![]() 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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Lori Godfrey
EVP, Chief of Staff, Government & Regulatory Relations Update Archives
February 2023
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