Georgia General Assembly adopted bill to expose members to scrutiny for alleged improprieties

Georgia General Assembly adopted bill to expose members to scrutiny for alleged improprieties

ATLANTA — A little amendment to the last bill to pass the Georgia General Assembly this year could cause quite a stir if Gov. Brian Kemp signs it into law. Or the Senate’s tweak to House Bill 1409 could do…

Georgia bill rescinds protections for legislators over alleged improprieties

The Georgia General Assembly passed the "Epstein amendment" to House Bill 1409, which would require the leaders of the House and Senate to treat any settled claim of sexual harassment, discriminatory harassment, discrimination, or retaliation as an open record, subject only to the scrubbing of the complainant's identity. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and …