Georgia Senate adjourns session without voting on adoption bill Georgia Voice Georgia March 31, 2017 0A clean, non-discriminatory version of adoption legislation House Bill 159 won’t be on the governor’s desk this year, a move...
Georgia Senate approves medical marijuana law expansion to include AIDS Dallas Duncan Georgia March 30, 2017 0Pending the governor’s signature, Georgia AIDS patients now have access to medical marijuana. Senate Bill 16 passed the Senate this morning...
Georgia House passes non-discriminatory adoption bill as Senate stalls on anti-LGBT language Georgia Voice Georgia March 29, 2017 0Sen. William Ligon (R-Brunswick) and several fellow GOP senators are not backing down from including anti-LGBT language in House Bill 159, so the bill’s...
Georgia GOP senators make last-ditch pitches for anti-LGBT adoption language, ‘religious freedom’ bills Dallas Duncan Georgia March 28, 2017 0Two controversial pieces of legislation were brought to the Senate well during the second-to-last day of the state’s 2017 legislative session....
Georgia Senate Judiciary Committee adds anti-LGBT provision to adoption bill Dallas Duncan Georgia March 16, 2017 0Updated at 6:30 p.m. with comments from Sen. Vincent Fort In a surprise move late this afternoon, the state Senate...
Georgia House announces LGBT-inclusive civil rights bill in wake of ‘religious freedom’ legislation Dallas Duncan Georgia February 23, 2017 0Two weeks after Sen. Lester Jackson (D-Savannah) introduced a comprehensive “Georgia Civil Rights Act” in the state Senate, the House...
‘Georgia Civil Rights Act’ prohibits discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation Dallas Duncan Georgia February 9, 2017 0Georgia is one step closer to equal rights for all its citizens, including those who are LGBT. Today, the state...
Bill allowing HIV/AIDS patients access to medical cannabis advances Georgia Voice Georgia February 8, 2017 0Georgia House Bill 65, which aims to add HIV/AIDS as diagnoses for which medical cannabis can be prescribed, is all...
LGBT, legislative leaders react to Georgia comprehensive civil rights bill introduction Dallas Duncan Georgia February 3, 2017 0State Sen. Lester Jackson (D-Savannah) introduced Senate Bill 119 on Feb. 2, which if passed would serve as a statewide...
Savannah legislator brings comprehensive, LGBT-inclusive civil rights bill to Senate Dallas Duncan Georgia February 2, 2017 0State Sen. Lester Jackson (D-Savannah) introduced Senate Bill 119 today, which if passed would serve as a statewide comprehensive civil...
Senate Resolution 105: Georgia Legislature’s first ‘religious freedom’ fight of 2017? Dallas Duncan Georgia January 31, 2017 0Less than a month after both Speaker of the House Rep. David Ralston and Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle told reporters...
