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Legislator > Bill Hitchens
State Representative
Bill Hitchens
(R) - Georgia
Georgia House District 161
In Office - Started: 01/14/2013
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Capitol Office
State Capitol
Atlanta, GA 30334
Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone: 404-656-5126
Rincon Office
2440 Rincon-Stillwell Road
Rincon, GA 31326
Rincon, GA 31326
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB238 | Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; create and maintain an at-risk adult training course focusing on officer response to individuals with Alzheimer's disease or dementia | AN ACT To amend Chapter 5 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia Public Safety Training Center, so as to require the Georgia Public Safety Training Center to create and maintain an at-risk adult training course focusing on officer response to individuals with Alzheimer's disease or dementia; to provide for requirements for such course; to provide for collaborative course development with the Division of Aging Services; to provide for approval of the training program by the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB756 | Chatham Area Transit Authority; abolish current memberships; provide new board | AN ACT To amend an Act creating the Chatham Area Transit Authority, approved March 28, 1986 (Ga. L. 1986, p. 5082), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 11, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5296), so as to abolish the current authority memberships; to provide for new board membership; to provide terms of office; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB224 | Highways, bridges, and ferries; construction or maintenance of roads upon military bases or installations paid for by the United States Department of Defense or other entities; authorize | AN ACT To amend Chapter 1 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to highways, bridges, and ferries, so as to authorize the construction or maintenance of roads upon military bases or installations by the Department of Transportation when done so through agreement with and when paid for by the United States Department of Defense or other federal entity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB782 | Chatham County Schools' Tax Relief Act; enact | AN ACT To provide a homestead exemption from Chatham County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the base year assessed value of such homestead; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide a short title; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB114 | Motor vehicles; federal regulations regarding safe operation of commercial motor vehicle and carriers; update reference date | AN ACT To amend Code Section 40-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to safe operations of motor carriers, commercial motor vehicles, and drivers and safe transportation of hazardous materials, so as to update the reference date to federal regulations regarding the safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles; to revise a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB116 | Public Safety, Department of; Motor Carrier Compliance Division to Commercial Vehicle Enforcement; change name | AN ACT To amend Article 5 of Chapter 2 of Title 35 and Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Motor Carrier Compliance Division of the Department of Public Safety and motor vehicles and traffic, respectively, so as to change the name of the Motor Carrier Compliance Division of the Department of Public Safety to Commercial Vehicle Enforcement; to require law enforcement officers within such division be trained, sworn, and certified; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB797 | Homelessness Prevention Act of Chatham County; enact | AN ACT To create the Interagency Council on Homelessness for Chatham-Savannah; to provide for a short title and definitions; to provide for findings; to confer powers and impose duties on the authority; to provide for the membership of the authority and their terms of office; to provide for meetings; to provide for a quorum; to provide for venue; to provide for tax exemptions from levy and sale; to provide for liberal construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB762 | Savannah Music Commission Act; enact | AN ACT To provide for the creation of the Savannah Music Commission; to provide for a short title; to provide for findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for membership, terms of office, and vacancies; to confer powers and impose duties on the commission; to provide for bylaws; to provide for a quorum; to provide for audits; to provide for venue; to provide for tax exemptions from levy and sale; to provide for liberal construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB714 | Rincon, City of; designation of electors; revise provisions | AN ACT To amend an Act to provide for the creation of one or more community improvement districts in the City of Rincon, approved April 25, 2022 (Ga. L. 2022, p. 5627), so as to revise provisions relating to the designation of electors; to revise the appointment and election of board members; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB730 | Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless; provide for membership | AN ACT To amend an Act creating the Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless, approved March 30, 1989 (Ga. L. 1989, p. 4701), as amended, so as to provide for membership; to provide for meetings; to provide for purposes; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB613 | Administrative Services, Department of; preferences in certain public works construction contracts to a contractor participating in a registered apprenticeship program; provide | AN ACT To amend Chapter 5 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Department of Administrative Services, so as to provide for preferences in certain public works construction contracts to a contractor or subcontractor participating in a registered apprenticeship program; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HB675 | Crimes and offenses; criminal offenses related to material support of terrorism; provide | AN ACT To amend Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses against public order and safety, so as to provide for criminal offenses related to material support of terrorism; to provide for penalties; to provide for legislative intent; to provide for the creation of guidelines for law enforcement investigations; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HB887 | Patriots in Trades Act; enact | AN ACT To amend Chapters 14 and 41 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to electrical contractors, plumbers, conditioned air contractors, low-voltage contractors, and utility contractors and