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* Rep. Gerald Greene (R-149); [[International Relations Task Force]]<ref> American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_International_Relations_2012_Annual_Meeting.pdf Directory – Full Name and Address], International Relations Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause </ref>  
 
* Rep. Gerald Greene (R-149); [[International Relations Task Force]]<ref> American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_International_Relations_2012_Annual_Meeting.pdf Directory – Full Name and Address], International Relations Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause </ref>  
 
* Rep. Joseph Gullet (R-19) joined ALEC in 2019; attended the 2020 Annual Meeting; member of the [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name=alecexposed2020/>
 
* Rep. Joseph Gullet (R-19) joined ALEC in 2019; attended the 2020 Annual Meeting; member of the [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name=alecexposed2020/>
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* Rep. Lee Hawkins (R-27); received meals or entertainment from corporate lobbyists at the time of a 2015 ALEC meeting in Savannah, Georgia.<ref name="keefe 11alive"/>
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* Rep. Lee Hawkins (R-27) joined ALEC in 2013; attended the 2020 Annual Meeting; member of the [[Health and Human Services Task Force]];<ref name=alecexposed2020/> received meals or entertainment from corporate lobbyists at the time of a 2015 ALEC meeting in Savannah, Georgia.<ref name="keefe 11alive"/>
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* Rep. Jan Jones (R-47); [[Education Task Force]]<ref> American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_Education_2011_Annual_Meeting.pdf Directory – Full Name and Address], Education Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause </ref>  
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* Rep. Jan Jones (R-47) joined ALEC in 2011; attended the 2020 Annual Meeting;<ref name=alecexposed2020/> [[Education Task Force]]<ref> American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_Education_2011_Annual_Meeting.pdf Directory – Full Name and Address], Education Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause </ref>  
 
* Rep. Trey Kelley (R-16); received meals or entertainment from corporate lobbyists at the time of a 2015 ALEC meeting in Savannah, Georgia.<ref name="keefe 11alive"/>
 
* Rep. Trey Kelley (R-16); received meals or entertainment from corporate lobbyists at the time of a 2015 ALEC meeting in Savannah, Georgia.<ref name="keefe 11alive"/>
 
* Rep. Eddie Lumsden (R-12); received meals or entertainment from corporate lobbyists at the time of a 2015 ALEC meeting in Savannah, Georgia.<ref name="keefe 11alive"/>
 
* Rep. Eddie Lumsden (R-12); received meals or entertainment from corporate lobbyists at the time of a 2015 ALEC meeting in Savannah, Georgia.<ref name="keefe 11alive"/>
 
* Rep. Charles E. Martin (R-49); [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref> American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_CIED_2011_Annual_Meeting_New_Orleans.pdf Directory – Full Name and Address], organizational task force membership directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause </ref>  
 
* Rep. Charles E. Martin (R-49); [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref> American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_CIED_2011_Annual_Meeting_New_Orleans.pdf Directory – Full Name and Address], organizational task force membership directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause </ref>  
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* Rep. Martin Momtahan (R-17) joined ALEC in 2020; attended the 2020 Annual Meeting; member of the [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name=alecexposed2020/>
 
* Rep. Butch Parrish (R-158); received meals or entertainment from corporate lobbyists at the time of a 2015 ALEC meeting in Savannah, Georgia.<ref name="keefe 11alive"/>
 
* Rep. Butch Parrish (R-158); received meals or entertainment from corporate lobbyists at the time of a 2015 ALEC meeting in Savannah, Georgia.<ref name="keefe 11alive"/>
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* Rep. Don L. Parsons (R-44); [[Communications and Technology Task Force]]<ref> American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf/%7BFB3C17E2-CDD1-4DF6-92BE-BD4429893665%7D/telecommunications_&_information_technology_35-day_mailing%20San%20Diego.pdf Directory – Full Name and Address], Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development Task Force Membership Directory, August 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause </ref>
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* Rep. Don L. Parsons (R-44) joined ALEC in 2012; attended the 2020 Annual Meeting;<ref name=alecexposed2020/> member of the [[Communications and Technology Task Force]]<ref> American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf/%7BFB3C17E2-CDD1-4DF6-92BE-BD4429893665%7D/telecommunications_&_information_technology_35-day_mailing%20San%20Diego.pdf Directory – Full Name and Address], Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development Task Force Membership Directory, August 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause </ref>
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* Rep. Jesse Petrea (R-166) joined ALEC in 2015; attended the 2020 Annual Meeting; member of the [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name=alecexposed2020/>
 
