ATLANTA (March 29, 2023) | On Monday, March 27, 2023, the Georgia General Assembly sent legislation to Gov. Brian Kemp to identify and prohibit social media applications from foreign adversaries. The legislation, Senate Bill 93, sponsored by Republican Majority Caucus Chairman Senator Jason Anavitarte (R – Dallas), prohibits TikTok, Telegram, WeChat, and other national security software threats on state owned computers and devices and will also prohibit these applications on state devices in the legislative and judicial branches, as well as K-12 schools in the state of Georgia.
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ATLANTA (February 17, 2023) | Senate Majority Caucus Chairman, Senator Jason Anavitarte (R-Dallas) has introduced legislation to close a loophole in Georgia law that allowed trial attorneys to circumvent Georgia’s apportionment statute.
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ATLANTA (January 31, 2023) | Yesterday, State Senator Jason Anavitarte (R-Dallas) introduced new legislation to increase school safety and decrease the opportunity for domestic terrorists to falsely report school shooting incidents. Sen. Anavitarte’s legislation, known as Alyssa’s Law, after Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting victim Alyssa Alhadeff, directs that public elementary & secondary school buildings be equipped with silent panic alarms that notify law enforcement.
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