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Big overhaul planned for Georgia elections: Bills aired in state Legislature’s waning days March 27, 2025
Sweeping changes to election rules intended to increase paper ballot options, expand the powers of the State Election Board and remove the state from a voter registration sharing database are up for debate as the 2025 legislative session nears a close. The Senate Ethics Committee held a two-hour hearing on the latest version of House […]
Stanley Dunlap
Bill to end gender-affirming care insurance for state workers clears Georgia House panel March 27, 2025
A bill aimed at removing gender-affirming care for transgender state workers covered by the state health insurance plan moved forward in the Georgia House Health Committee after committee Chair Lee Hawkins, a Gainesville Republican, broke a tie vote. The bill’s author, Vidalia Republican Sen. Blake Tillery, said treatments like hormone therapy or mastectomies will still […]
Ross Williams
Revised bill removes ban, allows puberty blockers for trans minors with parental consent March 27, 2025
A ban on puberty-blocking medications for transgender minors was the subject of an unexpected compromise at a House committee meeting Thursday. The bill no longer bans the medications, but it makes them harder to get. “My thought process is that it certainly allows gender dysphoria to be treated with puberty blockers,” said Savannah Republican Sen. […]
Ross Williams