| 145th Georgia General Assembly | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Georgia General Assembly | ||||
| Meeting place | Georgia State Capitol | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 56 | ||||
| President of the Senate | Mark Taylor (D) | ||||
| Party control | Democratic Party | ||||
| House of Representatives | |||||
| Members | 180 | ||||
| Speaker of the House | Tom Murphy (D) | ||||
| Party control | Democratic Party | ||||
| Terms of the Georgia General Assembly | 
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The first regular session of the 145th General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia met from Monday, January 11, 1999, at 10:00 am, to Wednesday, March 24, at which time both houses adjourned sine die.
The second regular session of the Georgia General Assembly opened at 10:00 am on Monday, January 10, 2000, and adjourned sine die on Wednesday, March 22, 2000.
Officers
Senate
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 | Casey Cagle | 49 | |
| Minority Whip | Tom Price | 56 | 
House of Representatives
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 | Bob Irvin | 45 | |
| Minority Whip | Earl Ehrhart | 36 | |
| Minority Caucus Chairman | Mike Evans | 28 | |
| Minority Caucus Vice Chairman | Garland Pinholster | 15 | |
| Minority Caucus Secretary | Anne Mueller | 152 | 
Members of the Georgia State Senate, 1999–2000
| District | Senator | Party | Residence | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Johnson | Republican | Savannah | 
| 2 | Diana Harvey Johnson | Democratic | Savannah | 
| 3 | Rene 'D. Kemp | Democratic | Hinesville | 
| 4 | Jack Hill | Democratic | 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 | Lilburn | 
| 10 | Nadine Thomas | Democratic | Ellenwood | 
| 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 | Clay Land | Republican | Columbus | 
| 17 | Mike Crotts | Republican | Conyers | 
| 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 | Democratic | Augusta | 
| 24 | Joey Brush | Republican | Appling | 
| 25 | Faye Smith | Democratic | Milledgeville | 
| 26 | Robert Brown | Democratic | Macon | 
| 27 | Susan W. Cable | Republican | Macon | 
| 28 | Rick Price | Republican | Fayetteville | 
| 29 | Daniel W. Lee | Democratic | LaGrange | 
| 30 | Sam P. Roberts | Republican | Douglasville | 
| 31 | Nathan Dean | Democratic | Rockmart | 
| 32 | Charlie Tanksley | Republican | Marietta | 
| 33 | Steve Thompson | Democratic | Powder Springs | 
| 34 | Greg Hecht | Democratic | Jonesboro | 
| 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 | Michael J. Egan | Republican | Atlanta | 
| 41 | Bart Ladd | Republican | Doraville | 
| 42 | Mike Polak | Democratic | Atlanta | 
| 43 | Connie Stokes | Democratic | Decatur | 
| 44 | Terrell Starr | Democratic | Forest Park | 
| 45 | A.C. (Bob) Guhl | Republican | Social Circle | 
| 46 | Paul C. Broun Sr. | Democratic | Athens | 
| 47 | Eddie Madden | Democratic | Elberton | 
| 48 | Bill Ray | Republican | Lawrenceville | 
| 49 | Casey Cagle | Republican | Gainesville | 
| 50 | Carol Jackson | Democratic | Cleveland | 
| 51 | Bill Stephens | Republican | Canton | 
| 52 | Richard O. Marable | Democratic | Rome | 
| 53 | Waymond "Sonny" Huggins | Democratic | LaFayette | 
| 54 | Don R. Thomas | Republican | Dalton | 
| 55 | Gloria Butler | Democratic | Clarkston | 
| 56 | Tom Price | Republican | Roswell | 
Members of the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1999–2000
| District | Representative | Party | Residence | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Joyce | Republican | Lookout Mountain | 
| 2 | Mike Snow | Democratic | Chickamauga | 
| 3 | William H. H. Clark | Republican | Ringgold | 
| 4 | Allen Hammontree | Republican | Cohutta | 
| 5 | Harold Mann | Republican | Dalton | 
| 6 | Charles Judy Poag | Democratic | Eton | 
| 7 | Ben N. Whitaker | Republican | East Ellijay | 
| 8 | Ralph Twiggs | Democratic | Hiawassee | 
| 9 | Ben 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. Pinholster | Republican | Ball Ground | 
| 16 | Steve Stancil | Republican | Canton | 
| 17 | Chuck Scheid | Republican | Woodstock | 
| 18 | Thomas B. Murphy | Democratic | Bremen | 
| 19 | Clint Smith | Republican | Dawsonville | 
