Georgia Sen. Sonya Halpern (D)

GA - Banking and Financial Institutions (Senate)

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Member

GA - Education and Youth (Senate)

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Member

GA - Health and Human Services (Senate)

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Member

GA - State Institutions and Property (Senate)

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Member

GA - SR329 Senate Study Committee on Excellence, Innovation, and Technology at Historically Black Colleges and Universities; create

GA - SB545 Core Curriculum; schools to provide training in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the use of an automated external defibrillator for students in grades nine or ten; require

GA - SR461 Atlanta Branch of the National Association for the Advance of Colored People (NAACP); recognize

GA - SR460 Career, Technical, and Agriculture Education Month; recognizing February

GA - SR548 National Black McDonald's Operators Association; recognize

GA - SR244 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Heritage Day; recognize March 16, 2021

GA - SB526 Excise Tax; optional return of funds by a destination marketing organization to certain jurisdictions levying the tax; provide

GA - SR832 Georgia's Law Enforcement Agencies; best practices through programs implemented by the Georgia Sheriffs' Association and the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police; urge

GA - SB544 State Flag, Seal, and Other Symbols; placement of a public art exhibition in honor of Georgia's wartime veterans; provide

GA - SB543 Wrongful Death; a parent who is determined to be responsible for the homicide of his or her child shall have no right of recovery against the value of the child's life; provide

GA - SR616 Morehouse College; recognize

GA - SR836 Senate Study Committee on a Museum of African American History and Culture of Georgia; create

GA - SR835 Senate Study Committee on Modern Policing Techniques and Practices for Georgia Law Enforcement Agencies; create

GA - SR618 Johnson, Dr. Joyce Finch; celebrate

GA - SR855 Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated; honoring

GA - SR625 Pi Day; recognizing March 14, 2022

GA - SR243 Jordan Jr., Vernon Eulion; recognize

GA - SR486 Ailey, Alvin, and Robert Battle; recognize

GA - SR330 Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; recognize March 2021

GA - SR400 International Holocaust Remembrance Day; recognize January 27, 2022

GA - SR843 Cascade Nature Gurlz; recognize

GA - SR459 Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA-PBL) week; recognizing February 13-19, 2022

GA - SR679 Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; recognizing March

GA - SB216 Early Care and Learning; early child care scholarship program subject to appropriations by the General Assembly; establish

GA - SR619 Founders' Week at Clark Atlanta University; recognizing March 14-18, 2022

GA - SR331 Montgomery, Renee; recognize

GA - SR242 Pi Day; recognize March 14, 2021

GA - SR878 State Law Enforcement Agencies; adopting best practices through programs implemented by the Georgia Sheriffs' Association and the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police; encourage

GA - SR617 Georgia Music Educators Association; commend

GA - SR328 Young Jr., Andrew Jackson; honoring

GA - SR678 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Heritage Day; recognize March 16, 2022

GA - SR92 Aaron, Hank; condolences

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 - SB11 "Senator Jack Hill Veterans Act"; enact (PF)

GA - SB15 Coursework in the Founding Philosophy and Principles of the USA; new category of coursework dealing with the history of Black people and their contributions to American society; create (PF)

GA - SB16 Georgia Commission on Women; Georgia Commission on Black Women and Girls; create (PF)

GA - SB18 Limitations on Prosecution; offenses of rape, aggravated sodomy, and aggravated sexual battery; revise the statute of limitations

GA - SB23 State and Other Flags; local governments may relocate, remove, conceal, obscure, or alter certain monuments; provide

GA - SB24 Minimum Wage Law; provisions; revise

GA - SB25 Income Tax; tax credit based on the federal tax credit for certain child and dependent care expenses to 100 percent of such federal tax credit; increase the value

GA - SB26 Elections and Primaries; absentee ballot drop boxes at every advance voting location; provide

GA - SB36 Elections and Primaries; development of a pilot program; rural counties; establishing and funding the operation of advance voting location in such counties; provide

GA - SB38 Primaries and Elections; permanent absentee voter list; provide

GA - SB40 Elections and Primaries; the time and method for opening and tabulating absentee ballots; revise

GA - SB55 'Georgia Family Medical Leave Act'; enact

GA - SB56 Fiscal Bills; economic analysis prior to the introduction or amendment of legislation containing tax incentives or modifying or extending existing tax incentives; require

