A Safe Community is a Strong Community

As your State Representative, I will:

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  • Foster stronger communication networks between law enforcement, community leaders, and local organizations

  • Demand more state funding for community centers, recreational parks, and youth leadership programs

  • Tougher laws to protect our seniors from fraud and financial scams

 Voted Yes 

HB 64 - Protects military children against child abuse

 Voted Yes 

HB 281 - Increase criminal penalties on pimping and pandering

 Voted Yes 

SB 1 - "C.J.'s Law" - Increase criminal penalties on serious 'hit & run' accidents

 Voted Yes 

SB 67 - Help provide rebuilding funds for public schools damaged by fire

 Voted Yes 

HB 234 & SB 158 - Anti-Human Trafficking Protective Response Act

Working Families are the Backbone of this State

As your State Representative, I will:

 

  • Work with city and county governments to attract and retain high-paying jobs to our community

  • Work to protect small businesses and increase state support for small businesses and minority owned businesses

  • Demand a livable wage and increased protections for Georgia workers

 Voted Yes 

HB 31 - Give public school teachers $3000 pay raise

 Voted Yes 

HB 193 - Authorizes community banks to better meet local peoples' financial goals

 Voted Yes 

HB 346 - Protect tenants' rights against retaliation from non-compliant landlords

 Voted Yes 

SB 167 - Give priority placement of children in foster care to closest relative

 Voted Yes 

SB 138 - Disabled first responders are now exempt from vehicle tag fees

Affordable, Accessible Healthcare is a Right

As your State Representative, I will:

 

  • Close the healthcare coverage gap by expanding Medicaid.

  • Protect the progress made under the Affordable Care Act.

  • Protect the right of women to make their own reproductive and healthcare decisions.

 Voted Yes 

 Voted Yes 

HB 300 - Support seniors living in long-life planned communities

HR 589 - Form a House Study Committee on Georgia's high rate of maternal mortality

 Voted Yes 

SB 48 - Provide schools with the resources to test students for dyslexia

 Voted Yes 

HB 287 - Give tax credits to students studying to be APRN nurses and physicians' assistants

 Voted Yes 

HB 62 - "Margie's Law" - Mammograms; women must be notified of dense tissue to help in possible discovery of breast cancer  

Everyone Deserves Respect and Equality

As your State Representative, I will:

 

  • Fight to end the policy of gerrymandering our local voting districts

  • Work to protect the civil rights and voting rights of everyone - no matter their race, gender, religion, country of origin, age, or sexual orientation

  • Fight against laws that discriminate against anyone

 Voted Yes 

HB 426 - Hate Crimes Bill to increase penalties for violent acts against Americans on the basis of culture, religion, gender or personal identity

 Voted Yes 

HB 345 - "Georgia Dignity Act" to require that pregnant or postpartum women inmates cannot be shackled; such women must be given feminine hygiene products; mandatory gender sensitivity training to jail staff

 Voted Yes 

HB 90 - Creates a Division for Supplier Diversity for fair competition in contract bidding process

 Voted Yes 

HR 369 (Co-Sponsored) - "The Democracy Act" - to remove power from politicians and state lawmakers and give it to a nonpartisan commission for the creation of fair voting districts

 Voted No 

HB 444 - Eliminates grant funding for smart students from lower income families from having fair access to Dual Enrollment Program

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