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SR157 - Africa Equity Media; recognize
Emanuel Jones, Freddie Powell Sims, Nikki Merritt
Last updated over 1 year ago
10 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Africa Equity Media; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB284 - "Quality Basic Education Act"; students living in poverty; table of quality basic education instructional programs; add a program
Jason Esteves, Nan Grogan Orrock, Derek J. Mallow
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to add a program for students living in poverty to the table of quality basic education instructional programs with weights and student-teacher ratios; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
SR210 - Goodloe, Kimberly A.; recognize
Nikki Merritt, Emanuel Jones, Valencia Seay
Last updated over 1 year ago
11 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Kimberly A. Goodloe; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB228 - Department of Natural Resources; position of director of outdoor recreation; establish
Sheikh Rahman, Randy Robertson, Michael B. Dugan
Last updated over 1 year ago
55 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conservation and natural resources, so as to establish the position of director of outdoor recreation in the Department of Natural Resources; to provide legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for powers and duties; to require other public bodies to cooperate with the director of outdoor recreation; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
SB268 - Education; waiver and variance requests by local school systems requesting flexibility; provide for limitations
Nabilah Islam Parkes, Nikki Merritt, Sheikh Rahman
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for limitations on waiver and variance requests by local school systems requesting flexibility; to remove the requirement that local school systems requesting flexibility must select at least one waiver or variance request from a prescribed list of options; to provide for certain conditions upon local charter schools and the individual schools of charter school systems; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
SR360 - Cephas, Fred; recognize
Shawn Still, Clint Dixon, Bill Cowsert
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Fred Cephas; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SR293 - Senate Study Committee on an Equity Impact Tool for Legislation; create
Sonya Halpern, Jason Esteves, Nikki Merritt
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION creating the Senate Study Committee on an Equity Impact Tool for Legislation; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
SB278 - Residential Rental Property; investigations or inspections when there is a reasonable suspicion of a code violation; provide
Jason Esteves, Nikki Merritt, Nabilah Islam Parkes
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-74-30 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other enforcement methods and probable cause for investigation required, so as to provide for investigations or inspections of certain residential rental property when there is a reasonable suspicion of a code violation; to provide for the registration of certain residential rental property; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
SR537 - Perimeter College at Georgia State University; recognize
Gloria Butler, Sonya Halpern, Elena C. Parent
Last updated 10 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION recognizing and celebrating Perimeter College at Georgia State University on the grand occasion of its 60th anniversary; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB441 - Controlled Substances; notification requirements for prescribers prescribing opioids; revise
Nikki Merritt, Jason Esteves, Harold V. Jones
Last updated 10 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the regulation of controlled substances, so as to revise notification requirements for prescribers prescribing opioids; to require prescribers to discuss with patients, their parent, or guardian the risks of addiction, dependence, and fatal overdose associated with opioid use and all available alternative treatments; to require prescribers to document the notification in the patient's file; to require prescribers to provide information regarding the safe disposal, if available, to patients, their parent, or guardian; to exclude prescribers for certain patient groups from this Code section; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
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Senator from Georgia district SD-009
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