residential and commercial general contractors, respectively, so as to revise provisions relating to the issuance of certain professional licenses based on specialties or certifications obtained during service in the military; to provide for the issuance of additional professional licenses based on such specialties or certifications; to streamline the process of identifying such specialties or certifications that qualify for the issuances of such licenses; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HR988 | The Savannah Tribune; commend | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending The Savannah Tribune; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR986 | National Newspaper Publishers Association; commend | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the National Newspaper Publishers Association; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB138 | Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; establish basic and in-service training courses on de-escalation techniques and methods | AN ACT To amend Code Section 35-8-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the powers and duties of the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council, so as establish basic and in-service training courses on de-escalation techniques and methods; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HB390 | HALO Act; enact | AN ACT To amend Code Section 17-6-12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to unsecured judicial release, requirement, effect of failure of person charged to appear for trial, and consideration of criminal record, so as to provide for the crime of interference with a first responder; to revise a definition; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HB449 | Public utilities; subject certain companies providing water services to regulation by Public Service Commission | AN ACT To amend Titles 44 and 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to property and public utilities and public transportation, respectively, so as to prohibit certain restrictions on the installation, operation, or maintenance of private water wells for irrigation purposes on real property; to prohibit covenants running with the land from prohibiting or restricting property owners from installing, operating, or maintaining private water wells for irrigation purposes on their property; to prohibit companies that provide water services through certain water systems in this state from prohibiting or restricting customers of such company from installing, operating, or maintaining private water wells for irrigation purposes on such customers' property; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for definitions; to provide an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HB549 | Peace officers; extend time frame for which reimbursement of total training expenses by a subsequent employer may be sought | AN ACT To amend Code Section 35-8-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reimbursement of training expenses by subsequent employer of peace officer, collection procedure, and required documentation, so as to extend the time frame for which reimbursement of total training expenses by a subsequent employer of a peace officer may be sought; to provide for types of training eligible for reimbursement; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HB115 | Natural Resources, Department of; certain notice upon registration of a vessel; provide | AN ACT To amend Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration, operation, and sale of watercraft, so as to provide for certain notice upon registration of a vessel with the Department of Natural Resources; to provide for performance of unattended vessel checks; to revise procedures for notice to owners of abandoned vessels; to revise procedures for removal of abandoned vessels; to provide for penalties for failure to remove an abandoned vessel from public waters or public property; to establish a criminal violation for failure to retrieve an abandoned vessel from public waters or public property after receipt of notice; to provide for an exception; to authorize restitution to the Department of Natural Resources for the cost of removal, storage, and disposal of abandoned vessels; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR849 | Mapes, Trooper First Class; commend | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Trooper First Class Mapes; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR813 | Trooper Jimmy Cenescar Memorial Bridge; Gwinnett County; dedicate | A RESOLUTION honoring the life of Trooper Jimmy Cenescar and dedicating a bridge in his memory; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HR821 | Bobo, Loretto; condolences | A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Loretto Bobo; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR763 | Savannah State University men's basketball team; winning the 2025 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament Championship; commend | A RESOLUTION congratulating the Savannah State University men's basketball team for winning the 2025 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament Championship; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR764 | Savannah Feed the Hungry; commend | A RESOLUTION commending Savannah Feed the Hungry; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR822 | Nelson, Sergeant Trey; recipient of the 2024 Officer of the Year award; commend | A RESOLUTION commending Sergeant Trey Nelson, recipient of the 2024 Officer of the Year award; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB821 | Criminal procedure; include aggravated assault as a bailable offense only before a superior court judge | AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to bonds and recognizances, so as to include aggravated assault as a bailable offense only before a superior court judge; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB627 | Courts; juvenile proceedings; use of a deadly weapon; revise a provision | AN ACT To amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to revise a provision relating to the use of a deadly weapon; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HB56 | Education; grants to spouses of law enforcement officers, firefighters, and prison guards who are killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty; provide | AN ACT To amend Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Student Finance Authority, so as to provide for tuition grants to children and spouses of certain public employees killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty; to provide for charitable contributions to the Georgia Student Finance Authority for such grants; to expand eligibility for the Public Safety Memorial Grant to provide for tuition grants to children and spouses of emergency medical technicians, firefighters, highway emergency