The Holland Report - 2024, Week 2
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Legacy Between the holiday weekend and the chilly temperatures that caused schools and events to shut down, this week has just flown by. On Sunday evening, I had the honor of attending Hands on Atlanta's MLK Sunday Supper, a roundtable event that brings together people from nonprofits, corporations, government […]
The Holland Report - 2024, Week 1
Happy first week of the 2024 legislative session! Since this is the second year of a biennial, we are able to hit the ground running with committee meetings, bill filings and the Governor's annual State of the State address. This was also the week when we learned more about the issues we're facing as a […]
Session Is Coming!
Happy New Year from Georgia House District 54! I hope you had a wonderful and restful end-of-year and holiday season. Even though it feels like we just left the Capitol for Special Session in December, it's time to prepare for the 2024 legislative session. Both the Georgia House and the Georgia Senate will gavel in on […]
Special Session, Voting in the Runoff And More!
What’s this, you say? An update from Rep. Holland in December? I didn't expect to hear from her until next year! While the legislature normally takes a break until early January, we were called back into action last week for a special session. I have more details about that, plus information about a runoff election […]
The Holland Report - 2023, Week 12, Sine Die!
The dust has finally settled, and the legislative session for 2023 has come to an end. The last week of March marked legislative days 39 and 40, both days that went well past sundown as legislators worked to pass bills and - more importantly - come to agreements on changes to bills between the House […]
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 […]
The Holland Report - 2023, Week 7
Proponents of creating a City of Buckhead City have been busy at the Capitol this year. Two bills have been introduced in the Senate (SB113 and SB114) to sever a portion of Atlanta and incorporate a City of Buckhead City. Some folks thought this issue was dead at the end of the 2022 session, but new leadership and […]
