House Resolution 13 was the first piece of legislation to be reported out of committee for this session. The resolution would urge the U.S. Congress to provide more funding for Georgia´s PeachCare for Kids program other State Children’s Health Insurance Plans (S-CHIP) across the nation.
Today marks the beginning of the session for the 149th Georgia General Assembly. The legislature will convene at 10am. You’ll be able to watch online over at the Georgia Legislative Network.
At the end of each legislative day I’ll be posting vote information and legislative updates.
Also, Sonny Perdue will be sworn-in for his second term tomorrow at 2pm at Phillip Arena.
Welcome to the Georgia Legislative Watch. I’m one half of the blogmastering team here, and I wanted to give a quick tour of the site.
As you can see, we went live today and already have 64 pieces of legislation in the system. Since we don’t expect people to scroll through all these bills looking for discussion, we’ve setup a new comments item to your right. It will list the legislation with the most recent comments. You can also see the most recent posts and comments by clicking on Site Admin once you’ve logged in.
If you’re looking for a specific piece of legislation, you can use the search page just under the picture of the Capitol Building. If you’d like to browse by legislation topic, select View by Issue.
If you have any comments or suggestions, you can send them to us at contact at gabills dot com.
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Contact: Jason Pye
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Atlanta, GA – Two bloggers from the Metro Atlanta area have created a non-partisan citizen watchdog site called Georgia Legislative Watch.
With over a thousand bills introduced in the last session, its hard for the average citizen to keep track of what is going on in the General Assembly. Georgia Legislative Watch will harness the power of the Internet to provide competing analysis of pending legislation.
“The purpose of the site is to encourage people to get involved in the legislative process and engage other individuals in what is going on in state government,” said Jason Pye, one of two co-founders of Georgia Legislative Watch.
The site, with a layout similar to a blog, will post new legislation when it is introduced. Site visitors will be able to add their thoughts, opinion and analysis for each bill. Legislation will also be viewable by issue, allowing visitors to view only the bills that interest them.
Chris Farris, an Internet professional and co-founder of Georgia Legislative Watch, highlights the collaborative nature of the site. “From wikipedia, to OpenSource Software, to Google the power of large numbers of people contributing their knowledge creates value for everyone. We hope that by providing a place where Georgians can express their opinions about pending legislation, we can provide a valuable service and help the General Assembly create better legislation”, he said.
Legislators from both sides of the aisle are encouraged to register and post about their own bills. Georgia Legislative Watch will highlight the comments from sponsors and co-sponsors of bills.