response operators, law enforcement officers, and prison guards who are killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty; to provide for tuition grants to children and spouses of public school employees and public school teachers who are killed or permanently disabled by an act of violence in the line of duty; to provide definitions; to provide for maximum grant amounts; to provide for eligibility; to provide for an application process; to provide for grant renewals; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR732 | Woodbine Public Library Inc.; commend | A RESOLUTION commending the Woodbine Public Library Inc.; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB809 | Motor vehicles; minimum speed limit of 50 miles per hour on certain highways; provide | AN ACT To amend Article 9 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to speed restrictions, so as to provide for a minimum speed limit of 50 miles per hour on certain highways; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB615 | Chatham County Recreation Authority; abolish current authority memberships; provide new board membership | AN ACT To amend an Act creating the Chatham County Recreation Authority, approved April 5, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 4281), so as to revise the membership of the authority; to provide for new board membership; to provide terms of office; to revise quorum requirements; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HB108 | Safeguarding American Veteran Empowerment Act or SAVE Act; enact | AN ACT To amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975," so as to provide certain protections for veterans and other eligible persons applying for benefits; to provide for limitations; to provide for violations; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HB384 | Crimes and offenses; uniform oaths to be sworn by all peace officers; provide | AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 16 and Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to abuse of governmental office and official oaths, respectively, so as to provide for uniform oaths to be sworn by all peace officers; to provide for aspirational language in such oaths; to limit the legal effect of any such aspirational language; to limit the crime of violation of oath of a public officer to codified oaths; to limit the violation of oath by a public officer to violations predicated on certain offenses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR672 | Civil Air Patrol; service to the citizens of Georgia; commend | A RESOLUTION recognizing the Civil Air Patrol for their service to the citizens of Georgia; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR662 | Perry, A'Cariyon Dwight; supporting further action to improve ice cream truck safety in Georgia; condolences | A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of A'Cariyon Dwight Perry and supporting further action to improve ice cream truck safety in Georgia; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB283 | Motor vehicles; issuance of a refusal to sign citation; provide | AN ACT To amend Code Section 40-13-2.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to signature on citations required, effect of failure to sign, exemption for out-of-state drivers, and electronic capture of signature, so as to provide for the issuance of a refusal to sign citation; to provide for a penalty; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HB583 | Motor vehicles; increase number of free license plates issued to certain veterans | AN ACT To amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prestige license plates and special plates for certain persons and vehicles, so as to provide for the issuance of two free license plates for veterans who are totally disabled or disabled; to provide for application; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HB465 | Autism Missing Person Alert System Act; enact | AN ACT To amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state-wide alert system for missing disabled adults, so as to provide for persons with autism spectrum disorder to be included in the "Mattie's Call" alert system; to provide for an emphasis on the search of waterways in locating missing persons with autism spectrum disorder; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for conforming changes; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HB369 | Motor vehicles; sale of food or beverages; provide vehicle equipment standards | AN ACT To amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to equipment of motor vehicles, so as to provide for vehicle equipment standards for motor vehicles used for the sale of food or beverages that primarily conduct such sales upon roadways; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR525 | Crew, Community Supervision Officer John; Department of Community Supervision's 2024 Officer of the Year; commend | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Community Supervision Officer John Crew, the Department of Community Supervision's 2024 Officer of the Year; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR517 | St. Patrick's Day Parade committee; Chairman Timothy P. Mahoney; Grand Marshall of the 2025 St. Patrick's Day Parade, James G. (Jay) Burke III; 2025 St. Patrick's Day Parade; Savannah, Georgia; commend | A RESOLUTION recognizing and honoring the members of the St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee, Chairman Timothy P. Mahoney, and the Grand Marshal of the 2025 St. Patrick's Day Parade, James G. (Jay) Burke III, on the upcoming occasion of the 2025 St. Patrick's Day Parade in Savannah, Georgia; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB574 | Labor and industrial relations; applicability of workers' compensation to employers and employees; provisions | AN ACT To amend Code Section 34-9-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to applicability of workers' compensation to employers and employees generally, so as to provide that the chapter shall not apply to employees of an employer covered by and providing coverage under the federal Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 901, et seq., as amended, and its extensions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB458 | Controlled substances; possession of four grams or more of fentanyl; provisions | AN ACT To amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to schedules, offenses, and penalties regarding controlled substances, so as to clarify that the sale, manufacture, delivery, or possession of four grams or more of fentanyl and fentanyl analog structural class is included within the prohibition of trafficking certain drugs; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HR485 | Combat Boots 2 Boardroom; dedication to empowering veterans; Combat Boots 2 Boardroom Day at the state capitol; March 11, 2025; recognize | A RESOLUTION