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Legislature's failed bills included immigration revamp, paper ballots
04012018 LEGISLATURE SINE DIE
House members toss papers in the air as Sine Die was proclaimed shortly after midnight. Thursday, March 29, 2018, was the 40th and final day of the 2018 General Assembly. (Bob Andres /Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
ATLANTA — While giving his retirement speech Thursday on the Georgia House floor, Republican Rep. Brooks Coleman reflected on a lesson he learned from Speaker David Ralston: “It’s not what we pass down here that makes a difference many times — it’s what we don’t pass, what we stop.”