2019 Legislative Victories & Losses

Victories are dramatic when good bills pass and bad bills are defeated,
but victories, also occur when bad bills are left in committee,
ven though they remain viable for the next session.

Victories: Bad Bills Left in Committee
H.B. 19 would have added “sexual orientation and gender identity” to 35 Georgia laws to give governmental power over (a) housing (including private homes), (b) commerce and trade, (c) public facilities, (d) labor and industrial relations, (e) public employees and officers, (f) private and public employment, and (g) “related matters,” (h) with no religious exemption.
H.R. 16 to ratify the federal Equal Rights Amendment, that failed to be ratified during a
ten-year ratification process, was rejected again this year by the Georgia General Assembly.
S.R. 55 to ratify the national Equal Rights Amendment was the Senate version of H.R. 16.
H.R. 345 to lower the voting age to 17 instead of 18 would have allowed most high school seniors and drop-outs to vote.
H.B. 389 authorized excused absences for students to leave school and vote.

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