsibility

41NBC / WMGT-DT · 2024-10-29 · 0:41 Transcript of the highlight: [00:00] Monica Diaz-Meek (41NBC): All right. And next, I want to talk about what is your reaction? We have seen record voter turnout. What does that show you about this upcoming election? Is that encouraging? How do you feel? [00:10] Rep. Miriam Paris: Well, I I I am encouraged that people are exercising their right to vote. Voting in America, people tend to sometimes take it as if it's a luxury. It's not a luxury. It's a responsibility that we have to our country. And I'm happy to see that people are turning out. I hope they're voting the right way. Um, you know, that will that will ensure that our democracy continues to to flow and to serve the people that it was designed for.

Decision 2024: Meet Miriam Paris, candidate for Georgia House District 142 — highlight: Why re-elect her: experience and working across the aisle

41NBC / WMGT-DT · 2024-10-29 · 1:04 Transcript of the highlight: [00:00] Monica Diaz-Meek (41NBC): All right. Now, what makes you the best candidate for this? Why should you be reelected? [00:06] Rep. Miriam Paris: Well, I think the level of experience that I bring to the table as well as my connection to local officials. Um, I know the mayor well, I know the mayor pro tem, a very good friend of mine and pretty much most of the commissioners I know, so there's a seamless uh uh thread there between my the relationship I have at the state level with the local officials and I think that that matters a lot. Um, also my part of my history is that I know how to work well with others even when I don't agree with them. And I think that's really important in today's political climate. Um knowing that just because we don't see eye to eye on everything about even a certain issue is is we can parse that out and find out where we do agree and make sure that we're doing what's best for the people, not for our party and not for ourselves.

Decision 2024: Meet Miriam Paris, candidate for Georgia House District 142 — highlight: Priorities: Middle Georgia and economic development

41NBC / WMGT-DT · 2024-10-29 · 0:40 Transcript of the highlight: [00:00] Monica Diaz-Meek (41NBC): what do you do if you are reelected and how do you plan on doing so? [00:03] Rep. Miriam Paris: One of the main focuses for me when I'm in the Georgia General Assembly is making sure that George that that Macon that middle Georgia is not overlooked when looking at economic development. Bringing jobs to our area and not just contin- continuing to concentrate them in in the metro, you know, within 285 uh the perimeter is really important. Um you know, there's the tale of the two Georgias. There's Atlanta Georgia and the rest of Georgia. Well, whenever I'm in at the Capitol, I'm always fighting for the rest of Georgia and which for me, of course, is middle Georgia.

Decision 2024: Meet Miriam Paris, candidate for Georgia House District 142

TV segment · 41NBC/WMGT “One of the main focuses for me when I'm in the Georgia General Assembly is making sure that Georgia, that Macon, that Middle Georgia is not overlooked when looking at economic development, bringing jobs to our area and not just continuing to concentrate them in in the metro, you know, within 285, the perimeter is really important. You know, there's the tale of the two Georgia's, there's Atlanta, Georgia, and the rest of Georgia. Well, whenever I'm in at the Capitol, I'm always fighting for the rest of Georgia. And which for me, of course, is Middle Georgia.” “I think the level of experience that I bring to the table as well as my connection to local officials, I know the mayor well. I know the mayor pro tem, very good friend of mine, and pretty much most of the commissioners I know. So there's a seamless, thread there between the relationship I have at the state level with the local officials. And I think that that matters a lot. Also, my part of my history is that I know how to work well with others, even when I don't agree with them. And I think that's really important in today's political climate.” “Voting in America, people tend to sometimes take it as if it's a luxury. It's not a luxury. It's a responsibility that we have to our country.” “Just make sure that you're voting what is good for the country. Not just a sector of us, but for all of us.”

Candidates for Georgia House District 142 address questions on voters' minds — highlight: Paris on crime, homelessness and inflation

13WMAZ (Macon) · 2024-10-23 · 1:10 Transcript of the highlight: [00:00] Kamilah Williams (13WMAZ): How do you work with local law enforcement to address violent crime in the county? [00:04] Rep. Miriam Paris: I have a really good working relationship with the commissioners and the mayor, so it makes it a seamless effort for me to get in contact with the mayor or the mayor pro tem, or my commission—well, my commissioner is the mayor pro tem, but it makes it very easy for me to contact. [00:20] Kamilah Williams (13WMAZ): What policy changes are needed to reduce homelessness? [00:24] Rep. Miriam Paris: Housing prices have skyrocketed, rent has skyrocketed, so until we are able to replenish the, the, the, um, the amount of houses that are affordable that people can purchase with a 40-hour a week job, then, you know, we're we're we're just looking at more of the same. [00:45] Kamilah Williams (13WMAZ): What would you like to do to address inflation? [00:48] Rep. Miriam Paris: At the state, we're doing everything we can to get the governor to look at outside of Atlanta for job opportunities, for career opportunities, and it's always my push for them to look outside of Atlanta, Georgia and start looking at middle Georgia for economic opportunities for the people that live here.

Candidates for Georgia House District 142 address questions on voters' minds

TV segment · 13WMAZ “Because I have served at the local level as well as state level. I have a really good working relationship with the commissioners and the mayor. So it makes it a seamless effort for me to get in contact with the mayor and address whatever local issues may be going on.” “As a realtor, I know that affordable housing is a big issue, not just in Middle Georgia but across the country, housing prices have skyrocketed, rent has skyrocketed.”

Georgia Democrats speak on GOP coronavirus response at National Fairgrounds in Perry — highlight: Paris campaigns for Ossoff and Warnock

WGXA (Fox24 Macon) · 2020-11-19 · 0:44 Transcript of the highlight: [00:00] Ashlyn Packer (WGXA reporter): Here at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry, both parties came out to voice their opinion for the upcoming runoff election. Earlier this afternoon, Representative Miriam Paris came to campaign for John Ossoff, the Democratic candidate. She said that having a Democrat in the Senate would make for a smoother Biden administration. [00:17] Rep. Miriam Paris: We can't afford partisan obstruction from corrupt and self-serving Washington politicians like David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, when lives are on the line and people are suffering. We need John Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock in the Senate to get COVID-19 under control, pass real economic relief for small businesses and working families.