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Legislator > Gerald Greene
State Representative
Gerald Greene
(R) - Georgia
Georgia House District 154
In Office - Started: 01/09/2023
contact info
Capitol Office
State Capitol
Atlanta, GA 30334
Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone: 404-656-9210
Cuthbert Office
5805 U.S. Highway 82 West
Cuthbert, GA 39840
Cuthbert, GA 39840
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR97 | Property; conveyance of certain state owned property; authorize | A RESOLUTION Authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned property located in Bryan County; authorizing the lease of certain state owned property located in Cherokee County; authorizing the exchange of certain state owned property located in Clarke County; authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned property located in Colquitt County; authorizing the lease amendment of certain state owned property located in Effingham County; authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned properties located in Fulton County; authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned property located in Glynn County; authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned properties located in Habersham County; authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned property located in Hall County; authorizing the lease of certain state owned property located in Hall County; authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned property located in Henry County; authorizing the lease of certain state owned property located in Miller County; authorizing the lease of certain state leased property located in Sumter County; authorizing the conveyance of certain state owned property located in Sumter County; authorizing the lease of certain state owned property located in Tattnall County; to provide an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. HR 97/AP | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR98 | Property; granting of nonexclusive easements; authorize | A RESOLUTION Authorizing the granting of non-exclusive easements for the construction, installation, operation, and maintenance of facilities, utilities, roads, and ingresses and egresses in, on, over, under, upon, across, or through property owned by the State of Georgia in Barrow, Bryan, Chatham, Cherokee, Coweta, Fulton, Glynn, Habersham, Hall, Haralson, Jeff Davis, Lamar, McDuffie, Paulding, Walker, and Walton Counties; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB380 | Lower Chattahoochee Regional Airport Authority; repeal Act | AN ACT To repeal an Act creating the Lower Chattahoochee Regional Airport Authority, approved May 5, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 4422), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 28, 2010 (Ga. L. 2010, p. 3570) and an Act approved April 11, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5050); to provide for the assets and liabilities thereof; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Vetoed |
| HB495 | Education; Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation; repeal; provide for Georgia Rural Development Council | AN ACT To amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to repeal Chapter 18, relating to the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation; to amend Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agriculture, so as to transfer the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation to the Department of Agriculture; to provide for a director; to provide for the Georgia Rural Development Council; to provide for duties and satellite offices; to provide for reporting and approval of plans of work; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB381 | Lower Chattahoochee Regional Transportation Authority; add Clay, Marion, and Webster counties | AN ACT To amend an Act to create the Lower Chattahoochee Regional Transportation Authority, approved April 11, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5019), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 25, 2022 (Ga. L. 2022, p. 5725), so as to add Clay, Marion, and Webster counties to the authority; to revise provisions for the appointment of members; to add references to said additional counties to provisions related to credit not pledged, tort immunity, and effects on other governments; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB73 | Seminole County; Board of Education; provide nonpartisan elections | AN ACT To amend an Act creating the Board of Education of Seminole County, approved March 14, 1983 (Ga. L. 1983, p. 3994), as amended, so as to provide that future elections for members of the board of education shall be nonpartisan; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB593 | Baker County; probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections | AN ACT To provide that future elections for the office of probate judge of Baker County shall be nonpartisan elections; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB619 | Donalsonville, City of; election schedule for mayor and councilmembers; revise | AN ACT To amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Donalsonville, approved April 29, 1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 4524), as amended, so as to revise the election schedule for the mayor so as to better stagger elections of the mayor and councilmembers; to provide for an interim term of office; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB595 | Early County; homestead exemption from school district ad valorem tax; remove sunset date | AN ACT To amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Early County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $150,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for five years for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older, approved May 10, 2021 (Ga. L. 2021, p. 4267), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 3, 2023 (Ga. L. 2023, p. 4464), so as to remove the sunset date currently on the exemption; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB594 | Baker County; board of commissioners meet on the first Tuesday of each month; provide | AN ACT To amend an Act creating the board of commissioners of Baker County, approved August 8, 1917 (Ga. L. 1917, p. 306), as amended, so as to provide that the board shall meet on the first Tuesday of each month and on such other days as it may determine; to provide for a meeting location to be set by local ordinance; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB849 | Randolph County Airport Authority Act; enact | AN ACT To amend an Act creating the Lower Chattahoochee Regional Airport Authority, approved May 5, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 4422), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 28, (Ga. L. p. 3570) and an Act approved April 11, (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5050), so as to rename the authority; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB371 | Quality Basic Education Act; state's maximum authorization of capital outlay funding; provide for an increase | AN ACT To amend Part 10 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to capital outlay funds under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide for an increase of the state's maximum authorization of capital outlay funding from $300 million to $375 million annually; to require that for each new elementary school constructed on or after July 1, 2027, which includes a playground, such playground shall meet certain standards; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB143 | Water resources; water-measuring devices for farm use of surface and ground water; revise provisions | AN ACT To amend Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to water resources, so as to revise provisions regarding water-measuring devices for farm use of surface and ground water; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB268 | Education; safety, health, and well-being of students and school communities; provide | AN ACT To amend Chapter 11 of Title 15, Chapter 2 of Title 20, and Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the juvenile code, elementary and secondary education, and emergency management, respectively, so as to provide for the safety, health, and well-being of students and school communities; to require public schools to implement a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting disparate emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between multiple state and local first responder agencies in the event of a school security emergency; to provide for the implementation of additional strategies or systems; to provide for exceptions; to provide for a short title; to require public schools to procure school mapping data; to provide for requirements of such school mapping data; to authorize the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency to adopt rules and regulations for the requirements for school mapping data; to provide for immunity from civil