ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia Governor Brian Kemp on Friday signed a hate crimes bill that provides for extra penalties for crimes motivated by race, color, gender or sexual orientation, a move in part motivated by the high-profile killing of a Black jogger this year. The legislation comes at...
Georgia Gov.Brian Kemp(R) on Tuesday signed into law a measure allowing Georgians to conceal and carry a handgun without a permit. The contentious new law, dubbed the Georgia Constitutional Carry Act, cleared the state legislature atthe beginning of the month along party lines. Georgia ...
this time late in February. We’ll keep a close eye on both these bills, with the hope that at least one passed the House and is able to get a governor’s signature. This election year is proving
So-called "heartbeat bills" like Georgia's have become a popular tool among states looking to reduce abortion access. At least 15 states have introduced similar legislation this year and the governors of Kentucky, Mississippi and Ohio have signed theirs into law. None of those ...
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Georgia Law on DUI.Being “over the legal limit” of 0.08 grams percent (for any driver) is called DUIper se. In addition, the State of Georgia can prosecute without a breath test, blood test or urine test, if circumstantial evidence is sufficient to convince a jury that it was less ...
(TNS) — Georgia state Sen. Jeff Mullis, R-Chickamauga, has introduced a handful of election reform bills he said are aimed at securing the state's election process. Mullis announced a total of seven bills to "secure the right to vote and ensure that the will of the people is properly...
While Georgia's law has been signed, election bills in a number of other states are beginning to face scrutiny, particularly in Texas. When pressuring companies to speak up, Merck's Frazier contended Georgia is "the leading edge of a movement all around this country to restrict voting access...