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GA HR1479
Resolution
Status
Introduced
3/12/2020
Primary Sponsor
Karla Drenner
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AI Summary
- Georgia House Resolution supporting the creation of a Gender Parity Task Force to recommend policies and practices that would increase women's representation in government and encourage more women to run for office
- Cites women's underrepresentation across all levels of government, including holding only 20% of U.S. Senate seats, 18.2% of U.S. House seats, 24.2% of state legislature seats, and only 12 mayorships among America's 100 largest cities
- Notes the U.S. ranks 98th in the world for women's representation in national legislatures, down from 59th in 1998, and that at current rates, parity in legislatures would take over a century
- References research from the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University finding women are 16% less likely to be encouraged to run for office by their political party
- Directs the Clerk of the House to transmit the resolution to Georgia's Secretary of State and the leaders of the Republican and Democrat political parties in Georgia
Legislative Description
Creation of a Gender Parity Task Force; support
Last Action
House Second Readers
6/15/2020
Full Bill Text
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