GA - SB57 Fiscal Bills; economic analyses to be conducted by the state auditor for certain tax benefits upon request by the chairpersons of the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Finance Committee; provide

GA - SB61 Labor and Industrial Relations; fair employment practices; discrimination based on hairstyles associated with race, color, or national origin; prohibit

GA - SB64 Holidays and Observances; holidays observed in Georgia; revise

GA - SB66 Georgia Foundation for Public Education; a nonprofit corporation created by the foundation to receive private donations to be used for grants to public schools; authorize

GA - SB75 Termination of Residential Lease; victims of stalking; provide

GA - SB77 Controlled Substances; possession of certain quantities of marijuana constitutes a misdemeanor; provide

GA - SB78 Invasion of Privacy; prohibition on electronically transmitting or posting nude or sexually explicit photographs or videos for purposes of harassing the depicted person; revise

GA - SB79 Registration of Voters; felonies involving moral turpitude; shall not register to, remain registered to, or vote

GA - SB83 Public Assistance; Medicaid public option program to provide healthcare coverage to individuals not eligible for Medicare, Medicaid, or the PeachCare for Kids Program; provide

GA - SB86 "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975 "; requirements for solicitations of services for corporate filings required by the Secretary of State; provide

GA - SB87 "Senator Jack Hill Veterans' Act"; enact

GA - SB88 Education; Georgia Teacher of the Year shall be invited to serve as as advisor ex officio to the State Board of Education; provide

GA - SB122 "Quality Basic Education Act,"; scheduled recess periods of 30 minutes each school day for students in kindergarten through grade eight; provide

GA - SB128 Georgia Law Enforcement Citizen Review Council; create

GA - SB131 Prosecuting Attorneys; appointment of a prosecuting attorney when the accused is a law enforcement officer charged with a felony or an act of family violence; provide

GA - SB132 Arrest by Law Enforcement Officers; use of force maneuvers that restrict blood or oxygen flow to the brain; prohibit officers

GA - SB133 Searches with Warrants; use of no-knock search warrant in certain circumstances; prohibit

GA - SB136 Arrest by Private Persons; repeal the article in its entirety

GA - SB137 Penal Institutions; no private corporation shall operate a detention facility; provide

GA - SB139 Uniform Civil Forfeiture Procedure Act; seizure of property subject to civil forfeiture only upon a criminal conviction; authorize

GA - SB147 Elections and Primaries; counties and municipalities; advance voting on Saturday and Sunday prior to the day of a primary, election, or runoff; provide

GA - SB148 2021 Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness for Georgians and the Special Joint Committee on Georgia Revenue Structure; create

GA - SB149 Primaries and Elections; same day registration and voting; provide

GA - SB150 Elections and Primaries; automatic voter registration in certain circumstances; provide

GA - SB161 Inmate Policies; inmates receive an identification card upon release; require

GA - SB168 Meetings; corporation may hold annual shareholders' meetings and special shareholders' meetings by means of remote communication; provide

GA - SB169 Bonds; acceptance of electronic signatures and electronic corporate seals on bonds; provide

GA - SB172 Medical Assistance; authorization of appropriations for the purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments to providers of Medicaid expansion; provide

GA - SB179 Brady Law Regulations; universal background checks in all manners of firearm transfers and purchases; require

GA - SB180 Ethylene Oxide; certain conditions for permits; provide

GA - SB186 General Assembly; certain procedures for redistricting of the General Assembly and congressional districts in this state; provide

GA - SB204 Education; State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia to award high school diplomas; provide

GA - SB205 Commerce and Trade; charging covered establishments certain fees on food and beverage deliveries; prohibit third party food delivery platforms

GA - SB206 Landlord and Tenant; prospective tenant shall not be refused a rental based on previous eviction during COVID-19 public health emergency; provide

GA - SB207 Holidays and Observances; "Week of Nonviolence"; designate a week in this state; remembrance of the April 4, 1968, assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

GA - SB208 Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities; fully funded services to individuals on the New Options Waiver (NOW) or Comprehensive Supports Waiver (COMP) waiting list; require

GA - SB231 Education; pilot program; individuals between ages 21 and 35 who have not attained a high school diploma; provide

GA - SB244 Crimes and Offenses; domestic relations; persons convicted of misdemeanor crimes of family violence from receiving, possessing, transporting a firearm; prohibit

