2022
The Holland Report - 2022, Week 10

It's the home stretch - only five days left in the 2022 legislative session! The Speaker continued the new tradition of voting on contentious bills on a Friday with several controversial measures passing out of the chamber before the weekend. Maybe he thinks we're too tired to notice? I spent much of Friday thinking about […]

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2022
The Holland Report - 2022, Week 9

After a 14 hour day on Tuesday, the House adjourned after passing 60 bills (I don’t think that’s a record but it certainly exceeds the total from any other year during my tenure). The day began with a powerful message from Pastor Andy Stanley reminding all of us to come to the middle to work together rather […]

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2022
The Holland Report - 2022, Week 8

It was a big week! I began the week by qualifying for the 2022 election on Monday, and I ended the week sitting in the House chamber well into the evening voting (and then stopping by the North Atlanta High School annual fundraiser to raise a toast to our teachers and students). Friday was legislative day […]

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2022
The Holland Report - 2022, Week 7

Last week was a full one, with four legislative days plus a committee day on Wednesday. When we adjourned late Friday afternoon, we completed legislative day 24. Several contentious bills passed out of the House this week, including a trio of worrisome education bills on Friday. However, we also passed some good legislation, including a […]

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