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- ↑ "Members Of The General Assembly Of Georgia - First Session of 2007-2008 Term". State of Georgia. January 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
- ↑ "Lobbying has already started on child sex-abuse legislation". myajc. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
- ↑ "HB 605 as proposed by House Rep. Jason Spencer" (PDF).
- ↑ "GOP senators exclude Democrats, public, from meeting about weakening legislation for child sex abuse victims". myajc. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
- ↑ "Senate vote - Passage by Substitute - HB 605". Georgia General Assembly. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
- ↑ "HB 605 2017-2018 Regular Session - Cowsert Votes 'No'". www.legis.ga.gov. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
- ↑ "Conservative groups split over child sex abuse legislation". myajc. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
- ↑ "Senator Bill Cowsert Senate District 46" (PDF). Senate Press Office. January 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
- ↑ "Bill Cowsert's Biography". VoteSmart. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
- ↑ "Robert 'Bob' Argo, 92: Lawmaker was 'all Georgian, all the time'". ajc. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
