146th Georgia General Assembly

{{Short description|Term of state legislature in US state of Georgia}}

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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

= Senate =

== Presiding Officer ==

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!Position

!Name

!Party

!District

|President

|Mark Taylor

|Democrat

|align=center|n/a

|President Pro Tempore

|Terrell Starr

|Democrat

|align=center| 44

== Majority leadership ==

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!Position

!Name

!District

|Senate Majority Leader

|Charles W. Walker

|align=center| 22

|Majority Caucus Chairman

|Nathan Dean

|align=center| 31

|Majority Whip

|Richard O. Marable

|align=center| 52

== Minority leadership ==

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!Position

!Name

!District

|Senate Minority Leader

|Eric Johnson

|align=center| 1

|Minority Caucus Chairman

Bill Stephens

|align=center| 51

|Minority Whip

|Tom Price

|align=center| 56

= House of Representatives =

== Presiding Officer ==

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!Position

!Name

!Party

!District

|Speaker of the House

|Tom Murphy

|Democrat

|align=center| 18

|Speaker Pro Tempore

|Jack Connell

|Democrat

|align=center| 115

== Majority leadership ==

class="wikitable"

!Position

!Name

!District

|House Majority Leader

|Larry Walker

|align=center|141

|Majority Whip

|Jimmy Skipper

|align=center|137

|Majority Caucus Chairman

|Calvin Smyre

|align=center|136

|Majority Caucus Secretary

|LaNett Stanley-Turner

|align=center|50

== Minority Leadership ==

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!Position

!Name

!District

|House Minority Leader

|Lynn Westmoreland

|align=center| 104

|Minority Whip

|Earl Ehrhart

|align=center| 36

|Minority Caucus Chairman

|Garland Pinholster

|align=center| 15

|Minority Caucus Vice Chairman

|Sharon Cooper

|align=center| 31

|Minority Caucus Secretary

|Anne Mueller

|align=center|152

Members of the Georgia State Senate, 2001–2002

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

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

class="wikitable sortable" !District !Representative !Party !Residence
1	Brian Joyce	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Lookout Mountain
2	Mike Snow	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Chickamauga
3	Ronald L. Forster	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Ringgold
4	Allen Hammontree	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Cohutta
5	Roger Williams	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Dalton
6	Charles Judy Poag	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Eton
7	Amos Amerson	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Dahlonega
8	Ralph Twiggs	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Hiawassee
9	Benjamin Bridges	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Cleveland
10	Tom E. Shanahan	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Calhoun
11	Barbara Massey Reece	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Menlo
12	Paul E. Smith	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Rome
13	Buddy Childers	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Rome
14	Jeff Lewis	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	White
15	Garland F. Pinholster	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Ball Ground
rowspan=2 \| 16	Steve Stancil {{Ref\|hd16}}	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Canton
Diane Z. Grasse	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Canton
17	Chuck Scheid	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Woodstock
18	Thomas B. Murphy	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Bremen
19	Clint Smith	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Gainesville
20	Carl Rogers	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Gainesville
21	James Mills	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Gainesville
22	Jeanette Jamieson	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Toccoa
23	Alan Powell	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Hartwell
24	Ralph T. Hudgens	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Colbert
25	Pat Bell	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Jefferson
26	Glenn Richardson	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Dallas
27	Bill Cummings	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Rockmart
28	Tom Knox	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Cumming
29	Ginger Collins	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Atlanta
30	Rich Golick	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Smyrna
31	Sharon Cooper	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Marietta
32	Judy Manning	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Marietta
33	Don Wix	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Mableton
34	John Wiles	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Marietta
35	Terry Johnson	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Marietta
36	Earl Ehrhart	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Powder Springs
37	Mitchell Kaye	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Marietta
38	Roger Hines	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Kennesaw
39	Bobby Franklin	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Marietta
40	Don Parsons	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Marietta
41	Mark Burkhalter	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Alpharetta
42	Tom Campbell	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Roswell
43	Joe Wilkinson	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Sandy Springs
44	Wendell Willard	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Dunwoody
45	Bob Irvin	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Atlanta
46	Kathy Ashe	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Atlanta
47	Pat Gardner	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Atlanta
48	Douglas C. Dean	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Atlanta
49	Pam Stanley	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Atlanta
50	LaNett Stanley-Turner	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Atlanta
51	James E. "Billy" McKinney	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Atlanta
52	Kasim Reed	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Atlanta
53	Robert A. "Bob" Holmes	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Atlanta
54	Tyrone L. Brooks Sr.	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Atlanta
55	Joe Heckstall	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	East Point
56	Nan Grogan Orrock	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Atlanta
57	Georganna T. Sinkfield	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Atlanta
58	Sharon Beasley-Teague	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Red Oak
59	Fran Millar	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Dunwoody
60	J. Max Davis	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Atlanta
61	Doug Teper	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Atlanta
62	Sally Harrell	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Atlanta
63	Paul Jennings	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Atlanta
64	Arnold Ragas	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Stone Mountain
65	Michele D. Henson	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Stone Mountain
66	Karla Drenner	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Avondale Estates
67	Stephanie Stuckey Benfield	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Atlanta
68	JoAnn McClinton	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Atlanta
69	Barbara J. Mobley	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Decatur
70	Stan Watson	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Decatur
71	Ron Sailor Jr.	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Decatur
72	George Maddox	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Decatur
73	Henrietta E. Turnquest	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Decatur
74	Barbara J. Bunn	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Conyers
75	Randal Mangham	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Decatur
76	Scott Dix	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Lilburn
77	Charles E. Bannister	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Lilburn
78	Mary Hodges Squires	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Norcross
