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Senate Study Committee on Artificial Intelligence to Hold Third Meeting

ATLANTA (August 12, 2024) — On Wednesday, August 14th,2024, at 10:00 a.m., the Senate Study Committee on Artificial Intelligence, chaired by Sen. John Albers (R–Roswell), will hold its third hearing.

EVENT DETAILS:                      

  • Date: Wednesday, August 14, 2024
  • Time: 10:00 a.m.
  • Location: Trilith Studios, Roam at Trilith, 210 Trilith Pkwy Suite 100, Fayatteville, GA 30214
  • This event is open to the public and will be live-streamed on the Georgia General Assembly website here.

ABOUT THE MEETING:         

The committee is tasked with promoting responsible innovation, competition, and collaboration in public and private sectors, which will allow Georgia to be a leader in ensuring that such technology will advance in a way that enforces the existing consumer protection laws and principles for its citizens while enacting any additional appropriate safeguards against, fraud, unintended bias, discrimination, infringements on privacy, and other potential harms from AI.

MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES:

We kindly request that members of the media confirm their attendance in advance by contacting Jantz Womack at senatepressinquiries@senate.ga.gov. 

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Sen. John Albers serves as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Safety. He represents the 56th Senate District, which includes portions of Cherokee, Cobb, and North Fulton counties. He may be reached at his office at 404.463.8055 or by email at john.albers@senate.ga.gov.

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Senator Larry Walker Elected to NCOIL Executive Committee

ATLANTA (August 8, 2024) — Sen. Larry Walker III (R–Perry) recently attended the National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) 2024 Summer Meeting in Costa Mesa, California. The event, which gathered 344 participants, including 66 legislators from 30 states, featured robust discussions on a variety of insurance-related topics and saw the development and continuation of several model laws.  In addition, Sen. Walker was elected to the organization’s Executive Committee.

Sen. Walker highlighted the importance of these gatherings, stating, “NCOIL meetings provide a crucial platform for legislators to collaborate on significant insurance issues that affect all states, share best practices and develop effective model legislation that benefits both consumers and the insurance market. I’m proud to contribute to these important discussions and to play a role in crafting insurance legislation for consideration by state legislative bodies across the nation.”

Key topics covered included insurers’ use of aerial images when underwriting properties, regulation of third-party litigation financing, preventive medicine, earned wage access providers, value-based purchasing agreements, and health care facility site-neutral payment reforms. Additionally, discussions on the NCOIL Mental Health Parity Model Act and the establishment of Catastrophe Savings Accounts were continued.

NCOIL is a national legislative organization composed of legislators from all 50 states, principally those serving on their states’ insurance and financial institutions committees. Founded in 1969, NCOIL aims to create model laws in insurance and financial services, preserve state jurisdiction over insurance as established by the McCarran-Ferguson Act, and serve as an educational forum for public policymakers and interested parties. The organization works to assert the prerogative of legislators in making state policy on insurance and educate state legislators on current and longstanding insurance issues.

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Sen. Larry Walker serves as Secretary of the Senate Majority Caucus and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Insurance and Labor. He represents Senate District 20 which includes all of Bleckley, Dodge, Dooly, Laurens, Pulaski, Treutlen, and Wilcox Counties and a large portion of Houston County. He can be reached at larry.walker@senate.ga.gov.

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Senate Advancing Forest Innovation in Georgia Study Committee to Hold First Meeting

ATLANTA (August 7, 2024) — On Tuesday, August 13,2024, at 10:00 a.m., the Senate Advancing Forest Innovation in Georgia Study Committee, chaired by President Pro Tempore John F. Kennedy (R–Macon), will hold its first hearing.

EVENT DETAILS:                      

  • Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2024
  • Time: 10:00 a.m.
  • Location: Georgia Forestry Association Headquarters, 551 North Frontage Road, Forsyth, GA 31029
  • This event is open to the public and will be live-streamed on the Georgia General Assembly website here.

ABOUT THE MEETING:         

The Senate Advancing Forest Innovation in Georgia Study Committee will examine how public policy can encourage investment in facilities that create sustainable manufacturing components, practices, and energy derived from Georgia-grown products. The first meeting of this committee will include a market overview and discussion of challenges currently facing the forestry industry in our state.

MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES:

We kindly request that members of the media confirm their attendance in advance by contacting Jantz Womack at senatepressinquiries@senate.ga.gov.  

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Sen. John F. Kennedy serves as the President Pro Tempore of the Georgia State Senate. He represents the 18th Senate District which includes Upson, Monroe, Peach, Crawford, as well as portions of Bibb and Houston County. He may be reached at 404.656.6578 or by email at john.kennedy@senate.ga.gov.