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HB594 - DeKalb County; increase income cap on homestead exemption for citizens 65 years or older meeting certain income requirements; provisions
Becky Evans, Karla Lea Drenner, Long Tran
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide that each resident of the DeKalb County School District who is 65 years of age or over or disabled and whose net income together with the net income of the spouse and all members of the family who reside at the homestead of such resident does not exceed $15,000.00 per annum shall be granted an exemption from all DeKalb County School District ad valorem taxes in the amount of $14,000.00 of the value of the homestead of such resident, approved March 24, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 4160), as amended, so as to increase the income cap on said homestead exemption to $37,500.00; to provide for mandatory execution of election and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HR307 - Purkett, Sandy; receiving the 2023 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award; commend
Viola Davis, Terry Alexis Cummings, Lydia Glaize
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending Sandy Purkett for receiving the 2023 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HR255 - House Study Committee on Environmental Justice; create
Karla Lea Drenner, Mandisha A. Thomas
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Environmental Justice; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB394 - Elections; conduct advance voting on Saturday and Sunday immediately prior to day of a primary, election, or runoff; provide
Doreen Carter, Billy Mitchell, Dar'shun N. Kendrick
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to provide that counties and municipalities, at their option, may conduct advance voting on the Saturday and Sunday immediately prior to the day of a primary, election, or runoff; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB495 - Georgia Environmental Justice Act of 2023; enact
Karla Lea Drenner, Doreen Carter, Becky Evans
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 12 of the O.C.G.A., relating to conservation and natural resources, so as to create the Environmental Justice Commission; to provide for the duties of the commission; to provide that as a prerequisite for obtaining certain permits in neighborhoods consisting of persons of color or from low-income families applicants shall take certain actions to mitigate health hazards; to provide that governmental agencies shall consider the disproportionate effect of environmental hazards on people of color or people from low-income families in implementing certain environmental policies; to provide that no person in Georgia shall be excluded from any state funded program or activity because of race, color, or national origin; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB522 - Property owners' associations; creating or enforcing covenants which infringe upon a lot owner's right to install a solar energy device or display the United States flag; prohibit
Spencer Frye, Karla Lea Drenner, Dale Washburn
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 3 and Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to property owners' associations and covenants and warranties, respectively, so as to prohibit property owners' associations from creating or enforcing covenants which infringe upon a lot owner's right to install a solar energy device or to display the United States flag; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB551 - Crimes and offenses; counties and municipalities to adopt ordinances governing the possession of one ounce or less of marijuana; authorize
Viola Davis, Karla Lea Drenner, Kim Schofield
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-13-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conditional discharge for possession of controlled substances as first offense and certain nonviolent property crimes, dismissal of charges, and restitution to victims, so as to authorize counties and municipal corporations to adopt ordinances governing and punishing the possession of one ounce or less of marijuana; to amend Code Section 36-1-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ordinances for governing and policing of unincorporated areas of county, so as to authorize counties to adopt ordinances governing and punishing the possession of one ounce or less of marijuana; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB632 - Decatur, City of; ad valorem tax; municipal purposes; modify homestead exemption
Omari Crawford, Mary Margaret Oliver, Karla Lea Drenner
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from certain City of Decatur ad valorem taxes, approved April 19, 2000 (Ga. L. 2000, p. 4285), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 26, 2016 (Ga. L. 2016, p. 3627), so as to modify the amount of a homestead exemption from City of Decatur ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes except for ad valorem taxes levied to pay interest on and to retire municipal bonded indebtedness in the amount of $40,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city; to provide for applicability; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HR323 - Public Service Commission; pursue actions to protect electric customers from paying for construction mistakes, delays, and corrections at certain Plant Vogtle reactors; urge
Becky Evans, Karla Lea Drenner, Mary Margaret Oliver
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION urging the Public Service Commission to pursue actions that will protect 2,700,000 electric customers from unjustly paying for construction mistakes, delays, and corrections at Plant Vogtle reactors three and four and that will prohibit Georgia Power from profiting on those construction mistakes, delays, and corrections; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB577 - Georgia Anti-Corruption Act; enact
Viola Davis, Sandra G. Scott, Kim Schofield
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding public officers and employees, so as to revise provisions regarding whistleblowers; to broaden the scope of persons who may report information to public employers; to expand the definition of the term "retaliation"; to extend the statute of limitations regarding public employer retaliation; to provide for a misdemeanor offense for violations; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Georgia district HD-085
COMMITTEES
Georgia House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Karla Lea Drenner was born August 2, 1952 in Gardiner, Maine. She earned her B.A. in Education in 1975 from the University of Montevallo and her M.Ed. in 1990 from Mississippi State University. Ms. Drenner was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1998. She currently serves on the Defense & Veteran Affairs, Higher Education, and Rules Committees. Her previous committee assignments include Education, Science, and Technology.read less
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