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148th Georgia General Assembly

Term of state legislature in US state of Georgia

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name	148th Georgia General Assembly
image	File:Seal of Georgia.svg
image_size	125px
alt	Great Seal of the State of Georgia
caption	Great Seal of the State of Georgia
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)
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session1_end
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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. 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

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

House of Representatives

Affiliation	Members
	Republican Party
	Democratic Party
	Other party*
	Seat vacant**
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
	President Pro Tempore	Eric Johnson	Republican

Majority leadership

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

Minority leadership

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

House of Representatives

Presiding Officer

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

Majority leadership

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

Minority leadership

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

Members of the Georgia State Senate, 2005-2006

District	Party	Residence
Eric Johnson	Republican	Savannah
Regina Thomas	Democratic	Savannah
Jeff Chapman	Republican	Brunswick
Jack Hill	Republican	Reidsville
Curt Thompson	Democratic	Norcross
Doug Stoner	Democratic	Smyrna
Greg Goggans	Republican	Douglas
Tim Golden	Democratic	Valdosta
Don Balfour	Republican	Snellville
Emanuel D. Jones	Democratic	Decatur
John Bulloch	Republican	Ochlocknee
Michael S. Meyer von Bremen	Democratic	Albany
Joseph I. Carter	Republican	Tifton
George Hooks	Democratic	Americus
Ed Harbison	Democratic	Columbus
Ronnie Chance	Republican	Tyrone
John Douglas	Republican	Covington
Cecil Staton	Republican	Macon
Tommie Williams	Republican	Lyons
Ross Tolleson	Republican	Perry
Chip Rogers	Republican	Woodstock
Ed Tarver	Democratic	Augusta
J.B. Powell	Democratic	Blythe
Jim Whitehead	Republican	Evans
Johnny Grant	Republican	Milledgeville
Robert Brown	Democratic	Macon
Bill Stephens	Republican	Canton
Mitch Seabaugh	Republican	Sharpsburg
Seth Harp	Republican	Midland
Bill Hamrick	Republican	Carrollton
Bill Heath	Republican	Bremen
Judson H. Hill	Republican	Marietta
Steve Thompson	Democratic	Marietta
Valencia Seay	Democratic	Riverdale
Kasim Reed	Democratic	Atlanta
Sam Zamarripa	Democratic	Atlanta
John J. Wiles	Republican	Marietta
Horacena Tate	Democratic	Atlanta
Vincent D. Fort	Democratic	Atlanta
Daniel J. Weber	Republican	Dunwoody
Steve Henson	Democratic	Tucker
David Adelman	Democratic	Decatur
Steen Miles	Democratic	Decatur
Terrell Starr	Democratic	Jonesboro
Renee S. Unterman	Republican	Buford
Brian P. Kemp	Republican	Athens
Ralph T. Hudgens	Republican	Comer
David J. Shafer	Republican	Duluth
Casey Cagle	Republican	Chestnut Mountain
Nancy Schaefer	Republican	Turnerville
Chip Pearson	Republican	Dawsonville
Preston W. Smith	Republican	Rome
Jeff E. Mullis	Republican	Chickamauga
Don R. Thomas	Republican	Dalton
Gloria Butler	Democratic	Stone Mountain
Dan Moody	Republican	Alpharetta

