HB 767 – Gwinnett Board of Education

HB 767 – Gwinnett Board of Education

On March 13, 2025, I introduced House Bill 767 to amend the 1972 Act governing the election of the Gwinnett County Board of Education. This bill proposes changes to the compensation structure for board members, including provisions to suspend compensation if the board...
Crossover Day

Crossover Day

Crossover Day is a big day in the Georgia Legislature.  It is day 28 of the legislative session when bills that have passed one chamber pass over to the other chamber to be considered. That big day was last Thursday and I’m pleased to report that my bill, HB 494, the...
Bad Bills

Bad Bills

We are more than half way through the legislative session, Crossover is Thursday, February 29th which means bills that do not pass one chamber to the other is dead and those that have come from the Senate side for our consideration. I can truly say that some of these...
Speed Cameras

Speed Cameras

Have you been caught by a school zone camera? Many of you know first hand about those school zone cameras that snap pictures of cars speeding through school zones.  Many of my constituents, including 2 of my legislative aides have received fines from these cameras....
Speed Cameras

Sine Die 2023

Sine Die Sine die, the last day of the legislative session is this week. I and other Democratic legislators will be happy to see it because this session has been a tough fight for all of us. Two truly awful bills passed the Georgia House of Representatives this week...
End of session 2023

End of session 2023

Thumbs down on SB 140 The legislative session will be over in a few days and we still have many bills to consider before Sine Die. There is one bill that has passed and the Governor has signed that disturbs me greatly and that is SB 140, better known as the Anti Trans...