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AJC.com > Legislature > Georgia Beat > Archives > 2005 > January > 24
Monday, January 24, 2005
House plans to honor Coverdell
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
House Majority Leader Jerry Keen (R-St. Simons Island) found plenty of support Monday for a proposal to name the state’s legislative annex building for late U.S. Sen. Paul Coverdell.
“We feel this is a fitting honor for a statesman who has gone before us,” Keen said in proposing a resolution to rename the Legislative Office Building, which is across the street from the Capitol.
Coverdell died in 2000 of complications from a massive stroke. He was 61.
At the time of his death, Coverdell held the No. 5 position in the Republican leadership and served on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee.
Coverdell was instrumental in developing the Georgia Republican Party, beginning his state Senate career in 1970 when there were only five GOP senators.
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Senate gets hopping with state amphibian bill
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
After a week-and-a-half hiatus, the Georgia Senate convened at 1 p.m. today with the first reading of several pieces of legislation, including a bill that would designate the green tree frog as the official state amphibian.
The bill, sponsored by Sen. Preston Smith (R-Rome), was assigned to the Rules Committee.
The Senate also assigned several education bills to committee. Senate Bill 22, a proposed constitutional amendment that would cap teacher-student ratios in kindergarten through grade three, was assigned to the Senate Education and Youth Committee. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Valencia Seay (D-College Park), Horacena Tate (D-Atlanta) and Terrell Starr (D-Jonesboro), is one of Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor’s legislative priorities for the 2005 session.
A bill to outlaw female genital mutilation, introduced last year, was assigned to the Judiciary Committee. A similar bill has been filed in the House.
The Senate also assigned a bill that would require carbon monoxide detectors or alarms in new dwellings to the Regulated Industries Committee.
The Senate adjourned at 1:40 p.m. and will reconvene Tuesday at 10 a.m.
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