146th Georgia General Assembly

146th Georgia General Assembly
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Overview
Legislative body	Georgia General Assembly
Meeting place	Georgia State Capitol
Senate
Members	56 (28 D, 28 R)
President of the Senate	Mark Taylor (D)
Party control	Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Members	180 (105 D, 74 R, 1 I)
Speaker of the House	Tom Murphy (D)
Party control	Democratic Party

Overview

The first regular session of the 146th General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia met from Monday, January 8, 2001, at 10:00 am, to Friday, March 21, at 11:57 pm, at which time both houses adjourned sine die. 298 House bills and 97 Senate bills passed.

The second regular session of the Georgia General Assembly opened at 10:00 am on Monday, January 14, 2002, and adjourned sine die at 3:44pm on Friday, April 11, 2002.

Officers

Presiding Officer

	Position	Name	Party	District
	President	Mark Taylor	Democrat	n/a
	President Pro Tempore	Terrell Starr	Democrat	44

Majority leadership

	Position	Name	District
	Senate Majority Leader	Charles W. Walker	22
	Majority Caucus Chairman	Nathan Dean	31
	Majority Whip	Richard O. Marable	52

Minority leadership

	Position	Name	District
	Senate Minority Leader	Eric Johnson	1
	Minority Caucus Chairman	Bill Stephens	51
	Minority Whip	Tom Price	56

Presiding Officer

	Position	Name	Party	District
	Speaker of the House	Tom Murphy	Democrat	18
	Speaker Pro Tempore	Jack Connell	Democrat	115

Majority leadership

	Position	Name	District
	House Majority Leader	Larry Walker	141
	Majority Whip	Jimmy Skipper	137
	Majority Caucus Chairman	Calvin Smyre	136
	Majority Caucus Secretary	LaNett Stanley-Turner	50

Minority Leadership

	Position	Name	District
	House Minority Leader	Lynn Westmoreland	104
	Minority Whip	Earl Ehrhart	36
	Minority Caucus Chairman	Garland Pinholster	15
	Minority Caucus Vice Chairman	Sharon Cooper	31
	Minority Caucus Secretary	Anne Mueller	152

Members of the Georgia State Senate, 2001–2002

District	Senator	Party	Residence
1	Eric Johnson	Republican	Savannah
2	Regina Thomas	Democratic	Savannah
3	Rene 'D. Kemp	Democratic	Hinesville
4	Jack Hill	Republican	Reidsville
5	Joseph A. Burton	Republican	Atlanta
6	Tommie Williams	Republican	Lyons
7	Peg Blitch	Democratic	Homerville
8	Tim Golden	Democratic	Valdosta
9	Don Balfour	Republican	Snellville
10	Nadine Thomas	Democratic	Decatur
11	Harold J. Ragan	Democratic	Cairo
12	Michael S. Meyer von Bremen	Democratic	Albany
13	Rooney L. Bowen	Republican	Cordele
14	George Hooks	Democratic	Americus
15	Ed Harbison	Democratic	Columbus
16	Seth Harp	Republican	Midland
17	Mike Crotts	Republican	Atlanta
18	Sonny Perdue	Republican	Bonaire
19	Van Streat Jr.	Democratic	Nicholls
20	Hugh Gillis	Democratic	Soperton
21	Robert LaMutt	Republican	Marietta
22	Charles W. Walker	Democratic	Augusta
23	Don Cheeks	Republican	Augusta
24	Joey Brush	Republican	Martinez
25	Faye Smith	Democratic	Milledgeville
26	Robert Brown	Democratic	Macon
27	Susan W. Cable	Republican	Macon
28	Mitch Seabaugh	Republican	Sharpsburg
29	Daniel W. Lee	Republican	LaGrange
30	Bill Hamrick	Republican	Carrollton
31	Nathan Dean	Democratic	Rockmart
32	Charlie Tanksley	Republican	Marietta
33	Steve Thompson	Democratic	Marietta
34	Greg Hecht	Democratic	Morrow
35	Donzella J. James	Democratic	Atlanta
36	David Scott	Democratic	Atlanta
37	J. Phillip (Phil) Gingrey	Republican	Marietta
38	Horacena Tate	Democratic	Atlanta
39	Vincent D. Fort	Democratic	Atlanta
40	Rusty Paul	Republican	Atlanta
41	Bart Ladd	Republican	Doraville
42	Mike Polak	Democratic	Atlanta
43	Connie Stokes	Democratic	Decatur
44	Terrell Starr	Democratic	Jonesboro
45	A.C. (Bob) Guhl	Republican	Social Circle
46	Doug Haines	Democratic	Athens
47	Michael Beatty	Republican	Jefferson
48	Bill Ray	Republican	Lawrenceville
49	Casey Cagle	Republican	Chestnut Mountain
50	Carol Jackson	Democratic	Cleveland
51	Bill Stephens	Republican	Canton
52	Richard O. Marable	Democratic	Rome
53	Jeff E. Mullis	Republican	Chickamauga
54	Don R. Thomas	Republican	Dalton
55	Gloria Butler	Democratic	Stone Mountain
56	Tom Price	Republican	Roswell

