ATLANTA – The Georgia House of Representatives’ Committee on Assignments recently named State Representative Imani Barnes (D-Tucker) to serve on the House Higher Education, Public and Community Health and Technology and Infrastructure Innovation committees for the 2025-2026 legislative term.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Imani Barnes (D-Tucker) recently introduced House Bill 60, also known as the “Healthy Start Act,” which would provide additional funding to offer healthy school lunches at no cost to students eligible for reduced-price meals under federal and state guidelines.
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ATLANTA – Today, State Representative Imani Barnes (D-Tucker) expressed her support for the findings in a recently released report from the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts (DOAA), which aligns with the provisions of her proposed legislation, House Bill 914, also known as the Safe Teens Act. The DOAA report highlights the need for greater access to driver education, noting that current funding serves only a limited number of teen drivers, with mixed results on safety outcomes.
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ATLANTA – State Representatives Viola Davis (D-Stone Mountain), Rhonda Taylor (D-Conyers), Sandra Scott (D-Rex), Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta), Rhonda Burnough (D-Riverdale), Marvin Lim (D-Norcross) and Imani Barnes (D-Tucker) recently held a virtual housing legislation update via Zoom. The town hall, which took place on Monday, February 19, 2024, for an hour and a half, provided a platform to discuss housing legislation and its impact on the community.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Imani Barnes (D-Tucker) recently introduced House Bill 913, also known as the “EmPATH Georgia Act,” which would require the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) to establish a grant program for creating emergency psychiatric assessments, treatment and healing (EmPATH) units in hospitals.
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