| 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 | Hull | 
| 25 | Scott Tolbert | Republican | Pendergrass | 
| 26 | Glenn Richardson | Republican | Dallas | 
| 27 | Bill Cummings | Democratic | Rockmart | 
| 28 | Mike Evans | Republican | Cumming | 
| 29 | Randy Sauder | Republican | Smyrna | 
| 30 | Rich Golick | Republican | Smyrna | 
| 31 | Sharon Cooper | Republican | Marietta | 
| 32 | Judy Manning | Republican | Marietta | 
| 33 | Don Wix | Democratic | Mableton | 
| 34 | John Wiles | Republican | Marietta | 
| 35 | George H. Grindley Jr. | Republican | Marietta | 
| 36 | Earl Ehrhart | Republican | Powder Springs | 
| 37 | Mitchell Kaye | Republican | Marietta | 
| 38 | Kem Shipp | Republican | Kennesaw | 
| 39 | Bobby Franklin | Republican | Marietta | 
| 40 | Don Parsons | Republican | Marietta | 
| 41 | Mark Burkhalter | Republican | Alpharetta | 
| 42 | Tom Campbell | Republican | Roswell | 
| 43 | Dorothy Felton | Republican | Atlanta | 
| 44 | Sharon R. Tense | Republican | Atlanta | 
| 45 | Bob Irvin | Republican | Atlanta | 
| 46 | Kathy Ashe | Republican | Atlanta | 
| 47 | Jim Martin | 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 | Bob Holmes | Democratic | Atlanta | 
| 54 | Tyrone Brooks | 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 | June Hegstrom | Democratic | Scottdale | 
| 67 | Stephanie Stuckey | Democratic | Decatur | 
| 68 | JoAnn McClinton | Democratic | Atlanta | 
| 69 | Barbara J. Mobley | Democratic | Decatur | 
| 70 | Stan Watson | Democratic | Decatur | 
| 71 | Vernon Jones | Democratic | Decatur | 
| 72 | George Maddox | Democratic | Decatur | 
| 73 | Henrietta E. Turnquest | Democratic | Decatur | 
| 74 | Barbara J. Bunn | Republican | Conyers | 
| 75 | Earl O'Neal | Democratic | Conyers | 
| 76 | Scott Dix | Republican | Stone Mountain | 
| 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 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 | Oxford | 
| 93 | Frank I. Bailey, Jr. | Democratic | Riverdale | 
| 94 | Ron Dodson | Democratic | Lake City | 
| 95 | Gail M. Buckner | Democratic | Jonesboro | 
| 96 | Jimmy Benefield | Democratic | Jonesboro | 
| 97 | Mike Barnes | Democratic | Hampton | 
| 98 | Bill Hembree | Republican | Douglasville | 
| 99 | Bob Snelling | Republican | Douglasville | 
| 100 | Tracy Stallings | Democratic | Carrollton | 
| 101 | Jack E. West | Democratic | Bowdon | 
| 102 | Vance Smith, Jr. | Republican | Pine Mountain | 
| 103 | Lynn Ratigan Smith | Republican | Tyrone | 
| 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 | Larry Smith | Democratic | Jackson | 
| 110 | Curtis S. Jenkins | Democratic | Forsyth | 
| 111 | Mickey Channell | Democratic | Greensboro | 
| 112 | Bill Jackson | Republican | Appling | 
| 113 | Ben L. Harbin | Republican | Martinez | 
| 114 | Robin L. Williams | 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 | William C. "Billy" 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 | Tommy Davis | Republican | Columbus | 
| 133 | Carolyn 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 | Pam Bohannon | Republican | Warner Robins | 
| 140 | Lynmore James | Democratic | Montezuma | 
| 141 | Larry Walker | Democratic | Perry | 
| 142 | Terry Coleman | Democratic | Eastman | 
| 143 | DuBose Porter | Democratic | Dublin | 
| 144 | Butch Parrish | Democratic | Swainsboro | 
| 145 | James L. "Jim" Martin | 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 | Dan E. Ponder | Republican | 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 | Ambrose | 
| 168 | Harry D. Dixon | Democratic | Waycross | 
| 169 | Tommy Smith | Democratic | Nicholls | 
| 170 | Roger Byrd | Democratic | Hazlehurst | 
| 171 | Hinson Mosley | Democratic | Jesup | 
| 172 | Buddy DeLoach | Republican | Hinesville | 
| 173 | E.C. Tillman | Democratic | Brunswick | 
| 174 | Stephen G. Scarlett | Republican | St. Simons Island | 
| 175 | Charlie Smith, Jr. | Democratic | St. Marys | 
| 176 | Jay Shaw | Democratic | Lakeland | 
| 177 | Ron Borders | Democratic | Valdosta | 
| 178 | Henry L. Reaves | Democratic | Quitman | 
| 179 | Wallace Sholar | Democratic | Cairo | 
| 180 | John Bulloch | Republican | Ochlocknee | 
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