ATLANTA – State Representative Tangie Herring (D–Macon) applauds Governor Brian Kemp for signing Senate Bill 589 into law, incorporating her “You Are Not Alone Awareness Act” and requiring Georgia public schools to include the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline on student ID badges. Rep. Herring was also recently appointed by House Speaker Jon Burns (R-Newington) to serve on the House Blue-Ribbon Study Committee on the Impact of Online Platforms on Georgia Youth.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Tangie Herring (D–Macon) celebrates legislation passed during the 2026 legislative session, including measures that would provide tax relief for Macon-Bibb seniors, mental health resources for Georgia students, as well as other bipartisan legislative measures.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Tangie Herring (D-Macon) today announced that House Bill 1537 and House Bill 1538, which both aim to provide property tax relief to seniors in Macon-Bibb County, passed on the Local Calendar in the House today and are now headed to the Senate for consideration.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Tangie Herring (D-Macon) has advanced House Bill 1166 out of the Georgia House of Representatives, sending this housing measure to the Georgia Senate for consideration. Rep. Herring emphasizes that this legislation provides a practical and family-focused solution to addressing statewide housing inventory by reducing certain zoning restrictions for small residential dwellings, while maintaining existing local safeguards for communities.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Tangie Herring (D–Macon) applauds the recent House passage of House Bill 1045, also known as the “You Are Not Alone Awareness Act.” Sponsored by Rep. Herring, HB 1045 would require all Georgia public schools issuing student identification badges for grades six through 12 to print the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline number on the badges.
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