ATLANTA – Members of the Georgia House of Representatives will unveil the official portrait of former State Representative and Dean of the House, Calvin Smyre, on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at 4 p.m. in the House Chamber of the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Robert Flournoy (D-Hampton) was sworn into office as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives on Monday, January 13, 2025, marking his first day of the 2025-2026 legislative term.
Continue reading “Rep. Robert Flournoy Sworn in, Receives Committee Assignments for the 2025-2026 Legislative Term”Rep. Jordan Ridley Introduces Justice for Peanut and Fred Act to Update Law on Impounding and Euthanizing Domesticated Animals
ATLANTA – State Representative Jordan Ridley (R-Woodstock) recently introduced House Bill 75, legislation that would update state law related to animal protection and the impounding and euthanizing of domesticated animals by government agencies.
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ATLANTA – The Georgia House of Representatives’ Committee on Assignments named State Representative Jesse Petrea (R-Savannah) as the Chairman of the House Human Relations and Aging Committee.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Imani Barnes (D-Tucker) recently reintroduced the “EmPATH Georgia Act,” legislation originally introduced as House Bill 913, during the 2024 legislative session. This year’s version, House Bill 109, provides for a 5-year pilot program that would require the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities to coordinate with the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) to establish a grant program for creating emergency psychiatric assessments, treatment and healing (EmPATH) units in hospitals. House Bill 109 would further require grant funding for the creation, development and operation of at least two EmPATH units, one in a rural county and the other in an urban county.
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