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Capitol Recap: Week 9

By: Sen. Larry Walker (R – Perry)

As Crossover Day continues to inch closer, our days debating legislation in the Chamber have grown longer and more urgent and committees have worked long into the night to bring additional improvements to the legislation before their consideration. With many bills still available for action in the Senate, it will be nigh impossible to reach all of them before our Tuesday deadline. However, we are working to ensure we are prioritizing legislation of the most importance to our constituents statewide. 

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Capitol Recap: Week 8

By: Sen. Larry Walker (R – Perry)

Last week marked our busiest yet, as our votes on the Senate floor and work in our committee meetings has accelerated in anticipation of Crossover Day, which will fall on March 15. Though this week brought with it long debates and passionate discussions, the result was successful passage of several bills that strengthen our Second Amendment rights, protect the health and safety of pregnant mothers and loosen long overdue restrictions when it comes to the use of masks by our students in schools. Additionally, the Senate passed our version of the amended budget for 2022, which is the first part of our yearly, and only session obligation required by the Georgia Constitution.  We will soon begin sub-committee meetings on the Fiscal Year 2023 budget.

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Sen. Larry Walker Attends Broadband Expansion Announcement

ATLANTA (March 3, 2022) | Earlier this week, Sen. Larry Walker (R – Perry) joined Gov. Brian Kemp at an announcement at the Capitol on the newly-formed partnership between Flint Energies and Conexon Connect that will provide broadband service to 31,000 homes and businesses, including many in Houston and Peach Counties. 

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Capitol Recap: Week 7

By: Sen. Larry Walker (R – Perry)

With two more legislative days under our belts, we have now officially hit the halfway point of the 2022 Legislative Session. To this point, the Senate has been exceedingly productive, having passed a total 45 Senate Bills and Resolutions throughout our first 20 days of business. This week, in particular, the Senate advanced measures that provide additional tools to be utilized by our 911 communications officers and a bill to grant parents more oversight in the education of their children.

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