The Holland Report - 2023, Week 11
During our second-to-last week of the legislative session, the House has worked to move bills through committee and vote on them on the floor. We delighted in welcoming advocates and constituents for World Down Syndrome Day, Child Suicide Prevention Day, DeKalb County Day, Environmental Justice Day and more. The Georgia Constitution restricts the legislature to meeting […]
The Holland Report - 2023, Week 10
It's hard to believe that we have less than two weeks left in the 2023 legislative session. Things really pick up steam in the final days, with committees meeting frequently and Rules Calendars (the lists of bills to vote on each day) getting longer. There are only five legislative days left to pass legislation, with […]
The Holland Report - 2023, Week 9
What a week of highs and lows! We began on Monday with Crossover Day - the house gaveled in at 10:00 a.m. Fourteen hours later, we had passed more than 50 bills in time for them to crossover to the Senate chamber. On Sunday afternoon, I will cohost a legislative update with Senator Josh McLaurin […]
The Holland Report - 2023, Week 8
Almost two years ago, the first bill suggesting that the community of Buckhead de-annex from the City of Atlanta dropped in the hopper in the Georgia House of Representatives. For decades, the idea floated around our community but had never seen any legislative action. During the summer of 2021, I brought up the potential City […]
