ATLANTA (March 18, 2020) | President Pro Tempore Butch Miller (R – Gainesville), Majority Leader Mike Dugan (R – Carrollton), and Minority Leader Steve Henson (D – Tucker) released the following statement on a Senate member’s recent diagnoses of COVID-19.
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ATLANTA (March 18, 2020) | The amended 2020 fiscal year (FY2020) budget will contain $5 million directed at struggling rural hospitals. It was amended by House Appropriations Chair Representative Terry England (R – Auburn) and Senate Appropriations Chair Senator Jack Hill (R – Reidsville).
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ATLANTA (March 17, 2020) | Sen. Carden Summers (R – Cordele) was officially sworn in on Monday of last week to represent District 13 in the State Senate.
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ATLANTA (March 17, 2020) | Yesterday, President Pro Tempore Butch Miller (R – Gainesville) and members of the Senate ratified Gov. Brian Kemp’s executive order declaring a public health emergency in Georgia during a special session of the Georgia General Assembly.
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ATLANTA (March 16, 2020) | On Friday, March 13, 2020, Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan and Speaker of the House David Ralston agreed to temporarily suspend the 2020 regular session due to concerns regarding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). In addition, Gov. Brian Kemp has issued an executive order declaring a public health emergency in Georgia and called for a special session to be convened Monday, March 16, 2020, in order to ratify the order.
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