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Ga. legislative session: What didn't pass

Religious freedom, hate crime bills among those that stalled in 2019

Georgia lawmakers Rep. Mark Newton, R-Augusta, left, and Rep. Micah Gravley, R-Douglasville, celebrate the end of the 2019 legislative session in the House chambers at the State Capitol late Tuesday, April 2, 2019, in Atlanta. A medical marijuana bill sponsored by Gravley was passed by the house in the final moments of the session. - photo by Associated Press

Georgia lawmakers Rep. Mark Newton, R-Augusta, left, and Rep. Micah Gravley, R-Douglasville, celebrate the end of the 2019 legislative session in the House chambers at the State Capitol late Tuesday, April 2, 2019, in Atlanta. A medical marijuana bill sponsored by Gravley was passed by the house in the final moments of the session. - photo by Associated Press

ATLANTA — With new Republican Gov. Brian Kemp at the helm of the state, Georgia's 2019 legislative session brought plenty of action.

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