ACTION ALERT: Protect Cashless Bail
Once again, and with only 3 legislative days left, cashless bail is under attack at the state capitol. We need your…
ACTION ALERTS: NO to HB 286, HB 289, & HB 534
In the coming days, the Senate will consider 3 particularly harmful pieces of legislation: HB 286 and HB 289, which both limit local government’s…
Action Alert: Oppose HB 534
House Bill 534, the Governor’s overly punitive street racing legislation, has been scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Judiciary…
ACTION ALERT: Oppose HB 286 – Protecting Police Budgets, Compromising Community Safety
House Bill 286 is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Public Safety Committee Thursday, March 18 at 1 p.m….
“The System Killed My Son.”
Since January of 2020, at least 32 people have been killed in the Georgia prison system. Eight homicides occurred at…
Southern Center for Human Rights to Honor Georgia NAACP; Bondurant, Mixson, & Elmore LLP
On Tuesday, May 4th, the Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) will host its annual Atlanta fundraising reception, Justice Taking…
Post-Crossover Update
We have made it past Crossover Day, the first big deadline of the legislative session: any bill that did not…
Citizen’s Arrest Repeal Bill Passes Out of Georgia House Unanimously
Today, less than two weeks after the one-year anniversary of Ahmaud Arbery’s death, the citizen’s arrest repeal bill, HB 479, passed unanimously…
Crossover Day 2021
Welcome to Crossover Day in the Georgia General Assembly! Today is the deadline for bills to pass out of their…
