ATLANTA (May 15, 2023) | On Wednesday, May 10, Lt. Governor Burt Jones appointed Senator Chuck Payne (R – Dalton) to serve on the 2023 Senate Study Committee on Foster Care and Adoption.
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ATLANTA (May 15, 2023) | On Wednesday, May 10, Democratic Whip Senator Harold Jones (D – Augusta) was appointed by Lt. Governor Burt Jones to serve on the 2023 Senate Study Committee on Foster Care and Adoption.
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ATLANTA (May 9, 2023) | On Thursday, May 11, the Augusta-Richmond County Legislative Delegation will host a post-2023 Legislative Session town hall. The town hall will take place from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. at the University Hall of the Augusta University Summerville Campus.
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ATLANTA (May 5, 2023) | Today, Governor Brian P. Kemp signed the FY 2024 budget and House Bill 408 into law at the Hyundai EV factory site in Ellabell, Georgia. HB 19, sponsored by the Speaker of the House, Representative Jon Burns (R – Newington), is the state budget for Fiscal Year 2024 which will begin on July 1, 2023, and end on June 30, 2024. The budget provides funding for government operations in all state departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, and institutions. HB 408, sponsored by Representative Bruce Williamson (R – Monroe), will change the applicable end date of a tax exemption for competitive projects of regional significance to December 31, 2026.
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ATLANTA (May 8, 2023) | On May 5, 2023, Governor Brian P. Kemp signed Senate Bill 92 into law. This measure, sponsored by Majority Whip Senator Randy Robertson (R – Cataula), will create the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission, which would have the power to investigate and discipline or remove elected district attorneys or solicitors-general in specific instances, including if they are consistently not fulfilling their duties as such. SB 92 also clarifies the duties of prosecuting attorneys, specifically including language that they must review every case where there is probable cause for prosecution.
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