Georgia Legislative Watch

The House gets started around 9am. Not sure about the Senate. This live-blog will be running all day. Please be patient as it may take a moment for someone to approve your comment.

Here is video, provided by the Georgia Senate, of Majority Leader Chip Rogers’ weekly press conference.

Here is Lawmakers coverage of Day 38 (last week):

Qualifying for the July 20th party primaries begins this morning and will run until Thursday, April 29th at 5pm.

The Secretary of State’s office will be listing candidates in real time here. http://qual.sos.ga.gov/qualifyingindex.asp

Here is Lawmakers coverage of Day 36 (Thursday of last week).

Here is video, provided by the Georgia Senate, of Majority Leader Chip Rogers’ weekly press conference.

Part 2:

The House passed the 2011 budget by a vote of 120 to 52.

According to Rep. Steve Davis (R-McDonough), via Twitter, Rep. David Lucas (D-Macon) proposed an amendment to fund the halls of fame in Macon. It failed, 62 to 107. Rep. Bobby Franklin (R-Marietta) proposed an amendment to abolish the Department of Human Services. It also failed, by 4 to 165.

Here is Lawmakers coverage of Day 35.