2014 Georgia General Assembly

The Georgia state Senate on Thursday passed a bill preventing Georgia public schools from interacting with any interscholastic sports body that does not release annual financial statements. [...]

The Georgia State Senate passed a measure to establish an Alzheimer’s Disease Registry within the Georgia Department of Public Health. [...]

Sen. Cecil Staton, R- Macon, will not seek re-election in 2014. Staton was elected to serve the 18th Senate District in 2004, which represents Crawford, Monroe, Peach and Upson Counties and portions of Bibb and Houston counties. Prior to the 2011 redistricting, the district also included Jones County. [...]

Advocates of proposed autism insurance reform rallied today at the state Capitol urging the chairs of the state legislature's Insurance and Labor Committee to allow the committee to vote on Ava's Law. [...]

The Georgia State Senate today passed Senate Bill 291 by a 45-5 vote to create the Georgia Adult and Aging Services Agency and its governing board. [...]

Legislation pending before the Georgia General Assembly would require applicants to pass a drug test before receiving assistance from the Georgia Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps. [...]

A proposal in the Georgia legislature would allow young victims to testify remotely in certain cases of abuse. [...]