148th Georgia General Assembly

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. This was the first session since Reconstruction that both houses were controlled by Republicans, as the House of Representatives was won by the GOP at the 2004 election. The legislature redrew legislative and congressional maps in 2005 after federal judges struck down both maps which were drawn by the 146th legislature as violating the one person, one vote guarantee of the U.S. Constitution, resulting in a reshuffling of districts which took effect in the next legislature which shored up Republican gains in both chambers and in Congress.

148th Georgia General Assembly
147th 149th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeorgia General Assembly
Meeting placeGeorgia State Capitol
Senate
Members56 (34 R, 22 D)
President of the SenateMark Taylor (D)
Party controlRepublican Party
House of Representatives
Members180 (99 R, 80 D, 1 I)
Speaker of the HouseGlenn Richardson (R)
Party controlRepublican Party

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.

Party standings

Senate

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

House of Representatives

Affiliation Members
  Republican Party 99
  Democratic Party 80
  Other party* 1
  Seat vacant** 0
 Total 180

*Active political parties in Georgia are not limited to the Democratic 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.

Officers

Senate

Presiding Officer

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

Majority leadership

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

Minority leadership

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

House of Representatives

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

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

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

Members of the Georgia State Senate, 2005-2006

District Senator Party Residence
1Eric JohnsonRepublicanSavannah
2Regina ThomasDemocraticSavannah
3Jeff ChapmanRepublicanBrunswick
4Jack HillRepublicanReidsville
5Curt ThompsonDemocraticNorcross
6Doug StonerDemocraticSmyrna
7Greg GoggansRepublicanDouglas
8Tim GoldenDemocraticValdosta
9Don BalfourRepublicanSnellville
10Emanuel D. JonesDemocraticDecatur
11John BullochRepublicanOchlocknee
12Michael S. Meyer von BremenDemocraticAlbany
13Joseph I. CarterRepublicanTifton
14George HooksDemocraticAmericus
15Ed HarbisonDemocraticColumbus
16Ronnie ChanceRepublicanTyrone
17John DouglasRepublicanCovington
18Cecil StatonRepublicanMacon
19Tommie WilliamsRepublicanLyons
20Ross TollesonRepublicanPerry
21Chip RogersRepublicanWoodstock
22Ed TarverDemocraticAugusta
23J.B. PowellDemocraticBlythe
24James L. WhiteheadRepublicanEvans
25Johnny GrantRepublicanMilledgeville
26Robert BrownDemocraticMacon
27Bill StephensRepublicanCanton
28Mitch SeabaughRepublicanSharpsburg
29Seth HarpRepublicanMidland
30Bill HamrickRepublicanCarrollton
31Bill HeathRepublicanBremen
32Judson H. HillRepublicanMarietta
33Steve ThompsonDemocraticMarietta
34Valencia SeayDemocraticRiverdale
35Kasim ReedDemocraticAtlanta
36Sam ZamarripaDemocraticAtlanta
37John J. WilesRepublicanMarietta
38Horacena TateDemocraticAtlanta
39Vincent D. FortDemocraticAtlanta
40Daniel J. WeberRepublicanDunwoody
41Steve HensonDemocraticTucker
42David AdelmanDemocraticDecatur
43Steen MilesDemocraticDecatur
44Terrell StarrDemocraticJonesboro
45Renee S. UntermanRepublicanBuford
46Brian P. KempRepublicanAthens
47Ralph T. HudgensRepublicanComer
48David J. ShaferRepublicanDuluth
49Casey CagleRepublicanChestnut Mountain
50Nancy SchaeferRepublicanTurnerville
51Chip PearsonRepublicanDawsonville
52Preston W. SmithRepublicanRome
53Jeff E. MullisRepublicanChickamauga
54Don R. ThomasRepublicanDalton
55Gloria ButlerDemocraticStone Mountain
56Dan MoodyRepublicanAlpharetta

