Report for Monday, January 23, 2006 
The sixth day of the 2006 legislative session was called to order by Lieutenant Governor Mark Taylor. 
Senator Don Balfour of the 9th stated that the journal had been read and was found to be correct. 
Senate Bills 433-439 and House Bill 978 were read for the first time and assigned to their respective Committees. 
Following the second reading of Senate Bills and Resolutions, the morning roll call was taken. 
Lt. Gov. Taylor then recognized Sen. Ed Tarver of the 22nd to lead the Senate in the Pledge of Allegiance. Sen. Tarver introduced the Chaplain of the Day, Reverend Stephen Bratton of Doyle Grove Baptist Church in Blythe, who led the Senate in the daily devotional. 
Sen. Johnny Grant of the 25th took the well on a Point of Personal Privilege to request that all Senators sign a resolution honoring the life of Ray Crawford, former head of the Georgia Building Authority. 
Sens. Sam Zamarripa of the 36th, Valencia Seay of the 34th and Sen. Vincent Fort of the 39th took the well on Points of Personal Privilege to speak to SB 84 and current voter identification issues. 
SR 688-690 were read and adopted. 
The Secretary then read HB 970, which would temporarily suspend a portion of the state tax on liquid propane and natural gas, and Sen. Mitch Seabaugh of the 28th moved to engross the bill. 
Sen. Steve Thompson of the 33rd objected to the motion to engross. 
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 Sen. Seabaugh took the well to present HB 970, and to explain his motion to engross. Sen. Thompson of the 33rd then took the well to speak to HB 970, and to the motion to engross. The motion to engross passed by a vote of 33-20. Sen. Seabaugh then took the well to further explain HB 970. He yielded to questions from Sens. David Adelman of the 42nd and Regina Thomas of the 2nd. Sen. Fort took the well to speak to HB 970, stating he would vote for the legislation, but that it does not provide enough relief for Georgia's natural gas consumers. He yielded to questions from Sen. Steve Henson of the 41st. Sen. Thomas of the 2nd took the well to speak to HB 970, and against the deregulation of the natural gas industry. HB 970 passed by a vote of 51-3. Sen. David Shafer of the 48th took the well to present SB 399, which concerns municipal corporations and special service districts. He yielded to questions from Sen. Thompson of the 33rd. Sen. Fort took the well to speak to SB 399, and against recent suggestions to split Fulton County. He yielded to questions from Sens. Shafer and Thomas of the 2nd. The Committee Substitute to SB 399 was adopted by a vote of 47-0. SB 399 passed by Substitute by a vote of 50-2. Majority Leader Tommie Williams of the 19th moved the Senate adopt House Resolution 1107, calling a joint session of the House of Representatives and the Senate to hear the State of the Judiciary from Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears. There was no objection. Following the announcements, Majority Leader Williams moved to stand adjourned until 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 24. 
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