commending Combat Boots 2 Boardroom for its dedication to empowering veterans and recognizing March 11, 2025, as Combat Boots 2 Boardroom Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR481 | Wessinger, Dr. William Nettles; condolences | A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Dr. William Nettles Wessinger; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR459 | Brinson, Matt; commend | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Matt Brinson; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB611 | Forever Chemicals Transparency Act; enact | AN ACT To amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of water pollution and surface-water use, so as to require publicly owned treatment works to seek information from industrial users relating to the manufacture or use of PFAS; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HR408 | Georgia's aerospace and defense industry; Georgia Aerospace Day at the state capitol; February 26, 2025; recognize | A RESOLUTION honoring the work of Georgia's aerospace and defense industry and recognizing February 26, 2025, as Georgia Aerospace Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR423 | Hunter, Ernestine; commend | A RESOLUTION congratulating Ernestine Hunter; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB578 | Public utilities; $1.50 increase in monthly 9-1-1 charge assessed by local governments; provide | AN ACT To amend Part 4 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency telephone number 9-1-1 system, so as to provide for a $1.50 increase in the monthly 9-1-1 charge assessed by local governments; to provide for a $1.50 increase in the monthly wireless enhanced 9-1-1 charge assessed by local governments; to provide for a $1.50 increase in the prepaid 9-1-1 charge assessed by local governments; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB368 | De-escalation Right To Know Law; enact | AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to identification and regulation of motor vehicles, so as to require a law enforcement officer making a traffic stop to provide the operator with the purpose of the stop upon request after such operator displays his or her driver's license; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HR349 | Georgia Military College; 145th anniversary; recognize | A RESOLUTION commending Georgia Military College on its 145th anniversary; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR316 | Effingham County Day at the capitol; 2/10/25; Effingham County Chamber of Commerce; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing February 10, 2025, as Effingham County Day at the capitol and saluting the Effingham County Chamber of Commerce; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR313 | Smith, Nolan Sental, Jr.; inspiring journey and achievements; commend | A RESOLUTION honoring the inspiring journey and achievements of Nolan Sental Smith Jr.; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB438 | Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; allow certain sworn law enforcement officers to be eligible for retirement benefits at age 55; provisions | AN ACT To amend Chapter 2 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, so as to allow all sworn law enforcement officers serving in and the commissioner and deputy commissioner of the Department of Public Safety to be eligible for regular retirement benefits at the age of 55 years, certain disability benefits, and certain provisions for purchasing creditable service; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB417 | Education; tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities; revise definition of approved school | AN ACT To amend Code Section 20-3-411 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities, so as to revise the definition of approved school; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HR261 | Gilliard-Gunn, Patt; commend | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Patt Gilliard-Gunn; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB388 | Income tax; exempt income received as personal compensation for active duty service while stationed outside Georgia | AN ACT To amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the imposition, rate, computation, exemptions, and credits for state income tax, so as to exempt from state income tax income received as personal compensation for active duty service in the United States armed forces while stationed outside Georgia; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB366 | State holidays; Heritage and Freedom Flag of the Former Republic of Vietnam Day; designate April 29 of each year | AN ACT To amend Chapter 4 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to holidays and observances, so as to designate April 29 of each year as "Heritage and Freedom Flag of the Former Republic of Vietnam Day" in Georgia; to provide legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB337 | State Law Enforcement Officer Plan' or 'SLEO Plan'; enact | AN ACT To amend Chapter 2 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, so as to establish the State Law Enforcement Officer Plan to offer enhanced benefits for electing state law enforcement officers; to provide for irrevocable elections; to provide for conditions and limitations; to provide for deferred retirement option program accounts; to provide for definitions; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB338 | State Law Enforcement Officer Plan' or 'SLEO Plan'; enact | AN ACT To amend Chapter 2 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, so as to establish the State Law Enforcement Officer Plan to offer enhanced benefits for electing state law enforcement officers; to provide for irrevocable elections; to provide for conditions and limitations; to provide for deferred retirement option program accounts; to provide for definitions; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HR240 | City of Savannah and Mayor Van R. Johnson; Mayor on the Move: Healthy Savannah Kids Club; commend | A RESOLUTION commending the City of Savannah and Mayor Van R. Johnson on the Mayor on the Move: Healthy Savannah Kids Club; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR201 | Police Chiefs and Heads of Law Enforcement Agencies Recognition Day at the state capitol; March 6, 2025; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing March 6, 2025, as Police Chiefs and Heads of Law Enforcement Agencies Recognition Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB184 | Georgia Consumer Protection Towing Act; enact | AN ACT To amend Titles 40 and 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic and property, respectively, so as to establish the "Georgia Consumer Protection Towing Act"; to provide for legislative purpose; to provide for definitions; to provide for applicability; to provide for consumer protections for emergency towing, owner