State Senator Ronnie Chance (R-Tyrone) will become the new Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, filling the vacancy left by incoming Majority Leader Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock). Other notable changes in the Senate include John Wiles (R-Kennesaw) chairing Special Judiciary, as vacated by Michael Meyer Von Bremen, Renee Unterman (R-Buford) replacing Chance as Chair of Government oversight, and Eric Johnson (R-Savannah) filling Unterman’s former role as Chair of the Senate Ethics Committee.
The full list of chairs, as provided by Cobb County’s favorite non-front page poster, is as follows:
Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, Chairman John Bulloch
Appropriations, Chairman Jack Hill
Banking and Financial Institutions, Chairman Bill Hamrick
Economic Development, Chairman Chip Pearson
Education and Youth, Chairman Dan Weber
Ethics, Chairman Eric Johnson
Finance, Chairman Ronnie Chance
Government Oversight, Chairman Renee Unterman
Health and Human Services, Chairman Don Thomas
Higher Education, Chairman Seth Harp
Insurance and Labor, Chairman Ralph Hudgens
Interstate Cooperation, Chairman Ed Harbison
Judiciary, Chairman Preston Smith
Natural Resources and the Environment, Chairman Ross Tolleson
Public Safety, Chairman Jack Murphy
Reapportionment and Redistricting, Chairman Judson Hill
Regulated Industries and Utilities, Chairman David Shafer
Retirement, Chairman Bill Heath
Rules, Chairman Don Balfour
Science and Technology, Chairman Cecil Staton
Special Judiciary, Chairman John Wiles
State and Local Government Operations, Chairman Lee Hawkins
State Institutions and Property, Chairman Johnny Grant
Transportation, Chairman Jeff Mullis
Urban Affairs, Chairman David Adelman
Veterans, Military and Homeland Security, Chairman John Douglas
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So is Wiles moving from Chairman of Stata & Local Gov’t Operations to Special Judiciary, a step up, down or lateral? I thought he deserved the dog house for a year for his handling of HB1112 last session, amended by hime to eliminate the requirement that campaign mailers identify their source, an amendment that nobody else seemed to know anything about until after the fact.
Appropriations, Chairman Jack Hill
Look for Jack Hill to appropriate ALL the money he can and sink it into the Hard Labor Creek golf course….because, as HE said “rural people deserve recreation too.”
Chance and finance. I can remember that one.
Not altogether unexpected moves, but thats certainly a coup for Chance. He has been an ‘up and comer’ for a while now but its good to see him getting his due.
What are the responsibilities of “Special Judiciary ” Chairman?
I think he decides any disputes of results in the Special Olympics.
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