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GA HR2177

Resolution

Status

Passed

4/27/2010

Primary Sponsor

Mark Burkalter

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Origin

House of Representatives

2009-2010 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Commends Representative Jerry Keen on his retirement from the Georgia House of Representatives after five terms representing District 179 in Glynn County
  • Keen served as House Republican Majority Leader since the 2005 legislative session and was the first freshman Republican since Reconstruction to pass a constitutional amendment during his first term
  • Authored a 2006 bill establishing lifetime electronic monitoring of sexual predators and minimum mandatory sentences for sex crime convictions, which became a model for other states
  • Played an instrumental role in passing tort reform, the voter ID bill, and the Women's Right to Know bill, and served on the Rules, Appropriations, Ethics, Insurance, and Energy, Utilities, and Telecommunications committees
  • Recognized multiple times as one of the 100 Most Influential Georgians by Georgia Trend Magazine

Legislative Description

Keen, Honorable Jerry; retirement from House of Representatives; commend

Last Action

House Read and Adopted

4/27/2010

Full Bill Text

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