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. Status: Private schools were removed from this version of the bill before it was presented in Committee.

Senate Bill 45 — Creates the Georgia Horse Racing Commission that will regulate pari-mutuel betting on horse racing. Click here for the testimony Citizen Impact gave at the Committee hearing for this bill. Our good friend, Mike Griffin, wrote this article about it: https://christianindex.org/horse-racing-proposed-again/. Status: Senate Economic Development and Tourism Committee hearing held on Feb. 13 where testimony was given for and against, but no vote taken. Committee will meet again on Feb. 20 and is supposed to vote on the bill.

Senate Resolution 184 — Proposes an amendment to the Georgia Constitution to allow casino gambling. Status: Introduced on Feb. 15.

Senate Bill 83 — Provides public schools students with the opportunity to receive credit for elective courses in “History and Literature of the Old and New Testament Eras.” Status: Assigned to Senate Education and Youth Committee on Feb. 11.