148th General Assembly of the State of Georgia

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The 2005 regular session of the 148th Georgia General Assembly met from January 10, 2005, to March 31, 2005, at which time both houses adjourned sine die. In addition, Governor Sonny Perdue called for a special session, which met from September 6, 2005, to September 10, 2005.

The 2006 regular session of the 148th General Assembly met from January 9, 2006, to March 30, 2006, at which time both houses adjourned sine die.

Contents

[edit] Party standings

[edit] Senate

Affiliation Members
  Republican Party 34
  Democratic Party 22
  Other party* 0
  Seat vacant** 0
 Total 56

[edit] House of Representatives

Affiliation Members
  Republican Party 103
  Democratic Party 76
  Other party* 1
  Seat vacant** 0
 Total 180

* Active polictical parties in Georgia are not limited to the Democrat and Republican parties. Libertarians, Greens, the Southern Party of Georgia, and others, run candidates in numerous elections. However, for the 2005-06 session of the General Assembly, only one legislator was not from the two major parties, and he did not run as a member of any other party.

[edit] Officers

[edit] Senate

[edit] Presiding Officer

Position Name Party District
President Mark Taylor Democrat n/a
President Pro Tempore Eric Johnson Republican 1

[edit] Majority leadership

Position Name District
Senate Majority Leader Bill Stephens 27
Majority Caucus Chairman Don Balfour 9
Majority Whip Mitch Seabaugh 28

[edit] Minority leadership

Position Name District
Senate Minority Leader Robert Brown 26
Minority Caucus Chairman Tim Golden 8
Minority Whip David Adelman 42
Minority Whip Gloria Butler 55


[edit] House of Representatives

[edit] Presiding Officer

Position Name Party District
Speaker of the House Glenn Richardson Republican 19
Speaker Pro Tempore Mark Burkhalter Republican 50
Speaker Emeritus Terry Coleman Democrat 144

[edit] Majority leadership

Position Name District
House Majority Leader Jerry Keen 179
Majority Caucus Chairman Sharon Cooper 41
Majority Caucus Vice Chairman Jay Roberts 154
Majority Caucus Secretary Sue Burmeister 119
Majority Whip Barry A. Fleming 117

[edit] Minority leadership

Position Name District
House Minority Leader DuBose Porter 143
Minority Caucus Chairman Calvin Smyre 132
Minority Caucus Vice Chairman Nan Grogan Orrock 58
Minority Caucus Secretary Nikki T. Randall 138
Minority Whip Carolyn Fleming Hugley 133


[edit] Members of the Georgia State Senate, 2005-2006

District Name Party First Elected
1 Eric Johnson R
2 Regina Thomas D
3 Jeff Chapman R 2005
4 Jack Hill R
5 Curt Thompson D 2005
6 Doug Stoner D 2005
7 Greg Goggans R 2005
8 Tim Golden D
9 Don Balfour R
10 Emanuel D. Jones D 2005
11 John Bulloch R
12 Michael S. Meyer von Bremen D
13 Joseph I. Carter R 2005
14 George Hooks D
15 Ed Harbison D
16 Ronnie Chance R 2005
17 John Douglas R 2005
18 Cecil Staton R 2005
19 Tommie Williams R
20 Ross Tolleson R
21 Chip Rogers R 2005
22 Ed Tarver D 2005
23 J.B. Powell D 2005
24 James L. Whitehead R 2005
25 Johnny Grant R 2005
26 Robert Brown D
27 Bill Stephens R
28 Mitch Seabaugh R
29 Seth Harp R
30 Bill Hamrick R
31 Bill Heath R 2005
32 Judson H. Hill R 2005
33 Steve Thompson D
34 Valencia Seay D
35 Kasim Reed D
36 Sam Zamarripa D
37 John J. Wiles R 2005
38 Horacena Tate D
39 Vincent D. Fort D
40 Daniel J. Weber R 2005
41 Steve Henson D
42 David Adelman D
43 Steen Miles D 2005
44 Terrell Starr D
45 Renee S. Unterman R
46 Brian P. Kemp R
47 Ralph T. Hudgens R
48 David J. Shafer R
49 Casey Cagle R
50 Nancy Shaefer R 2005
51 Chip Pearson R 2005
52 Preston W. Smith R
53 Jeff E. Mullis R
54 Don R. Thomas R
55 Gloria Butler D
56 Dan Moody R

