Senate Bill 406, a bill that would allow Georgians to register to vote securely online, is on the debate calendar today in the state Senate.
SB 406 is supported by Secretary of State Brian Kemp.
“This common sense, secure online voter registration initiative will utilize technology to increase citizen access to elections, save Georgia taxpayer dollars, and [...]
Monday, Democrat Alan Powell, Independent Rusty Kidd and Republican Mark Hatfield introduced a ballot access bill that would completely eliminate the need for independent or third party candidates to gather signatures in order to appear on the ballot.
The summary of House Bill 1257 reads as follows:
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter [...]
Wednesday, a group of legislators in the Georgia House introduced a bill that would replace touch screen voting with paper ballots for future elections.
The legislation known as House Bill 1215 is co-sponsored by Republicans Timothy Bearden, Bobby Franklin, Austin Scott and Barry Loudermilk. Democrat Karla Drenner is also listed as a sponsor of the [...]
Here’s how it went down:
Speaker Glenn Richardson (R-Hiram) cast the deciding vote to give House approval to S.B. 200 after holding the vote open while his lieutenants persuaded skeptics to switch their vote.
According to an analysis of the voting board, before and after the vote, five lawmakers switched their vote from a “no†to [...]
The Senate has passed HR 206 and HB 277. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Vance Smith, was stripped of it’s original language (a $25 billion statewide sales tax increase) and substituted with the Senate’s version of a transportation funding scheme (a local T-SPLOST).
The legislation will now head to conference between the House and Senate. [...]
The House approved some strict rules on food safety (SB 80):
Georgia is poised to become the first state to adopt strict new food safety requirements in the aftermath of the salmonella outbreak.
The House voted unanimously Wednesday to require food makers to alert state inspectors within 24 hours if a plant’s internal tests show its products [...]
Here’s the list of bills that cleared the House on Crossover Day.
House Bills:
Bill #
Vote
Status
Notes
HB 2
101-64
PASSED
HB 16
155-8
PASSED
Jacobs AM/Loudermilk AM
HB 23
138-34
PASSED
HB 44
156-0
PASSED
HB 126
167-0
PASSED
HB 129
159-1
PASSED
HB 158
109-53
PASSED
HB 173
137-22
PASSED
HB 186
161-1
PASSED
HB 189
120-45
PASSED
HB 193
155-1
PASSED
HB 243
92-79
PASSED
Motion to reconsider failed
HB 248
166-1
PASSED
HB 289
166-1
PASSED
HB 261
162-4
PASSED
HB 313
158-0
PASSED
HB 321
171-0
PASSED
HB 323
164-0
PASSED
HB 334
166-0
PASSED
HB 335
164-1
PASSED
HB 349
154-1
PASSED
HB 350
164-1
PASSED
HB 355
166-2
PASSED
HB 358
166-0
PASSED
HB 364
164-2
PASSED
HB 367
163-2
PASSED
HB 388
98-66
PASSED
Motion to reconsider failed
HB 395
158-1
PASSED
HB 397
171-0
PASSED
HB 410
158-9
PASSED
HB 417
155-13
PASSED
HB 435
165-0
PASSED
HB [...]
Here is a look at the resolutions and amendments to the Georgia Constitution that passed both chambers of the Georgia General Assembly on Crossover Day.
Senate Resolutions:
Resolution #
Vote
Status
Notes
SR 110
34-20
FAILED
constitutional amendment
SR 466
50-0
PASSED
House Resolutions:
Resolution #
Vote
Status
Notes
HR 22
102-67
FAILED
constitutional amendment
HR 336
163-1
PASSED
HR 338
158-9
PASSED