# 147th Georgia General Assembly

The 2003 regular session of the 147th General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia met from January 13, 2003, at 10:00 am, to Friday, April 25, at midnight, when both houses adjourned sine die. Control of the General Assembly was split between the Republican-controlled Senate and the Democratic-controlled House.
This was the longest legislative session in more than a century. 122 general House bills, 174 local House bills, 77 general Senate bills and 41 local Senate bills passed both chambers of the legislature and were sent to the governor for his signature.
The 2004 regular session of the Georgia General Assembly opened at 10:00 am on Monday, January 12, 2004, and adjourned sine die at midnight on Wednesday, April 7, 2004. The legislature passed 138 general House bills, 160 local House bills, 71 general Senate bills and 25 local Senate bills, which were sent to the governor for his signature.
In addition, Governor Sonny Perdue called for a special session, which met from May 3, 2004, to May 7, 2004, to handle the unbalanced budget that had been passed at the end of the regular session.

## Officers
### Senate
#### Presiding Officer

| Position | Name | Party | District |
| President | Mark Taylor | Democrat | n/a |
| President Pro Tempore | Eric Johnson | Republican | 1 |

#### Majority leadership

| Position | Name | District |
| Senate Majority Leader | Tom Price | 61 |
| Majority Caucus Chairman | Don Balfour | 9 |
| Majority Whip | Mitch Seabaugh | 28 |

#### Minority leadership

| Position | Name | District |
| Senate Minority Leader | Michael Meyer von Bremen | 12 |
| Minority Caucus Chairman | Steve Thompson | 33 |
| Minority Whip | Robert Brown | 26 |

### House of Representatives
#### Presiding Officer

| Position | Name | Party | District |
| Speaker of the House | Terry Coleman | Democrat | 118 |
| Speaker Pro Tempore | DuBose Porter | Democrat | 119 |

#### Majority leadership

| Position | Name | District |
| House Majority Leader | Jimmy Skipper | 116 |
| Majority Whip | Nan Grogan Orrock | 51 |
| Majority Caucus Chairman | Calvin Smyre | 111 |
| Majority Caucus Vice Chairman | Jay Shaw | 143 |
| Majority Caucus Secretary | LaNett Stanley-Turner | 43, Post 2 |
| Majority Caucus Treasurer | Kathy Ashe | 42, Post 2 |

#### Minority Leadership

| Position | Name | District |
| House Minority Leader | Glenn Richardson | 26 |
| Minority Whip | Jerry Keen | 146 |
| Minority Caucus Chairman | Sharon Cooper | 30 |
| Minority Caucus Vice Chairman | Warren Massey | 24 |
| Minority Caucus Secretary | Sue Burmeister | 96 |

## Members of the Georgia State Senate, 2003–2004

| District | Senator | Party | Residence |
| 1 | Eric Johnson | Republican | Savannah |
| 2 | Regina Thomas | Democratic | Savannah |
| 3 | Rene 'D. Kemp | Democratic | Hinesville |
| 4 | Jack Hill | Republican | Reidsville |
| 5 | Mary Hodges Squire | Democratic | Norcross |
| 6 | Ginger Collins | Republican | Atlanta |
| 7 | Peg Blitch | Democratic | Homerville |
| 8 | Tim Golden | Democratic | Valdosta |
| 9 | Don Balfour | Republican | Snellville |
| 10 | Nadine Thomas | Democratic | Decatur |
| 11 | John Bulloch | Republican | Ochlocknee |
| 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 | Ross Tolleson | Republican | Perry |
| 19 | Tommie Williams | Republican | Lyons |
| 20 | Hugh Gillis | Democratic | Soperton |
| 21 | Robert LaMutt | Republican | Marietta |
| 22 | James Randal Hall | Republican | Augusta |
| 23 | Don Cheeks | Republican | Augusta |
| 24 | Joey Brush | Republican | Martinez |
| 25 | Faye Smith | Democratic | Milledgeville |
| 26 | Robert Brown | Democratic | Macon |
| 27 | Dan Moody | Republican | Alpharetta |
| 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 | Valencia Seay | Democratic | Riverdale |
| 35 | Kasim Reed | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 36 | Sam Zamarripa | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 37 | Chuck Clay | Republican | Marietta |
| 38 | Horacena Tate | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 39 | Vincent D. Fort | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 40 | Liane Levetan | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 41 | Steve Henson | Democratic | Tucker |
| 42 | David Adelman | Democratic | Decatur |
| 43 | Connie Stokes | Democratic | Decatur |
| 44 | Terrell Starr | Democratic | Jonesboro |
| 45 | Renee S. Unterman | Republican | Buford |
| 46 | Brian P. Kemp | Republican | Athens |
| 47 | Ralph T. Hudgens | Republican | Comer |
| 48 | David J. Shafer | Republican | Duluth |
| 49 | Casey Cagle | Republican | Chestnut Mountain |
| 50 | Carol Jackson | Democratic | Cleveland |
| 51 | Bill Stephens | Republican | Canton |
| 52 | Preston W. Smith | Republican | 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, 2003–2004