[edit] Members of the Georgia State House of Representatives, 2005-2006

District Name Party First Elected
1 Jay Neal R 2005
2 Martin Scott R 2005
3 Ronald L. Forster R 2001
4 Roger Williams R 2001
5 John D. Meadows, III R 2005
6 Tom Dickson R 2005
7 David Ralston R 2003
8 Charles F. Jenkins D 2003
9 Amos Amerson R 2001
10 Benjamin D. Bridges, Sr. R 1997
11 Barbara Massey Reece D 1999
12 Tom Graves R 2003
13 Paul E. Smith D 1985
14 Barry Dean Loudermilk R 2005
15 Jeff Lewis R 1993
16 Bill Cummings D 1981
17 Howard R. Maxwell R 2003
18 Mark Butler R 2003
19 Glenn Richardson R 1997
20 Charlice H. Byrd R 2005
21 Calvin Hill R 2003
22 Chuck Scheid R 1997
23 Jack Murphy R 2003
24 Tom Knox R 2001
25 James Mills R 1993
26 Carl Rogers R 1995
27 Stacey G. Reece R 2003
28 Jeanette Jamieson D 1985
29 Alan Powell D 1991
30 Tom McCall R 1995
31 Tommy Benton R 2005
32 Judy Manning R 1997
33 Don Wix D 1999
34 Rich Golick R 1999
35 Ed Setzler R 2005
36 Earl Ehrhart R 1989
37 Terry Johnson D 2005
38 Steve Tumlin R 2005
39 Alisha Thomas Morgan D 2003
40 Rob Teilhet D 2003
41 Sharon Cooper R 1997
42 Don Parsons R 1995
43 Bobby Franklin R 1997
44 Sheila Jones D 2005
45 Matt Dollar R 2003
46 Jan Jones R 2003
47 Chuck Martin R 2003
48 Harry Geisinger R 2005
49 Wendell Willard R 2001
50 Mark Burkhalter R 1993
51 Tom Rice R 1997
52 Joe Wilkinson R 2001
53 LaNett Stanley-Turner D 1987
54 Edward Lindsey R 2005
55 "Able" Mable Thomas D 2003
56 Kathy Ashe D 1991
57 Pat Gardner D 2001
58 Nan Grogan Orrock D 1987
59 Douglas C. Dean D 1999
60 Georganna T. Sinkfiel D 1983
61 Bob Holmes D 1975
62 Joe Heckstall D 1995
63 Tyrone L. Brooks, Sr. D 1981
64 Roger B. Bruce D 2003
65 Sharon Beasley-Teague D 1993
66 Virgil Fludd D 2003
67 Bill Hembree R 1999
68 Tim Bearden R 2005
69 Jeff Brown R 1995
70 Lynn Ratigan Smith R 1997
71 Billy Horne R 2005
72 Dan Lakly R 2005
73 John P. Yates R 1993
74 Roberta Abdul-Salaam D 2005
75 Ron Dodson I 1999
76 Gail M. Buckner D 1991
77 Darryl Jordan D 2001
78 Mike Barnes D 1999
79 Fran Millar R 1999
80 Mike Jacobs D 2005
81 Jill Chambers R 2003
82 Paul Jennings R 2005
83 Mary Margaret Oliver D 2003
84 JoAnn McClinton D 1993
85 Stephanie Stuckey Benfield D 1999
86 Karla Drenner D 2001
87 Michele D. Henson D 1991
88 Billy Mitchell D 2003
89 Earnest "Coach" Williams D 2003
90 Howard Mosby D 2003
91 Stan Watson D 1997
92 Pam Stephenson D 2003
93 Ron Sailor, Jr. D 2001
94 Randal Mangham D 2001
95 Robert F. Mumford R 2005
96 Pedro Rafael Marin D 2003
97 Brooks P. Coleman, Jr. R 1993
98 Bobby Clifford Reese R 2005
99 Hugh Floyd D 2003
100 Brian W. Thomas D 2005
101 Mike Coan R 1997
102 Clay Cox R 2005
103 David S. Casas R 2005
104 John Wilson Heard R 2003
105 Donna Sheldon R 2003
106 Melvin Everson R 2005
107 Len Walker R 1995
108 Terry Lamar England R 2005
109 Steve Davis R 2005
110 John Lunsford R 2001
111 Jeff May R 2005
112 Doug Holt R 2005
113 Bob Smith R 1999
114 Keith Heard D 1993
115 Jane Kidd D 2005
116 Mickey Channell R 1993
117 Barry A. Fleming R 2003
118 Ben L. Harbin R 1995
119 Sue Burmeister R 2001
120 Quincy Murphy D 2001
121 Henry Howard[1] D 1990
Earnestine Howard D 2005
122 Pete Warren D 2003
123 Alberta Jacqueline Anderson D 1995
124 Sistie Hudson D 1997
125 Jim Cole R 2005
126 David Knight R 2005
127 Mack Crawford R 1993
128 Carl Von Epps D 1993
129 Vance Smith, Jr. R 1993
130 Debbie Buckner D 2003
131 Richard H. Smith R 2005
132 Calvin Smyre D 1975
133 Carolyn Fleming Hugley D 1993
134 Mike Cheokas D 2005
135 Lynmore James D 1993
136 Robert Ray D 1983
137 David B. Graves R 1997
138 Nikki T. Randall D 1999
139 David E. Lucas, Sr. D 1975
140 Allen G. Freeman R 2005
141 Bobby Eugene Parham D 1975
142 Jimmy Lord D 1977
143 DuBose Porter D 1983
144 Terry Coleman D 1973
145 Willie Lee Talton R 2005
146 Larry O'Neal R 2001
147 Johnny Floyd R 1989
148 Bob Hanner D 1975
149 Gerald E. Greene D 1983
150 Winfred J. Dukes D 1997
151 Freddie Powell Sims D 2005
152 Ed Rynders R 2003
153 Austin Scott R 1997
154 Jay Roberts R 2003
155 Greg Morris R 1999
156 Larry "Butch" Parrish R 1985
157 Jon G. Burns R 2005
158 Bob Lane R 1981
159 Buddy Carter R 2005
160 Bob Bryant D 2005
161 Lester Jackson D 1999
162 Tom Bordeaux D 1991
163 Burke Day R 1995
164 Ron Stephens R 1997
165 Al Williams D 2003
166 Terry E. Barnard R 1995
167 Roger Bert Lane R 2005
168 Tommy Smith R 1979
169 Chuck Sims R 1997
170 Penny Houston R 1997
171 A. Richard Royal D 1983
172 Gene Maddox R 2005
173 Mike Keown R 2005
174 Ellis Black D 2001
175 Ron Borders D 1999
176 Jay Shaw D 1994
177 Mark Hatfield R 2005
178 George "Hinson" Mosley R 1993
179 Jerry Keen R 2001
180 Cecily A. Hill R 2003
  • ↑  Henry Howard died in office of a heart attack on October 3, 2005. A special election was held on November 8, 2005, to fill the seat, which was won by Rep. Howard's widow, Earnestine Howard. She was sworn in on November 17, 2005, and will serve out the remainder of her late husband's term of office.

