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House Resolution 78 aims to declare racism a public health crisis in Georgia. Sponsors of the legislation believe that structural racism manifests in differential access by race to opportunities and resources within the country's medical and public health systems;
The Daily Yonder GOP Governors’ Cutoff of Covid Benefits Hits Hard in Rural America Data analysis revealed that between the GOP-led states that decided to end Covid benefits early, almost $11 billion in unemployment benefits will be lost, affecting around two million workers. Share this: Crystal Dvorak shops at a grocery store in Billings, Montana, for ingredients to make a soup with potatoes and onions she got from a food bank after losing her job as an audiologist. Montana Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte announced this month that his state will no longer accept the $300 federal u...
Committee Reports Senate Health and Human Services Committee Chairman Ben Watson (R-Savannah) and the Health and Human Services Committee took up one proposal, SB 116, authored by Senator Randy Robertson (R-Cataula). The legislation seeks to enact in Chapter 5 of Title 49 the “Maternity Supportive Housing Act.” The legislation would allow nonprofits to own and operate housing for women who are ages 18 and older and who need a place to live while pregnant and for up to 18 months after the child is born; pregnant women can bring their existing children to these homes. These facilities would...
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 ...
House Insurance Committee — Property and Casualty Subcommittee Chairman Steve Tarvin (R-Chickamauga) and members of the Property and Casualty Subcommittee took action on some legislation this morning: HB 241, authored by Representative Matthew Gambill (R-Cartersville), seeks to amend O.C.G.A. 33-7-6, relating to property insurance, contract requirements, rules and regulations, and exemptions, so as to revise the meaning of property insurance and also to change the parameters under which certain contracts, agreements, or instruments may be canceled. The legislation attempts to streamline ser...