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Gwinnett Area State Legislators Commend Local Passage of CROWN Act

ATLANTA – State Representatives Donna McLeod (D-Lawrenceville), Jasmine Clark (D-Lilburn), Dewey McClain (D-Lawrenceville), Shelly Hutchinson (D-Snellville), Karen Bennett (D-Stone Mountain), Dar’shun Kendrick (D-Lithonia), Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta) and State Senator Nikki Merritt (D-Grayson) commend the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (BOC) on the local passage of the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act. These legislators will also hold a press conference to discuss the CROWN Act on Wednesday, October 6, 2021, at 1 p.m. in conference room C at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center in Lawrenceville (75 Langley Drive).

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Democratic Legislators Oppose Department of Labor Legislative Portal Access Pilot Program Agreement

ATLANTA – House Minority Leader James Beverly (D-Macon), State Representatives Sandra Scott (D-Rex), Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta), Rhonda Burnough (D-Riverdale) and Viola Davis (D-Stone Mountain) oppose the Georgia Department of Labor’s (GDOL) user agreement form for its Legislative Portal Access pilot program, which would allow legislators to monitor complaints and requests from their constituents.

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Rep. Schofield, 57 Georgia State Legislators Stand with Nearly 900 State Legislators Nationwide to Express Support for Abortion Rights as Supreme Court Considers Future of Abortion Laws

ATLANTA – State Representative Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta) and 57 members of the Georgia General Assembly recently signed an amicus brief in support of legal abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider. The amicus brief was signed by 897 state legislators from across the country, including the 58 legislators from Georgia. According to the SiX, this amicus brief has the highest number of signers across the country and represents the strongest recorded display of state legislators supporting legal abortion nationwide.

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Reps. Davis, Burnough, Schofield, Scott Issue Statements on U.S. Border Patrol Allegedly Using Horse Reins as Whips

ATLANTA – State Representatives Viola Davis (D-Stone Mountain), Rhonda Burnough (D-Burnough), Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta) and Sandra Scott (D-Rex) today issued statements regarding the recent news reports of U.S. border patrol agents allegedly using horse reins as whips on Haitian migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Georgia House Democratic Caucus Committee on Crisis in Prisons to Hold Hearing on Georgia Department of Corrections

ATLANTA – Members of the Georgia House Democratic Caucus Committee on Crisis in Prisons, co-chaired by State Representatives Josh McLaurin (D-Sandy Springs) and Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta), will hold a hearing on Thursday, September 23, 2021, at 1 p.m. in room 132 of the State Capitol. Due to space constraints, in-person attendance will be limited to members of the media, state officials and pre-approved witnesses. All other attendees may participate in this meeting virtually via Zoom; for Zoom access, please click here.

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