ATLANTA (February 20, 2023) | Senator Freddie Powell-Sims (D – Dawson) released the following statement on the news of former President Jimmy Carter receiving hospice care.
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ATLANTA (August 14, 2020) | Recently, Sen. Freddie Powell Sims (D – Dawson) was one of six total members appointed by Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan to serve on the Senate Study Committee on Music Workforce Development.
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ATLANTA (September 28, 2018) | The Senate Study Committee on Continual Audit Exceptions on Local School Systems will hold their second meeting on Thursday, October 4, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. in the board room of the Houston County Board of Education in Perry, Georgia. Continue reading “The Senate Study Committee on Continual Audit Exceptions on Local School Systems to Meet in Perry”
Jace’s Law Establishing Home Day Care Provisions Passes the Senate
ATLANTA (March 30, 2010) – The Senate on Friday unanimously passed Sen. Freddie Powell Sims’ (D-Albany) bill, which mandates an immediate investigation and closure of Family Home Day Care centers if a child dies under the facility’s care. Sen. Sims was inspired to create the legislation (SB 451) after hearing about the death of her four month old constituent Jace Hester.
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Sen. Sims Steps Up to Ensure the Independent Identities of Georgia Colleges
ATLANTA (February 4, 2009)—Senator Freddie Powell Sims (D- Albany), recently met with university officials to discuss her concerns with Senate Resolution 84 which urges the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia to merge, among others, Albany State University with Darton College. The meeting was sparked by the proposal from Sen. Seth Harp (R- Midland) of merging the institutions in order to save money during this year’s budget cut-backs and to end the practice of illegal discrimination in the historically black colleges.
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