Georgia Rep. Kim Schofield (D)

GA - Health & Human Services (House)

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GA - Information and Audits (House)

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GA - Interstate Cooperation (House)

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GA - Small Business Development (House)

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GA - HR296 Freeman, Justin; commend

GA - HR1066 Georgia Chapter of the Lupus Foundation of America; Lupus Advocacy Day at the state capitol; March 23, 2022; recognize

GA - HB1410 Elections; electors who are visually disabled may vote electronically; provide

GA - HB37 Public schools; operational wheelchair onsite at all times; require

GA - HB808 Labor and industrial relations; appointment of a State Advisory Council and other councils by the Commissioner of Labor; provide a date certain

GA - HR292 Lupus Advocacy Day at the state capitol; Thursday, March 11, 2021; the Lupus Foundation of America; recognize

GA - HR968 Combs, Yesenia; commend

GA - HB42 Education; grant program to encourage certain physicians to practice in underserved areas; create

GA - HR988 HPV Awareness Day at the state capitol; 03/24/22; Georgia's Cancer Control Consortium; recognize

GA - HB900 State government; remove exemption of administrative review from the Board of Corrections and its penal institutions

GA - HR964 Shorts, Vickie Kendrick; commend

GA - HR577 Health; increased awareness, education, and research regarding rare diseases; recognize

GA - HR445 Akintokun, Lawrence; Forest Park High School's 2021-2022 Teacher of the Year; commend

GA - HR1139 Collins, Marshe; Liberty Point Elementary's 2021 Teacher of the Year; commend

GA - HR714 Universal Declaration of Human Rights; 73rd anniversary; celebration of Human Rights Day; recognize

GA - HR290 Seabrook, Bishop; commend

GA - HR289 HPV Cancer Awareness Day in Georgia; March 4, 2021; acknowledging the connection between the human papillomavirus (HPV) and cancer and the protection offered to prevent most HPV related cancers; recognize

GA - HB38 Health; sterilization procedures; repeal provisions

GA - HR53 Congress; place a moratorium on the three main credit reporting bureaus, Experian, Trans Union, and Equifax during COVID-19 pandemic; urge

GA - HB36 Public buildings; indoor air quality assessments; require

GA - HR962 2022 Georgia Single Parent Legacy Builders award finalists; 2022 Georgia Single Parent Overcomer Founder award recipients for their accomplishments; commend

GA - HB741 Social services; temporary assistance for needy families; increase access to benefits

GA - HR291 Thomas, Zykeria; commend

GA - HB230 Housing; discrimination based on hairstyles associated with race, color, or national origin; prohibit

GA - HB58 Georgia Women's Care Act; enact

GA - HR61 Protection of essential workers; support

GA - HR1137 North Clayton Middle School boys basketball team; named the Clayton County Public School Champions for the 2021-2022 season; commend

GA - HR990 Hall, Sara; commend

GA - HR970 Walker, Judy Davis; commend

GA - HR297 Sheffield, Merri Ellen; advocacy in systemic racism, environmental justice, community building, and equity as a grassroots leader in her community; commend

GA - HR72 United States Congress; enact legislation placing a moratorium on negative credit reporting during the COVID-19 pandemic; urge

GA - HB39 Individual Short-Term Health Insurance Consumer Protection Act; provide

GA - HR444 Drewry, Monique; commend

GA - HB40 Fire protection and safety; certain chemical flame retardants; prohibit

GA - HR93 Women Owned Business Day at the state capitol; March 24, 2021; recognize

GA - HR886 Summers, Denise; commend

GA - HB475 General Assembly; committees have ability to subpoena persons to testify for production of documents for examination by committees; provide

GA - HR969 Gordon, Elizabeth; commend

GA - HB41 Health Benefit Plan Network Access and Adequacy Act; enact

GA - HR1138 White Cane Awareness Day at the state capitol; October 15, 2022; recognize

GA - HR576 Local government; support of urban agriculture; encourage

GA - HR578 National Black Caucus of State Legislators; efforts to identify the critical need for increasing access to healthcare, food and credit; recognize

