Georgia voted Democratic in the National Elections last November for the first time since Bill Clinton carried the state in 1992, but the state government is solidly in the hands of the Republican majority in the General Assembly and every state-wide constitutional office.

It might seem that in these contentious political times there might not be many examples of bipartisanship in the Peach State, but according to a report from the National Law Review, Democrats and Republicans under the Gold Dome in Atlanta did manage to work together on several issues this year.

Republicans and Democrats united to repeal the state’s citizen arrest statute and implement probation reform to help rehabilitated Georgians get back to work. Approval of the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact (and two other compacts for licensed counselors and occupational therapists) allowed Georgia to leverage telehealth solutions, which have exploded in popularity due to COVID-19. The expansion of virtual communication allowances also percolated to business entities with the state approving virtual shareholder meetings for both for-profit and non-profit corporations.

Lawmakers also targeted the state’s foster care system with a bipartisan approach, reducing the required age for adoption petitions and granting foster children tuition waivers for technical college.