requested towing, and private property towing; to provide for estimates and invoices; to provide for notice requirements; to provide for recording; to provide for the release of towed motor vehicles; to provide for fees; to provide for towing company certificate requirements; to provide for prohibitions; to provide for penalties and enforcement; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HR60 | Firefighters Recognition Day at the state capitol; February 4, 2025; recognize | A RESOLUTION honoring and commending the firefighters of Georgia and recognizing February 4, 2025, as Firefighters Recognition Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR48 | Great Dane; 125th anniversary of its founding; recognize | A RESOLUTION congratulating Great Dane upon the 125th anniversary of its founding; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR17 | Veterans who were victims of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War; commend | A RESOLUTION honoring and recognizing the veterans who were victims of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR7 | George C. Trulock, Jr. Memorial Highway; Grady County; dedicate | Agree To Senate Sub As Amended By House: House Vote #418 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB54 | Health; advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants to order home healthcare services; authorize | Agree To Senate Sub As Amend By House: House Vote #438 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB37 | Education; require local school systems to notify employees regarding social security withholdings and eligibility for certain benefits | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #408 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB36 | Guardian and ward; revise list of providers who are authorized to participate in the processes for appointment of a guardian for an adult | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #407 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB10 | Superior Courts of the Alapaha Judicial Circuit; additional judge; provide | Passage: House Vote #425 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB12 | Inspection of Public Records; documents and records in the possession of private persons or entities; revise provisions | Passage: House Vote #432 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB68 | General appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026 | Adopt Conference Comm. Report: House Vote #420 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR40 | House Study Committee on Reinsurance for Essential Industries; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB105 | Public officers and employees; increase indemnification award of certain state public school personnel in the event of death | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #411 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB131 | Self-service storage facilities; revise advertisement requirements before an owner can enforce an owner's lien | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #406 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB155 | Local government; selection and objection to arbitrators; revise procedures | Agree To Senate Amend To Ham To Ssub: House Vote #451 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR72 | House Study Committee on Cancer Care Access; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB150 | Combating Threats from China Act of 2025 - Higher Education; enact | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #409 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB156 | Transportation, Department of; authority over vertiports; provide | Agree To Senate Amendment: House Vote #410 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB179 | Appellate practice; digital recording of certain trial proceedings; provide | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #412 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB197 | Insurance; health care provider to respond to a private review agent or utility review entity's attempt to discuss the patient's care; detail the effort | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #413 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB217 | Education; make Dual Achievement Program a permanent state-wide program | Agree To Senate Amendment: House Vote #414 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB266 | Income tax; exempt income received as personal compensation for full-time duty in the active military service of the United States | Agree To Senate Amend To Ham To Ssub: House Vote #419 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB233 | State symbols; Brunswick stew as the official state stew; designate | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #442 | 04/04/2025 | Abstain |
| HB253 | Ethan's Law; enact | Agree To Senate Sub As Amended By House: House Vote #439 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB296 | Motor vehicles; presentation of a driver's license in a certain electronic format; provisions | Agree To Senate Amendment: House Vote #448 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB101 | Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; testing in the newborn screening system; require | Passage: House Vote #427 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB308 | Motor vehicles; operation of miniature on-road vehicles on certain highways; provide | Agree To Senate Amendment: House Vote #415 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB370 | Ad valorem tax; school districts; state-wide base year homestead exemption; provisions | Agree To Senate Sub As Amended By House: House Vote #423 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB360 | Revenue and taxation; rehabilitation of historic structures; revise tax credit | Agree To Senate Amendment: House Vote #443 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB352 | Georgia Gestational Diabetes Management Act; enact | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #452 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB371 | Quality Basic Education Act; state's maximum authorization of capital outlay funding; provide for an increase | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #422 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB399 | Property; require certain residential landlords to have in-state staff to manage tenant communications | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #447 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB422 | State employees' health insurance; include high deductible health plans | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #450 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB148 | Public School Property and Facilities; outdoor learning spaces pilot program; provide | Passage: House Vote #445 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB179 | Education; the