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Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 37 2022

In the final week of a legislative session, committee meetings under the Gold Dome are a lot like magic shows. Bills and resolutions, including some thought to be long dead, come before a committee and, presto chango, emerge...more

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 36 2022

Spirits were high on Monday as weary lawmakers and lobbyists embraced the fact that only one week remains in the 2022 Legislative Session. The State Capitol has a bit of a “last week of school” feel as retiring legislators...more

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 35 2022

The General Assembly wrapped up the penultimate week of the 2022 Legislative Session on Friday with a flurry of activity. The sprint toward Sine Die has accelerated, figuratively and literally, with House members racing from...more

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 34 2022

A rainy morning gave way to a mostly sunny day outside the State Capitol and inside the Appropriations Committee room on Wednesday. Less than two weeks after getting the handoff from the House, Senate appropriators met to...more

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 33 2022

Today’s actions included a lot of farewells as members who plan on not running for office or intend to seek other offices gave their goodbye speeches. In the House, Representative Tom Kirby gave his farewell speech....more

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 32 2022

The General Assembly returned to the Capitol on Monday, but the lack of floor action in the chambers seemed more like Legislative Day 3 than Legislative Day 32. Neither the House nor the Senate had Rules Calendars as the...more

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 31 2022

As the countdown to Day 40 continues, the House and Senate Rules Committees have pressed the pause button on their meetings, which really cramps everyone's style. The House has yet to pass a Senate Bill or place one on its...more

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 30 2022

The Senate passed several measures today - one of which will help Georgians with the price of gas at the pumps. HB 304, authored by Representative Jodi Lott (R-Evans), moved through the Senate after a full discussion on oil...more

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 29 2022

After a late night, both the House and Senate had an afternoon start time. Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) announced the passage of 60 bills in the House yesterday. Meanwhile, Governor Kemp held a press conference on the...more

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 28 2022 (Crossover Day)

Work continues under the Gold Dome as this Report went live on Tuesday evening, with legislators in the House and Senate jockeying to get their bills and resolutions across the hall before the gavel falls on Crossover Day...more

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 27 2022

The Georgia House went into extra innings on Friday as it worked to send as many measures as possible to the Senate on “Crossover Eve.” Next week’s deadline for legislation to cross to the opposite chamber loomed large with...more

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 26 2022

Although the House and Senate took up a number of measures throughout the day, money matters drew the attention of most lawmakers and lobbyists under the Gold Dome on Wednesday. After approving a measure to reduce Georgia’s...more

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 25 2022

With less than a week to go before Crossover Day, the General Assembly continued to advance major propositions through the legislative process on Tuesday. One of those major propositions, Speaker Ralston’s Mental Health...more

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 24 2022

Legislators wrapped up the week with busy floor calendars on Friday that are sure to provide plenty to talk about back in their districts this weekend — and well into election season. The House took up and passed a trio of...more

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 23 2022

The Georgia House put in a full day on Thursday, taking up twelve propositions across two Rules Calendars before adjourning near 4PM. Representatives unanimously approved a bill strengthening Georgia’s Childhood Lead Exposure...more

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 22 2022

The House and Senate did get some work done on Legislative Day 22, including approval of the $1.6 billion tax refund package proposed by Governor Kemp in his State of the State address by the House (HB 1302)....more

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 21 2022

Beginning the downhill slide into the second half of the 2022 Legislative Session on Monday, the Georgia State Senate spent its morning discussing the Second Amendment while the House discussed divesting any Russian assets...more

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 20 2022

The General Assembly wrapped up its workweek on Thursday by taking up a number of weighty issues in each chamber. The House approved the much-discussed “Student Technology Protection Act” (HB 1217), legislation allowing for...more

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 19 2022

The General Assembly returned to the State Capitol for Legislative Day 19 on Twos-day (2/22/22) with multiple measures up for consideration in each chamber. The House approved a number of health-related propositions,...more

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 18 2022

Today’s work, as lawmakers close on the sixth week since the session’s opening, focused on local legislative initiatives in the House while there was more variety of subjects taken up by the Senate. There was also a pause of...more

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 17 2022

The General Assembly marked another day off the legislative calendar on Tuesday, and opossums and raccoons moved one step closer to being knocked off any time of the year in Georgia. HB 1147, allowing year-round hunting of...more

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 16 2022

The House and Senate largely avoided each other on Valentine’s Day, with the Senate quickly gaveling in and taking care of business this morning before the House rolled in for an afternoon convening. It’s unclear whether the...more

Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 15 2022

The General Assembly took a half day on Friday after a full week of floor debates and committee proceedings. Although the House and Senate addressed a collective six measures on their floors, legislators made quick work of...more

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 14 2022

Thursday marked the halfway point to Crossover Day, and members of the House Appropriations Committee got to work early approving their version of the Amended FY23 Budget. Although the House is proposing minimal changes...more

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 13 2022

The House Chamber was filled with black robes (and maybe a nervous member or two) as the Georgia Supreme Court and Georgia Court of Appeals assembled for the annual State of the Judiciary Address on Tuesday. ...more

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