GA - SB253 Elections and Primaries; notice when polling places are relocated; provide

GA - SB264 Health; Low THC Oil Patient Registry; repeal; 'Controlled Substances Therapeutic Act'

GA - SB267 Teachers Retirement System of Georgia; retired member who elected an optional retirement allowance; eligible to change any of such named beneficiaries; provide

GA - SB269 Elections and Primaries; the manner of selection of the members of the State Election Board; change

GA - SB272 Racial Equity and Reconciliation Commission of Georgia; create

GA - SB279 State Flag, Seal, and Other Symbols; placement of a monument to honor the Original 33; provide

GA - SB288 Education; testing of drinking water in child care learning centers and schools for lead contamination; require

GA - SB308 Georgia Emergency Communications Authority; establish a system of language translation services for use by 9-1-1 systems statewide; require

GA - SB309 Brady Law Regulations; five-day waiting period for the purchase or transfer of certain firearms; require

GA - SB311 Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; training in certain languages other than English; require

GA - SB314 Primaries and Elections; registered voters to cast a ballot at any polling place; provide

GA - SB338 Medicaid; postpartum coverage under Medicaid from six months to one year following birth; increase

GA - SB344 Carrying and Possessing of Firearms; training to possess a handgun or long gun; require

GA - SB348 Municipal Corporation; deannexation of territory from an existing municipal corporation so as to incorporate a new municipal corporation; prohibit

GA - SB354 Annexation; notice to residential tenants; provide

GA - SB355 Identification Cards; issuance of identification cards to persons completing a term of incarceration; provide

GA - SB356 Distracted Driving; additional exception to the offense of operating a motor vehicle while holding or using a wireless telecommunications device or stand-alone electronic device; provide

GA - SB361 "Law Enforcement Strategic Support Act" or "LESS Crime Act"; enact

GA - SB363 "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975,"; class action suits and for damages for violating the requirements for solicitations for corporate filings; provide

GA - SB364 Telephone Service; class action suits and for damages against certain persons for violating provisions relating to telephone solicitations; provide

GA - SB389 Tourist Courts; provide panic devices to employees to help protect them from sexual harassment and violent acts; require operators of certain hotels

GA - SB396 Georgia State Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); rename such program the Georgia Grown Farm to Food Bank Program (F2FB)

GA - SB397 General Educational Development (GED) Diplomas; update and replace terminology; state approved high school equivalency (HSE) diplomas; provide

GA - SB441 Courts; reestablishment of the Criminal Case Data Exchange Board as an advisory board to The Council of Superior Court Clerks of Georgia; provide

GA - SB442 Primaries and Elections; electors may choose to permanently receive absentee ballots; provide

GA - SB443 Primaries and Elections; providing food and drink to persons in line to vote at polling places; remove the prohibition

GA - SB444 Primaries and Elections; the number of absentee ballot drop boxes which may be utilized in a primary or election; remove the limitation

GA - SB455 Special License Plates; a specialty license plate for Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.; honoring

GA - SB459 Education; establishment of unified campus police forces through agreements entered into by colleges and universities; provide

GA - SB460 Education; noncitizen students who have received a grant of deferred action for childhood arrivals; qualify for in-state classification; may be extended same consideration as citizens of the United States

GA - SB477 Local Boards of Education; nonbinding advisory referendum; local boards of education be elected on a nonpartisan basis without party designation on the ballot; provide

GA - SB480 Special Education Services Bill of Rights; provide

GA - SB487 Insurance; diagnostic breast examinations shall not be treated less favorably than screening mammography for breast cancer with respect to cost-sharing requirements; provide

GA - SB491 Revenue and Taxation; a qualified down payment savings program to be implemented by the Department of Revenue; create

GA - SB492 Public Utilities and Transportation; the deployment of electric vehicle charging equipment; provide

GA - SB496 Death Investigations; medical examiner's inquiry when a pregnant female dies and an inquest; require

GA - SB506 "PROTECT Children Act of 2022"; enact

GA - SB508 "Dual Enrollment Act"; Georgia Student Finance Commission to establish participation and performance targets for the program; require

GA - SB513 Motor Vehicles; operation of alternative fueled vehicles and make conforming changes; remove a fee

