Updated Tuesday, April 5, at 8:09 a.m.
Georgia lawmakers pushed through dozens of bills in a rapid-fire conclusion to their 2022 session on Monday, delivering a tax cut and banning teaching on “divisive concepts” in schools. But lawmakers did not take up a measure that could have required physical exams before a woman could be prescribed abortion pills, rejected an expansion of gambling and turned down an additional pay raise for themselves. Some key proposals have already passed, including a mental health reform measure, a loosening of gun laws and a bill letting parents opt their children out of school mask mandates. Other measures died earlier, including a bill that would raise penalties for illegal acts during protests and an attempt to regulate social media.
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