ATLANTA (March 8, 2022) | Senator Nikki Merritt qualified for re-election to Georgia Senate District 9 at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, March 7, 2022 at the Georgia State Capitol.
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ATLANTA (March 7, 2022) | Today, Senate Bill 545 authored by Sen. Sonya Halpern (D – Atlanta), was successfully reported out of the Senate Committee on Education and Youth.
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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.
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ATLANTA (February 23, 2022) | Senator John Albers (R – Roswell) has sponsored Senate Bill 331, the Protecting Georgia Businesses and Workers Act. SB 331, which recently passed the Senate, is a critical piece of legislation that will prevent local governments from passing onerous mandates relating to the regulation of employee work hours, scheduling, or employee output. However, SB 331 allows local governments to dictate hours and scheduling for any business that contracts with local governments.
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ATLANTA (February 16, 2022) | On Tuesday, February 15, Attorney General Chris Carr, State Senator John Albers (R – Roswell), and Rep. Houston Gaines (R – Athens) joined representatives from CVS Health and The Home Depot in a press conference to discuss SB 332, the Georgia Inform Consumers Act. SB 332, which passed the Senate 51-0. SB 332 would continue Georgia’s efforts to crack down on organized retail crime by providing critical protections for consumers who unknowingly purchase stolen and counterfeit products from online marketplaces. Specifically, SB 332 would require online marketplaces to verify high-volume third-party sellers and provide consumers with an email, phone number or direct electronic communication to contact sellers with questions or concerns about the products they are seeking to purchase.
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