Official Press Releases
By Sen. Chip Pearson
ATLANTA (Jan. 29, 2010) – Moving into the third week of session, we continue to focus on the legislature’s role in job growth for Georgia. I co-chaired the first joint Economic Development Committee meeting with our colleagues in the House to hear from several experts on various facets of Georgia’s economy. We were joined by a new House committee that was created to study proposals aimed at small businesses and job creation.
Today, the Georgia Senate passed the first bill of the 2010 legislative session. Sen. Bill Heath’s (R-Bremen) legislation, allowing the use of hands-free communication devices while driving a vehicle (SB 306), passed without opposition. The legislation corrects current law which currently prohibits the use of headphones.
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WHAT: Sen. Nan Orrock (D-Atlanta) will join Rep. Stephanie Stuckey Benfield (D-Atlanta) tomorrow at the State Capitol to announce a resolution to protect Georgia youth under age 17 from military recruitment, and to provide safeguards for those 17 and older. They will be joined the ACLU of Georgia and other activist organizations.
ATLANTA- (Jan. 27, 2010) – Sen. Preston Smith (R-Rome) today introduced his package of health insurance reform legislation in the Georgia State Senate, which is supported by more than 20 of his Senate colleagues.
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By Sen. Emanuel Jones
ATLANTA (Jan. 27, 2010) – There is a crisis occurring in our schools, and it’s a crisis of common sense. What else do you call it when a well-behaved, 14-year-old boy is treated like a common criminal for voluntarily turning in a pocket knife to his school principle? The zero tolerance approach to discipline often serves only to entrap good kids into a life of crime. I have introduced a legislative package to limit the abuse of zero tolerance policies and bring some common sense into the way schools discipline their students.
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