Members of the Georgia State House of Representatives, 2005–2006

District Representative Party Residence
1Jay NealRepublicanLaFayette
2Martin ScottRepublicanRossville
3Ronald L. ForsterRepublicanRinggold
4Roger WilliamsRepublicanDalton
5John D. Meadows, IIIRepublicanCalhoun
6Tom DicksonRepublicanCohutta
7David RalstonRepublicanBlue Ridge
8Charles F. JenkinsDemocraticBlairsville
9Amos AmersonRepublicanDahlonega
10Benjamin D. Bridges, Sr.RepublicanCleveland
11Barbara Massey ReeceDemocraticMenlo
12Tom GravesRepublicanRanger
13Paul E. SmithDemocraticRome
14Barry Dean LoudermilkRepublicanCassville
15Jeff LewisRepublicanWhite
16Bill CummingsDemocraticRockmart
17Howard R. MaxwellRepublicanDallas
18Mark ButlerRepublicanCarrollton
19Glenn RichardsonRepublicanHiram
20Charlice H. ByrdRepublicanWoodstock
21Calvin HillRepublicanCanton
22Chuck ScheidRepublicanWoodstock
23Jack MurphyRepublicanCumming
24Tom KnoxRepublicanSuwanee
25James MillsRepublicanGainesville
26Carl RogersRepublicanGainesville
27Stacey G. ReeceRepublicanGainesville
28Jeanette JamiesonDemocraticToccoa
29Alan PowellDemocraticHartwell
30Tom McCallRepublicanElberton
31Tommy BentonRepublicanJefferson
32Judy ManningRepublicanMarietta
33Don WixDemocraticAustell
34Rich GolickRepublicanSmyrna
35Ed SetzlerRepublicanAcworth
36Earl EhrhartRepublicanPowder Springs
37Terry JohnsonDemocraticMarietta
38Steve TumlinRepublicanMarietta
39Alisha Thomas MorganDemocraticAustell
40Rob TeilhetDemocraticSmyrna
41Sharon CooperRepublicanMarietta
42Don ParsonsRepublicanMarietta
43Bobby FranklinRepublicanMarietta
44Sheila JonesDemocraticAtlanta
45Matt DollarRepublicanMarietta
46Jan JonesRepublicanMilton
47Chuck MartinRepublicanAlphretta
48Harry GeisingerRepublicanRoswell
49Wendell WillardRepublicanSandy Springs
50Mark BurkhalterRepublicanJohns Creek
51Tom RiceRepublicanNorcross
52Joe WilkinsonRepublicanAtlanta
53LaNett Stanley-TurnerDemocraticAtlanta
54Edward LindseyRepublicanAtlanta
55"Able" Mable ThomasDemocraticAtlanta
56Kathy AsheDemocraticAtlanta
57Pat GardnerDemocraticAtlanta
58Nan Grogan OrrockDemocraticAtlanta
59Douglas C. DeanDemocraticAtlanta
60Georganna T. SinkfielDemocraticAtlanta
61Robert A. "Bob" HolmesDemocraticEast Point
62Joe HeckstallDemocraticEast Point
63Tyrone L. Brooks, Sr.DemocraticAtlanta
64Roger B. BruceDemocraticAtlanta
65Sharon Beasley-TeagueDemocraticRed Oak
66Virgil FluddDemocraticTyrone
67Bill HembreeRepublicanWinston
68Tim BeardenRepublicanVilla Rica
69Jeff BrownRepublicanLaGrange
70Lynn Ratigan SmithRepublicanNewnan
71Billy HorneRepublicanSharpsburg
72Dan LaklyRepublicanPeachtree City
73John P. YatesRepublicanGriffin
74Roberta Abdul-SalaamDemocraticRiverdale
75Ron DodsonIndependentLake City
76Gail M. BucknerDemocraticJonesboro
77Darryl JordanDemocraticRiverdale
78Mike BarnesDemocraticDuluth
79Fran MillarRepublicanAtlanta
80Mike JacobsDemocraticBrookhaven
81Jill ChambersRepublicanAtlanta
82Paul JenningsRepublicanAtlanta
83Mary Margaret OliverDemocraticDecatur
84JoAnn McClintonDemocraticAtlanta
85Stephanie Stuckey BenfieldDemocraticAtlanta
86Karla DrennerDemocraticAvondale Estates
87Michele D. HensonDemocraticStone Mountain
88Billy MitchellDemocraticStone Mountain
89Earnest "Coach" WilliamsDemocraticAvondale Estates
90Howard MosbyDemocraticAtlanta
91Stan WatsonDemocraticDecatur
92Pam StephensonDemocraticAtlanta
93Walter Ronnie Sailor, Jr.DemocraticLithonia
94Randal ManghamDemocraticLithonia
95Robert F. MumfordRepublicanLoganville
96Pedro Rafael MarinDemocraticDuluth
97Brooks P. Coleman, Jr.RepublicanDuluth
98Bobby Clifford ReeseRepublicanBuford
99Hugh FloydDemocraticNorcross
100Brian W. ThomasDemocraticLilburn
101Mike CoanRepublicanLawrenceville
