Committees, Caucuses and Legislation Update
Being in session is just part of what I do as your representative. A lot of the work is carried out in committee and caucus meetings. Here is a list of the committees and caucuses I am currently a member of. In addition you will find below the legislation I am a author of, co-sponsor of, or signatory to. This will be updated as the session progresses. I put all the links I could find.
Committees
- Code Revision http://bit.ly/2C2CdLc
- Intra-governmental Coordination http://bit.ly/2ocotV4
- Judiciary Non Civil http://bit.ly/2o4hazu (Seztler Sub-Committee)
- Subcommittee on Domestic Violence
- Subcommittee on Sexual Misconduct
Caucuses
- Rural Caucus
- Working Families Caucus http://bit.ly/2BWOEE8
- Women’s Legislative Caucus
- Georgia Asian-Latino Caucus
- Georgia Legislative Black Caucus http://www.galbc.org
Legislation Authored/Co-Sponsored (for updates see http://bit.ly/2EJygMu)
- HR1091 House Study Committee on an Athens-Atlanta Transportation Link; create http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20172018/HR/1091
- HB 916 Insurance; certain standards applicable to the making and use of rates; change http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20172018/HB/916
- HB669 Medical assistance; authorization of appropriations for the purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments to providers; (Medicaid Expansion) http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20172018/HB/669
- HB 765 CJ.’s Law; enact (Hit and Run) http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20172018/HB/765
- HR939 United States Department of Justice; add a citizenship question to Census 2020; strongly oppose http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20172018/HR/939
- HR1161 Georgia state agencies; establish policies requiring state contract recipients to adhere to Internet neutrality principles; encourage http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20172018/HR/1161
- HR969 United States Constitution; ratify an Amendment –ERA http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20172018/HR/969
- HB837 Law enforcement; statewide uniformity in policies concerning law enforcement contact with sexual assault victims; provisions http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20172018/HB/837
Legislation Signed Onto
- HB541 Crimes and offenses; persons convicted of misdemeanor crimes of family violence from receiving, possessing, or transporting a firearm; prohibit http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20172018/HB/541
- HB745 Landlord and tenant; termination of a residential rental agreement under circumstances involving family violence; provide http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20172018/HB/745
- HB663 Crimes and offenses; sentencing of defendants guilty of crimes involving bias or prejudice; repeal certain provisions (Hate Crimes Bill) http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20172018/HB/663