2012 GA Bills

2012 ‘IMMIGRATION’ RELATED LEGISLATION IN GEORGIA

• Bill Number (w/Link) – Short Description / [ Status /Vote (Link) ] / Fact Sheets ]
  

• HB 87–  House Arizona Copycat “Show Me Your Papers” Bill / 3/3 Passed by House / Vote: 113 Yes / 56 No / Signed by Governor on May 13th, 2011, Fact Sheets: ACLU )

GEORGIA SENATE

• SB  7 – “Hurt and Run” Bill / No further action in 2011. Assigned to the Senate Insurance and Labor Committee.
• SB  27 – “Force Employers to Use Inaccurate Database” Bill / No further action in 2011. Assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
• SB  40 – “Show Me Your Papers” AZ Copycat Bill / 3/14 Passed by Senate / Vote: 34 Yes / 21 No
• SB 104 –  Extreme AZ Copycat “Show Me Your Papers” Bill / No further action in 2011. Assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
• SB 174 – “Force Counties to Enter into Failed Fed. Programs” Bill / No further action in 2011. Assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

• HB 59 – “Destroying the DREAMS” Bill /3/16 Failed to get to House floor in 2011.  May be recalled in 2012. Passed from House Higher Education Committee; up for a House floor vote. (Fact Sheets: ACLU )
• HB 72 – “English Only Driver’s License Exam” Bill / ‘Tabled’ by floor vote of House. (Fact Sheets: ACLU )
  
• HB 200 – “Anti-Human and Sexual Trafficking” Bill / Passed House of Representatives and has crossed over to Senate.
• HB 296 –“Forcing Teachers, Doctors, and others to Act as Immigration Agents” Bill / No further action in 2011. Assigned to the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee

ACLU – Reference Sheet Analyzing Georgia ‘Immigration’ Bills

AALAC – Summary of Public Safety Concerns about Arizona’s Immigration law — From the Experts