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“Today we can fight a pervasive and escalating threat in our state and fight it together," said Senate President Pro Tem John Kennedy, a Macon Republican who guided the bill to Senate passage, 44-6.
The 158th Georgia General Assembly will consist of two sessions of the Georgia General Assembly in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, the first in 2025 and the second in 2026. The first session began on January 13, 2025. [1] The Assembly's members were elected in the 2024 State Senate and State House elections.
The Georgia State Senate is the upper house of the Georgia General Assembly, with the lower house being the Georgia House of Representatives. Both bodies are constitutionally required to convene annually at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. [1] The General Assembly begins each yearly session on the second Monday in January. [1]
Wiley Randall Robertson (born October 6, 1962) is an American politician from Cataula, Georgia. He is a Republican member of the Georgia State Senate representing District 29, elected in 2018. Robertson is a retired law enforcement officer and attended Command College at Columbus State University and the FBI National Academy.
Ranked choice voting has been legal in Georgia since the Election Integrity Act passed in 2021. Now state Senate Republicans have reversed their stance.
The bill, also called the Georgia Criminal Alien Track and Report Act of 2024, was introduced by state Rep. Jesse Petrea (R-Savannah) in January. ... It now heads to the state Senate for further ...
[a] H.B. 319 had passed the House by a vote of 160–1 and the Senate unanimously; the tuition measure had been added on the last day of the legislative session to the bill, which originally aimed to abolish the Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation. [10]
Georgia is among 10 states that have yet to expand Medicaid coverage through the Affordable Care Act. Four other Senate Democrats are co-sponsoring Warnock’s bill, including Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff.