ATLANTA (May 17, 2023) | Last month, Lt. Governor Burt Jones appointed Senator Freddie Powell-Sims (D – Dawson) as a member of the Senate Study Committee on Certificate of Need (CON) Reform.
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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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