102Clay CoxRepublicanLilburn
103David CasasRepublicanLilburn
104John Wilson HeardRepublicanLawrenceville
105Donna SheldonRepublicanDacula
106Melvin EversonRepublicanSnellville
107Len WalkerRepublicanLoganville
108Terry Lamar EnglandRepublicanAuburn
109Steve DavisRepublicanMcDonough
110John LunsfordRepublicanMcDonough
111Jeff MayRepublicanMonroe
112Doug HoltRepublicanSocial Circle
113Bob SmithRepublicanWatkinsville
114Keith HeardDemocraticAthens
115Jane KiddDemocraticAthens
116Mickey ChannellRepublicanGreensboro
117Barry A. FlemingRepublicanHarlem
118Ben L. HarbinRepublicanEvans
119Sue BurmeisterRepublicanAugusta
120Quincy MurphyDemocraticAugusta
121Henry HowardDemocraticAugusta
Earnestine HowardDemocraticAugusta
122Pete WarrenDemocraticAugusta
123Alberta Jacqueline AndersonDemocraticWaynesboro
124Sistie HudsonDemocraticSparta
125Jim ColeRepublicanMonticello
126David KnightRepublicanGriffin
127Mack CrawfordRepublicanConcord
128Carl Von EppsDemocraticLaGrange
129Vance Smith, Jr.RepublicanColumbus
130Debbie BucknerDemocraticJunction City
131Richard H. SmithRepublicanColumbus
132Calvin SmyreDemocraticColumbus
133Carolyn Fleming HugleyDemocraticColumbus
134Mike CheokasDemocraticAmericus
135Lynmore JamesDemocraticMontezuma
136Robert RayDemocraticFort Valley
137David B. GravesRepublicanMacon
138Nikki T. RandallDemocraticMacon
139David E. Lucas, Sr.DemocraticMacon
140Allen G. FreemanRepublicanMacon
141Bobby Eugene ParhamDemocraticMilledgeville
142Jimmy LordDemocraticSandersville
143DuBose PorterDemocraticDublin
144Terry ColemanDemocraticEastman
145Willie Lee TaltonRepublicanWarner Robins
146Larry O'NealRepublicanBonaire
147Johnny FloydRepublicanCordele
148Bob HannerDemocraticParrott
149Gerald E. GreeneDemocraticCuthbert
150Winfred J. DukesDemocraticAlbany
151Freddie Powell SimsDemocraticDawson
152Ed RyndersRepublicanAlbany
153Austin ScottRepublicanTifton
154Jay RobertsRepublicanOcilla
155Greg MorrisRepublicanVidalia
156Larry "Butch" ParrishRepublicanSwainsboro
157Jon G. BurnsRepublicanNewington
158Bob LaneRepublicanBrooklet
159Buddy CarterRepublicanPooler
160Bob BryantDemocraticGarden City
161Lester JacksonDemocraticSavannah
162Tom BordeauxDemocraticSavannah
163Burke DayRepublicanSavannah
164Ron StephensRepublicanSavannah
165Al WilliamsDemocraticMidway
166Terry E. BarnardRepublicanGlennville
167Roger Bert LaneRepublicanDarien
168Tommy SmithRepublicanNicholls
169Chuck SimsRepublicanAmbrose
170Penny HoustonRepublicanNashville
171A. Richard RoyalDemocraticCamilla
172Gene MaddoxRepublicanCairo
173Mike KeownRepublicanThomasville
174Ellis BlackDemocraticValdosta
175Ron BordersDemocraticValdosta
176Jay ShawDemocraticLakeland
177Mark HatfieldRepublicanWaycross
178George Hinson MosleyRepublicanJesup
179Jerry KeenRepublicanBrunswick
180Cecily A. HillRepublicanWoodbine
  • ^ 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.

Notable Legislation

2005 general session

Voting

House Bill 244 requires voters to provide photographic identification at polling locations in order to vote and makes voting by absentee ballot easier, and also reinstituted the majority vote and runoffs for primaries and general elections which were abolished by the Democratic-majority General Assembly in 1995. 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.

2006 general session

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.

Eminent domain

House Bill 1313 , 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 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.

Immigration

Senate Bill 529 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.

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