ATLANTA (April 2, 2025) — Today, the Senate successfully adopted Senate Resolution 237. The measure, sponsored by Chair of the Senate Committee on Education and Youth Sen. Billy Hickman (R–Statesboro), urges the Georgia Professional Standards Commission and other state education departments to provide recommendations to strengthen the K-12 education workforce.
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ATLANTA (April 2, 2025) — On Monday, Senate Bill 241 achieved final passage in the House with bipartisan support. The measure would allow for organic human reduction as a means of disposing of deceased human bodies to those who are licensed funeral directors or establishments, embalmers and crematories.
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ATLANTA (March 28, 2025) — Yesterday, House Bill 127 passed out the Senate Committee on Education and Youth, prohibiting public schools, local education agencies and public postsecondary institutions from promoting or maintaining programs that advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion.
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ATLANTA (March 28, 2025) — Yesterday, House Bill 428 passed out of the Senate with bipartisan support. The measure codifies Georgians’ right to in vitro fertilization (IVF) by establishing that any future legislation in the Georgia Code cannot prohibit or prevent a person’s ability to obtain in vitro fertilization.
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ATLANTA (March 27, 2025) — This week, President Donald J. Trump has appointed Georgia State Senator Brandon Beach (R–Alpharetta) Treasurer of the United States.
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