Under The Gold Dome

The dust settles from Crossover Day and understanding Brian Kemp’s legal overhaul

Greg Bluestein and Patricia Murphy discuss the bills that died on Crossover Day.

Under The Gold Dome

We’ve officially reached one of the biggest milestones of the legislative session—Crossover Day. This marks the final opportunity for bills to pass out of their original chamber and remain eligible to become law before the session ends. It’s a fast-paced,…

Live coverage: It’s do-or-die week for bills in the General Assembly

Monday marks the first major deadline of this year’s legislative session: crossover day. That’s the point at which a bill has to make it through at least one of the legislative chambers to have the best shot at becoming law. Lawmakers will be back and forth between committee hearings and floor sessions to get bills through — and there’s a chance they could meet on Saturday as well.

Sen. Matt Brass: Week Eight Under the Gold Dome - The Citizen

We have officially surpassed Crossover Day—the final day for bills to pass out of their original chamber and remain eligible to become law before the session concludes. In the Senate alone, we passed 84 pieces of legislation, advancing key priorities for Georgia families, students, small businesses, and law enforcement. With the session winding down, our focus is working with the House to finalize these bills. Every parent deserves peace of mind…

White County Commision chair visits Capitol

One of White County’s top leaders recently spent a day with state lawmakers. White County Board of Commissioners Chairman Travis Turner spent time at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Thursday, March 6, to advocate on behalf of White County residents amid Crossover Day. Crossover Day, one of the most crucial dates of the legislative session, marks the deadline for bills to move from one chamber to the other in order to remain eligible for …

Hitting the halfway point with gratitude!

Friday, March 7, marked the halfway point of the Montana legislative session, called "transmittal." Transmittal is the deadline for sending general bills to another chamber of the legislature and the last day to request appropriations bills. When the session began, we at the ACLU of Montana knew that we had to stay focused on our key legislative issue areas: protecting democracy, fighting attacks on 2S-LGBTQIA+ Montanans, promoting Indigenous ju…