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GA HR1601

Resolution

Status

Passed

6/19/2020

Primary Sponsor

Jon Burns

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Origin

House of Representatives

2019-2020 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes the meeting schedule for the 2020 regular session of the Georgia General Assembly from Monday, June 22 through Saturday, June 27, 2020, covering legislative days 35 through 40, with sine die adjournment on June 27
  • Each chamber sets its own convening and adjourning hours, and remains in adjournment between legislative days
  • Authorizes the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate to jointly discontinue the meeting schedule and relocate sessions to an emergency temporary location in the event of an emergency or disaster, whether or not the Governor has declared an emergency
  • Permits the Speaker and President of the Senate to authorize virtual meetings if a COVID-19 resurgence after the June 15, 2020, reconvening prevents either chamber from achieving a physical quorum at the State Capitol
  • Limits virtual meeting proceedings to only essential constitutionally mandated proposals, and requires each chamber to adopt rules governing virtual meetings before conducting them

Legislative Description

Adjournment; relative to

Last Action

Senate Read and Referred

6/20/2020

Full Bill Text

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