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Friday, March 29, 2024 - Bills are done; some are dead


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The 2024 Georgia legislative session came to an end Thursday night / Friday morning and while the GOP pushed through a number of ⁠awful bills awaiting Governor Brian Kemp's signature, not all of their "read meat" wish list made the cut⁠. Notably, ⁠none of their anti-LGBTQIA+ garbage made it⁠. So there's that.
⁠New voter challenge rules passed⁠, despite a spirited and fact-laden diatribe by Rep. Saira Draper on the House floor. The "Laken Riley Act," HB 1105, ⁠did pass⁠, much of it on the back of misinformation about local law enforcement and coordination (or a perceived lack of) with I.C.E.
Anyhow, in my little 44-minute summation, I tried covering the highlights (and lowlights).
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