Legislators were in session this week Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday for Legislative Days 29 through 31, and Wednesday served as a committee work day. The several legislative days immediately following Crossover Day are typically significantly slower than the days leading up to it. While committees convened throughout the week to consider the opposite chamber’s measures, the House and Senate each only voted on a handful of measures on the floor this week. With a few exceptions for things like study
Join the DeKalb business and education communities for DeKalb Education & Workforce Development Week, a five-day series of events highlighting the programs, partnerships, and people preparing the next generation of talent in our county. Throughout the week, participants will have the opportunity to explore innovative early learning initiatives, workforce training programs, and K-12 education efforts that are strengthening DeKalb’s talent pipeline.
The week will feature a mix of video spotlights and Legislators were in session Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday for Legislative Days 26 through 28 last week. Friday was Crossover Day, which is the deadline for a bill to successfully move out of its chamber of origin to stay alive this session. Any bill that did not make it out of at least one chamber by the time the legislature adjourned on Friday night is effectively dead this session unless the bill’s language is successfully attached to a related bill later this year.
Both the House and Senate This week legislators were in session Tuesday through Thursday for Legislative Days 23 through 25, with Monday serving as the first Committee Work Day of the session. With only one week left until the Crossover Day deadline, dozens of committees and subcommittees met throughout the week to consider legislation. Any bill that is not passed out of its assigned committee and its chamber of origin by the time the legislature adjourns next Friday, March 6 is dead this session and must be reintroduced next The legislature was in session this week Tuesday through Friday for Legislative Days 19 through 22, with Wednesday serving as the halfway point in the 40-day session. House and Senate committees saw a great deal of activity this week because legislators now have just two weeks to get their bills passed out of their assigned committee and at least one chamber ahead of the March 6 Crossover Day deadline.
Qualifying is now just one week away. During the week of March 2, candidates for the legislature and Legislators were in session Monday through Thursday this week for Legislative Days 15 through 18. While most bills are still making their way through the committee process at this point in the session, the House and Senate took floor votes on approximately two dozen pieces of legislation this week, as well as a handful of special actions (agrees/disagrees).
The House has turned its attention to the Fiscal Year 2027 budget after passing their version of the Amended Fiscal Year 2026 budget, House Bill 973, House and Senate members were back under the Gold Dome this week Monday through Friday for Legislative Days 10 through 14. The heavy influx of newly introduced bills continued this week, with over 100 pieces of new pieces of legislation being dropped into the House and Senate hoppers. Committee action also picked up considerably this week, with dozens of House and Senate hearings throughout the week, with some committee hearings going well into the evening. Legislators have one more month to get their The General Assembly was in session Monday through Thursday this week for Legislative Days 6 through 9. The House and Senate will be back under the Gold Dome Monday through Friday next week for Legislative Days 10 through 14.
Over 100 new bills were introduced this week for legislators to consider this session. They included everything from measures that would provide income and property tax relief for Georgians; to a proposal to designate lemon pepper as the official state chicken wing flavor of After the MLK holiday, legislators were back under the Gold Dome this week for joint Appropriations Committee hearings. Led by Senate Appropriations Chairman Blake Tillery (R-Vidalia) and House Appropriations Chairman Matt Hatchett (R-Dublin), members of the House and Senate committees gathered for three full days of meetings Tuesday through Thursday to hear from leaders of the dozens of state agencies about their budget requests for Amended Fiscal Year 2026 and Fiscal Year 2027.
Although legislators Legislators were back under the Gold Dome this week for the start of the 2026 Legislative Session. Several newly elected members completed their first day on the job on Monday— Representative Akbar Ali (D-Lawrenceville), Representative Eric Gisler (D-Watkinsville), Representative Bill Fincher (R-Canton), Senator Jaha Howard (D-Smyrna), and Senator Jason Dickerson (R-Canton).
Lawmakers were in session Monday through Friday this week for Legislative Days 1 through 5. As they have done in recent years, TUCKER, Ga., Jan. 9, 2026 – Dr. Joon Lee, CEO of Emory Healthcare, will serve as the keynote speaker for the DeKalb Chamber 88th Annual Meeting & Business Luncheon.
The meeting will take place on Thursday, January 15 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Atlanta - Northlake, located at 4156 LaVista Road, Atlanta.
“I am truly honored to welcome Dr. Joon Lee, CEO of Emory Healthcare, as our distinguished Keynote Speaker for the DeKalb Chamber Annual Meeting,” said Frankie Atwater,
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