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State lawmakers are working this year on legislation to change Georgia’s citizen’s arrest law, ban no-knock arrest warrants and lower employment barriers for residents on probation.
Committee Reports Energy Subcommittee of the House Energy, Utilities, and Telecommunications Committee The Energy Subcommittee of the House Energy, Utilities, and Telecommunications Committee, chaired by Representative Chuck Martin (R-Alpharetta), met this morning to consider two measures. HB 76, authored by Representative John Carson (R-Marietta), amends O.C.G.A. § 46-4-164 to increase the percentage limitation of EMC investments in a gas affiliate. Current law allows investments up to 15%. This bill increases that amount to 60%. The subcommittee took no testimony on the bill and moved the ...
Challengers Already Targeting Rep. Greene For Reelection - Dallas-Hiram, GA - Two Democrats are weighing runs against U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in 2022. Meanwhile, Republicans may re-draw her district.
These bills are before lawmakers in 2021 to address foster care issues Georgia's foster care system, one rife with complexity and circumstance, can be difficult to navigate for foster parents and biological relatives. For the state’s many foster care workers and advocates, the complexity of foster care is one that requires a lot of untangling. “Think of the foster care system as a complex web,” said Janet Walden, executive director of the Hall-Dawson Court Appointed Special Advocate program. “In this web, you need constant resources and support to ensure that everyone ...
By Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News Service Jan 31, 2021 Jan 31, 2021 ATLANTA â Gov. Brian Kemp has rolled out his administrationâs bill package for foster care and adoption in Georgia that would boost tax credits for foster parents and tighten reporting requirements on child abuse. The bills would revive Kempâs push to raise the tax credit for foster parents from $2,000 to $6,000 and lower the minimum age adults are allowed to adopt children from 25 to 21. Those proposals were shelved when the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted last yearâs legislative session. A thir...