6 Takeaways From a Hectic Crossover Day in the Georgia Legislature

Contractor registry, ratepayer disconnection, free ID for pre-trial inmates face Crossover scrutiny

This week is the last opportunity for new bills to pass between chambers, so this means that time is limited and committees often work long hours with few breaks. However, this excludes “must-pass” bills, like the budgets, which are given extra time.

6 takeaways from a hectic Crossover Day in the Georgia Legislature

Lawmakers debated sports betting, touchscreen voting systems and Fani Willis ahead of a key legislative deadline last week.

Election bills face headwinds in the Georgia Senate on Crossover Day - Now Georgia

ATLANTA (Georgia Recorder) — Lawmakers had high hopes for this session’s election policy, introducing bills on everything from campaign finance to an overhaul of Georgia’s voting system. At least five of those bills were on the Crossover Day agenda — a key deadline for bills to advance through the Legislature — across the two chambers. But by the end of the night, only one had managed to clear the mid-session hurdle. Election bills from last yea…