GA - HB148 Local government; taxpaying business owners to be appointed to development authorities; provide

GA - HB976 Black Farmer Restoration Office; establish

GA - HB977 Labor and industrial relations; prohibition of age discrimination in employment; change age of individuals

GA - HB1517 Georgia Family Insurance Act; create

GA - HR908 Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund; create - CA

GA - HR652 Public Health, Department of; improve quality of care for those with HIV on the Medicaid program; urge

GA - HR823 House Study Committee on Pharmacy Deserts; create

GA - HB1416 Education, Department of; provide certain information to parents and guardians of students completing fifth and sixth grades regarding adolescent vaccinations

GA - HR880 Local governments; support of urban farming; encourage

GA - HR843 Health, Department of; work with Department of Community Health to enhance HIV prevention for Medicaid beneficiaries

GA - HB856 General Assembly; establishment of the Legislative Commission on the Disparate Impact of COVID-19; provide

GA - HB902 Insurance; reduce out-of-pocket costs for consumers requiring insulin

GA - HR989 Arnold, Judith Elizabeth; commend

GA - HB356 Labor and industrial relations; prohibition of age discrimination in employment; change age of individuals protected

GA - HR644 Bone Health and Osteoporosis Awareness Month in the State of Georgia; May 2022; recognize

GA - HR293 Johnson-Davis, Jana L.; advocacy for and support of Georgia citizens impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic; commend

GA - HR294 Swanson, Jacobe; commend

GA - HR1017 Woodard, Dominique; Banneker High School's Teacher of the Year; commend

GA - HR971 Perez-Marrero, Senora Maria; commend

GA - HR963 Gordon, Doneshia; commend

GA - HB648 Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired Act; enact

GA - HB31 Public records; fees charged for disclosure; provide exception

GA - HR713 Smith, Nathaniel Q., Jr.; Partnership for Southern Equity; commend

GA - HR295 Scales, Jaliyah; commend

GA - HR1019 HPV Cancer Awareness Day in Georgia; March 24, 2022; call attention to the connection between the human papillomavirus (HPV) and cancer; to spread awareness of the protection offered to prevent most HPV-related cancers; recognize

GA - HR1018 World Water Day; March 22; recognize; Ryan Beltrán; commend

GA - HB380 Labor and industrial relations; employment security benefits; provisions

GA - HR70 A state goal of 100 percent clean energy by 2050; support

GA - HR188 State Workgroup to Increase Chronic Disease Information and Screenings in Communities of Color; creation; support

GA - HR443 Blackwell, Brittney; Clayton County Public Schools' 2021-2022 Teacher of the Year; commend

GA - HR446 Dunn, Tom; South Atlanta High School's 2021-2022 Teacher of the Year; commend

GA - HB6 Income tax; tax credit for investors in women owned businesses; provide

GA - HB9 Education, Department of; develop guidelines for use of telehealth services in public schools

GA - HB10 Support for Students Living in Poverty Act; enact

GA - HB11 Safe Patient Limits Act; enact

GA - HB12 Controlled substances; possession of certain quantities of marijuana constitute a misdemeanor; provide

GA - HB13 Georgia Crime Information Center; fees associated with filing for record restrictions or the inspection and correction of criminal records; reduce

GA - HB15 Preventing Tragedies Between Police and Communities Act; enact

GA - HB16 Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act; enact

GA - HB19 Due Process in Civil Forfeiture Act; enact

GA - HB20 Public officers and employees; right of action against coroners or medical examiners for negligence in certain death investigations involving persons killed by a peace officer; provide

GA - HB21 Crimes and offenses; unlawful conduct during 9-1-1 call to include bias motivations in calling or otherwise contacting 9-1-1; revise

GA - HB26 Income tax; investor relative to an income tax credit for certain investments; change qualifications

GA - HB27 Income tax; certain qualified investments; historically black colleges and universities; revise credit

GA - HB29 Office of Planning and Budget; annual report on wealth of Georgians; require

GA - HB35 Ethical Policing Act; enact

GA - HB49 Mental Health Parity Act; enact

GA - HB57 Inmate policies; policies for breast milk storage and breast feeding; provide

