ATLANTA (March 20, 2014) | Senator Brandon Beach (R- Alpharetta) led the passage of two influential bills through the House of Representatives and State Senate on Day 39 of the legislative session. Senate Bill 381, sponsored by Sen. Beach, passed the House of Representatives and House Bill 973, carried by Sen. Beach, passed the Senate. Continue reading “Sen. Brandon Beach Leads the Passage of Influential Legislation”
Senate Approves House Bill Concerning the Douglas County Board of Education
ATLANTA (March 18, 2014) | House Bill 1108, carried in the Senate by Senator Mike Dugan (R- Carrollton), passed the Georgia Senate today 34-18. Continue reading “Senate Approves House Bill Concerning the Douglas County Board of Education”
State House of Representatives Overwhelmingly Passes Legislation to Create Agricultural History Museum
ATLANTA (March 18, 2014) | Today, the Georgia House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 274 with a vote of 166–2. Sen. Valencia Seay (D- Riverdale) sponsored the legislation which will provide a designated area within the Capitol Museum as the “Georgia Capitol Agricultural History Museum.” Continue reading “State House of Representatives Overwhelmingly Passes Legislation to Create Agricultural History Museum”
State House of Representatives Unanimously Passes Legislation Designating Georgia “Purple Heart State”
ATLANTA (March 17, 2014) | Today, the Georgia House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 276 by a vote of 167–0. Sen. Ed Harbison (D- Columbus), Chairman of the Senate Military, Veterans and Homeland Security Committee, sponsored SB 276 which would proclaim Georgia a “Purple Heart State.” Continue reading “State House of Representatives Unanimously Passes Legislation Designating Georgia “Purple Heart State””
Sen. Hunter Hill Named an “Emerging Leader” by GOPAC
ATLANTA (March 17, 2014) | Sen. Hunter Hill (R-Smyrna) has been selected to participate in GOPAC’s 2014 Class of Emerging Leaders, an accolade bestowed upon “up-and-coming” Republican state legislators. Continue reading “Sen. Hunter Hill Named an “Emerging Leader” by GOPAC”