We’re within the last stretch of the 2025 Legislative Session, and issues are getting all the way down to the wire. Final Thursday was Crossover Day, the final probability for payments to clear their first main hurdle. With lower than 10 legislative days left, Senate Republicans are doubling all the way down to push by actual, commonsense laws that places Georgians first and stands as much as the continued nonsense coming from the novel left.
Over the subsequent three weeks, we’ll be working in Home committees to get Senate payments throughout the end line. Meaning defending Georgia values, making our communities safer, reducing bureaucratic purple tape, and pushing again towards the harmful insurance policies which have left hard-working Georgians struggling to make ends meet.
I’m proud to report {that a} invoice I co-sponsored, SB 6, made it by the Home Committee on Well being and is one step nearer to turning into legislation. SB 6, authored by Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick (R–Marietta), authorizes testing gear to find out whether or not a managed substance has been adulterated. Whereas previous laws has focused fentanyl testing, the emergence of recent medication like xylazine on the streets warrants additional efforts to guard our kids and households. SB 6 broadens the previous fentanyl check strip invoice to incorporate all coated substances whereas we work on extra long-term options for prevention and restoration. This measure’s progress is a win for our state, and I’ll preserve you up to date as we get it over the end line.
On Thursday, the Senate took up the Home’s price range suggestions for 2025-2026. Let’s be clear: that is your cash. You’re employed onerous to place meals on the desk, and it’s our job to verify the federal government isn’t losing a single penny of it. Our Senate Appropriations Subcommittees are centered on holding businesses accountable and ensuring taxpayer {dollars} are being spent properly. We’re reducing waste, prioritizing legislation enforcement and guaranteeing your children can get their schooling safely.
I’m additionally carrying Home Invoice 392, which might revise the dates for particular occasions associated to the Georgia Tax Court docket. That is an important piece of laws to help the transition of the Georgia Tax Tribunal from the Govt Department to the Judiciary. Streamlining this course of saves taxpayer {dollars} and makes our state authorities extra environment friendly.
Whether or not it’s small enterprise homeowners, legislation enforcement officers or hard-working Georgians simply making an attempt to make a dwelling, your voices are why I’m right here. We’d like extra of you stepping up, talking out, and staying engaged as a result of the combat for Georgia’s future isn’t simply taking place on the Capitol—it’s taking place in our communities, our faculties, and at our kitchen tables.
With just some weeks left on this session, you probably have issues, concepts, simply need to know extra about what’s taking place underneath the Gold Dome, attain out. Your voice issues, and I’m right here to verify it’s heard.
Sen. Brian Strickland serves as Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. He represents the forty second Senate District, which incorporates Morgan County and parts of Henry, Newton and Walton counties. He could also be reached at (404) 463-6598 or by electronic mail at Brian.Strickland@senate.ga.gov.
