Political party Republican Name Renee Unterman | Role Politician Party Republican Party | |
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Born January 27, 1954 (age 70) ( 1954-01-27 ) | ||
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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. She also served in the Georgia State House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002.
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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.
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. 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". Unterman's opposition to the bill was profiled in two segments on the TBS show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.