Official Press Releases
By Sen. Chip Pearson
ATLANTA (March 27, 2009) – The General Assembly took heed this week to provide Georgia citizens with solutions that will stimulate the state’s economy. Two important sectors of the economy are targeted under measures on their way to final passage: housing and jobs.
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ATLANTA (March 26, 2009) – Bi-partisan legislation authored by Senator David Adelman (D-Atlanta) prohibiting Georgia state government entities from entering into contracts with companies that have certain business interests in Sudan passed the Georgia House of Representatives today. The bill passed the state Senate earlier this year and now goes to Governor Sonny Perdue’s desk to be signed into law.
ATLANTA (March 26, 2009) – Sen. Chip Pearson (R-Dawsonville) was successful today in his joint effort with Rep. Ron Stephens (R-Savannah) to bring relief to Georgia’s housing market. Homebuyers will receive a one-time, $3,600 home buying tax credit under House Bill 261, which received an overwhelming vote of support in the Senate.
Continue reading “Sen. Pearson Leads Stephens’ Housing Credit (HB 261) to Final Passage”
ATLANTA (March 26, 2009) – State Sen. Kasim Reed’s (D-Atlanta) bill that provides for the mandatory HIV testing of inmates passed through the House State Institutions and Property meeting on Monday, March 23, 2009. The bill previously passed the Senate on March 10, 2009. The legislation requires that any person in the custody of a penal institution for one year or longer and has not previously tested positive for HIV be subject to HIV testing prior to release. Continue reading “SENATOR REED’S BILL TO COMBAT HIV PASSES HOUSE COMMITTEE”
ATLANTA (March 25, 2009) – Sen. Preston Smith (R-Rome) was successful today in his steadfast effort to expand sentencing options in murder cases, as the House passed his Senate Bill 13 that allows prosecutors to seek sentences of life imprisonment without parole. Under current law, in a non-death penalty case, the only available sentencing option for a court is life with parole upon conviction. A prosecutor must first seek the death penalty in a murder case before they can ask for a life without parole sentence.
Continue reading “Sen. Smith’s Life without Parole Bill Passes House”