Senator Kirkpatrick News Today

Cherokee County residents are set to vote in May on whether to expand the county’s senior school property tax exemption.

Cherokee County residents are set to vote in May on whether to expand the county’s senior school property tax exemption.

House took up measures on floor on Legislative Day 34 including Control of Sexually Transmitted Disease, Georgia Uniform Securities Act, Peace Officer's Annuity and Benefit Fund. Senate measures include Dougherty Judicial Circuit fourth judge, Unified Campus Police Forces.

It’s the Ides of March, and there is plenty of treachery (and perhaps some debt collection) under the Gold Dome in these waning days of the 2023 Legislative Session. Bills are becoming...

Although the weather cooled down outside the State Capitol on Monday, legislative activity continued to heat up in the run toward adjournment sine die. With just over two weeks until...

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta therapy dog Uno reacts to a long week at the Capitol while colleague Reggie looks on. Thursday was Congenital Heart Defect Day at the...

The General Assembly got back to work on Tuesday with a slate full of committee meetings to advance bills and resolutions. But before legislators receded into the meeting rooms in the State Capitol and Coverdell Legislative Office Building, the House and Senate each took up measures on their floors.

It was Mental Health Day under the Gold Dome, headlined by the unveiling of Speaker David Ralston’s (R-Blue Ridge) much discussed, and anticipated, mental health parity bill. House lawmakers, members of the Behavioral Health Reform and Innovation Commission

Committee Reports House Appropriations — Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Katie Dempsey (R-Rome) and her Human Resources Subcommittee spent a part of President’s Day hearing more specifics regarding the FY 2022 Budget needs, particularly around the areas of the Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Human Resources (including Division of Family and Children’s Services), Veterans Services, Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities and Georgia Vocational R...

Committee Reports House Insurance Committee The House Insurance Committee, chaired by Representative Eddie Lumsden (R-Armuchee) met this morning to consider a single measure. HB 205, authored by Representative Noel Williams (R-Cordele) relates to new standards for travel insurance. The bill is a NAIC model act for travel insurance endorsed by the Georgia department of Insurance. It clarifies standards for permitting consumers to opt out of coverage offered by travel agents or carriers. The bill...