ATLANTA — In the final hours of its 2022 session, Georgia's General Assembly pivoted from celebrating a towering bipartisan mental health overhaul to bitterly debating Republican efforts to ban transgender girls from playing sports — one of many about-faces in a year when the GOP is squarely focused on upcoming election primaries.
Georgia legislature drifts right in 2022 election year
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![John William, 8, tears up paper before the conclusion of the legislative session on Sine Die, the last day of the General Assembly at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Monday, April 4, 2022.](https://statesboroherald.cdn-anvilcms.net/media/images/2022/04/05/images/leg.max-752x423.jpg)
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