The Latest Breaking News from Georgia Senate

ATLANTA — A Georgia Senate panel on Wednesday passed a bill that would prohibit medical professionals from giving transgender children certain hormones or surgical treatment that assists them in aligning with their gender identity.

ATLANTA — Several Georgia Senate Republican leaders are backing legislation that would criminalize school librarians who let students check out books found to be obscene.

The Georgia Senate on Friday gave final approval to a bill that makes Juneteenth a paid day off for Georgia employees.

ATLANTA — The Georgia Senate on Friday gave final approval to a bill that would let Georgians carry a concealed handgun without getting a license from the state.

ATLANTA — Sen. Clint Dixon stood before the Georgia Senate last week, he said, to "fight for the well being of students." His bill, the Unmask Georgia Students Act, was close to passage. And an ally's proposal to expand its scope from one year to five years, he said, was…

Georgia's state Senate has passed a Republican-backed bill that would do away with the need for a license to carry a handgun in public, thereby eliminating a current background check requirement

ATLANTA — The Georgia Senate approved legislation Thursday to require students to participate in high school sports according to the sex that appears on their birth certificate.

The Georgia Senate on Thursday approved legislation that would prohibit the state from allowing companies owned by the Chinese government to bid on state contracts.

ATLANTA — The Georgia Senate on Monday approved on a party-line vote a measure to place a monument honoring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on the Capitol grounds.