[edit] Notable Legislation

[edit] 2005 general session

[edit] Voting

House Bill 244 [2] requires voters to provide photographic identification at polling locations in order to vote and makes voting by absentee ballot easier. Amid great controversy, the law was signed by Governor Perdue on April 22, 2005. Although the law received preclearance from the Department of Justice under the provisions of the Voting Rights Act, the law was later ruled unconstitutional by a court in Rome, Georgia. The current status of the law remains uncertain.

[edit] 2006 general session

[edit] Voting

Senate Bill 84, like H.B. 244, requires photographic identification at poll locations to vote. To address some of the concerns raised by the court ruling against H.B. 244, S.B. 84 has more extensive provisions for assisting those without photographic identification to obtain acceptable identification. The bill was passed by both chambers and signed by Governor Perdue on January 26, 2006. Like H.B. 244, S.B. 84 received preclearance from the Justice Department, although it is currently being challenged in court.

[edit] Eminent domain

House Bill 1313 [3], which would restrict the uses for which private property can be taken via eminent domain, passed both the House and the Senate with no "no" votes. The bill is expected to be signed by Governor Perdue.

House Resolution 1306 [4] would amend the state constitution by replacing language allowing broad freedom to apply eminent domain with more restrictive language providing for additional restrictions as specified by laws such as H.B. 1313. The resolution passed the House and the Senate and was signed by Governor Perdue, and the question of its final adoption will be put to Georgia voters in the November election.

[edit] Immigration

Senate Bill 529 [5] was strongly advocated by Senator Chip Rodgers and requires beneficiaries of many state services to provide proof of residency. Most Democrats voted against the legislation, but it nevertheless passed the House and Senate and was signed into law by Governor Perdue on April 17, 2006.

[edit] References

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