ATLANTA – Today, Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) announced the members of an Advisory Group on Legislative Leave. This advisory group will review Georgia’s legislative leave laws (O.C.G.A. 9-10-150 & O.C.G.A. 17-8-26) as well as the practices of other states to ascertain whether Georgia’s legislative leave laws should be modified.
“I am committed to a thorough review of our legislative leave statutes, and I am confident this bipartisan group of legislators, lawyers, judges and others will offer an informed opinion on how we should proceed,” said Speaker Ralston.
The members of the Advisory Group on Legislative Leave are:
- Former State Representative Edward Lindsey – Co-Chair
- Former State Representative Ronnie Mabra – Co-Chair
- House Majority Leader Representative Jon Burns
- House Minority Leader Representative Bob Trammell
- Georgia Supreme Court Justice John Ellington
- Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Brian Rickman
- Former State Representative & Judge Tom Cauthorn
- Chatham County District Attorney Meg Heap
- Attorney James Butler, Jr. (Columbus)
- Former State Representative Curtis Jenkins
- Former State Representative Tom Weldon
- Cobb County District Attorney’s Office Victim Witness Unit Director Kim McCoy
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