academic and disciplinary records of each transferring student shall be provided within five days; require | Passage: House Vote #430 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB491 | Game and fish; remove an exception for use of air guns to hunt wildlife | Agree To Senate Am As Amended By House: House Vote #424 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB218 | Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; shall be assigned for administrative purposes only to the Administrative Office of the Courts; provide | Passage: House Vote #431 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB204 | Criminal Procedure; offenses that are not serious violent felonies, sexual felonies, or other certain offenses to be charged by accusation of the district attorney; allow | Passage: House Vote #429 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB204 | Criminal Procedure; offenses that are not serious violent felonies, sexual felonies, or other certain offenses to be charged by accusation of the district attorney; allow | Table: House Vote #428 | 04/04/2025 | Nay |
| HB516 | State government; authorize county and regional library boards to conduct meetings via teleconference | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #453 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB513 | Local government; criteria for service delivery strategy; revise provisions | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #440 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR304 | House Study Committee on the Costs and Effects of Smoking; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB207 | Professions and Businesses; a preclearance process in the licensing of individuals with criminal records who make application to or are investigated by certain licensing boards and commissions; create | Passage: House Vote #433 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB586 | Revenue and taxation; intangible recording tax; revise notes | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #405 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB567 | Professions and businesses; authorize and regulate teledentistry by licensed dentists | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #416 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB234 | City of Dalton; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption | Sbs 234, 235, & 336 Passage: House Vote #436 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB234 | City of Dalton; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption | Recon Sb 234, 235, & 336: House Vote #435 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB234 | City of Dalton; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption | Local Calendar : House Vote #434 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR347 | Georgia high schools; establish flag football programs for girls; urge | Adopt: House Vote #426 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB235 | Whitfield County; school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption | Sbs 234, 235, & 336 Passage: House Vote #436 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB235 | Whitfield County; school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption | Recon Sb 234, 235, & 336: House Vote #435 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB235 | Whitfield County; school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption | Local Calendar : House Vote #434 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB582 | Georgia Survivor Justice Act; enact | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #417 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB645 | Health; COVID-19 testing of staff members in long term-care facilities; repeal certain provisions | Agree To Senate Amendment: House Vote #441 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB630 | State Board of Registration; remove used car division and the used parts division; provisions | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #421 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB651 | Motor vehicles; use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices in school zones; revise provisions | Agree To Senate Sub As House Amended: House Vote #446 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB652 | Motor fuel tax; electricity delivered by certain electric vehicle charging stations; provide exception | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #449 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR429 | House Study Committee on Funding for Next Generation 9-1-1; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR557 | House Study Committee on Georgia's Investment Funds; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR558 | House Study Committee on the State Board of Registration of Used Motor Vehicle Dealers and Used Motor Vehicle Parts Dealers; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB330 | City of Atlanta; independent school district ad valorem for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption | Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #437 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB332 | County Board of Education of DeKalb County; board members shall only be elected by electors of the DeKalb County school district; provide | Local Calendar : House Vote #434 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB336 | Dade County; school district ad valorem taxes; homestead exemption | Sbs 234, 235, & 336 Passage: House Vote #436 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB336 | Dade County; school district ad valorem taxes; homestead exemption | Recon Sb 234, 235, & 336: House Vote #435 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB336 | Dade County; school district ad valorem taxes; homestead exemption | Local Calendar : House Vote #434 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR611 | House Study Committee on Abandoned Child Placement Following Hospital Discharge; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR711 | House Study Committee on Student Attendance in PreK-12 Education; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR753 | House Study Committee on Improving Access to Internal Medicine in Rural Areas; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR847 | House Study Committee on Evaluating Funding for Public Health; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB896 | Hall County; levy an excise tax | Local Calendar : House Vote #434 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR885 | House Study Committee on Election Procedures; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR887 | House Study Committee on Reducing and Prioritizing Mandates for Public School Administration; create | Uncontested House Resolutions: House Vote #444 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB5 | Private Review Agents; health