I was hoping to tell you about HB 798 and its fanfare, however I’ll just let Jay Bookman do it for me. Related to that, the Democrats have submitted a Senate Resolution calling for an amendment to the GA constitution that would provide continuous funding of the Georgia Ethics Commission. HB 814 – Amendment to …
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Georgia Legislative Action – Senate Resolutions
SR 728 – Call for National Moratorium on the Death Penalty. This basically says everything that the Senate Bill I mentioned in the last post does. See that post for details. SB 730 – United Nations Agenda 21 is Insidious and Destructive. Honestly, I have no opinion on this one right now, but I’ll note …
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Georgia Legislative Action – Senate Bills
SB 342 – Prohibition of the Death Penalty. I am philosophically in favor of the death penalty, as it is generally applied in the U.S., however I am procedurally opposed to it due to the number of people on death row who have been exonerated. Until you can guarantee 100% that everyone who is convicted …
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Georgia Legislative Action – House Bills
New bills are dropping because the Georgia Legislature is in session this week. Some, that are of interest to me: HB 799 – Expungement of DUI Conviction. If you don’t have any traffic violations for 5 years after conviction, your record of DUI would be expunged. I’m not sure what I think about this. On …
Rick is Out
In the great tradition of pull quotes, here’s some fun ones from Rick Perry’s withdrawal speech: As I have traveled across this great country: from New Hampshire to California, from Iowa to Florida, and to numerous states in between, I have discovered a tremendous purpose and resiliency in our people. Reinterpretation: “I’ve never been outside …
My Fondest Wish
I don’t care who wins the South Carolina Republican Primary. The Republicans are doing an excellent job singling out the Democratic talking points for the general election, no matter who is eventually nominated. No, what I most want is for South Carolina to hand the win to someone who does not end up with the …
Georgia Bills
In case you’ve been wondering why I have not posted anything new on Georgia Legislative Action (GLA!) the last few days, it’s because the House and Senate have not been in session. They’re back on the 23rd for more derring-do. However there’s still plenty of other excitement. South Carolina is just over the border, so …
More Georgia Legislative Action
These will just keep coming as the session wears on. By the way, in my previous posting, I mentioned that I was only posting things “of interest”. I find things interesting if they are: insane; related to my field of work; particularly noteworthy; something I have some knowledge about; or just plain interesting. For example, …
More Georgia Bills
Bills are dropping fast and furious: HB 717 – Dangerous Dog Control. “If any owner negligently or intentionally [emphasis added] fails to secure a dangerous dog or potentially dangerous dog [emphasis added] and such failure results in the dog attacking another human being causing severe injury [emphasis added] or death such owner shall be guilty …
Georgia Legislative Session – Interesting Senate Bills and House/Senate Resolutions
Carrying on from the last post, here are some interesting Senate Bills, House Resolutions and Senate Resolutions. SB 294 – Dignity of the Unemployed. This bill would require persons receiving unemployment aid to participate in 24 hours of volunteer service work per week. Like they don’t have a full time job looking for a job. …