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 blocked House Bill 827, the Pursuing Justice for Rape Victims Act, which would have required law enforcement to account for a backlog of untested rape kits.[4][5] Her opposition to the bill was profiled in a segment on the TBS show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.

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.


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