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SR67 - YMCAs of Georgia; recognize
Sonya Halpern, Jason Anavitarte, Kay Kirkpatrick
Last updated over 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the YMCAs of Georgia for the important work they do in communities across the state promoting a healthy spirit, mind, and body; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB150 - Health; functional automated external defibrillator on site; require certain public schools, health clubs, and public sports facilities
Sonya Halpern, Nan Grogan Orrock, Brandon Beach
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 and Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health of students in elementary and secondary education and general provisions regarding health, respectively, so as to require certain public schools, health clubs, and public sports facilities to have at least one functional automated external defibrillator on site; to amend Code Section 51-1-29.3 of the O.C.G.A. relating to immunity for operators of external defibrillators, so as to provide tort immunity for individuals using an automated external defibrillator at a public school or public sports facility which conducts or participates in organized sports competitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
SB81 - 'Georgia Community Midwife Act'
Tonya P. Anderson, Gloria Butler, Harold V. Jones
Last updated over 1 year ago
15 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to repeal in its entirety Chapter 26, relating to the practice of midwifery; to amend Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide for the licensure and regulation of community midwives; to amend Code Section 43-26-12 of the O.C.G.A., relating to exceptions to the operation of the "Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act," so as to provide for an exception relating to the practice of midwifery; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
SB119 - Crimes and Offenses; persons convicted of misdemeanor crimes of family violence from receiving, possessing, or transporting a firearm; prohibit
Elena C. Parent, Gloria Butler, Harold V. Jones
Last updated over 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 16 and 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses and to domestic relations, respectively, so as to prohibit persons convicted of misdemeanor crimes of family violence from receiving, possessing, or transporting a firearm and to prohibit persons subject to family violence protective orders from receiving, possessing, or transporting a firearm; to provide for definitions; to provide an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
SR187 - CPR training; increasing the survival rate of cardiac arrest and supporting efforts to enhance public awareness; recognize
Sonya Halpern, Gloria Butler, Elena C. Parent
Last updated over 1 year ago
23 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION recognizing the success of lay person CPR training in increasing the survival rate of cardiac arrest and supporting efforts to enhance public awareness of the need of such training; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SR257 - Waymer, Dr. Robert Weston; condolences
Nan Grogan Orrock, Gail Paulette Davenport
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Dr. Robert Weston Waymer; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB76 - State Employees' Health Insurance Plan; state health benefit plans to cover insulin medication at a reduced rate; provide
Nikki Merritt, David E. Lucas, Ed Harbison
Last updated over 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the state employees' health insurance plan and post-employment health benefit fund, so as to provide for state health benefit plans to cover insulin medication at a reduced rate; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Engrossed
SR197 - Egyptian American Day; recognize February 23, 2023
Sheikh Rahman, Nan Grogan Orrock, Kim Jackson
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION recognizing February 23, 2023, as Egyptian American Day at the Capitol; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SR144 - Senate Expanding Early Childhood Education Study Committee; create
Jason Esteves, Clint Dixon, Sonya Halpern
Last updated over 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION creating the Senate Expanding Early Childhood Education Study Committee; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
SR124 - League of Women Voters of Georgia; commend
Kim Jackson, Sonya Halpern, Shelly Echols
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION commending the League of Women Voters of Georgia on the grand occasion of its 103rd anniversary; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Georgia district SD-036
COMMITTEES
Georgia Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Nan Grogan Orrock is running for Georgia State Senate District 36. Orrock was an activist and organizer during the civil rights movement. After moving to Atlanta with her husband, she led civic organizations and voter registration drives. In 1986, Orrock won election as a Georgia State Representative. She served seven terms in office. Orrock returned to community organizing before winning election to the Georgia State Senate in 2020. Her priorities include civil rights, education funding, healthcare access, and ethics reform.read less
OFFICES HELD
Georgia Senate from Georgia
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