As of Friday, 14 states have postponed their legislative sessions because of the pandemic, 23 have adjourned their sessions for weeks and 15 states haven't approved state budgets, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
that would have allowed former nonviolent felons the chance to ask a judge to expunge their record after a certain number of years of good behavior. The bill, which had bipartisan support, was awaiting approval in the Georgia House of Representatives, but the statehouse has been adjourned until June at the earliest.
Meg Sasse Stern, the support fund director of Kentucky Health Justice Network, which advocates for reproductive rights in that state, said she was afraid when the For states where legislative work is still going on, albeit with heavy restrictions on public participation, nonprofits and advocacy groups said they had to get more creative, and in some instances, it's helped to bring more voices into the fold.
Emily Lee, the director of San Francisco Rising, a nonprofit group that advocates for various issues including immigration reform and expanded voter rights in California, said she and other groups worked to make sure their voices were heard.
Wearing a face mask reading "California safe," Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, right, attends a hearing of the Assembly Transportation Committee in Sacramento, Calif., May 4, 2020. Assembly members returned to the Capitol after a nearly six-weeks, wearing masks and practicing social distancing by meeting in the Assembly chamber, instead of a smaller hearing room."We understand that COVID has taken priority, but it doesn't make our issue less important for Georgia," she said.
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