ATLANTA – State Representative Katie Dempsey (R-Rome), chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Resources, was recently appointed by House Speaker Jon Burns (R-Newington) to serve on the Joint Study Committee on Evaluating Escalating Costs in Georgia’s Foster Care System.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Katie Dempsey (R-Rome), chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Resources, along with representatives from the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) District 6, will provide an informational update regarding the ongoing Second Avenue widening project in Rome on MONDAY, May 11, 2026, from 5 – 6 p.m. in the City Commission Chambers of Rome City Hall.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Katie Dempsey (R-Rome), chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Resources, recently joined the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) Commissioner Kevin Tanner, in partnership with the Northwest Georgia Regional Education Service Agency (RESA), to begin distributing opioid overdose reversal kits to 180 schools across Northwest Georgia on Tuesday, April 21. This effort is part of a broader statewide initiative launched last fall by DBHDD, the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) and the Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust (GOCAT) to equip every public school in Georgia with Narcan, a life-saving opioid antagonist.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Katie Dempsey (R-Rome) announced today that she will continue her work in the Georgia House of Representatives rather than run for the open 14th Congressional District seat.
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ATLANTA – The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Resources, chaired by State Representative Katie Dempsey (R-Rome), and the Judiciary Juvenile Committee, chaired by State Representative Beth Camp (R-Concord), will hold a joint meeting TOMORROW, Thursday, December 18, 2025, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. in room 606 of the Coverdell Legislative Office Building in Atlanta.
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