GA - HB69 State government; certain immunities from actions of certain state officers or employees; remove

GA - HB95 Income tax; refundable earned income tax credit; provide credit

GA - HB101 Elections; restrictions of voting rights for judicially incompetent persons; provide

GA - HB118 Funding Adequate Instruction in Rural (FAIR) Georgia Grants Act; enact

GA - HB155 Education; raise age of mandatory education for children from 16 to 17

GA - HB160 Revenue and taxation; water and sewer projects and costs tax (MOST); provide for audits of tax by state auditor under certain conditions

GA - HB167 State government; open and public meetings and inspection of public records; revise certain laws

GA - HB175 Crimes and offenses; aggravated strangulation by a peace officer; provide for the crime

GA - HB204 Buildings and housing; comprehensive state civil rights law protecting individuals from discrimination in housing, public accommodations, and employment; provide

GA - HB213 Controlled substances; full practice authority for advance practice registered nurses; provide

GA - HB214 Social services; individuals to buy-in to Medicaid coverage; allow

GA - HB215 Social services; use of telehealth options in the Medicaid program; expand

GA - HB217 Community Health, Department of; annual quality and payment reporting for health care plans and programs administered; provide

GA - HB219 General Assembly; pilot program to evaluate whether health notes to assess the potential health impact by proposed legislation should be required by the General Assembly; provide

GA - HB233 Criminal procedure; prohibit use of no-knock search warrants

GA - HB237 State government; prohibit display of monuments or memorabilia related to the Confederate States of America except for museums and Civil War battlefields

GA - HB238 State government; protection of government statues, monuments, plaques, banners, and other commemorative symbols; revise provisions

GA - HB239 Mental health; Department of Behavioral Health conduct or coordinate all audits of behavioral health providers; provide

GA - HB240 State holidays; February 21 as John Lewis Day; designate

GA - HB251 Clayton County; Board of Education; change compensation of members

GA - HB256 Education; HOPE tuition-free grant; establish

GA - HB259 Education; need based HOPE scholarship and grant; create

GA - HB264 Crimes and offenses; persons who are noncitizens and present in the United States without official documentation; revise terminology

GA - HB301 Property; dispossessory proceedings; provide for certain notices to tenants

GA - HB311 Insurance; revise certain tax credits

GA - HB312 Revenue and taxation; repeal certain income tax credits; revise certain sales tax exemptions

GA - HB318 Courts; special grand jury impaneling procedures; revise provisions

GA - HB339 Georgia Environmental Justice Act of 2021; enact

GA - HB348 Labor and industrial relations; unemployment benefits; provisions

GA - HB350 Labor and industrial relations; jury duty participation; provide certain benefits

GA - HB351 Georgia Voting Verification Act; enact

GA - HB370 Health; term limits for members of joint hospital authorities; provide

GA - HB377 Georgia Women's Care (Child Care Alternatives, Resources, and Education) Act; enact

GA - HB379 Labor and industrial relations; employers to provide certain salary information; require

GA - HB381 Expanding Medicaid to Improve Health Outcomes for New Mothers Act; enact

GA - HB402 Georgia Anti-Corruption Act; enact

GA - HB436 Crimes and offenses; date of incorporation of local ordinances by reference; change

GA - HB437 Local government; attendants at self-service motor fuel establishments to dispense motor fuel to individuals with special disabilities; require

GA - HB515 Insurance; prohibit insurers from considering advertising or solicitation expenses when making or using personal private passenger motor vehicle insurance rates

GA - HB549 Georgia Safe Workplaces Act; enact

GA - HB568 Insurance; change filing scheme for private passenger motor vehicle rates from file and use to prior approval

GA - HB583 Employment security; access and dissemination of certain information and documents related to claims for unemployment benefits; provide

GA - HB584 Labor and industrial relations; daily overtime pay for eligible employees; provide

GA - HB592 Torts; gross negligence standard in actions involving COVID-19 liability claims against healthcare facilities, healthcare providers, entities, and individuals; clarify

