148th Georgia General Assembly explained

148th Georgia General Assembly
Body:Georgia General Assembly
Meeting Place:Georgia State Capitol
Before:147th
After:149th
Chamber1:Senate
Membership1:56 (34 R, 22 D)
Control1:Republican Party
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President of the Senate
Chamber1 Leader1:Mark Taylor (D)
Chamber2:House of Representatives
Membership2:180 (99 R, 80 D, 1 I)
Control2:Republican Party
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker of the House
Chamber2 Leader1:Glenn Richardson (R)

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.

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

Affiliationvalign=bottom Members
 Republican Partyalign=center 34
 Democratic Partyalign=center 22
 Other party*align=center 0
 Seat vacant**align=center 0
 Totalalign=center 56

House of Representatives

Affiliationvalign=bottom bgcolor="lightgray"Members
 Republican Partyalign=center 99
 Democratic Partyalign=center 80
 Other party*align=center 1
 Seat vacant**align=center 0
 Totalalign=center 180

Officers

Senate

Presiding Officer

PositionNamePartyDistrict
PresidentDemocratn/a
President Pro TemporeEric JohnsonRepublican1

Majority leadership

PositionNameDistrict
Senate Majority LeaderBill Stephens27
Majority Caucus ChairmanDon Balfour9
Majority WhipMitch Seabaugh28

Minority leadership

PositionNameDistrict
Senate Minority LeaderRobert Brown26
Minority Caucus ChairmanTim Golden8
Minority WhipDavid I. Adelman42
Minority WhipGloria Butler55

House of Representatives

Presiding Officer

PositionNamePartyDistrict
Speaker of the HouseGlenn RichardsonRepublican19
Speaker Pro TemporeMark BurkhalterRepublican50
Speaker EmeritusTerry ColemanDemocrat144

Majority leadership

PositionNameDistrict
House Majority LeaderJerry Keen179
Majority Caucus ChairmanSharon Cooper41
Majority Caucus Vice ChairmanJay Roberts154
Majority Caucus SecretarySue Burmeister119
Majority WhipBarry A. Fleming117

Minority leadership

PositionNameDistrict
House Minority LeaderDuBose Porter143
Minority Caucus ChairmanCalvin Smyre132
Minority Caucus Vice ChairmanNan Grogan Orrock58
Minority Caucus SecretaryNikki T. Randall138
Minority WhipCarolyn Fleming Hugley133

Members of the Georgia State Senate, 2005-2006

DistrictSenatorPartyResidence
1 Republican Savannah
2 Democratic Savannah
3 Republican Brunswick
4 Republican Reidsville
5 Democratic Norcross
6 Democratic Smyrna
7 Republican Douglas
8 Democratic Valdosta
9 Republican Snellville
10 Democratic Decatur
11 Republican Ochlocknee
12 Democratic Albany
13 Republican Tifton
14 Democratic Americus
15 Democratic Columbus
16 Republican Tyrone
17 Republican Covington
18 Republican Macon
19 Republican Lyons
20 Republican
21 Republican Woodstock
22 Democratic Augusta
23 Democratic Blythe
24 Republican Evans
25 Republican Milledgeville
26 Democratic Macon
27 Republican Canton
28 Republican Sharpsburg
29 Republican Midland
30 Republican Carrollton
31 Republican Bremen
32 Republican Marietta
33 Democratic Marietta
34 Democratic Riverdale
35 Democratic Atlanta
36 Democratic
37 Republican Marietta
38 Democratic
39 Democratic Atlanta
40 Republican Dunwoody
41 Democratic
42 Democratic Decatur
43 Democratic Decatur
44 Democratic Jonesboro
45 Republican
46 Republican Athens
47 Republican Comer
48 Republican
49 Republican Chestnut Mountain
50 Republican Turnerville
51 Republican Dawsonville
52 Republican Rome
53 Republican Chickamauga
54 Republican Dalton
55 Democratic Stone Mountain
56 Republican Alpharetta