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

District	Party	Residence
Jay Neal	Republican	LaFayette
Martin Scott	Republican	Rossville
Ronald L. Forster	Republican	Ringgold
Roger Williams	Republican	Dalton
John D. Meadows, III	Republican	Calhoun
Tom Dickson	Republican	Cohutta
David Ralston	Republican	Blue Ridge
Charles F. Jenkins	Democratic	Blairsville
Amos Amerson	Republican	Dahlonega
Benjamin D. Bridges, Sr.	Republican	Cleveland
Barbara Massey Reece	Democratic	Menlo
Tom Graves	Republican	Ranger
Paul E. Smith	Democratic	Rome
Barry Dean Loudermilk	Republican	Cassville
Jeff Lewis	Republican	White
Bill Cummings	Democratic	Rockmart
Howard R. Maxwell	Republican	Dallas
Mark Butler	Republican	Carrollton
Glenn Richardson	Republican	Hiram
Charlice H. Byrd	Republican	Woodstock
Calvin Hill	Republican	Canton
Chuck Scheid	Republican	Woodstock
Jack Murphy	Republican	Cumming
Tom Knox	Republican	Suwanee
James Mills	Republican	Gainesville
Carl Rogers	Republican	Gainesville
Stacey G. Reece	Republican	Gainesville
Jeanette Jamieson	Democratic	Toccoa
Alan Powell	Democratic	Hartwell
Tom McCall	Republican	Elberton
Tommy Benton	Republican	Jefferson
Judy Manning	Republican	Marietta
Don Wix	Democratic	Austell
Rich Golick	Republican	Smyrna
Ed Setzler	Republican	Acworth
Earl Ehrhart	Republican	Powder Springs
Terry Johnson	Democratic	Marietta
Steve Tumlin	Republican	Marietta
Alisha Thomas Morgan	Democratic	Austell
Rob Teilhet	Democratic	Smyrna
Sharon Cooper	Republican	Marietta
Don Parsons	Republican	Marietta
Bobby Franklin	Republican	Marietta
Sheila Jones	Democratic	Atlanta
Matt Dollar	Republican	Marietta
Jan Jones	Republican	Milton
Chuck Martin	Republican	Alphretta
Harry Geisinger	Republican	Roswell
Wendell Willard	Republican	Sandy Springs
Mark Burkhalter	Republican	Johns Creek
Tom Rice	Republican	Norcross
Joe Wilkinson	Republican	Atlanta
LaNett Stanley-Turner	Democratic	Atlanta
Edward Lindsey	Republican	Atlanta
"Able" Mable Thomas	Democratic	Atlanta
Kathy Ashe	Democratic	Atlanta
Pat Gardner	Democratic	Atlanta
Nan Grogan Orrock	Democratic	Atlanta
Douglas C. Dean	Democratic	Atlanta
Georganna T. Sinkfield	Democratic	Atlanta
Robert A. "Bob" Holmes	Democratic	East Point
Joe Heckstall	Democratic	East Point
Tyrone L. Brooks, Sr.	Democratic	Atlanta
Roger B. Bruce	Democratic	Atlanta
Sharon Beasley-Teague	Democratic	Red Oak
Virgil Fludd	Democratic	Tyrone
Bill Hembree	Republican	Winston
Tim Bearden	Republican	Villa Rica
Jeff Brown	Republican	LaGrange
Lynn Ratigan Smith	Republican	Newnan
Billy Horne	Republican	Sharpsburg
Dan Lakly	Republican	Peachtree City
John P. Yates	Republican	Griffin
Roberta Abdul-Salaam	Democratic	Riverdale
Ron Dodson	Independent	Lake City
Gail M. Buckner	Democratic	Jonesboro
Darryl Jordan	Democratic	Riverdale
Mike Barnes	Democratic	Duluth
Fran Millar	Republican	Atlanta
Mike Jacobs	Democratic	Brookhaven
Jill Chambers	Republican	Atlanta
Paul Jennings	Republican	Atlanta
Mary Margaret Oliver	Democratic	Decatur
JoAnn McClinton	Democratic	Atlanta
Stephanie Stuckey Benfield	Democratic	Atlanta
Karla Drenner	Democratic	Avondale Estates
Michele D. Henson	Democratic	Stone Mountain
Billy Mitchell	Democratic	Stone Mountain
Earnest "Coach" Williams	Democratic	Avondale Estates
Howard Mosby	Democratic	Atlanta
Stan Watson	Democratic	Decatur
Pam Stephenson	Democratic	Atlanta
Walter Ronnie Sailor, Jr.	Democratic	Lithonia
