Lawmakers have spent three months debating, revising and voting on hundreds of bills – and with just one day to go in the session, lawmakers are racing to pass (or kill) a slew of measures still in flux.
Legislators are expected to work late into the night on Thursday – before they tear their papers and toss them into the air with shouts of “sine die” sometime around midnight.
With Georgia’s primary elections just two months away, legislators have re-election on their minds. Debates will also be animated not only by conflicts between Democrats and Republicans, but also intraparty warfare between the House and the Senate. Among several differences, top Republicans in both chambers still need to iron out conflicts over the fiscal year 2025 state budget.
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