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Guest column: Session eventful

Bryan County News Guest column: Session eventful By State Rep. Ron Stephens. The 2021 Legislative Session of the Georgia General Assembly adjourned Sine Die March 31. It was an eventful session which included meaningful legislation sent to the Governor for his signature or his veto. Next week, I will address the highlights but this week I focus on the bills that passed in the final two days of the session. Two bills regarding the use of hotel/motel taxation on organized vacation rentals by owners included House Bill 317, legislation I introduced. We passed legislation for the state which we accomplished through H.B. 317 which expands the definition of “innkeeper” to include any dealer that is required to collect and remit sales tax as a marketplace facilitator for facilitating the sale of rooms, lodgings, or accommodations. The definition expansion requires the innkeepers acting as marketplace facilitators to collect and remit the local excise taxes due o

GA Republicans Supported Voting Buses and Drop Boxes Until GOP Started Losing

Some Georgia Republicans who promoted Fulton County’s mobile voting buses last year voted to restrict them after the party lost the state’s presidential and Senate races. The Election Integrity Act of 2021, Georgia’s sweeping election reform law, has widely been described as a “voter suppression” effort, largely prompted by baseless allegations of election fraud spread by former President Trump and his allies. President Joe Biden and other Democrats have compared the law to those of the Jim Crow era, and numerous voting rights groups have already sued to strike down key measures they argue will disproportionately impact voters of color. The law bans the use of Fulton County’s mobile voting buses and restricts the use of absentee ballot drop boxes, among many other measures that affect virtually every aspect of the state’s election laws.

Georgia Republicans supported voting buses and drop boxes — until Trump and the GOP started losing

Georgia Republicans supported voting buses and drop boxes — until Trump and the GOP started losing
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