GA - SB516 Solid Waste Management; Environmental Protection Division to contract with the Department of Revenue to collect certain fees; require

GA - SB523 Ethics in Government; child care and other caregiving services associated with a candidate's campaign constitute ordinary and necessary expenses of a campaign; provide

GA - SB536 Bona Fide Coin Operated Amusement Machines; administrative procedures and actions regarding bona fide coin operated amusement machines shall be subject to Chapter 13 of Title 50; provide

GA - SB541 Health of Students; care of students being treated for epilepsy or a seizure disorder; provide

GA - SB564 Petroleum Products; security measures on gasoline pumps; require

GA - SB568 State Flag, Seal, and Other Symbols; placement of a monument to honor Coretta Scott King; provide

GA - SB571 Controlled Substances; notification requirements for prescribers prescribing opioids; revise

GA - SB594 Assistance for Needy Families; the definition of "cash assistance"; revise

GA - SB600 Office of Legislative Counsel; prepare demographic notes for certain proposed legislation that outline the potential effects of such legislation on disparities within the state; require

GA - SB619 Office of Outdoors in the Office of the Governor; establish

GA - SB626 Public School Disciplinary Tribunals; creation of antibullying coordinator positions and antibullying specialists positions within local school systems; provide

GA - SB642 "Union City Public Facilities Authority Act"; enact

GA - SR10 Carmichael, Lola Mae; condolences

GA - SR20 Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment; independent nonpartisan commission instead of the General Assembly; provide - CA

GA - SR22 Multi-Agency Alliance for Children; recognize

GA - SR31 Williams Jr., Reverend Jasper W.; recognize

GA - SR42 Family Medical Leave Fund; create

GA - SR49 US Representative for Georgia's 14th Congressional District, Marjorie Taylor Greene; to resign from the 117th Congress; urge

GA - SR61 School Social Workers Association of Georgia; recognize

GA - SR73 Cobb, Kim; recognize

GA - SR74 Moore, Francine; recognize

GA - SR87 Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta; recognize

GA - SR95 Dyslexia Day; recognize February 23, 2021

GA - SR99 Lunar New Year Celebration; recognize

GA - SR107 Senate Comprehensive Approach to Family Leave Policies within State Government Study Committee; create

GA - SR110 State Restaurant Day; recognize February 17, 2021

GA - SR117 Democratic Party of Clayton County and the Young Democrats of Clayton County; recognize

GA - SR121 World Spay Day; recognize February 23, 2021

GA - SR123 Delta Day; recognize March 11, 2021

GA - SR127 Department of Public Health Workers; recognize

GA - SR129 Senate Retirement Security for Georgians Study Committee; create

GA - SR136 Technical College System of Georgia; collaborate and develop programs to expand technical education; individuals age 16 or older who have withdrawn from high school; encourage

GA - SR138 Henry "Hank" Louis Aaron Memorial Highway; Fulton County; dedicate

GA - SR154 Joint Study Committee for Strengthening Georgia's Future Workforce; create

GA - SR162 Warlick, Benjamin; recognize

GA - SR163 Mothers Against Drunk Driving Georgia; recognize

GA - SR165 Marijuana; General Assembly to provide by law for the legalization and regulation; authorize -CA

GA - SR166 Members of United States Congress; enact federal legislation granting statehood to people of Washington, D.C; urge

GA - SR168 Amendment to the United States Constitution; ratify

GA - SR170 Melton, Harold; Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice; recognize

GA - SR178 Odom-Bell, Frankye; congratulate

GA - SR180 Beckfod-Willis, Charmaine; congratulate

GA - SR181 Levine, Elaine Ruth; condolences

GA - SR182 Lupus Advocacy Day; recognize March 11, 2021

GA - SR183 Captain Thornell "T.K." King, Cornell L. Harvey, Johnny Robinson, and Clainetta T. Jefferson; recognize

GA - SR190 Congress; allow individuals to retain the right to use their image and likeness and shield them from copyright infringement; urge

GA - SR192 Senate Age of Mandatory Education Study Committee; create

GA - SR196 Moore, Dorothy; congratulate

GA - SR197 Georgia National Association for Advancement of Colored People; recognize