GA - HB600 Hapeville, City of; quorums of mayor and council; revise provisions

GA - HB621 Insurance; insurers to consider only specified information in determining motor vehicle liability insurance rates; direct

GA - HB644 Postsecondary education; special institutional fee waiver for students who work 20 or more hours per week as graduate assistants at units of the University System of Georgia; provide

GA - HB650 Working for Two Act; enact

GA - HB674 Financial institutions; earned wage access service providers; provide requirements

GA - HB678 Inmate Mental Health Act; enact

GA - HB708 City of Hapeville Public Facilities Authority Act; enact

GA - HB720 Forgery Signature Verification Act; enact

GA - HB721 Income tax; eliminate a certain deduction; revise certain credits

GA - HB722 Georgia Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act; enact

GA - HB728 Penal institutions; no private corporation shall operate a detention facility; provide

GA - HB738 Agriculture; production, manufacturing, dispensing and use of medical marijuana in this state; authorize

GA - HB758 State government; make Open Records Act applicable to General Assembly

GA - HB809 Crimes and offenses; counties adopt ordinances governing and punishing the possession of one ounce or less of marijuana; authorize

GA - HB810 Sales and use tax; certain menstrual products; create exemption

GA - HB823 Prescription Drug Rebate Financial Protection Act; enact

GA - HB828 Labor and industrial relations; payment of compensation to transitory employees upon separation within a certain time frame; provide

GA - HB833 Freedom to Drive Act; enact

GA - HB836 Atlanta, City of; change corporate limits

GA - HB851 Penal institutions; certain mental illness evaluations of persons; require

GA - HB852 Penal institutions; public disclosure of certain data pertaining to the health, safety, or other conditions of detention of inmates; require

GA - HB853 Criminal procedure; mental health treatment alternatives to imprisonment; provide

GA - HB858 Innocent Georgian Process Improvement Act; enact

GA - HB859 Uniform Civil Forfeiture Procedure Act; certain property is exempt from seizure; provide

GA - HB860 Uniform Civil Forfeiture Procedure Act; reporting of property seized and forfeited to the Carl Vinson Institute of Government; require

GA - HB861 Health; increase access to disposable menstrual products in public schools, penal institutions, certain social service shelters, and housing facilities

GA - HB862 Funeral services; additional time for purchasers of burial lots and burial services to pursue a civil cause of action against sellers that violate certain laws; provide

GA - HB863 University System of Georgia; menstrual hygiene products available at no cost to students in certain facilities; require

GA - HB864 Public assistance; use certain benefits for purchasing diapers or menstrual products; provide for waiver request

GA - HB875 Georgia Unemployment Insurance Working Group Act; enact

GA - HB878 Clayton County; State Court; provide salary of solicitor-general

GA - HB879 Clayton County; civil service system; exclude additional employee positions

GA - HB892 Education; use of corporal punishment by school personnel with any student in any public school; prohibit

GA - HB926 Labor and industrial relations; employers to provide certain documentation when compensating employees; require

GA - HB927 Criminal procedure; terminology referring to persons who are noncitizens and present in the U.S. without official documentation; revise

GA - HB929 Solitary Confinement Limitation Act; enact

GA - HB930 State government; protection of government statues, monuments, plaques, banners, and other commemorative symbols; revise provisions

GA - HB940 Wills, trusts and administration of estates; provide for electronic wills

GA - HB968 Firefighters, paramedics, cardiac technicians and peace officers; ethics and diversity training; provide

GA - HB970 Veterans Postsecondary Education Act; enact

GA - HB971 Crimes and offenses; failure to store firearm in a secure manner; provide for offense

GA - HB1037 Georgia Peer Workforce Navigator Pilot Program Act; enact

GA - HB1046 Law enforcement officers; implicit bias training; provide

GA - HB1047 Solitary Confinement and Restraints Limitation Act; enact

GA - HB1050 Penal institutions; equitable payment to inmates for labor performed and goods produced while incarcerated; provide

