House Subcommittees Drop Hints on Amended FY21 Budget
Moving quickly after last week’s budget hearings, the subcommittees of the House Appropriations Committee convened in sequence this morning to sign off on their assigned agency budgets. While actual tracking sheets were not released to the public, subcommittee chairs shared some highlights and hints about what we are likely to see in the full Appropriations Committee tomorrow:
Public Safety
The Public Safety Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, chaired by Representative Bill Hitchens (R-Rincon), reviewed the changes to the Governor s proposed budget for Amended FY21, which include:
Provision of funds for a temporary judge on the Court of Appeals;
Sponsor wants to act on 2020 protests Author: Doug Richards Updated: 7:37 PM EST January 11, 2021
ATLANTA Georgia lawmakers opened their legislative session Monday with 69 bills filed before they walked in the door. Many of those bills would take on police reforms.
Police reform was at the forefront of weeks of protests that roiled Atlanta and elsewhere last summer following the killings of Rayshard Brooks, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other African Americans at the hands of law enforcement.
One-tenth of the bills introduced before this year’s legislative session seek curbs in police and arrest powers. They have names like the Police Accountability Act (HB18); the Ethical Policing Act (HB35); the Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act (HB16), and the Preventing Tragedies Between Police and Communities Act (HB15).
Sponsor wants to act on 2020 protests Author: Doug Richards Updated: 7:37 PM EST January 11, 2021
ATLANTA Georgia lawmakers opened their legislative session Monday with 69 bills filed before they walked in the door. Many of those bills would take on police reforms.
Police reform was at the forefront of weeks of protests that roiled Atlanta and elsewhere last summer following the killings of Rayshard Brooks, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other African Americans at the hands of law enforcement.
One-tenth of the bills introduced before this year’s legislative session seek curbs in police and arrest powers. They have names like the Police Accountability Act (HB18); the Ethical Policing Act (HB35); the Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act (HB16), and the Preventing Tragedies Between Police and Communities Act (HB15).
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Dec. 18, 2020) – A bill prefiled in the Georgia House would put limits on state and local law enforcement agencies’ ability to acquire certain military equipment from federal programs.
Rep. Sandra Scott (D-Rex) filed House Bill 16 (HB16) last month. The legislation would prohibit a state or local law enforcement agency from acquiring or possessing the following military equipment.
(1) Controlled firearms, ammunition, grenades, or explosives, including, but not limited to, stun grenades and flash-bang grenades (2) Controlled vehicles, highly mobile multi-wheeled vehicles, mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles, trucks, truck sump, truck utility, or truck carryall (3) Unmanned aircraft that are armored or weaponized (4) Controlled aircraft that are combat configured or combat coded or have no established commercial flight application