The Georgia General Assembly has one constitutional obligation which is to pass a balanced budget. When we started our second week of the session, we had joint House and Senate Appropriations Committee hearings to begin the state budget process, listening to all the...
There is a lot of news in the past week about what is known as “Cross Over Day”. A bill must be passed by one chamber by Cross Over Day to be considered by the other chamber, or it is dead until the next session, unless there is a bill that is germane and it can be...
Bills passed on Crossover Day Monday, March 8 2021, was Crossover day at the Gold Dome. This is the big day when all the bills passed in the Georgia House of Representatives are sent to the Georgia Senate. The Georgia Senate also sends their bills to the Georgia...
State Representative Donna McLeod (D - 105 ) and me listening to a budget presentation. ABOUT THE BUDGET Our biggest responsibility as legislators is to pass a budget. This task has been complicated by the fact the Governor Kemp has asked for further cuts in a budget...
