Weekly Update

Legislative Days 1 – 4
January 11, 2021 to January 14, 2021
 
Weekly updates will change a little this year as there will be a team of two down at the dome. Tyler Eck recently joined our team as CBA of GA's new Government and Regulatory Relations Associate. Tyler came highly recommended from previously working at Congressman Drew Ferguson's office and will be a great addition to our team.  I couldn't be more excited to have Tyler join me in advocating for Community Banks with our elected officials.
 
This session will go down as another notorious historic year.  The pandemic still looms over everyone's heads, and new procedures and protocols are in place to keep everyone safe under the dome.  Meaning there are already several challenges to overcome that we are happy to take on.  There are quite a few new faces around the Capital this session; 24 new House representatives and 11 new Senators this new cycle took their oath and were sworn in.  The House and Senate remain under a Republican majority at 103-77 in the House and 34-22 in the Senate.  Please see below the list of new Representatives and Senators and who they replaced:
 
-Freshman Representatives and Senators-
 
House:
Rep. Mike Cameron (R)                      Dist. 1              Replaced Colton Moore
Rep. Stan Gunter (R)                           Dist. 8              Replaced Matt Gurtler
Rep. Will Wade (R)                              Dist. 9              Replaced Kevin Tanner
Rep. Victor Anderson (R)                   Dist. 10            Replaced Terry Rogers
Rep. Charlice Byrd (R)                        Dist. 20            Replaced Michael Caldwell
Rep. Brad Thomas (R)                        Dist. 21            Replaced Scot Turner
Rep. Lauren McDonald (R)                Dist. 26            Replaced Marc Morris
Rep. Rob Leverett (R)                         Dist. 33             Replaced Tom McCall
Rep. Shea Roberts (D)                       Dist. 52             Replaced Deborah Silcox
Rep. Mesha Mainor (D)                     Dist. 56             Replaced Able Marble Thomas
Rep. Mandisha Thomas (D)              Dist. 65             Replaced Sharon Beasley-Teague
Rep. Yasmin Neal (D)                         Dist. 74             Replaced Valencia Stovall
Rep. Zulma Lopez (D)                        Dist. 86             Replaced Michele Henson
Rep. Rhonda Taylor (D)                     Dist. 91             Replaced Vernon Jones
Rep. Marvin Lim (D)                           Dist. 99             Replaced Brenda Lopez-Romero
Rep. Rebecca Mitchell (D)                Dist. 106          Replaced Brett Harrell
Rep. Regina Lewis-Ward (D)            Dist. 109          Replaced Dale Rutledge
Rep. Clint Crowe (R)                          Dist. 110          Replaced Dale Rutledge
Rep. Sharon Henderson (D)             Dist. 113          Replaced Pam Dickerson
Rep. Beth Camp (R)                           Dist. 131          Replaced Ken Pullin
Rep. David Jenkins (R)                      Dist. 132          Replaced Bob Trammell
Rep. Robert Pruitt (R)                         Dist. 149          Replaced Jimmy Pruett
Rep. Derek Mallow (D)                      Dist. 163          Replaced Craig Gordon
Rep. Buddy Deloach (R)                    Dist. 167          Replaced Jeff Jones
 
Senate:
Sen. Shelia McNeil (R)                        Dist. 3              Replaced William Ligon
Sen. Billy Hickman (R)                        Dist. 4               Replaced Jack Hill
Sen. Russ Goodman (R)                     Dist. 8               Replaced Ellis Black
Sen. Nikki Merrit (D)                           Dist. 9               Replaced PK Martin
Sen. Max Burns (R)                              Dist. 23             Replaced Jesse Stone
Sen. Jason Anavitarte (R)                   Dist. 31             Replaced Bill Heath
Sen. Sonya Halpern (D)                      Dist. 39             Replaced Nikema Williams
Sen. Kim Jackson (D)                          Dist. 41             Replaced Steve Henson
Sen. Clint Dixon (R)                             Dist. 45             Replaced Renee Unterman
Sen. Michelle Au (D)                           Dist. 48             Replaced Zahra Karinshak
Sen. Bo Hatchett (R)                            Dist. 50             Replaced John Wilkerson
 
The session began with all the formalities and resolutions to open and start both chambers. House Resolution 10 (H.R. 10) was introduced and outlines the adjournment schedule for legislative days for the first five days of the 40-day session.  Next week, the Legislature will use the days for Joint Appropriation (budget) hearings and will not convene formally for a legislative day.  Day 5 of the session will be January 26, 2021, so there will be no blog updates next week.  On Day 4 of the session, the chambers combined (remotely) for a Joint session for the Governor's State of the State address.  

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