COVID-19 lawsuit protections passed for Georgia businesses, hospitals
Legislation aimed at shielding Georgia businesses and health-care providers from lawsuits brought by people who contract coronavirus cleared the General Assembly Friday night during the final hours of this year’s legislative session.
Georgia House sends pared-down state budget to Gov. Kemp
ATLANTA - The Georgia House of Representatives gave final passage Friday night to a $25.9 billion fiscal 2021 budget scaled back by the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic on state tax collections. House lawmakers approved the spending plan 104-62 in one of...
Break times to pump breast milk required in legislature-passed bill
Employers will need to provide break time for mothers to express breast milk while at work under legislation that passed the General Assembly Friday.
Georgia film tax poised for more scrutiny in legislature-approved bill
New scrutiny will be applied to tax credits that relieve film companies from having to pay billions of dollars annually in Georgia under legislation that passed out of the General Assembly Friday.
Tax credit passed for Georgia companies making COVID-19 protective supplies
Georgia businesses making personal protective equipment like gloves, masks, gowns and hand sanitizer will be eligible for a new tax credit under legislation that passed the General Assembly Friday.
General Assembly approves raising age to buy cigarettes, passes vaping tax
Vaping will be taxed in Georgia under a measure that passed the General Assembly Friday. Lawmakers also raised the state’s minimum age to vape or smoke cigarettes from 18 to 21.
Kemp signs Georgia hate-crimes bill into law
Hate crimes will be punishable in Georgia for the first time in 16 years after Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation Friday that cleared the General Assembly this week amid tense back-and-forth and tears of joy.
Georgia Senate passes budget with no furloughs, smaller cuts to key programs
ATLANTA - The Georgia Senate passed a $25.9 billion fiscal 2021 state budget Thursday that would avoid some of the deepest spending cuts lawmakers have been facing amid the coronavirus pandemic. The budget, which cleared the Senate 40-13 on the next-to-last day of the...