Day 39: MESSAGE FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW: “OPPOSE SB160”

Day 39: MESSAGE FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW: “OPPOSE SB160”

Tuesday 03/26/2013. Thirty-Ninth Day at the Georgia Legislative Session. Last day before Sine Die this Thursday. So in preparation for the final day of session, there were several bills both passed by the House and the Senate that are going to go to Conference Committee. Thanks to your calls and resilient work, we are down to only one bill, SB160. As we mentioned, the House passed a version an amended version of SB160, in which added the harmful language of HB125 referred to block Driver Licenses for DACA recipients, invalidate the use of international passports as IDs unless they have a I94, and requires full immigration status for Homestead exemption tax benefits. As we expected, the Senate rebate this amended version, so SB160 goes to a Conference Committee to come out with the last definitive version of the bill the last day of the session, tomorrow Thursday 03/28.

Given it is literally the last day, the clerks are going to be getting many calls regarding several different bills. Ergo, we keep our message short and simple for Wednesday and Thursday. Call these three party leaders, as they have power to influence the turn out of the Conference Committee:

Call:
Gov. Deal (404) 656-1776
Lt. Governor Cagle (404) 656-5030
Speaker David Ralston (404) 656-5020
Message: “OPPOSE SB160”

Session ends tomorrow. We have a shot to stop the nonsense. Please spread the word. Home stretch you all.