ATLANTA – Today, House Bill 465, the Autism Missing Person Alert System Act, sponsored by State Representative Carl Gilliard (D-Savannah), passed unanimously out of the House Human Relations and Aging Committee. Rep. Gilliard applauds the committee for their work in advancing his legislation to the House Rules Committee.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Jordan Ridley (R-Woodstock) today applauds the passage of House Bill 163, legislation he sponsored which would require food service establishments to disclose if certain food products contain cell cultured meat or plant-based alternatives.
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ATLANTA – Today, House Bill 267, the ‘Riley Gaines Act,’ passed out of the House and will now head to the Senate for consideration. HB 267, which would prevent biological males from competing against biological females in girls’ sports at every level throughout Georgia, is a priority bill for House Speaker Jon Burns (R-Newington) during the 2025 legislative session.
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ATLANTA – Speaker Jon Burns (R-Newington), along with members of the House Majority Caucus, will hold media availability TODAY, Thursday, February 27, 2025, upon adjournment in the South Ante Room of the House Chamber to take questions from the media on today’s House passage of House Bill 267, the Riley Gaines Act, and House Bill 428, which would codify the right to in vitro fertilization for individuals in Georgia.
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ATLANTA – Today, House Bill 428 passed out of the House with bipartisan support and will now head to the Senate for consideration. HB 428, which would codify protections for in vitro fertilization (IVF) in Georgia, is a priority bill for House Speaker Jon Burns (R-Newington) during the 2025 legislative session. This legislation, sponsored by State Representative Lehman Franklin (R-Statesboro), would ensure Georgians struggling with infertility will always have access to medical assistance through IVF.
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