Members of the Georgia State House of Representatives, 2001–2002

District	Representative	Party	Residence
1	Brian Joyce	Republican	Lookout Mountain
2	Mike Snow	Democratic	Chickamauga
3	Ronald L. Forster	Republican	Ringgold
4	Allen Hammontree	Republican	Cohutta
5	Roger Williams	Republican	Dalton
6	Charles Judy Poag	Democratic	Eton
7	Amos Amerson	Republican	Dahlonega
8	Ralph Twiggs	Democratic	Hiawassee
9	Benjamin Bridges	Republican	Cleveland
10	Tom E. Shanahan	Democratic	Calhoun
11	Barbara Massey Reece	Democratic	Menlo
12	Paul E. Smith	Democratic	Rome
13	Buddy Childers	Democratic	Rome
14	Jeff Lewis	Republican	White
15	Garland F. Piholster	Republican	Ball Ground
16	Steve Stancil	Republican	Canton
	Diane Z. Grasse	Republican	Canton
17	Chuck Scheid	Republican	Woodstock
18	Thomas B. Murphy	Democratic	Bremen
19	Clint Smith	Republican	Gainesville
20	Carl Rogers	Democratic	Gainesville
21	James Mills	Republican	Gainesville
22	Jeanette Jamieson	Democratic	Toccoa
23	Alan Powell	Democratic	Hartwell
24	Ralph T. Hudgens	Republican	Colbert
25	Pat Bell	Democratic	Jefferson
26	Glenn Richardson	Republican	Dallas
27	Bill Cummings	Democratic	Rockmart
28	Tom Knox	Republican	Cumming
29	Ginger Collins	Republican	Atlanta
30	Rich Golick	Republican	Smyrna
31	Sharon Cooper	Republican	Marietta
32	Judy Manning	Republican	Marietta
33	Don Wix	Democratic	Mabelton
34	John Wiles	Republican	Marietta
35	Terry Johnson	Democratic	Marietta
36	Earl Ehrhart	Republican	Powder Springs
37	Mitchell Kaye	Republican	Marietta
38	Roger Hines	Republican	Kennesaw
39	Bobby Franklin	Republican	Marietta
40	Don Parsons	Republican	Marietta
41	Mark Burkhalter	Republican	Alpharetta
42	Tom Campbell	Republican	Roswell
43	Joe Wilkinson	Republican	Sandy Springs
44	Wendell Willard	Republican	Dunwoody
45	Bob Irvin	Republican	Atlanta
46	Kathy Ashe	Democratic	Atlanta
47	Pat Gardner	Democratic	Atlanta
48	Douglas C. Dean	Democratic	Atlanta
49	Pam Stanley	Democratic	Atlanta
50	LaNett Stanley-Turner	Democratic	Atlanta
51	James E. "Billy" McKinney	Democratic	Atlanta
52	Kasim Reed	Democratic	Atlanta
53	Robert A. "Bob" Holmes	Democratic	Atlanta
54	Tyrone L. Brooks Sr.	Democratic	Atlanta
55	Joe Heckstall	Democratic	East Point
56	Nan Grogan Orrock	Democratic	Atlanta
57	Georganna T. Sinkfield	Democratic	Atlanta
58	Sharon Beasley-Teague	Democratic	Red Oak
59	Fran Millar	Republican	Dunwoody
60	J. Max Davis	Republican	Atlanta
61	Doug Teper	Democratic	Atlanta
62	Sally Harrell	Democratic	Atlanta
63	Paul Jennings	Republican	Atlanta
64	Arnold Ragas	Democratic	Stone Mountain
65	Michele D. Henson	Democratic	Stone Mountain
66	Karla Drenner	Democratic	Avondale Estates
67	Stephanie Stuckey Benefield	Democratic	Atlanta
68	JoAnn McClinton	Democratic	Atlanta
69	Barbara J. Mobley	Democratic	Decatur
70	Stan Watson	Democratic	Decatur
71	Ron Sailor Jr.	Democratic	Decatur
72	George Maddox	Democratic	Decatur
73	Henrietta E. Turnquest	Democratic	Decatur
74	Barbara J. Bunn	Republican	Conyers
75	Randal Mangham	Democratic	Decatur
76	Scott Dix	Republican	Lilburn
77	Charles E. Bannister	Republican	Lilburn
78	Mary Hodges Squires	Democratic	Norcross
79	Tom Rice	Republican	Norcross
80	Brooks P. Coleman Jr.	Republican	Duluth
81	Gene Callaway	Republican	Lilburn
82	Mike Coan	Republican	Lawrenceville
83	Jeffrey L. "Jeff" Williams	Republican	Snellville
84	Renee'e S. Unterman	Republican	Loganville
85	Bobby C. Reese	Republican	Sugar Hill
86	Warren Massey	Republican	Winder
87	Len Walker	Republican	Loganville
88	Louise McBee	Democratic	Athens
89	Keith Heard	Democratic	Athens
90	Tom McCall	Democratic	Elberton
91	Bob Smith	Republican	Watkinsville
92	Jim Stokes	Democratic	Covington
93	Valencia Seay	Democratic	College Park
94	Ron Dodson	Democratic	Lake City
95	Gail M. Buckner	Democratic	Jonesboro
