Politics & Government
Human Trafficking, Abortion, Sex Offenders on Crossover Day
The House voted on 36 bills on Monday in a hurry to get things through the legislative agenda.
Wednesday is the final chance for legislation in the House of Representatives to "crossover" to the Senate for a vote before the legislative session ends.
In a release, Sean Jerguson, (R-Holly Springs), said the House voted on 36 bills on Monday. Tough issues remain, though.
The House voted in favor of HB 954 that would ban abortion in Georgia after a pregnancy reaches 20 weeks in an attempt to "protect the unborn at a stage of development where medical evidence indicates a fetus might be capable of feeling pain," according to a release. The bill also eliminates the language that provides an exception for the mental and physical health of the mother.
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They also voted in favor of HB 456 to reduce the size of government and its unnecessary itrusion into the lives of Georgians.
The Senate will also read HR 1151 creating a committee to look at the system of care for victims of human trafficking.
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Also, the House voted in favor of HB 215 that prohibits sex offenders from working as school bus drivers or drivers of any commercial vehicles that transport children.
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