* Rep. Alan Powell (R-33)<ref name=docu/>
 
* Rep. Alan Powell (R-33)<ref name=docu/>
 
* Rep. Lynn Smith (R-70); [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref> American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_EEA_2010_SNPS.pdf Directory – Full Name and Address], Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, December 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause </ref>  
 
* Rep. Lynn Smith (R-70); [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref> American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_EEA_2010_SNPS.pdf Directory – Full Name and Address], Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, December 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause </ref>  
 
* Rep. Richard Smith (R-139)<ref name=docu/>
 
* Rep. Richard Smith (R-139)<ref name=docu/>
 
* Rep. Darlene Taylor (R-173)<ref name=docu/>
 
* Rep. Darlene Taylor (R-173)<ref name=docu/>
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* Rep. Bill Werkheiser (R-157); received meals or entertainment from corporate lobbyists at the time of a 2015 ALEC meeting in Savannah, Georgia.<ref name="keefe 11alive"/>
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* Rep. Dale Washburn (R-144) joined ALEC in 2019; attended the 2020 Annual Meeting; member of the [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]]<ref name=alecexposed2020/>
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* Rep. Bill Werkheiser (R-157) joined ALEC in 2015; attended the 2020 Annual Meeting; member of the [[Communications and Technology Task Force]];<ref name=alecexposed2020/> received meals or entertainment from corporate lobbyists at the time of a 2015 ALEC meeting in Savannah, Georgia.<ref name="keefe 11alive"/>
 
* Rep. Bruce Williamson (R-112), Majority Caucus Secretary/Treasurer<ref name=docu/><ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.alec.org/wp-content/uploads/Durbin-Response-Letter.pdf Durbin Response Letter], signatory letter to Senator Richard Durbin, August 8, 2013.</ref> state co-chair;<ref name="keefe 11alive"/> received meals or entertainment from corporate lobbyists at the time of a 2015 ALEC meeting in Savannah, Georgia.<ref name="keefe 11alive"/>
 
* Rep. Bruce Williamson (R-112), Majority Caucus Secretary/Treasurer<ref name=docu/><ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.alec.org/wp-content/uploads/Durbin-Response-Letter.pdf Durbin Response Letter], signatory letter to Senator Richard Durbin, August 8, 2013.</ref> state co-chair;<ref name="keefe 11alive"/> received meals or entertainment from corporate lobbyists at the time of a 2015 ALEC meeting in Savannah, Georgia.<ref name="keefe 11alive"/>
  

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About ALEC
ALEC is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy's ALECexposed.org, and check out breaking news on our ExposedbyCMD.org site.

For a list of politicians with known ALEC ties, please see ALEC Politicians.

This is a partial list of Georgia politicians that are known to be involved in, or previously involved in, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). It is a partial list. (If you have additional names, please add them with a citation. The names in this original list were verified as of posting.)

Legislators who have cut ties with ALEC publicly are also listed here.

Georgia Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Senate

Office Holders

  • Public Service Commissioner Jason Shaw[10]