96	Darryl Jordan	Democratic	Riverdale
97	Mike Barnes	Democratic	Hampton
98	Bill Hembree	Republican	Douglasville
99	Bob Snelling	Republican	Douglasville
100	Tract Stallings	Democratic	Carrollton
101	Jack E. West	Democratic	Bowdon
102	Vance Smith Jr.	Republican	Pine Mountain
103	Lynn Ratigan Smith	Republican	Newnan
104	Lynn Westmoreland	Republican	Newnan
105	Kathy Cox	Republican	Peachtree City
106	John P. Yates	Republican	Griffin
107	Bill Sanders	Republican	Griffin
108	Steve Cash	Republican	McDonough
109	John Lunsford	Republican	McDonough
110	Curtis S. Jenkins	Democratic	Forsyth
111	Mickey Channell	Democratic	Greensboro
112	Bill Jackson	Democratic	Appling
113	Ben L. Harbin	Republican	Evans
114	Sue Burmeister	Republican	Augusta
115	Jack Connell	Democratic	Augusta
116	Alberta J. Anderson	Democratic	Waynesboro
117	Ben Allen	Democratic	Augusta
118	Henry Howard	Democratic	Augusta
119	George L. DeLoach	Republican	Hephzibah
120	Sistie Hudson	Democratic	Sparta
121	Jimmy Lord	Democratic	Sandersville
122	Bobby Eugene Parham	Democratic	Milledgeville
123	Ken Birdsong	Democratic	Gordon
124	David E. Lucas Sr.	Democratic	Macon
125	David B. Graves	Republican	Macon
126	Robert Reichert	Democratic	Macon
127	Nikki T. Randall	Democratic	Macon
128	Robert Ray	Democratic	Fort Valley
129	Mack Crawford	Republican	Zebulon
130	Jeff Brown	Republican	LaGrange
131	Carl Von Epps	Democratic	LaGrange
132	Danae Roberts	Republican	Columbus
133	Carolyn Flemming Hugley	Democratic	Columbus
134	Maretta Mitchell Taylor	Democratic	Columbus
135	Tom Buck	Democratic	Columbus
136	Calvin Smyre	Democratic	Columbus
137	Jimmy Skipper	Democratic	Americus
138	Johnny Floyd	Democratic	Cordele
139	Larry O'Neal	Republican	Warner Robins
140	Lynmore James	Democratic	Montezuma
141	Larry Walker	Democratic	Perry
142	Terry Coleman	Democratic	Eastman
143	DuBose Porter	Democratic	Dublin
144	Larry "Butch" Parrish	Democratic	Swainsboro
145	Craig W. Lanier	Republican	Stateboro
146	Bob Lane	Democratic	Stateboro
147	Ann R. Purcell	Democratic	Rincon
148	Lester Jackson	Democratic	Savannah
149	Dorothy B. Pelote	Democratic	Savannah
150	Ron Stephens	Republican	Garden City
151	Tom Bordeaux	Democratic	Savannah
152	Anne Mueller	Republican	Savannah
153	Burke Day	Republican	Tybee Island
154	Terry E. Barnard	Republican	Glennville
155	Greg Morris	Democratic	Vidalia
156	Newt Hudson	Democratic	Rochelle
157	Ray Holland	Democratic	Ashburn
158	Gerald E. Greene	Democratic	Cuthbert
159	Bob Hanner	Democratic	Parrott
160	Hugh D. Bloome	Democratic	Donalsonville
161	Winfred J. Dukes	Democratic	Albany
162	Lawrence R. Robers	Democratic	Albany
163	Doug Everett	Republican	Albany
164	A. Richard Royal	Democratic	Camilla
165	Austin Scott	Republican	Tifton
166	Penny Houston	Democratic	Nashville
167	Chuck Sims	Democratic	Douglas
168	Mike Boggs	Democratic	Waycross
169	Tommy Smith	Democratic	Nicholls
170	Roger Byrd	Democratic	Hazlehurst
171	Hinson Mosley	Democratic	Jesup
172	Buddy DeLoach	Independent	Hinesville
173	E. C. Tillman	Democratic	Brunswick
174	Jerry Keen	Republican	St. Simons Island
175	Charlie Smith Jr.	Democratic	St. Marys
176	Jay Shaw	Democratic	Lakeland
177	Ron Borders	Democratic	Valdosta
178	Ellis Black	Democratic	Valdosta
179	Wallace Sholar	Democratic	Cairo
180	John Bulloch	Republican	Ochlocknee

• ^ Steve Stancil resigned in December 2001 to run for the position of Lt. Governor. A special election was held to fill the vacant seat. On February 12, 2002, Diane Z, Grasse won the special runoff election.

Legislation considered

• Created Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District in 2001

References

• Website of the 146th General Assembly of Georgia
• Georgia House of Representatives Legislative Reports 2001-2002