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

DistrictRepresentativePartyResidence
1 Republican LaFayette
2 Republican Rossville
3 Republican Ringgold
4 Republican Dalton
5 Republican Calhoun
6 Republican Cohutta
7 Republican Blue Ridge
8 Democratic Blairsville
9 Republican Dahlonega
10 Republican Cleveland
11 Democratic Menlo
12 Republican Ranger
13 Democratic Rome
14 Republican Cassville
15 Republican White
16 Democratic Rockmart
17 Republican Dallas
18 Republican Carrollton
19 Republican Hiram
20 Republican Woodstock
21 Republican Canton
22 Republican Woodstock
23 Republican Cumming
24 Republican Suwanee
25 Republican Gainesville
26 Republican Gainesville
27 Republican Gainesville
28 Democratic Toccoa
29 Democratic Hartwell
30 Republican Elberton
31 Republican Jefferson
32 Republican Marietta
33 Democratic Austell
34 Republican Smyrna
35 Republican Acworth
36 Republican Powder Springs
37 Democratic Marietta
38 Republican Marietta
39 Democratic Austell
40 Democratic Smyrna
41 Republican Marietta
42 Republican Marietta
43 Republican Marietta
44 Democratic Atlanta
45 Republican Marietta
46 Republican Milton
47 Republican Alphretta
48 Republican Roswell
49 Republican Sandy Springs
50 Republican Johns Creek
51 Republican Norcross
52 Republican Atlanta
53 Democratic Atlanta
54 Republican Atlanta
55 Democratic Atlanta
56 Democratic Atlanta
57 Democratic Atlanta
58 Democratic Atlanta
59 Democratic Atlanta
60 Democratic Atlanta
61 Democratic East Point
62 Democratic East Point
63 Democratic Atlanta
64 Democratic Atlanta
65 Democratic Red Oak
66 Democratic Tyrone
67 Republican Winston
68 Republican Villa Rica
69 Republican LaGrange
70 Republican Newnan
71 Republican Sharpsburg
72 Republican Peachtree City
73 Republican Griffin
74 Democratic Riverdale
75 Independent Lake City
76 Democratic Jonesboro
77 Democratic Riverdale
78 Democratic Duluth
79 Republican Atlanta
80 Democratic Brookhaven
81 Republican Atlanta
82 Republican Atlanta
83 Democratic Decatur
84 Democratic Atlanta
85 Democratic Atlanta
86 Democratic Avondale Estates
87 Democratic Stone Mountain
88 Democratic Stone Mountain
89 Democratic Avondale Estates
90 Democratic Atlanta
91 Democratic Decatur
92 Democratic Atlanta
93 Democratic Lithonia
94 Democratic Lithonia
95 Republican Loganville
96 Democratic Duluth
97 Republican Duluth
98 Republican Buford
99 Democratic Norcross
100 Democratic Lilburn
101 Republican Lawrenceville
102 Republican Lilburn
103 Republican Lilburn
104 Republican Lawrenceville
105 Republican Dacula
106 Republican Snellville
107 Republican Loganville
108 Republican Auburn
109 Republican McDonough
110 Republican McDonough
111 Republican Monroe
112 Republican Social Circle
113 Republican Watkinsville
114 Democratic Athens
115 Democratic Athens
116 Republican Greensboro
117 Republican Harlem
118 Republican Evans
119 Republican Augusta
120 Democratic Augusta
121 Democratic Augusta
Democratic Augusta
122 Democratic Augusta
123 Democratic Waynesboro
124 Democratic Sparta
125 Republican Monticello
126 Republican Griffin
127 Republican Concord
128 Democratic LaGrange
129 Republican Columbus
130 Democratic Junction City
131 Republican Columbus
132 Democratic Columbus
133 Democratic Columbus
134 Democratic Americus
135 Democratic Montezuma
136 Democratic Fort Valley
137 Republican Macon
138 Democratic Macon
139 Democratic Macon
140 Republican Macon
141 Democratic Milledgeville
142 Democratic Sandersville
143 Democratic Dublin
144 Democratic Eastman
145 Republican Warner Robins
146 Republican Bonaire
147 Republican Cordele
148 Democratic Parrott
149 Democratic Cuthbert
150 Democratic Albany
151 Democratic Dawson
152 Republican Albany
153 Republican Tifton
154 Republican Ocilla
155 Republican Vidalia
156 Republican Swainsboro
157 Republican Newington
158 Republican Brooklet
159 Republican Pooler
160 Democratic Garden City
161 Democratic Savannah
162 Democratic Savannah
163 Republican Savannah
164 Republican Savannah
165 Democratic Midway
166 Republican Glennville
167 Republican Darien
168 Republican Nicholls
169 Republican Ambrose
170 Republican Nashville
171 Democratic Camilla
172 Republican Cairo
173 Republican Thomasville
174 Democratic Valdosta
175 Democratic Valdosta
176 Democratic Lakeland
177 Republican Waycross
178 Republican Jesup
179 Republican Brunswick
180 Republican Woodbine

Notable Legislation

2005 general session

Voting

House Bill 244 https://web.archive.org/web/20060301185258/http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/sum/hb244.htm 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20060718120441/http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/sum/hb1313.htm, 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20060703045813/http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/sum/hr1306.htm 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20060421044818/http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2005_06/fulltext/sb529.htm 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.

See also

References

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