insurers to implement and maintain a program that allows for the selective application of reductions in prior authorization requirements; provide | Passage: House Vote #378 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SR8 | Deputy Brandon Cunningham Memorial Intersection; Paulding County; dedicate | Adopt: House Vote #387 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB17 | "Ricky and Alyssa's Law"; enact | Passage: House Vote #380 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB20 | Veterinarians; student loan repayment; who practice shelter medicine and in nonprofit pet sterilization clinics; provide; create the State Veterinary Education Board for Shelter Medicine and Pet Sterilization | Passage: House Vote #399 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB94 | Insurance; medically necessary expenses for standard fertility preservation services when a medically necessary treatment for cancer, sickle cell disease, or lupus may directly or indirectly cause an impairment of fertility; require coverage | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #383 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB136 | Income tax; contributions to foster child support organizations; expand tax credit | Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #397 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB36 | "Georgia Religious Freedom Restoration Act"; enact | Passage: House Vote #401 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB129 | Ad valorem tax; bona fide conservation use property; remove a limitation on leased property as to certain entities | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #398 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB155 | Local government; selection and objection to arbitrators; revise procedures | Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #396 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB40 | Secondary Metals Recyclers; the definition of the term "used, detached catalytic converters" to said article; provide for applicability | Agree To Sam To Hsub: House Vote #403 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB46 | "Government Serves the People Act"; enact | Passage: House Vote #400 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB182 | Life insurance; excluding or restricting liability for certain deaths occurring while an individual is an active duty service member; prohibit | Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #384 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB100 | "Andee's Law"; enact | Passage: House Vote #386 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB125 | Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors; decouple the sequential order of experience and examination requirements | Passage: House Vote #385 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB132 | Insanity and Mental Incapacity; hearing before a court orders an evaluation of the mental competency of an accused person to stand trial; require | Passage: House Vote #390 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB131 | Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; Georgia Health Care Professionals Data System; establishment | Passage: House Vote #381 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB173 | Pleadings and Motions; movants to file notices of uncontested motions in superior courts and state courts; authorize | Passage: House Vote #379 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB185 | Correctional Institutions of State and Counties; use of state funds or resources for certain treatments for state inmates; prohibit | Passage: House Vote #391 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SR231 | Officer Jeremy Labonte Memorial Interchange; Fulton County; dedicate | Adopt: House Vote #388 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB575 | Transportation, Department of; authorize notice of certain public hearings by electronic publication | Agree To Senate Substitute: House Vote #382 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB244 | Criminal Proceedings; the award of reasonable attorney's fees and costs in a criminal case to the defendant upon such defendant making a successful motion to disqualify the prosecuting attorney for misconduct in connection with the case; provide | Passage: House Vote #392 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB255 | General Assembly; authorization of statutory investigatory powers to certain committees of the General Assembly; codify a process | Passage: House Vote #402 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB291 | Special License Plates; establish an "America First" specialty license plate | Passage: House Vote #393 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB259 | Juvenile Code; certain procedures to be followed when there is a determination of suspected child abuse or neglect; provide | Passage: House Vote #389 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB328 | State Court of Henry County; additional judge; provide | Local Calendar : House Vote #377 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB329 | Flint Judicial Circuit; chief judge; annual stipend in addition to county compensation to superior court judges; provide | Local Calendar : House Vote #377 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB340 | City of Tybee Island; selection of a mayor pro tem; provide | Local Calendar : House Vote #377 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB345 | Magistrate Court of Crawford County; the assessment and collection of a technology fee; authorize | Local Calendar : House Vote #377 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB344 | Probate Court of Crawford County; assessment and collection of a technology fee; authorize | Local Calendar : House Vote #377 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB347 | Brunswick and Glynn County Development Authority; method of appointing the membership; change | Local Calendar : House Vote #377 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB862 | Fulton County; fix salary of sheriff | Reconsider: House Vote #395 | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB862 | Fulton County; fix salary of sheriff | Supplemental Local Calendar : House Vote #394 | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Georgia House Appropriations Committee | 6 | |
| Detail | Georgia House Defense and Veterans Affairs Committee | 12 | |
| Detail | Georgia House Economic Development and Tourism Committee | 21 | |
| Detail | Georgia House Governmental Affairs Committee | 10 | |
| Detail | Georgia House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee | 7 | |
| Detail | Georgia House Rules Committee | 15 | |
| Detail | Georgia House Transportation Committee | 21 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GA | Georgia House District 161 | House | Republican | In Office | 01/14/2013 |