Renee Unterman

Renee Unterman
Member of the Georgia Senate
from the 45th district
Assumed office
2003
Personal details
Born (1954-01-27) January 27, 1954
Political party Republican

Renee S. Unterman (born January 27, 1954) is an American politician. She is a member of the Georgia State Senate from the 45th District, serving since 2003. She is a member of the Republican Party.[1] She also served in the Georgia State House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002.[2]

Unterman is an executive for Amerigroup, a health insurer with a billion dollar a year state Medicaid contract. She is also chair of the Georgia State Senate Health and Human Services Committee.[3]

In March 2016, Unterman (in her capacity as Health and Human Services Committee chair) blocked House Bill 827, the Pursuing Justice for Rape Victims Bill, which would have required law enforcement to account for any backlog of untested rape kits.[4][5] In explaining her action, she said that the bill was addressing a problem that did not exist, that it had been "overly politicized" by its author, Scott Holcomb, and that Holcomb had introduced the bill only to make himself "feel good".[6] Unterman's opposition to the bill was profiled in two segments on the TBS show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Renee Unterman". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Money flowing freely for District 45 state Senate seat | Online Athens". onlineathens.com. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ "State Senator is also executive with billion dollar a year state vendor". 11Alive. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  4. ↑ Sims, Vince. "Georgia senator stalls rape kit bill, medical marijuana bill". www.wtvm.com. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  5. ↑ "Georgia GOPer blocks rape kit bill: We don't need law 'just because it makes you feel good'". www.rawstory.com. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  6. ↑ Georgia GOPer blocks rape kit bill: We don’t need law ‘just because it makes you feel good’
  7. ↑ "Government Worked! Rape Kit Backlog Part 2, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, TBS". Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  8. ↑ "Rape Kit Backlog, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, TBS". Retrieved 2017-04-21.


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