146th Georgia General Assembly

Term of state legislature in US state of Georgia February 2026 January 2025 146th Georgia General Assembly File:Seal of Georgia.svg 125px Great Seal of the State of Georgia Great Seal of the State of Georgia Georgia General Assembly Georgia State Capitol 145th 147th Senate 56 (28 D, 28 R) Democratic Party President of the Senate Mark Taylor (D) House of Representatives 180 (105 D, 74 R, 1 I) Democratic Party Speaker of the House Tom Murphy (D) 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 PositionNamePartyDistrict Democratic Party (United States)PresidentMark TaylorDemocratn/a Democratic Party (United States)President Pro TemporeTerrell StarrDemocrat 44 Majority leadership PositionNameDistrict Democratic Party (United States)Senate Majority LeaderCharles W. Walker 22 Democratic Party (United States)Majority Caucus ChairmanNathan Dean 31 Democratic Party (United States)Majority WhipRichard O. Marable 52 Minority leadership PositionNameDistrict Republican Party (United States)Senate Minority LeaderEric Johnson 1 Republican Party (United States)Minority Caucus ChairmanBill Stephens 51 Republican Party (United States)Minority WhipTom Price 56 House of Representatives Presiding Officer PositionNamePartyDistrict Democratic Party (United States)Speaker of the HouseTom MurphyDemocrat 18 Democratic Party (United States)Speaker Pro TemporeJack ConnellDemocrat 115 Majority leadership PositionNameDistrict Democratic Party (United States)House Majority LeaderLarry Walker141 Democratic Party (United States)Majority WhipJimmy Skipper137 Democratic Party (United States)Majority Caucus ChairmanCalvin Smyre136 Democratic Party (United States)Majority Caucus SecretaryLaNett Stanley-Turner50 Minority Leadership PositionNameDistrict Republican Party (United States)House Minority LeaderLynn Westmoreland 104 Republican Party (United States)Minority WhipEarl Ehrhart 36 Republican Party (United States)Minority Caucus ChairmanGarland Pinholster 15 Republican Party (United States)Minority Caucus Vice ChairmanSharon Cooper 31 Republican Party (United States)Minority Caucus SecretaryAnne Mueller152 Members of the Georgia State Senate, 2001–2002 DistrictSenatorPartyResidence 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 DistrictRepresentativePartyResidence 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. Pinholster Republican Ball Ground 16 Steve Stancil hd16 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 Mableton 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 Benfield 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 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 Tracy 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 W. 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 hd16Steve 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 February 2011 See also Georgia (U.S. state) List of Georgia state legislatures References Website of the 146th General Assembly of Georgia Georgia House of Representatives Legislative Reports 2001-2002 Category:Georgia (U.S. state) legislative sessions Category:2001 in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:2002 in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:2001 U.S. legislative sessions Category:2002 U.S. legislative sessions