Today, Day 30, is one of the busiest days at the Georgia Legislature, since it is the deadline in most cases for legislation to clear one chamber or the other. It will be a marathon day and night of arm-twisting, lobbying and horse trading.
The House and Senate will start at 10 a.m. and could go until midnight.
The Senate calendar includes a bill that would ban the state employees’ insurance program and the federal health insurance exchange from paying for abortions.
In the House, the big question is which bills will be added to an already long, but not terribly controversial list. Bills targeting the federal health care law are expected, as is a measure that would legalize medical marijuana. Opponents of two bills targeting illegal immigrants are hopeful those bills won’t survive the day, but supporters say they haven’t given up.
Moral Mondays protestors will try to make the most of much larger audience with a rally at 4.
And, if all that wasn’t enough, Monday will also mark the start of qualifying. Gov. Nathan Deal is expected to be among the first to sign up to run for re-election.
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