Senate Press Release – Page 198 – Georgia Senate Press Office

March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

DUGAN: An Update from the Capitol

By: Sen. Mike Dugan (R – Carrollton)

Over the last few weeks, the Senate has worked around the clock to put the finishing touches on legislation before Crossover Day, which the occurred on Tuesday last week. In the lead up to this important deadline, our committee workload increased dramatically in order to have as many quality pieces of legislation available for a floor vote as possible. On Crossover Day itself, we considered over 45 measures over an 11 hour period, and entered into the home stretch of the 2022 session.

March 15, 2022

Capitol Recap: Week 9

By: Sen. Larry Walker (R – Perry)

As Crossover Day continues to inch closer, our days debating legislation in the Chamber have grown longer and more urgent and committees have worked long into the night to bring additional improvements to the legislation before their consideration. With many bills still available for action in the Senate, it will be nigh impossible to reach all of them before our Tuesday deadline. However, we are working to ensure we are prioritizing legislation of the most importance to our constituents statewide.

March 7, 2022

Capitol Recap: Week 8

By: Sen. Larry Walker (R – Perry)

Last week marked our busiest yet, as our votes on the Senate floor and work in our committee meetings has accelerated in anticipation of Crossover Day, which will fall on March 15. Though this week brought with it long debates and passionate discussions, the result was successful passage of several bills that strengthen our Second Amendment rights, protect the health and safety of pregnant mothers and loosen long overdue restrictions when it comes to the use of masks by our students in schools. Additionally, the Senate passed our version of the amended budget for 2022, which is the first part of our yearly, and only session obligation required by the Georgia Constitution. We will soon begin sub-committee meetings on the Fiscal Year 2023 budget.

March 4, 2022

Bill to Address Food Insecurity Passes Senate Committee

ATLANTA (March 3, 2022) | Today, Senate Bill 537, sponsored by Sen. Harold Jones II (D – Augusta), passed the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Consumer Affairs. SB 537 would create the Georgia Food Security Advisory Council, which will be charged with eradicating food insecurity in Georgia.

March 3, 2022March 3, 2022

Sen. Larry Walker Attends Broadband Expansion Announcement

ATLANTA (March 3, 2022) | Earlier this week, Sen. Larry Walker (R – Perry) joined Gov. Brian Kemp at an announcement at the Capitol on the newly-formed partnership between Flint Energies and Conexon Connect that will provide broadband service to 31,000 homes and businesses, including many in Houston and Peach Counties.