ATLANTA (October 26, 2023) | On Wednesday, November 1, 2023, at 10 a.m., the Senate Committee on Public Safety, chaired by Senator John Albers (R – Roswell), and the Senate Committee on Science and Technology, chaired by Senator Chuck Payne (R – Dalton), will hold a joint meeting on the topic of Artificial Intelligence. The meeting will include presentations from industry experts with the goal of analyzing current and projected future use of artificial intelligence.
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ATLANTA (April 26, 2023) | Yesterday, Senator John Albers (R – Roswell) and his son Will Albers, were recognized as living kidney donor representatives at the inaugural Living Donor Awareness Game, hosted by the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park. Sen. Albers and his son were also joined by Joe Isaksen and Paul Hailstone, their living donor representatives.
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ATLANTA (June 24, 2022) | Sen, John Albers (R – Roswell) has been appointed by Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan to serve as Co-Chair, along with Sen. Sally Harrell (D – Atlanta), of the Senate Study Committee on People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Waiver Plan Access
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ATLANTA (February 23, 2022) | Senator John Albers (R – Roswell) has sponsored Senate Bill 331, the Protecting Georgia Businesses and Workers Act. SB 331, which recently passed the Senate, is a critical piece of legislation that will prevent local governments from passing onerous mandates relating to the regulation of employee work hours, scheduling, or employee output. However, SB 331 allows local governments to dictate hours and scheduling for any business that contracts with local governments.
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ATLANTA (February 16, 2022) | On Tuesday, February 15, Attorney General Chris Carr, State Senator John Albers (R – Roswell), and Rep. Houston Gaines (R – Athens) joined representatives from CVS Health and The Home Depot in a press conference to discuss SB 332, the Georgia Inform Consumers Act. SB 332, which passed the Senate 51-0. SB 332 would continue Georgia’s efforts to crack down on organized retail crime by providing critical protections for consumers who unknowingly purchase stolen and counterfeit products from online marketplaces. Specifically, SB 332 would require online marketplaces to verify high-volume third-party sellers and provide consumers with an email, phone number or direct electronic communication to contact sellers with questions or concerns about the products they are seeking to purchase.
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