Election years tend to make lawmakers skittish about controversial issue, since their positions could provide ammunition for their opponents later in the year. But when the Gold Dome opens for business Monday, pressing matters about water, taxes, traffic and Grady Memorial Hospital, among other things, may force representatives and senators to make hard choices.
Issues of particular interest to lawyers that could come up this session include changes to the state’s beleaguered indigent defense system, the state’s open government laws and a law that gives broad malpractice immunity to emergency room doctors.
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