by Georgia's WIN List | Mar 26, 2019 | WIN Blog
What Happened Last Week in the Senate Last Friday (March 22, 2019), the State Senate passed a committee substitute to HB 481 by a party-line vote of 34 to 18 following an emotional and gut-wrenching four-hour debate early Friday evening. HB 481 is the six-week...
by Georgia's WIN List | Mar 20, 2019 | WIN Blog
WHAT’S HAPPENED SO FAR Last week, Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan appointed Senator William Ligon (R-Brunswick) to the Senate Science and Technology committee as an “ex-officio” member. This appointment stacked the committee’s deck in the Republicans’ favor, pitting three...
by Georgia's WIN List | Mar 14, 2019 | WIN Blog
THE STATUS OF HB 481 At 3 PM this afternoon (March 14, 2019), the Senate Science and Technology Committee will hear HB 481 – the “6-week abortion ban” bill which passed in the House on Crossover Day (March 7, 2019) with only a narrow majority margin. The committee...
by Georgia's WIN List | Jan 23, 2019 | WIN Blog
By: Melita Easters, Executive Director & Founding Chair of Georgia’s WIN List As record-setting numbers of women took their legislative oaths of office under Georgia’s Gold Dome last week, the pale male Republican leadership flexed their misogynistic muscle...
