What is the Georgia Legislature up to regarding immigration?
Georgia Legislature: Anti-Immigrant & Pro-Immigrant Bills to Watch Written by GRUS Posted on 2010-03-05 General Assembly returns March 8 The 2010 General Assembly is in recess until Monday, March 8. Since the 2010 session is half over, the next ten working days may be very busy. A Legislative Rule states that bills must be voted upon in one Chamber (House or Senate) by the 30th day to remain alive. After this time, it is not impossible to move a stalled bill but it is hard and would likely mean that the language of the bill would have to be attached as an amendment to another bill. Updates: SB 136 – Rapid Deportation Bill (Sen. John Douglas, R-Social Circle) Would speed up voluntary deportation according to the existing REPAT memorandum of agreement. SB 385 – Bribe the Counties Bill(Sen. John Wiles, R-Marietta) This bill would pay jails 10% more for daily prisoner fees for every undocumented person they have under arrest. And 20% more for daily fee IF THE COUNTY ADOPTS 287g. This bill
