Legislative Update

Legislative Update – February 10, 2020

The Georgia General Assembly 2020 session began on January 13. Bills introduced in this session are still active in 2020. Listed below are the bills we are tracking in 2020.

Senate Bill 368 — provides for nondiscrimination of religious child-placing agencies by entities of state and local government.… Read the rest

Legislative Update – May 9, 2019

The Georgia General Assembly 2019 session ended on April 2. Bills introduced in this session are still active in 2020. Listed below are the bills we tracked in 2019 in the Georgia General Assembly.

House Bill 481 — Defines a person as someone with a heartbeat, which will prevent abortions when an unborn infant has a heartbeat.… Read the rest

Legislative Update – April 3, 2019

The Georgia General Assembly 2019 session ended on April 2. Bills introduced in this session are still active in 2020. Listed below are the bills we tracked in 2019 in the Georgia General Assembly. Keep in mind, a bill must be introduced in one chamber (either House or Senate), be heard in a Committee from that chamber, and if passes must go to the other chamber by and go through the process again.… Read the rest

Legislative Update – March 27, 2019

Listed below are the bills we are tracking in 2019 in the Georgia General Assembly. Keep in mind, a bill must be introduced in one chamber (either House or Senate), be heard in a Committee from that chamber, and if passes must go to the other chamber by Crossover Day and go through the process again.… Read the rest

Legislative Update – March 18, 2019

Listed below are the bills we are tracking in 2019 in the Georgia General Assembly. Keep in mind, a bill must be introduced in one chamber (either House or Senate), be heard in a Committee from that chamber, and if passes must go to the other chamber by Crossover Day and go through the process again.… Read the rest

Legislative Update – March 11, 2019

Listed below are the bills we are tracking in 2019 in the Georgia General Assembly. Keep in mind, a bill must be introduced in one chamber (either House or Senate), be heard in a Committee from that chamber, and if passes must go to the other chamber by Day 28 (March 7) and go through the process again.… Read the rest

Legislative Update – February 28, 2019

Listed below are the bills we are tracking in 2019 in the Georgia General Assembly. Keep in mind, a bill must be introduced in one chamber (either House or Senate), be heard in a Committee from that chamber, and if passes must go to the other chamber by Day 28 (March 7) and go through the process again.… Read the rest

Legislative Update – February 15, 2019

Bills introduced in 2019 Session:

Senate Bill 15 — “Keeping Georgia’s Schools Safe Act” has the intention of preventing, discovering, responding to, and recovering from threats, warnings, and developing situations regarding any public or private school. We spoke to the bill sponsor about concerns regarding the autonomy of private, Christian schools. … Read the rest

Legislative Update – March 30, 2018. Session completed.

Bills introduced in 2018 Session:

Senate Bill 375 — “Keep Faith in Adoption and Foster Care Act” will allow a child-placing agency to decline to accept a referral from the state and decline to perform services not referred under a contract with the state based on the child-placing agency’s sincerely held religious beliefs.… Read the rest

Legislative Update — March 27, 2018

Bills introduced in 2018 Session:

Senate Bill 375 — “Keep Faith in Adoption and Foster Care Act” will allow a child-placing agency to decline to accept a referral from the state and decline to perform services not referred under a contract with the state based on the child-placing agency’s sincerely held religious beliefs.… Read the rest

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