79	Tom Rice	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Norcross
80	Brooks P. Coleman Jr.	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Duluth
81	Gene Callaway	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Lilburn
82	Mike Coan	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Lawrenceville
83	Jeffrey L. "Jeff" Williams	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Snellville
84	Renee S. Unterman	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Loganville
85	Bobby C. Reese	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Sugar Hill
86	Warren Massey	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Winder
87	Len Walker	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Loganville
88	Louise McBee	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Athens
89	Keith Heard	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Athens
90	Tom McCall	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Elberton
91	Bob Smith	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Watkinsville
92	Jim Stokes	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Covington
93	Valencia Seay	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	College Park
94	Ron Dodson	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Lake City
95	Gail M. Buckner	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Jonesboro
96	Darryl Jordan	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Riverdale
97	Mike Barnes	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Hampton
98	Bill Hembree	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Douglasville
99	Bob Snelling	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Douglasville
100	Tracy Stallings	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Carrollton
101	Jack E. West	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Bowdon
102	Vance Smith Jr.	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Pine Mountain
103	Lynn Ratigan Smith	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Newnan
104	Lynn Westmoreland	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Newnan
105	Kathy Cox	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Peachtree City
106	John P. Yates	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Griffin
107	Bill Sanders	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Griffin
108	Steve Cash	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	McDonough
109	John Lunsford	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	McDonough
110	Curtis S. Jenkins	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Forsyth
111	Mickey Channell	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Greensboro
112	Bill Jackson	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Appling
113	Ben L. Harbin	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Evans
114	Sue Burmeister	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Augusta
115	Jack Connell	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Augusta
116	Alberta J. Anderson	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Waynesboro
117	Ben Allen	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Augusta
118	Henry Howard	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Augusta
119	George L. DeLoach	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Hephzibah
120	Sistie Hudson	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Sparta
121	Jimmy Lord	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Sandersville
122	Bobby Eugene Parham	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Milledgeville
123	Ken Birdsong	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Gordon
124	David E. Lucas Sr.	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Macon
125	David B. Graves	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Macon
126	Robert Reichert	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Macon
127	Nikki T. Randall	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Macon
128	Robert Ray	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Fort Valley
129	Mack Crawford	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Zebulon
130	Jeff Brown	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	LaGrange
131	Carl Von Epps	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	LaGrange
132	Danae Roberts	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Columbus
133	Carolyn Flemming Hugley	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Columbus
134	Maretta Mitchell Taylor	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Columbus
135	Tom Buck	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Columbus
136	Calvin Smyre	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Columbus
137	Jimmy Skipper	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Americus
138	Johnny W. Floyd	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Cordele
139	Larry O'Neal	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Warner Robins
140	Lynmore James	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Montezuma
141	Larry Walker	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Perry
142	Terry Coleman	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Eastman
143	DuBose Porter	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Dublin
144	Larry "Butch" Parrish	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Swainsboro
145	Craig W. Lanier	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Stateboro
146	Bob Lane	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Stateboro
147	Ann R. Purcell	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Rincon
148	Lester Jackson	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Savannah
149	Dorothy B. Pelote	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Savannah
150	Ron Stephens	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Garden City
151	Tom Bordeaux	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Savannah
152	Anne Mueller	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Savannah
153	Burke Day	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Tybee Island
154	Terry E. Barnard	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Glennville
155	Greg Morris	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Vidalia
156	Newt Hudson	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Rochelle
157	Ray Holland	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Ashburn
158	Gerald E. Greene	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Cuthbert
159	Bob Hanner	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Parrott
160	Hugh D. Bloome	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Donalsonville
161	Winfred J. Dukes	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Albany
162	Lawrence R. Robers	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Albany
163	Doug Everett	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Albany
164	A. Richard Royal	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Camilla
165	Austin Scott	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Tifton
166	Penny Houston	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Nashville
167	Chuck Sims	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Douglas
168	Mike Boggs	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Waycross
169	Tommy Smith	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Nicholls
170	Roger Byrd	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Hazlehurst
171	Hinson Mosley	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Jesup
172	Buddy DeLoach	{{party shading/Independent}} \| Independent	Hinesville
173	E. C. Tillman	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Brunswick
174	Jerry Keen	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	St. Simons Island
175	Charlie Smith Jr.	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	St. Marys
176	Jay Shaw	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Lakeland
177	Ron Borders	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Valdosta
178	Ellis Black	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Valdosta
179	Wallace Sholar	{{party shading/Democratic}} \| Democratic	Cairo
180	John Bulloch	{{party shading/Republican}} \| Republican	Ochlocknee

{{Note|hd16}}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

[https://web.archive.org/web/20100227195039/http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2001_02/ Website of the 146th General Assembly of Georgia]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080224022743/http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2001_02/house/hinfo/dailyrpt.htm Georgia House of Representatives Legislative Reports 2001-2002]

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