GA - HB1051 Penal institutions; tracking of inmate labor; provide

GA - HB1087 Undocumented Persons Family Violence Protection Act; enact

GA - HB1092 Georgia Women's CARE (Child Care Alternatives, Resources, and Education) Act, enact

GA - HB1137 State government; remove exemption of administrative review from the Board of Corrections and its penal institutions

GA - HB1179 Holidays and observances; revise holidays observed in Georgia

GA - HB1214 Clayton County; Board of Education; change description of districts

GA - HB1265 Clayton County; Board of Commissioners; change description of districts

GA - HB1309 Georgia Urban Farming Youth Initiative Act; enact

GA - HB1339 State employees' health benefit plans; cover medically necessary care and treatment of head and neck conditions; mandate

GA - HB1415 Domestic relations; legally separated spouse can petition for adoption of a child; provide

GA - HB1417 College Park, City of; ad valorem tax; municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption

GA - HB1440 Employment security; change definition of employment to include services performed by an individual for wages

GA - HB1458 Buildings and housing; prohibit discrimination based on age, creed, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and source of income

GA - HB1487 Public utilities and transportation; quality of services to low income customers to be examined by Public Service Commission; provide

GA - HB1504 Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman; create

GA - HB1518 Health; repeal in its entirety Chapter 26 relating to midwifery; provide for licensure and regulation of community midwives; provide for an exception

GA - HB1549 Georgia Returning Citizens State Identification Act; enact

GA - HB1552 Union City Public Facilities Authority Act; enact

GA - HB1569 State government; removal from public view all art and artifacts that depict slavery, the Holocaust, or any other systemic radical injustice; provide

GA - HR2 Elected officials; office shall be declared vacant upon official qualifying for certain other offices; provide - CA

GA - HR12 Congress; creation of a reparations study committee; express support

GA - HR13 Congress; enact legislation removing cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act; urge

GA - HR28 Right to register and vote; remove conviction of felony involving moral turpitude as an exception - CA

GA - HR74 Meeks, Adrian; commend

GA - HR76 Official Code of Georgia Annotated; replacement term illegal alien with term undocumented person; encourage

GA - HR78 Racism; public health crisis in Georgia; declare

GA - HR79 Georgia Department of Transportation; erect sound barriers for the City of Hapeville; urge

GA - HR111 National Gun Violence Survivors Week in Georgia; February 1-7, 2021; recognize

GA - HR117 House Study Committee on Homeowners' Associations, Condominium Owners' Associations, and Property Owners in Community Associations; create

GA - HR118 Abrams, Stacey; commend

GA - HR146 House Study Committee on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to Improve the Health of Women and Children; create

GA - HR147 House Study Committee on Abuse of Disabled Parking Permits; create

GA - HR153 Moore, Francine; outstanding public service; commend

GA - HR163 House Study Committee to Evaluate Workplace Safety and Labor Law Enforcement in Georgia; create

GA - HR165 Corrections, Department of; inquiry of certain matters; provide

GA - HR186 Joint Medicaid Sustainability Study Committee; create

GA - HR210 Congress; enact John Lewis Civil Rights Voting Act; urge

GA - HR211 Governor; join United States Climate Alliance; urge

GA - HR287 Gumbs-Rouse, Hadiya; commend

GA - HR338 Fredericks, Yalonda; receiving the 2021 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award; commend

GA - HR370 House Study Committee on the Impact of Active Shooter Drills in Schools; create

GA - HR377 Community Activist Day; March 29, 2021; acknowledge unsung heroic activists and their strength, selfless courage, and hopeful actions that create a positive and much improved future; recognize

GA - HR386 Clayton County Chamber Day at the state capitol; February 10, 2021; Clayton County Chamber of Commerce; recognize

GA - HR430 Governor; removal of Commissioner of Labor for neglect and dereliction of duty evidenced by failing to pay valid unemployment claims in a timely manner; urge

GA - HR449 Harps, JoAnn Green; condolences

GA - HR468 Edwards, Joel, outstanding service as a community activist; commend

GA - HR470 Williams, Dr. Ed; outstanding service as a community activist; commend

