ATLANTA— State Representative Keisha Waites (D-Atlanta) will participate in Operation In-Pack to aid the homeless for the upcoming holiday season. Rep. Waites will distribute back packs filled with personal items at the Peachtree-Pine Homeless Shelter on Monday, December 23, 2013. Continue reading “Rep. Keisha Waites to Participate in Operation In-Pack”
Rep. Keisha Waites to Introduce Legislation Banning Conversion Therapy for Minors
ATLANTA— State Representative Keisha Waites (D-Atlanta) will introduce legislation in the upcoming 2014 Legislative Session to ban conversion therapy for minors in the state of Georgia.
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Rep. Waites to Introduce Mother and Child Protection Bill
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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Rep. Waites to Attend YEO National Policy Retreat
ATLANTA — State Representative Keisha Waites (D-Atlanta) will meet with policy experts and young elected officials from around the country in Atlanta this week to develop innovative policy solutions for Georgia.
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Rep. Waites Introduces Piedmont Altamaha Rail Authority Act
ATLANTA — State Representative Keisha Waites (D-Atlanta) today announced the introduction of House Bill 306. This legislation would create the Piedmont Altamaha Rail Authority, and grant it the power needed to build, operate, and maintain a rail road system that would run between Bibb and Clayton counties.
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