| District | Representative | Party | Residence |
| 1 | Mike Snow | Democratic | Chickamauga |
| 2 | Brian Joyce | Republican | Lookout Mountain |
| 3, Post 1 | Ronald L. Forster | Republican | Ringgold |
| 3, Post 2 | Jack White | Republican | Blue Ridge |
| 4 | Roger Williams | Republican | Dalton |
| 5 | S. Craig Brock | Republican | Chatsworth |
| 6 | David Ralston | Republican | Blue Ridge |
| 7 | Benjamin Bridges | Republican | Cleveland |
| 8 | Charles F. Jenkins | Democratic | Blairsville |
| 9 | Amos Amerson | Republican | Dahlonega |
| 10 | Tom Graves | Republican | Fairmount |
| 11 | Barbara Massey Reece | Democratic | Menlo |
| 12 | Jeff Lewis | Republican | White |
| 13, Post 1 | Buddy Childers | Democratic | Rome |
| 13, Post 2 | Paul E. Smith | Democratic | Rome |
| 14, Post 1 | Tom Knox | Republican | Cumming |
| 14, Post 2 | Jack Murphy | Republican | Cumming |
| 15 | Chip Rogers | Republican | Woodstock |
| 16 | Calvin Hill | Republican | Canton |
| 17 | Bobby Franklin | Republican | Marietta |
| 18 | Bill Heath | Republican | Bremen |
| 19 | Bill Cummings | Democratic | Rockmart |
| 20 | Carl Rogers | Democratic | Gainesville |
| 21 | Stacey G. Reece | Republican | Gainesville |
| 22 | Jeanette Jamieson | Democratic | Toccoa |
| 23 | Alan Powell | Democratic | Hartwell |
| 24 | Warren Massey | Republican | Winder |
| 25 | Chris Elrod | Republican | Jefferson |
| 26 | Glenn Richardson | Republican | Dallas |
| 27 | Howard Richard Maxwell | Republican | Dallas |
| 28 | Earl Ehrhart | Republican | Powder Springs |
| 29 | Don Parsons | Republican | Marietta |
| 30 | Sharon Cooper | Republican | Marietta |
| 31 | Matt Dollar | Republican | Marietta |
| 32 | Judy Manning | Republican | Marietta |
| 33, Post 1 | Don Wix | Democratic | Mableton |
| 33, Post 2 | Alisha Thomas Morgan | Democratic | Austell |
| 33, Post 3 | Pat Dooley | Democratic | Marietta |
| 34, Post 1 | Doug Stoner | Democratic | Smyrna |
| 34, Post 2 | Rob Teilhet | Democratic | Smyrna |
| 34, Post 3 | Rich Golick | Republican | Smyrna |
| 35 | Roger Hines | Republican | Kennesaw |
| 36 | Mark Burkhalter | Republican | Alpharetta |
| 37 | Chuck Martin | Republican | Alphretta |
| 38 | Jan Jones | Republican | Alpharetta |
| 39 | Tom Campbell | Republican | Roswell |
| 40 | Wendell Willard | Republican | Atlanta |
| 41 | Joe Wilkinson | Republican | Sandy Springs |
| 42, Post 1 | Doug Teper | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 42, Post 2 | Kathy Ashe | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 42, Post 3 | Pat Gardner | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 42, Post 4 | Nick Moraitakis | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 43, Post 1 | "Able" Mable Thomas | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 43, Post 2 | LaNett Stanley-Turner | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 44 | John Noel | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 45 | Roger B. Bruce | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 46 | Bill Hembree | Republican | Douglasville |
| 47 | Tyrone L. Brooks Sr. | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 48, Post 1 | Robert A. "Bob" Holmes | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 48, Post 2 | Sharon Beasley-Teague | Democratic | Red Oak |
