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Taylor Votes: HB 751 – The Fiscal Year 2017 Budget

By admin on April 30, 2016 in Taylor Votes

Tom’s vote: YES The FY 2016 Budget is set by a revenue estimate of $23.7 billion. While, in nominal terms, this budget is the largest ever proposed, in reality, FY […]

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Taylor Votes: HB 34 – The Georgia Right to Try Act

By admin on April 30, 2016 in Taylor Votes

Tom’s vote:  YES The Georgia Right to Try Act grants some terminally ill patients faster access to investigational drugs that have passed phase one in the three-phase FDA drug approval […]

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Taylor Votes: HB 659 – K-12 Education Financial Transparency

By admin on April 30, 2016 in Education, Taylor Votes

Tom’s vote: YES HB 659 requires school systems to make financial information – other than that made specifically confidential by law – available for public access to promote greater transparency […]

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Taylor Votes: HB 722 (SB 145) – Updates to Georgia Medical Cannabis Law

By admin on April 30, 2016 in Taylor Votes

Tom’s vote: YES (Did Not Pass Senate) HB 722 allows for manufacturers of low THC oil to ship low THC oil to a person properly registered with the Department of […]

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Taylor Votes: HB 763 – Tax Exemption for Donations to Food Banks

By admin on April 30, 2016 in Taylor Votes

Tom’s vote:  YES This legislation provides a sales and use tax exemption to companies for nearly-expired food they donate to food banks. Under current law, the food would not be […]

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Taylor Votes: HB 727 – Fireworks Regulation

By admin on April 30, 2016 in Taylor Votes

Tom’s vote:  YES HB 727 regulates where and when fireworks can be exploded. This bill makes it unlawful to explode fireworks within five yards of an overhead obstruction or across […]

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Taylor Votes: HB 768 – The ABLE Program

By admin on April 30, 2016 in Taylor Votes

Tom’s vote: YES HB 768 establishes the Georgia ABLE Program (‘Georgia Achieving a Better Life Experience’), modeled after education savings plans under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code, whereby […]

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Taylor Votes: HB 770 – Increased Penalties for Human Trafficking

By admin on April 30, 2016 in Taylor Votes

Tom’s vote: YES HB 770 expands the victim class for human trafficking to include those with developmental disabilities and ensures that offenses perpetrated against victims with developmental disabilities will be […]

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Taylor Votes: SB 18 – Rewarding our Veterans in Education

By admin on April 30, 2016 in Education, Taylor Votes

Tom’s vote:  YES SB 18 requires the Technical College System of Georgia to establish policies for granting academic credit to active duty military or veteran students for college-level learning acquired […]

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Taylor Votes: SB 416 – Protecting Georgians from Terrorism

By admin on April 30, 2016 in Taylor Votes

Tom’s Vote: YES Senate Bill 416 establishes the Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center within the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. This center will serve as a fusion center maintaining a […]

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Tom Taylor voted against the RFRA ("free exercise") bill. Learn about this vote here.

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Tom Taylor voted to increase the penalties for human trafficking.  This is a large and growing problem in Georgia and Tom is working to be part of the solution. Read more about HB 770 and the battle against human trafficking in Georgia.

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