Time is up for the 2022 legislative session. Legislators eventually found common ground on tax cuts and the state’s spending plan, among other big ticket items, but not everything made the final gavel before the General Assembly dispersed for their hometowns across the state for a well-deserved off season.
On Day 35 of the legislative session, the budget was the big-ticket item in the Senate. In the House, debate ensued over a measure for parents to challenge books and materials their children read in school.
House Bill 1013, “The Mental Health Parity Act,” an 80-page bill addressing Georgia's mental health crisis, was passed overwhelmingly in the House on Tuesday.
Roughly midway through the 2022 session, many of Gov. Brian Kemp’s legislative priorities are now closer to becoming law including a one-time tax credit for families. A restriction on mail order abortion pills has also cleared the senate.
Women Lead Right, a conservative grassroots organization for suburban Atlanta female voters, held a press conference to introduce its campaign and goals.
Two hearings were held on a bill outlining a process in which parents can appeal if they feel their child is being taught lessons on race that are inappropriate. Meanwhile, another bill aiming to give parents more recourse to protest their child’s public school lessons is poised for a full House vote.
A bill to erect a monument on Capitol grounds in honor of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who was born in Georgia, passed the Senate on Monday. A committee also heard SB 377, a controversial bill that would limit schools’ ability to teach “divisive concepts.”
Although sponsors say it's aimed at preventing government overreach on COVID-19 vaccinations, a bill filed this week in the Georgia Senate would end the longstanding schedule of mandatory vaccinations for school-children.