| 48, Post 3 | Joe Heckstall | Democratic | East Point |
| 48, Post 4 | Virgil Fludd | Democratic | Fayetteville |
| 49 | Douglas C. Dean | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 50 | Georganna T. Sinkfield | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 51 | Nan Grogan Orrock | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 52 | Fran Millar | Republican | Dunwoody |
| 53 | Jill Chambers | Republican | Atlanta |
| 54 | Sally Harrell | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 55 | Michele D. Henson | Democratic | Stone Mountain |
| 56, Post 1 | Stephanie Stuckey Benfield | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 56, Post 2 | Mary Margaret Oliver | Democratic | Decatur |
| 57 | Karla Drenner | Democratic | Avondale Estates |
| 58 | Barbara J. Mobley | Democratic | Decatur |
| 59, Post 1 | JoAnn McClinton | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 59, Post 2 | George Maddox | Democratic | Decatur |
| 59, Post 3 | Howard Mosby | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 60, Post 1 | Pam Stephenson | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 60, Post 2 | Stan Watson | Democratic | Decatur |
| 60, Post 3 | Teresa Greene-Johnson | Democratic | Lithonia |
| 61, Post 1 | Ron Sailor Jr. | Democratic | Decatur |
| 61, Post 2 | Earnest "Coach" Williams | Democratic | Avondale Estates |
| 61, Post 3 | Billy Mitchell | Democratic | Stone Mountain |
| 62 | Randal Mangham | Democratic | Decatur |
| 63 | Barbara J. Bunn | Republican | Conyers |
| 64 | Tom Rice | Republican | Norcross |
| 65 | Brooks P. Coleman Jr. | Republican | Duluth |
| 66 | Pedro Rafael Marin | Democratic | Duluth |
| 67, Post 1 | Mike Coan | Republican | Lawrenceville |
| 67, Post 2 | James Mills | Republican | Gainesville |
| 68 | David Casas | Republican | Lilburn |
| 69, Post 1 | Curt Blackburn Thompson II | Democratic | Norcross |
| 69, Post 2 | Hugh Floyd | Democratic | Norcross |
| 70, Post 1 | Charles E. Bannister | Republican | Lilburn |
| 70, Post 2 | Scott Dix | Republican | Lilburn |
| 70, Post 3 | John Wilson Heard | Republican | Lawrenceville |
| 71, Post 1 | Len Walker | Republican | Loganville |
| 71, Post 2 | Donna Sheldon | Republican | Dacula |
| 72 | Jim Stokes | Democratic | Covington |
| 73 | John F. Douglas | Republican | Covington |
| 74 | Louise McBee | Democratic | Athens |
| 75 | Keith Heard | Democratic | Athens |
| 76 | Bob Smith | Republican | Watkinsville |
| 77 | Mickey Channell | Democratic | Greensboro |
| 78 | Tom McCall | Democratic | Elberton |
| 79 | Barry A. Fleming | Republican | Harlem |
| 80 | Ben L. Harbin | Republican | Evans |
| 81 | Victor Hill | Democratic | Riverdale |
| 82 | Gail M. Buckner | Democratic | Jonesboro |
| 83 | Darryl Jordan | Democratic | Riverdale |
| 84, Post 1 | Ron Dodson | Democratic | Lake City |
| 84, Post 2 | Mike Barnes | Democratic | Hampton |
| 85, Post 1 | John P. Yates | Republican | Griffin |
| 85, Post 2 | John Lunsford | Republican | McDonough |
| 86 | Lynn Westmoreland | Republican | Newnan |
| 87 | Lynn Ratigan Smith | Republican | Newnan |
| 88, Post 1 | Mark Butler | Republican | Carrollton |
| 88, Post 2 | Chuck Harper | Republican | Carrollton |
| 89 | Jeff Brown | Republican | LaGrange |
| 90 | Carl Von Epps | Democratic | LaGrange |
| 91 | Mack Crawford | Republican | Zebulon |
| 92 | Lee Howell | Democratic | Griffin |
| 93 | Curtis S. Jenkins | Democratic | Forsyth |
| 94 | Bobby Eugene Parham | Democratic | Milledgeville |
| 95 | Sistie Hudson | Democratic | Sparta |
| 96 | Sue Burmeister | Republican | Augusta |
| 97 | Quincy Murphy | Democratic | Augusta |
| 98 | Henry Howard | Democratic | Augusta |
| 99 | Pete Warren | Democratic | Augusta |
| 100 | Alberta J. Anderson | Democratic | Waynesboro |
| 101 | Bob Lane | Democratic | Stateboro |
| 102 | Larry "Butch" Parrish | Democratic | Swainsboro |
| 103 | Jimmy Lord | Democratic | Sandersville |
| 104 | Ken Birdsong | Democratic | Gordon |
| 105 | David E. Lucas Sr. | Democratic | Macon |
| 106 | David B. Graves | Republican | Macon |
| 107 | Nikki T. Randall | Democratic | Macon |
| 108 | Robert Ray | Democratic | Fort Valley |
| 109 | Debbie Buckner | Democratic | Junction City |
| 110 | Vance Smith Jr. | Republican | Pine Mountain |
| 111 | Calvin Smyre | Democratic | Columbus |
| 112 | Tom Buck | Democratic | Columbus |
| 113 | Carolyn Flemming Hugley | Democratic | Columbus |
| 114 | Lynmore James | Democratic | Montezuma |
| 115 | Larry Walker | Democratic | Perry |
| 116 | Jimmy Skipper | Democratic | Americus |
| 117 | Larry O'Neal | Republican | Warner Robins |
| 118 | Terry Coleman | Democratic | Eastman |
| 119 | DuBose Porter | Democratic | Dublin |
| 120 | Greg Morris | Democratic | Vidalia |
| 121, Post 1 | Terry E. Barnard | Republican | Glennville |
| 121, Post 2 | Bert Smith Oliver | Democratic | Glennville |
| 122 | Ann R. Purcell | Democratic | Rincon |
| 123 | Ron Stephens | Republican | Garden City |
| 124, Post 1 | Lester Jackson | Democratic | Savannah |
| 124, Post 2 | Edward "Mickey" Stephens | Democratic | Savannah |
| 125 | Tom Bordeaux | Democratic | Savannah |
| 126 | Burke Day | Republican | Tybee Island |
| 127 | Buddy DeLoach | Independent | Hinesville |
| 128 | Al Williams | Democratic | Midway |
| 129, Post 1 | Hinson Mosley | Democratic | Jesup |
| 129, Post 2 | Tommy Smith | Democratic | Nicholls |
| 130 | Chuck Sims | Democratic | Douglas |
| 131 | Jay Roberts | Republican | Ocilla |
| 132 | Johnny W. Floyd | Democratic | Cordele |
| 133 | Bob Hanner | Democratic | Parrott |
| 134 | Gerald E. Greene | Democratic | Cuthbert |
| 135 | Lawrence R. Robers | Democratic | Albany |
| 136 | Winfred J. Dukes | Democratic | Albany |
| 137 | Ed Rynders | Republican | Albany |
| 138 | Austin Scott | Republican | Tifton |
| 139 | Penny Houston | Democratic | Nashville |
| 140 | A. Richard Royal | Democratic | Camilla |
| 141, Post 1 | Wallace Sholar | Democratic | Cairo |
| 141, Post 2 | Hugh D. Bloome | Democratic | Donalsonville |
| 142 | Ron Borders | Democratic | Valdosta |
| 143 | Jay Shaw | Democratic | Lakeland |
| 144 | Ellis Black | Democratic | Valdosta |
| 145 | Mike Boggs | Democratic | Waycross |
| 146 | Jerry Keen | Republican | St. Simons Island |
| 147 | Cecily A. Hill | Republican | St. Marys |