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Georgia
March 21, 2023
ATLANTA — Today, the SPLC Action Fund released the following statement from Senior Supervising Attorney Beth Littrell in response to the passage of S.B. 140 in the Georgia Senate along party lines. This legislation prohibits...
Georgia
March 15, 2023
ATLANTA — Today, the SPLC Action Fund released the following statement from Senior Supervising Attorney Beth Littrell in response to the advancement of S.B. 140 during a Georgia House Public Health Committee hearing yesterday...
Georgia
Press Release
April 29, 2022
ATLANTA, Ga. – Yesterday, Governor Brian Kemp signed House Bill 1084, which empowers an athletic commission to ban transgender youth from participating in sports that align with their gender identity. The following statement is...
Georgia
April 16, 2021
ATLANTA, Ga. — Recently, the Stone Mountain Memorial Association denied the Georgia division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans a permit for their Confederate Memorial Day event, which has been celebrated at the park for almost...
Georgia
April 02, 2021
ATLANTA -- The Georgia Legislature has passed House Bill 479, repealing the state’s citizen arrest law. This bill is responsive to the demands of the families affected by vigilante violence, organizers and advocates, and...
Georgia
March 25, 2021
ATLANTA – At the beginning of today, it was not clear Georgia’s House of Representatives would even take up an amended version of SB 202 that passed earlier this week in committee. Tonight, SB 202 is law. At 12:51PM, the House...
Georgia
March 25, 2021
ATLANTA – The following statement about the Georgia House of Representative’s passage on a vote of 100-75 of SB 202 – a third omnibus election administration and voting process bill discussed this session – is by Nancy Abudu,...
Georgia
March 08, 2021
ATLANTA – Today, the Georgia Senate passed on a 29-20 vote SB 241, another sweeping piece of legislation that will end no-excuse vote-by-mail, mandate new photo ID requirements, and create a “voter fraud” hotline that would...
Georgia
March 04, 2021
ATLANTA -- We at the SPLC Action Fund welcome House approval of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (JPA) as a good first step to address law enforcement accountability. The JPA includes measures to prohibit racial profiling...
