Showing posts with label Georgia General Assembly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Georgia General Assembly. Show all posts

Thursday, April 5, 2012

No 2012 Anti Immigrant Bill in Georgia


ATLANTA, GA (GALEO) - For the first time since 2006, the Georgia Legislature did NOT pass any anti-immigrant legislation.  SB458, Georgia's Anti-DREAM Act, that among other things would have placed Georgia in the extreme position of being one of three states in the nation that deny access to higher education to undocumented students died on the last day of the legislature because of lack of support among the Legislators.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Georgia's SB 469 Defeated


ATLANTA, GA - SB 469, an anti-union and anti-protest bill, would had turn nonviolent civil disobedience into a felony punishable by imprisonment for one year and a fine of ten thousand dollars for organizations and one thousand dollars for individuals. It also has provisions intended to weaken unions. The Georgia General Assembly ended sessions and the bill that would had make Martha Burk a criminal was defeated.