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Keep up with news from Georgia's 144th House DistrictWeek 5 Legislative Session Recap 2022
Monday, February 7 marked the start of the fifth week of the 2022 legislative session. Each day this week grew increasingly longer as more legislation made its way to the House floor, including the bill for the Amended Fiscal Year (AFY) 2022 budget. Not only was this...
Week 4 Legislative Session Recap 2022
The Georgia General Assembly is well into the 2022 legislative session, and we resumed our work at the State Capitol on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. This was our fourth week of session, putting us at more than a quarter of the way through the legislative session. While...
Week 3 Legislative Session Recap 2022
My colleagues and I convened for the third week of the 2022 legislative session on Monday, January 24. Session is in full-swing, and the pace certainly picked up this week. We convened in the House Chamber for four days to tackle our legislative business, and our...
Week 2 Legislative Session Recap 2022
On Tuesday, January 18, my colleagues and I returned to the State Capitol for a highly anticipated “budget week.” Each year, the Georgia General Assembly is required by the state’s Constitution to pass a balanced budget, and the House and Senate typically devote the...
A Report from The General Assembly
The Georgia Legislature completed its first week with four days in session, some bills being introduced, The State of the State Message from Governor Kemp, and an emerging look at the priorities of Speaker Ralston for legislation that will come from The Georgia House....
Week 1 Legislative Session Recap 2022
The 156th Georgia General Assembly convened under the Gold Dome for the 2022 legislative session on Monday, January 10, 2022. With only 40 legislative days to accomplish the people’s business, the House got straight to work and spent four days in session this week....
2020 Special Legislative Session
The Georgia General Assembly convened for an unprecedented special legislative session on Monday, March 16, 2020. Governor Brian Kemp signed a public health state of emergency to address the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in Georgia on Saturday, March 14. My colleagues...
2020 Legislative Session Week Eight
On Monday, March 2, the Georgia House of Representatives returned to the Gold Dome for the eighth week of the 2020 legislative session. More than 40 bills and resolutions were passed on the House floor during the four days that my colleagues and I were in session this...
2020 Legislative Session Week Six
On Tuesday, February 18, the Georgia General Assembly returned to the Gold Dome for the sixth week of the 2020 legislative session. With one-third of the legislative session already completed, the week was productive from start to finish. My colleagues and I met for...
2020 Legislative Session Week Five
My colleagues and I returned to the State Capitol for the 5th week of the 2020 legislative session on Monday, February 10th. Last week, we voted on a legislative calendar to postpone meeting on the House floor in order to devote additional time to the state budgeting...