ATLANTA (Feb. 28, 2024) – Sen. Elena Parent (D–Atlanta) is filing two bills related to address access to reproductive healthcare in Georgia: Senate Bill 564 ensure Georgians have access to contraception and Senate Bill 565 to ensure that access to in vitro fertility treatment is not compromised by the definition or status of a human embryo created outside a human uterus.
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ATLANTA (Feb. 27, 2024) – Today, the Georgia State Senate passed Senate Bill 421, sponsored by Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education and Youth, Sen. Clint Dixon (R–Gwinnett). This legislation would revise punishments for the offense of making an unlawful request for emergency services assistance.
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ATLANTA (Feb. 27, 2024) — Tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb. 28th, Democratic Caucus Chair Sen. Elena Parent (D–Atlanta) will hold a press conference to discuss two bills in which she is filing, Senate Bill 564, “The Right to Contraception Act” and Senate Bill 565, “The Right to IVF Act.”
Continue reading “Senator Elena Parent to Hold Press Conference on Contraception and IVF Legislation”Sen. Sonya Halpern Applauds Passage of Legislation to Further Support Georgia HBCUs
ATLANTA (Feb. 26, 2024) – Today the Georgia Senate granted Senate Bill 235 full passage. This measure, sponsored by Sen. Sonya Halpern (D–Atlanta), aims to establish the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Innovation and Economic Prosperity Planning Districts Commission under the University System of Georgia.
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ATLANTA (Feb. 26, 2024) — Today the Georgia Senate passed Senate Bill 10, sponsored by Sen. Emanuel Jones (D–Decatur). The measure, titled the “Safe Streets Act,” would introduce comprehensive measures to combat dangerous driving behaviors on Georgia’s roads and provides for the offense for knowingly attending and facilitating illegal drag races or laying drag exhibitions. Moreover, the bill increases punishments for reckless stunt driving.
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