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SB438 - Georgia Public Schools; to operate or facilitate separate teams for members of each gender where selection for such teams is based upon competitive fairness or student safety; authorize
Carden H. Summers, John F. Kennedy, Steve Gooch
Last updated 10 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to authorize Georgia public schools to operate or facilitate separate teams for members of each gender where selection for such teams is based upon competitive fairness or student safety; to repeal a grant of discretionary authority to athletic association executive oversight committees; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
SB440 - 'Accelerated Career Diploma Program'; ACE Grants pilot program; establish and provide
Matt Brass, Elena C. Parent, Clint Dixon
Last updated 7 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide for the Accelerated Career Diploma Program; to provide a short title; to establish and provide for the ACE Grants pilot program; to make conforming changes; to extend an automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB405 - "Completion Special Schools Act"; certain students to be enrolled in a completion special school; lower the age of eligibility
Clint Dixon, Steve Gooch, Billy Hickman
Last updated 9 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 31C of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Completion Special Schools Act," so as to lower the age of eligibility from 18 to 16 for certain students to be enrolled in a completion special school; to revise definitions; to provide for reports of cohort graduation rates by local school system and by completion special school; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Engrossed
SR474 - Office of the Child Advocate for the Protection of Children; quality legal representation for parents, children and youth, and child welfare agencies at all stages of child welfare proceedings; urge partnership
Ben Watson, Derek J. Mallow, Kay Kirkpatrick
Last updated 9 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION urging partnership among the Office of the Child Advocate for the Protection of Children, the Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Services, and the boards of commissioners for all Georgia counties to promote the provision of quality legal representation for parents, children and youth, and child welfare agencies at all stages of child welfare proceedings; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SR471 - Senate Study Committee on Access to Affordable Child Care; create
John Albers, John F. Kennedy, Steve Gooch
Last updated 9 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION creating the Senate Study Committee on Access to Affordable Child Care; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB448 - Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions in, and reenact the statutory portion of said Code, as amended, in furtherance of the work of the Code Revision Commission
Bo Hatchett, Brian Strickland, John F. Kennedy
Last updated 6 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, so as to revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions in, and reenact the statutory portion of said Code, as amended, in furtherance of the work of the Code Revision Commission; to repeal portions of said Code, or Acts in amendment thereof, which have become obsolete, have been declared to be unconstitutional, or have been preempted or superseded by subsequent laws; to codify principles of law derived from decisions of the state Supreme Court; to provide for other matters relating to revision, reenactment, and publication of said Code; to provide for effect in event of conflicts; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SR541 - Lewis, Jimmie; recognize
Lee Anderson, Max Burns, Ricky A. Williams
Last updated 9 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Jimmie Lewis; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB398 - Georgia Joint Defense Commission; commission's operations; revise
Kay Kirkpatrick, Randy Robertson, Larry Walker
Last updated 7 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Joint Defense Commission, so as to revise the commission's operations; to expand the commission's membership; to revise the term lengths of commission members; to revise definitions; to amend Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Economic Development, so as to authorize the Department of Economic Development to assist the Georgia Joint Defense Commission in certain activities; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SR543 - America's Borders; increased protections; support
Steve Gooch, John F. Kennedy, Brandon Beach
Last updated 9 months ago
29 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION supporting increased protections for America's borders; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB450 - Courts; property, and wills, trusts, and administration of estates; neither superior court nor a state court shall have appellate jurisdiction pursuant to Chapter 3 of Title 5; clarify
John F. Kennedy, Brian Strickland, Blake Tillery
Last updated 7 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 5, 15, 44, and 53 of the O.C.G.A., relating to appeal and error, courts, property, and wills, trusts, and administration of estates, respectively, so as to clarify that neither superior court nor a state court shall have appellate jurisdiction pursuant to Chapter 3 of Title 5 over any nonappealable order of a probate court subject to such chapter; to provide for de novo proceeding with the right to a jury trial of certain probate court final judgments; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
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Senator from Georgia district SD-051
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