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Cannabis oil, child welfare bills among those crossing over in legislature
Lawmakers move slew of bills through one chamber and closer to passage
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ATLANTA — Georgia lawmakers pushed dozens of bills through the House and Senate on Friday, working into the evening to meet a deadline for keeping proposed legislation alive. A Senate rule requires that bills pass the chamber where they were first introduced by the 30th day of the legislative session, which fell on Friday. There are ways to get bills through in the final 10 working days, but it can be trickier.