ATLANTA (February 27, 2020) | Sen. Harold Jones II (D – Augusta) recently introduced legislation which would assist counties in declaring and removing blighted property from their communities.
Continue reading “Sen. Harold Jones Introduces Bill to Assist Counties in Removing Blighted Malls and Shopping Centers”Sen. Harold Jones to Hold Press Conference on Bill to Remove Statute of Limitations on Rape
ATLANTA (February 26, 2020) | Sen. Harold Jones II (D – Augusta) will hold a press conference on Senate Bill 287 on Thursday, February 27, 2020 in room 203 of the Coverdell Legislative Office Building. SB 287 would remove the existing statute of limitations on the crime of rape and other sexual offenses.
WHAT: Press Conference on Senate Bill 287
WHO: Sen. Harold Jones
WHEN: Thursday, February 27, 2020
1:00 p.m.
WHERE:
Senate Press Conference Room
Coverdell Legislative Office Building – Room 203
18 Capitol Square S.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
To read the full text of SB 287, follow this link: http://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/en-US/Display/20192020/SB/287
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Feb. 26, 2020
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404.656.0028
Georgia Senators to Hold Press Conference on Litigation Reform
ATLANTA (February 26, 2020) | Last week, Sen. Steve Gooch (R– Dahlonega), along with 22 Georgia State Senators, introduced Senate Bill 415 to repair the state’s problematic lawsuit climate by reducing the financial burden of out of control legal costs faced by Georgia’s small businesses. Many of these senators will hold a press conference on Thursday, February 27, 2020, to discuss SB 415 and describe the impact it will have on Georgia’s farmers, truck drivers, doctors and small businesses.
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ATLANTA (February 25, 2020) | Yesterday, Senate Bill 359, the “Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act” which was sponsored by Sen. Chuck Hufstetler (R – Rome), received unanimous passage in the Senate. SB 359 provides for consumer protections against surprise billing by delineating an arbitration process between the insurer and provider, as well as establishing a maintained database of all-payer health claims and insurer payments.
Continue reading “Sen. Chuck Hufstetler on the Passage of Senate Bill 359”Capitol Recap: Week 6
By: Sen. Larry Walker (R – Perry)
Successively following last week’s extensive dedication to reviewing the budget, members of the General Assembly reconvened on Tuesday for Legislative Days 13 through 16 of the session. With each and every Appropriations subcommittee meeting, the General Assembly is getting closer to adopting our budgets for the Amended Fiscal Year 2020 and Fiscal Year 2021. As always, our intention as your state senators is to ensure this process presents Georgians with the greatest possible impact, while still maintaining a conservative spending model. In order to maximize the number of benefits available to citizens, we must also exert an equal amount of effort in determining the legislative solutions for other challenges affecting our state and Senate District 20, in particular.
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