Representative Dempsey News Today

Tallatoona Community Action Partnership (TCAP) Head Start in Floyd recently celebrated Georgia Pre-K Week, Oct. 2-6, with a week of special activities…

Five legislative days remain until Crossover Day, but the hoppers are still overflowing with new legislation and legislators’ hopes that their big ideas will run a sprint from first...

Georgia House took up the following measures on the floor on Legislative Day 22: HR 157, Property; conveyance of certain state owned property; authorize. The resolution passed by a vote of 168-0. HR 158 - Property; granting of nonexclusive easements; authorize SProp-154th.

With six legislative days remaining in the 2022 Legislative Session, committees continue to process bills and resolutions, and the House and Senate Rules Committees are gingerly sending measures onward for floor votes.

After a late night, both the House and Senate had an afternoon start time. Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) announced the passage of 60 bills in the House yesterday. Meanwhile,...

Floor Action The House took up the following measure today: SB 5 - Professions and Businesses; patient protection measures for patients undergoing sedation in certain settings; provide- Representative Lee Hawkins (R-Gainesville) presented the legislation, addressing in particular “medispas.” Dentists, which do conscious sedation, are now required to have certain equipment. It does not prohibit a person who is duly licensed as a physician assistant in Georgia, who has completed an anesthesio...