GA - HR471 Holmes, Sandra; outstanding community service; commend

GA - HR483 Pringle, Willie; outstanding community service; commend

GA - HR490 Gordon, Representative J. Craig; commend

GA - HR492 Williams, Daniel; condolences

GA - HR540 Gay, Dr. William; contributions to black radio; commend

GA - HR572 Gold Star Fathers of Georgia Highway; Clayton County; dedicate

GA - HR573 Arnold-Fountain Professional Club Highway; Clayton County; dedicate

GA - HR598 Stewart, Sabrina; Clayton County Public Schools' 2022 Classified Support Professional of the Year; commend

GA - HR601 Wallace, Regina; Clayton County Public Schools' 2021-2022 Support Leader of the Year; commend

GA - HR602 Hud-Kirk, Jamilah A.; Fountain Elementary School's 2021-2022 Principal of the Year; commend

GA - HR651 House Study Committee on Evaluating, Simplifying, and Eliminating Duplication of Regulatory Requirements for Mental Health and Social Services Providers

GA - HR687 The NAACP Atlanta Branch; commend

GA - HR692 Black Restaurant Week; recognize

GA - HR694 Girl Scout Day at the state capitol; February 1, 2022; commending Girl Scouts as a national leader in providing the best leadership development experience in the world to American girls; recognize

GA - HR696 Perkins, Danielle; Morrow Middle School's 2021-2022 Teacher of the Year; commend

GA - HR697 Booker, Pamela; Thurgood Marshall Elementary School's 2021-2022 Teacher of the Year; commend

GA - HR698 Martinez-Vargas, Lisa; Rex Mill Middle STEM School's 2021-2022 Teacher of the Year; commend

GA - HR699 Colemon, Carla Lozett; Smith Elementary School's 2021-2022 Teacher of the Year; commend

GA - HR700 Dixon, Kameela; Pate's Creek Elementary School's 2021 Teacher of the Year; commend

GA - HR717 National Cancer Prevention Month; February; honoring the partnerships between Georgia agencies and organizations to collectively fight cancer; recognize

GA - HR720 American Heart Month; February 2022; rise of cardiovascular disease as the world's leading cause of preventable death and disability and as the global public health crisis of our generation; recognize

GA - HR722 Merrell, Elder Cal; "The Happy Preacher"; condolences

GA - HR745 Simmons, Judge Bobby D.; outstanding public service; commend

GA - HR761 Henley, Jennifer; Morrow High School's 2021-2022 Teacher of the Year; commend

GA - HR817 Dingle, Larry M.; condolences

GA - HR909 Pullar, Pat; receiving the 2022 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award; commend

GA - HR943 House Healthy Food Retail Study Committee; create

GA - HR995 Rawlings, Jane; receiving the 2022 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award; commend

GA - HR998 General Assembly; biomarker testing as a necessary part of precision medicine; recognize benefits

GA - HR1014 Panton, David; commend

GA - HR1026 House Study Committee on Economic Development Opportunities and Alternative Sources of Investment Funding; create

GA - HR1028 Gregory Stalls, Sr., Memorial Bridge; Fulton County; dedicate

GA - HR1051 Rare Kidney Disease Awareness Month in Georgia; March 2022; recognize

GA - HR1071 Ward, Samantha "Sunenvy" Kimberly; commend

GA - HR1095 Central State University Chorus; commend

GA - HR1096 Williams, Phillana; outstanding public service; commend

GA - HR1126 House Study Committee on Motor Vehicle Equipment and Public Safety; create

GA - HR1143 Davis, Felicia M.; commend

GA - HR1155 School Board Recognition Month; March 2022; commending the dedication and hard work of the members of the Clayton County School Board; recognize

GA - HR1201 South Fulton Constituents Day at the state capitol; April 1, 2022; recognize

GA - HR1216 Ebenezer Baptist Church's Heritage Sanctuary; 100th anniversary; recognize

GA - HR1282 Boyce L. Ansley School Day at the Georgia state capitol; Friday, 04/29/22; recognize

GA - HR1283 Mazzeo, Sheryl; commend