66.42% Victory! I am humbled and thankful to God by the 2,198 voters who have allowed me to serve as their State Representative again. They have trusted me to continue to fight for a better quality of life for them in Clayton County and Georgia.
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Rep. Stovall's bills introduced or co-sponsored have been signed by Governor Deal into LAW effective July 1st!
*HR 279- designates Single Parents Day on March 21 in Georgia, designates Childhood Cancer Awareness Day on Sept. 1. (passed House, passed Senate) Click to view
GOVERNOR SIGNED MAY 7, 2018
*HB 787- designates additional funding to state charter schools, provides for access to resources normally only available to traditional public schools. (passed House, passed Senate w/ amendment)
Click to view
GOVERNOR SIGNED MAY 7, 2018
*HB763- expands protocol committees appointed by Chief Superior Court Judge in each county to include school climate (passed House, passed Senate) Click to view
GOVERNOR SIGNED MAY 8, 2018
*HB718- allows excused absences for students of military parents for certain approved reasons (passed House, passed Senate) Click to view
GOVERNOR SIGNED MAY 3, 2018
*HR 1471- creates a House study committee to make recommendations for revitalization of the Atlanta State Farmers Market in Forest Park (passed House & adopted) Click to view
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2018 LEGISLATIVE SESSION LITTLE KNOWN FACTS
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BUDGET FY 2019 HB 684
July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019
If you would like to learn more about the state budget for revenue and allocations go to http://www.house.ga.gov/budget/en-US/default.aspx
Total Fund Budget $51 billion which includes federal and other funding. The state budget is set by revenue estimates of $26.2 billion, increase of $1.22 billion over FY 2018 budget. Nearly 90% of new revenue is consumed by education as well as health and human services expenses.
Specifically, $742.4 million (60%) is budgeted to fully fund K-12 and higher education; $359.7 million (29.2%) is budgeted for health and human services; and $127.4 million (10.4%) in the remaining new funds is appropriated to public safety, economic development and general government agencies as well as debt service.
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WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT A PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION?
If you would like to learn more about any legislation go to http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/Search.aspx, and with using the bill number (comes after the letters “HB, HR, SB, SR”) search for legislation that you want to know about, because Knowledge is Power!
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*Click to view the report: The State of Literacy in Georgia: Action Needed For Georgia's Thriving Workforce and Economy
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Rep. Stovall bills not passed this session. She will consider reintroducing during 2019 legislative session.
*HB 493- amends the open meeting act to require public comments be included in any video recording of public meetings held by commissioners, city councils, and school boards (passed House, Senate amended bill and removed original language- could be reintroduced in 2019) Click to view
*HB 788- a parent or guardian may enroll a student in a school using the address of an individual residing in the school's attendance zone who has authorized such us. (in House Education, a hearing was held no decision- could be reintroduced 2019) Click to view
Click to read article in AJC on HB788
Click to view 11Alive coverage on HB 788
*HB 423- requires local school district to offer unused facilities to state charters at no cost and if sold it must be sold for no more than $1 (tabled in House Education Committee- could be reintroduced 2019) Click to view
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*Annual Career-Job Fair (Sept. 20)
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Read more information on featured articles & resources
Did you know high school students can attend high school & college simultaneously at no cost to parents?
www.mowrga.org
Adult Protective Services for Senior Adults & other resources
https://aging.georgia.gov/adult-protective-services-aps
Job Search
http://dhsjobs.dhs.ga.gov/Public
HB 614 Landon Dunson Act
http://www.news-daily.com/news/gov-deal-signs-rep-stovall-s-landon-dunson-act-into/article_5bac50f0-799c-5a84-8461-610c8fbe1489.html
Women In Politics Award
http://www.ncsl.org/legislators-staff/legislators/womens-legislative-network/women-in-politics-making-a-difference-awards.aspx
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The new CCRPI scores have been published. For more info click http://gosa.georgia.gov/ Did your school show improvement?
For current updates on Bills Signed into Law by Governor Deal click here
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