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ATLANTA – The House Industry and Labor Committee, chaired by State Representative Bill Werkheiser (R-Glennville), will hold a meeting TOMORROW, Thursday, August 26, 2021, at 10 a.m. in room 506 of the Coverdell Legislative Office Building in Atlanta. To watch a live stream of this meeting, please click here.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Bill Werkheiser (R-Glennville), chair of the House Industry & Labor Committee, will continue his work to close a loophole in Georgia law that allows employees to not be compensated when they are injured while working. During the 2021 legislative session, Rep. Werkheiser introduced House Bill 397 to close this loophole.
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ATLANTA— State Representative Keisha Waites (D-Atlanta) will reintroduce House Bill 397 in the upcoming 2014 Legislative Session, which would remove the parental rights of rapists for children conceived as a result of their crime. In Georgia, when a woman becomes pregnant as a result of rape, the rapist has the same parental rights as does any other father.
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