Former Representatives

Former Senators

References

  1. ↑ Jump up to: 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 David Armiak and Arn Pearson, ALEC Has Half the Legislative Members it Claims, Exposed by CMD, December 1, 2022.
  2. ↑ Jump up to: 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 Brendan Keefe, "A charity for lawmakers? ALEC feeds them bills," WXIA/11Alive, July 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, Letter to Google, organizational letter with legislative member signatories, September 24, 2014.
  4. ↑ Jump up to: 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 American Legislative Exchange Council, Letter to Robert C. Byrd and Nancy Pelosi RE: Federal health reform efforts, June 24, 2009
  5. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Health and Human Services Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  6. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, International Relations Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  7. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Education Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  8. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, organizational task force membership directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  9. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development Task Force Membership Directory, August 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause
  10. ↑ Jump up to: 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named docu
  11. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, December 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause
  12. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Durbin Response Letter, signatory letter to Senator Richard Durbin, August 8, 2013.
  13. ↑ ALEC, State of Georgia w/ State Legislator of the Month Sen. John Albers, Across the States 111, February 8, 2022.
  14. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Communications and Technology Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  15. ↑ ALEC, ALEC and Georgia State Legislators gather to learn about Criminal Justice reforms, February 16, 2012
  16. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Director – Full Name and Address, organizational task force membership directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  17. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Communications and Technology Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  18. ↑ David Ferguson, Georgia lawmaker quits ALEC, calls it ‘radical’ group with ‘dangerous agenda’, Raw Story, April 17, 2012, accessed April 2012
  19. ↑ Jump up to: 19.0 19.1 19.2 American Legislative Exchange Council, organizational task force membership directory, June 30, 2011, p. 31, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012
  20. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Sourcebook, annual organizational publication, 1995
  21. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Communications and Technology Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  22. ↑ Jump up to: 22.0 22.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, "ALEC Leaders in the States, organizational list, 2005. Archived at archive.org, accessed February 5, 2015.
  23. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Health and Human Services Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  24. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Education Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  25. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, International Relations Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  26. ↑ organizational member spreadsheet, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  27. ↑ Jump up to: 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 27.4 American Legislative Exchange Council, Public Safety & Elections Task Force 2011 Spring Task Force Summit April 29, 2011 Minutes, organizational document, June 30, 2011, p. 5, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012
  28. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Education Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  29. ↑ Jump up to: 29.0 29.1 29.2 American Legislative Exchange Council, ’99 ALEC Leaders in the States, organizational document, archived by the Wayback Machine December 8, 2000, accessed November 2012
  30. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, December 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause
  31. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Inside ALEC, organizational newsletter, June 2012, on file with CMD
  32. ↑ State of Georgia. Congressman Tom Graves. Government website. Accessed August 8, 2011.
  33. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Public Safety Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  34. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, International Relations Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  35. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, December 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause
  36. ↑ Mark Hatfield, About Mark, state senate campaign website, accessed July 23, 2012
  37. ↑ Jump up to: 37.0 37.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, "ALEC State Chairmen, organization website, accessed April 2012
  38. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Communications and Technology Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  39. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, International and Federal Relations Task Force meeting and Federal Relations Working Group, meeting agenda and materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD
  40. ↑ Jump up to: 40.0 40.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, "Solutions for the States," 38th Annual Meeting agenda, on file with CMD, August 3-6, 2011
  41. ↑ organizational member spreadsheet, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  42. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Health and Human Services Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  43. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Education Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  44. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, organizational task force membership directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  45. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, – Full Name and Address, Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  46. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, International Relations Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  47. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, December 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause
  48. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Health and Human Services Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  49. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, organizational task force membership directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  50. ↑ DonBalfour.com, Meet Don, accessed March 19, 2012.
  51. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, International Relations Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  52. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Education Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  53. ↑ organizational member spreadsheet, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  54. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Full Name and Address, Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  55. ↑ ALEC Action, State Lawmakers Tell Congress: Give states more flexibility in the American Health Care Act, March 17, 2017
  56. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Director – Full Name and Address, organizational task force membership directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  57. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Health and Human Services Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  58. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Honors HillSen. Judson Hill with Legislator of the Year Award, Targeted News Service, August 5, 2014.
  59. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Communications and Technology Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  60. ↑ ALEC, ALEC-FreedomWorks Legislator of the Week, ALEC, July 28, 2017.
  61. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Education Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  62. ↑ Jump up to: 62.0 62.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, Letter to Senate Majority Leader Reid, RE: the EPA’s plan to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, March 10, 2010
  63. ↑ ALEC Action, State Lawmakers Tell Congress: Give states more flexibility in the American Health Care Act, March 17, 2017
  64. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, International Relations Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  65. ↑ organizational member spreadsheet, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  66. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, December 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause
  67. ↑ ALEC Chairs "ALEC", accessed: June 29, 2020
  68. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Health and Human Services Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
  69. ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, State Chairmen, document exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, July 13, 2011
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