It’s done! The 2026 Georgia legislative session ended at midnight (more or less) on Holy Thursday. In this show we give the final update on the bills we’ve been following – which ones crossed the finish line and now go to the Governor for signature or veto, and which ones fell short. Although “sine die” means “without a date” to resume the legislative session, rest assured that the General Assembly will be back next January (although with some changes created by November elections) and will consider a whole new crop of bills. So there’s always a chance at legislative rebirth.

Resources:
Georgia Elections 2026
Call Governor Kemp at 404-656-1776 (or via website contact us page) and ask him to VETO SB 220 and HB 1138

Many bills are on the move as we charge toward the last week of the legislative session. On this show we update you about recent developments, and offer projections for the final week. We also explain how you can make your voice heard to support good bills and derail bad ones. The countdown is on!

Resources:
Contact Governor Brian Kemp at 404-656-1776
Contact House Speaker Jon Burns at 404-656-5020
Find out your Senator and House representative
List of House Representatives
List of Senators
List of House Committees
List of Senate Committees
Georgians for Responsible Marijuana Policy FAQs

In addition to our bill update as the 2026 session winds down, we talk with Dr. Quentin Van Meter, an Atlanta pediatric endocrinologist who has been a national spokesman for protecting young patients from sex-rejecting medical interventions. Largely because of Dr. Van Meter’s input and expertise, Georgia law currently prohibits administering hormones or performing surgeries on minor patients who want to look and sound more like the opposite sex. But Georgia law still allows puberty blockers for young children to keep them from experiencing natural puberty. Dr. Van Meter explains why these drugs are dangerous in such circumstances and why we should make a final push to get a puberty-blocker ban enacted this year.

Resources:
"Losing Young People to Gender Ideology: A Conversation with Dr. Quentin Van Meter" on United Families website
American College of Pediatricians: Gender Dysphoria and Interventions
Contact Governor Brian Kemp at 404-656-1776; website contact us page
Contact House Speaker Jon Burns at 404-656-5020
Find out your Senator and House representative
List of House Representatives
List of Senators
List of House Committees
List of Senate Committees

The finish line isn’t in sight, but we’re approaching the last lap. Hear an update on the bills we’ve been following (marijuana, obscenity, gambling, parental rights, puberty blockers, etc.). We’ll tell you which ones are still in play, which ones are (probably) dead, and which ones might get the push they need if we all engage. The information under Resources will get you to phone numbers and email addresses so you can make your voice heard:

Resources:
Find out your Senator and House representative
Contact House Speaker Jon Burns at 404-656-5020
List of House Representatives
List of Senators
List of House Committees
List of Senate Committees

Brenda Stoll, registered nurse and longtime activist on the issues of life and reproductive health, joins us to discuss two topics: 1) a bill in the legislature to allow pharmacists to dispense contraceptives to women and minor girls with little involvement by a physician; and 2) the movement in public schools, specifically Gwinnett County, to install radical sex-education curricula against the wishes of parents (and possibly with the help of another bill pending in the legislature). Learn what we can do to fight these developments.

Resources:
Tract on birth control on Catholic Answers website
Increasing Access to Contraceptives Act (HB 1138)
Quality Basic Education Act (HB 1505); prescribed course of study in sex education and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention instruction is age appropriate and medically accurate
Sex education information from American College of Pediatricians
Article "Gwinnett Schools Moving Away From Longtime Sex Ed Curriculum" on Gwinnett Daily Post website

Hear an update on bills we’ve been following so that you will know how you can help as the legislature approaches “Crossover Day” on March 6. We welcome Dr. John Kindt, professor emeritus of business administration at the University of Illinois, to talk about the perennial effort to legalize gambling in Georgia. We mention the sports-gambling bills pending in the legislature but focus on something else that is becoming a looming threat: “prediction markets,” the non-regulation of which could bypass every gambling law in the nation and open up predatory gambling beyond all previous bounds. Would this really be catastrophic for our children, families, and culture? (Spoiler alert: Yes) And add in artificial intelligence, which may make it literally impossible for the average person to win. Everybody loses!

Resources:
Article: "Predictably, “Prediction Markets” Are Just Casinos"
Sports Betting And Artificial Intelligence: A.I. Legislation Tracker (2025) - on GamblingHarm.org
Article: "Illinois Professor Calls for Criminalizing Internet Gambling"
Stop Predatory Gambling website

If you’re at all familiar with pro-life work in Georgia, you know about the dynamic mother-daughter team of Suzanne and Rachel Guy. The Guys have been leaders in every aspect of pro-life ministry, from sidewalk counseling to Capitol lobbying to national and international media appearances. Suzanne Guy joins us on this show to tell us what the legislative situation is in Georgia – including some good news! – and give a broader picture of what might happen in the future.

Resources:
Life Initiatives and Values (LI-V) website
Article by Suzanne Guy - "Doctors told us to abort, but we knew ‘if there’s a heartbeat, there’s hope’" - on Live Action News website
Rachel Guy's contributor's bio on Focus on the Family website

We provide an insider’s look at the workings of the Georgia State Capitol. Our guest is Paul Smith, founder of the advocacy group Citizen Impact, who lobbies for pro-family and religious freedom legislation at the Dome. He offers specific examples – such as the years’-long campaign to enact the Religious Freedom Restoration Act – to explain how it all works, and what individual citizens can do to help push good bills across the finish line and derail the bad ones.

Resources:
Citizen Impact websiteVideo that helped enact the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, outlining what it is and why we need it

This episode focuses on the problematic nature of materials that children in Georgia may be exposed to in school libraries or public libraries in general. A leading expert and activist on this issue, Priscilla Bence, joins us to explain the loophole in state law that allows libraries to – literally – make obscene materials available to children. Priscilla also tells us about pending legislation (SB 74, the Harmful Materials to Minors Act) that would protect young Georgians from sexually explicit material, and about what parents can do to get that legislation passed.

Resources:
Georgians for Responsible Libraries website
Georgia legislation SB 74, the Harmful Materials to Minors Act
Book: The Porn Myth: Exposing the Reality Behind the Fantasy of Pornography, published by Ignatius Press 
Take Back the Classroom website
RatedBooks.org

We examine bills in the Georgia legislature dealing with the regulation of marijuana in Georgia. Our guide in this complex and controversial area is Michael Mumper, Executive Director of Georgians for Responsible Marijuana Policy. This discussion will help Catholics understand these issues of drug policy and equip all of us to affect the outcome.

Resources:
 Georgians for Responsible Marijuana Policy website
House Committee on Agriculture & Consumer Affairs website (SB 33)
House Committee on Regulated Industries website (SB 220)
Senate Committee on Health & Human Services website