Gov. Brian Kemp signs several pieces of legislation at Jordan Vocational High School

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Gov. Brian Kemp and First Lady Marty Kemp visited Columbus on Thursday afternoon to sign multiple pieces of legislation for the state of Georgia.

A total of eight bills were signed during the ceremony at Jordan Vocational High School. One of those bills – HB 970 — has a piece of anti-human trafficking legislation that makes the REACH Scholarship more accessible to trafficking victims.

The remaining seven bills include HB 982, SB 440, SB 497, SB 384, SB 354, SB 373, and SB 195.

According to Gov. Kemp, these bills are primarily focused on workforce development and economic opportunity. That’s why Jordan was selected as the backdrop.

All of the bills were passed during the 2024 General Assembly session. The breakdown of those bills can be found in the slideshow below:

The bill signing ceremony was at Jordan’s Mechatronics Lab at 2 p.m. You can watch it in the video player below.

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