Randal Mangham	Democratic	Lithonia
Robert F. Mumford	Republican	Loganville
Pedro Rafael Marin	Democratic	Duluth
Brooks P. Coleman, Jr.	Republican	Duluth
Bobby Clifford Reese	Republican	Buford
Hugh Floyd	Democratic	Norcross
Brian W. Thomas	Democratic	Lilburn
Mike Coan	Republican	Lawrenceville
Clay Cox	Republican	Lilburn
David Casas	Republican	Lilburn
John Wilson Heard	Republican	Lawrenceville
Donna Sheldon	Republican	Dacula
Melvin Everson	Republican	Snellville
Len Walker	Republican	Loganville
Terry Lamar England	Republican	Auburn
Steve Davis	Republican	McDonough
John Lunsford	Republican	McDonough
Jeff May	Republican	Monroe
Doug Holt	Republican	Social Circle
Bob Smith	Republican	Watkinsville
Keith Heard	Democratic	Athens
Jane Kidd	Democratic	Athens
Mickey Channell	Republican	Greensboro
Barry A. Fleming	Republican	Harlem
Ben L. Harbin	Republican	Evans
Sue Burmeister	Republican	Augusta
Quincy Murphy	Democratic	Augusta
Henry Howard	Democratic	Augusta
Earnestine Howard	Democratic	Augusta
Pete Warren	Democratic	Augusta
Alberta Jacqueline Anderson	Democratic	Waynesboro
Sistie Hudson	Democratic	Sparta
Jim Cole	Republican	Monticello
David Knight	Republican	Griffin
Mack Crawford	Republican	Concord
Carl Von Epps	Democratic	LaGrange
Vance Smith, Jr.	Republican	Columbus
Debbie Buckner	Democratic	Junction City
Richard H. Smith	Republican	Columbus
Calvin Smyre	Democratic	Columbus
Carolyn Fleming Hugley	Democratic	Columbus
Mike Cheokas	Democratic	Americus
Lynmore James	Democratic	Montezuma
Robert Ray	Democratic	Fort Valley
David B. Graves	Republican	Macon
Nikki T. Randall	Democratic	Macon
David E. Lucas, Sr.	Democratic	Macon
Allen G. Freeman	Republican	Macon
Bobby Eugene Parham	Democratic	Milledgeville
Jimmy Lord	Democratic	Sandersville
DuBose Porter	Democratic	Dublin
Terry Coleman	Democratic	Eastman
Willie Lee Talton	Republican	Warner Robins
Larry O'Neal	Republican	Bonaire
Johnny W. Floyd	Republican	Cordele
Bob Hanner	Democratic	Parrott
Gerald E. Greene	Democratic	Cuthbert
Winfred J. Dukes	Democratic	Albany
Freddie Sims	Democratic	Dawson
Ed Rynders	Republican	Albany
Austin Scott	Republican	Tifton
Jay Roberts	Republican	Ocilla
Greg Morris	Republican	Vidalia
Larry "Butch" Parrish	Republican	Swainsboro
Jon G. Burns	Republican	Newington
Bob Lane	Republican	Brooklet
Buddy Carter	Republican	Pooler
Bob Bryant	Democratic	Garden City
Lester Jackson	Democratic	Savannah
Tom Bordeaux	Democratic	Savannah
Burke Day	Republican	Savannah
Ron Stephens	Republican	Savannah
Al Williams	Democratic	Midway
Terry E. Barnard	Republican	Glennville
Roger Bert Lane	Republican	Darien
Tommy Smith	Republican	Nicholls
Chuck Sims	Republican	Ambrose
Penny Houston	Republican	Nashville
A. Richard Royal	Democratic	Camilla
Gene Maddox	Republican	Cairo
Mike Keown	Republican	Thomasville
Ellis Black	Democratic	Valdosta
Ron Borders	Democratic	Valdosta
Jay Shaw	Democratic	Lakeland
Mark Hatfield	Republican	Waycross
George Hinson Mosley	Republican	Jesup
Jerry Keen	Republican	Brunswick
Cecily A. Hill	Republican	Woodbine

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 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.

References

Georgia General Assembly 2005-2006 Legislative Session
- 2005-2006 Representatives by Name
- 2005-2006 Senators by District

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