GA - SR198 Woodall, Reverend James; recognize

GA - SR199 University of North Georgia CyberHawks Team; recognize

GA - SR214 Gehl, John M. condolences

GA - SR231 2021 Senate Aides and Senate Academic Aides; commend

GA - SR232 Levin, Elaine Ruth; condolences

GA - SR241 President Jimmy Carter; recognize

GA - SR246 Harjee, Dr. Gulshan; congratulate

GA - SR270 Johnson Jr., Judge Horace J.; condolences

GA - SR294 National Council of Negro Women DeKalb; congratulate

GA - SR314 Harrison, Allie B.; recognize

GA - SR316 Davis, Murphy; condolences

GA - SR321 Crisp County Sheriff's Office and the Georgia State Patrol Post 30 Troopers; recognize

GA - SR370 Easterseals Georgia and Champions for Children Program; recognize

GA - SR393 Elections; free and equal elections; provide -CA

GA - SR399 Girl Scout Day; recognize February 1, 2022

GA - SR402 World Spay Day; recognize February 22, 2022

GA - SR403 "Rosa Parks Day"; recognize February 4, 2022

GA - SR404 Schroeder, Bryan; recognize

GA - SR410 2021-2022 Cass High School Men's Wrestling Team; recognize

GA - SR418 Georgia State University Men's Soccer Team; commend

GA - SR435 Oliver, Commissioner Tyrone; recognize

GA - SR436 Thompson, Jessie Will; recognize

GA - SR440 Dyslexia Day; recognize February 8, 2022

GA - SR455 Cervical Health Awareness Month; recognizing January 2022

GA - SR458 St. James Lodge # 4, F. & A. M.; honoring

GA - SR494 Marshall, Deborah Bailey; condolences

GA - SR507 Coleman-Benton, Kerri; recognize

GA - SR508 Hud-Kirk, Jamilah; recognize

GA - SR522 Self-Direction Day; recognizing February 22, 2022

GA - SR526 Arab American Heritage Month; recognizing April 2022

GA - SR542 Women Veterans Day; recognizing first Tuesday in March of every year

GA - SR543 Steve and Marjorie Harvey Foundation; honoring

GA - SR546 Triple Negative Breast Cancer Awareness Day; recognizing March 3, 2022

GA - SR547 Hinkel, Mary S.; congratulate

GA - SR549 Tippins, Senator Lindsey; recognize

GA - SR564 Senate Rules; amend

GA - SR567 Smyre, Representative Calvin; United States ambassador to the Dominican Republic; recognize

GA - SR570 McNeill, Senator Sheila M.; recognize

GA - SR578 Black Art in America; recognize

GA - SR581 City of Rockmart; congratulate

GA - SR582 Smith-Lockwood Inc.; congratulate

GA - SR584 Maternal Mental Health Day; recognize May 4, 2022

GA - SR603 Russian Government; illegally and immorally invading Ukraine; condemn

GA - SR608 LaGrone, Garron L.; condolences

GA - SR620 Statewide Clean Energy Transition; efforts to invest; support

GA - SR629 Reid, Hank; recognize

GA - SR630 Drake, Laura; recognize

GA - SR638 Walker, Judy Davis; recognize

GA - SR654 White, Sieda Haleema; commend

GA - SR657 Mabry, Dorothy; congratulate

GA - SR681 Mullis, Senator Jeff; commend

GA - SR683 Taylor, Elana Meyers; recognize

GA - SR749 Jesse Blalock Sr Bridge; Clayton County; dedicate

GA - SR764 Newton County School System Public Relations Department; congratulate

GA - SR769 Jones, Senator Emanuel D.; recognize

GA - SR770 Senate Study Committee on People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Waiver Plan Access; create

GA - SR771 School Board Appreciation Week; recognize the week of March 14-18, 2022

GA - SR777 Biomarker Testing; necessary part of precision medicine; recognize

GA - SR800 Ethiopia; calling for unfettered humanitarian access; recognize

GA - SR813 South Fulton Constituents Day; recognizing April 1, 2022

GA - SR824 Senator Jeff Mullis Intersection; Walker County; dedicate

GA - SR830 Inman Park Neighborhood Association; congratulate

GA - SR839 Georgia Department of Corrections and Common Good Atlanta; commend

GA - SR866 Cathy, Mr. Dan T.; recognize

GA - SR873 Au, Senator Michelle; recognize

GA - SR874 Jackson III, Dr. Lester G.; recognize

GA - SR875 Jordan, Senator Jen; recognize