Here are topics to be discussed at the Georgia General Assembly – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

One major returning topic is sports betting. For the last three years, representatives have not agreed on how to move forward. Questions loom around who would manage sports betting in the state. 

Some want the Georgia Lottery Corporation to be in charge, but Democrat and House Minority Leader James Beverly says the state should create a new commission to run it. Beverly says the House is closer to being able to pass a bill, but both the House and Senate believe voters should make a final decision.

Another bill up for discussion is school Vouchers. The vouchers give $6,500 to families of students who transfer out of low-performing public schools into private schools. 

The bill is stuck in the house.  

State senator and Republican John Kennedy celebrates Governor Kemp’s teacher pay raises, and says the senate hopes to think of more…