Tillery: Week Five Under the Gold Dome
Five weeks into the Legislative Session, the Senate remains hard at work. Here’s a quick update on the week’s activities: Senate members met in their respective Appropriations Subcommittees to discuss the House’s budgetary recommendations. From here, will continue fine-tuning the budget to ensure that taxpayer money is spent wisely and efficiently.
Two bills I sponsored have now passed the Senate and are moving to the House for consideration: SB 21 ensures local government officials can be held accountable if they violate Georgia’s ban on sanctuary city policies. This will keep our communities safe and enforce immigration laws at the state level.
SB 39 prevents taxpayer dollars from funding gender-affirming procedures through the state health benefit plan and prohibits stateassociated healthcare facilities from offering such services. Our tax dollars should not be used to push radical policies.
Another bill I authored, Senate Bill 91, passed out of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services. It deals directly with price games between independent pharmacists and pharmacy benefit managers and will stabilize prescription prices. I hope to present it soon on the Senate floor.
This week, the Senate recognized the Georgia Young Farmer Teacher Program, celebrating young farmers. Agriculture is always changing, and we need more young people to get involved to help our largest industry grow and develop.
I was also honored to have several important people visit the Capitol this week. We welcomed Vidalia High School, Wayne County Youth Leadership, and my favorite constituent—my wife!
I encourage students to apply for the Senate Page Program. Spots are filling up quickly, so if you know a student who may be interested, they can apply on the Senate website here.
As always, I am grateful for the opportunity to serve the 19th Senate District. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions, concerns, or ideas.
Sen. Blake Tillery serves as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations. He represents the 19th Senate District, which includes Appling, Bacon, Jeff Davis, Long, Montgomery, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Wayne and Wheeler counties, as well as a portion of Coffee County. He can be reached at (404) 656-5038 or by email at Blake.Tillery@senate. ga.gov.
By Sen. Blake Tillery (R-Vidalia)