liability; to provide for the transfer of student records and other information among schools, law enforcement agencies, and other agencies with legal interests in students; to repeal references to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities as legal custodian of school age children and to make conforming changes; to require memoranda of understanding between certain state agencies and local units of administration to include provisions relevant to the disclosure of student information; to provide for the release of student information from certain state agencies to local units of HB 268/AP administration; to provide for reimbursement grants to local school systems that hire qualified student advocacy specialists; to provide for minimum qualification and essential duties of such qualified student advocacy specialists; to authorize RESAs to participate in dispute resolution procedures; to provide for the designation of RESA student affairs officers; to provide for the Department of Education's chief privacy officer to promulgate a guidance document relevant to sharing student records and other information; to provide for the release of student education records by local boards of education and local education agencies; to provide for certain student education records to be deemed critical records; to provide for the transfer of student education records, including critical records, to receiving schools; to provide for required disclosures; to provide for provisional enrollment at receiving schools; to provide for the transfer of students seeking enrollment in any grade higher than third grade; to provide for case management consultations; to provide for policies and implementation; to require positive behavioral interventions and supports and response to intervention programs and initiatives for certain low-performing elementary and secondary and middle schools; to provide for school administrators to disclose certain information regarding students with the students' assigned classroom teachers; to provide for such information to remain confidential; to provide for reports of law enforcement official encounters with school age youth; to prohibit policies which deny or effectively prevent parents and legal custodians from reviewing certain education records; to provide for statutory construction regarding the disclosure of certain education records; to provide for local boards of education to petition courts to require parents to authorize the release of a transferring student's education records; to provide for evidence based suicide awareness and training programs and a state-wide anonymous reporting program; to provide for evidence based youth violence prevention training programs; to provide for student violence prevention clubs; to provide for local policies for anonymous reporting; to provide for mandatory assessments when certain students withdraw from or stop attending school; to update the "Parents' Bill of Rights"; to require written agreements for law enforcement HB 268/AP officers in schools to include specific terms and conditions relevant to the handling and disclosure of student information; to require the Department of Education to publish model terms and conditions; to revise provisions for school safety plans; to require public school safety plans to address the behavioral health needs of students; to provide for the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency to establish an emergency alert response system and a secure state-wide alert system; to provide for an emergency alert response system; to revise a provision relating to the use of a deadly weapon; to provide for additional offenses over which superior courts are authorized to exercise exclusive original jurisdiction for the trials of children 13 to 17 years of age to include the offenses of certain terroristic acts involving public and private schools and attempt or criminal conspiracy to commit certain offenses; to repeal a provision that limited superior courts from exercising exclusive original jurisdiction over the trials of children 13 to 17 years of age alleged to have committed aggravated assault only in certain cases involving the use of a firearm upon a public safety officer; to provide for which such cases shall be subject to the class A designated felony act provisions of Code Section 15-11-602 upon transfer to a juvenile court; to make conforming changes by including such additional offenses in the list of offenses for which juvenile and superior courts shall consider certain criteria when determining whether to transfer cases; to establish the elements of a particular offense of disrupting or interfering with the operation of a public school, public school bus, or public school bus stop; to provide for progressive discipline; to provide for the criminal offenses of terroristic threat of a school and terroristic act upon a school; to provide for penalties; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB170 | Insurance; benefit provider to disclose certain payments to a treating healthcare provider; provide | AN ACT To amend Chapter 3 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to authorization and general requirements for transaction of insurance, so as to provide for a benefit provider to disclose certain payments to a treating healthcare provider; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HB173 | Education, Department of; provide parents and guardians of students entering sixth grade information regarding adolescent vaccinations in print and electronic form | AN ACT To amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student health in elementary and secondary education, so as to require the Department of Education to provide to parents and guardians of students entering the seventh grade information regarding recommended adolescent vaccinations in print or electronic form; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HB246 | Courts; office of sheriff and training of peace officers; revise qualification requirements | AN ACT To amend Code Section 15-16-1 and Chapter 8 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to qualification requirements for sheriff and exemptions and employment and training of peace officers, respectively, so as to require a person qualifying as a candidate for sheriff be a peace officer not under revocation by the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; to provide for penalties; to provide for submission of a form completed by the executive director of such council; to provide for an exception; to provide for attestation that any person qualifying for the office of sheriff who is not a certified peace officer but holds or has held certain other positions is capable of and will obtain such certification after obtaining the position; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR72 | House Study Committee on Cancer Care Access; create | A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Cancer Care Access; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR192 | General Assembly; creation and comprehensive regulation of community development districts; provide - CA | A RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by general law for the creation and comprehensive regulation of workforce and residential infrastructure districts; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HB317 | Workforce and Residential Infrastructure District for Georgia Act; enact | AN ACT To amend Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local government, so as to provide for a short title; to provide legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for establishment of community development districts; to provide for boards of supervisors; to provide for budgets, reports, and reviews; to provide for disclosure of public financing; to provide for general and special powers; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for issuance of bond anticipation notes; to provide for short-term borrowing; to provide for bonds; to provide for trust agreements; to provide for taxes and non-ad valorem assessments; to provide for tax liens; to provide for payment of taxes and redemption of tax liens by the district and sharing in proceeds of tax sale; to provide for enforcement by civil action; to provide for mandatory use of certain district facilities and services; to provide for fees, rentals, and charges, procedure for adoption and modifications, and minimum revenue requirements; to provide for recovery of delinquent charges; to provide for discontinuance of service; to provide for enforcement and penalties; to provide for exemption of district property from execution; to provide for termination, contraction, or expansion of a district; to provide for sale of real estate within a district; to provide for required disclosures to purchasers; to provide for notices of establishment; to provide for notices to service delivery providers; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to provide for contingent repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HB427 | Property; notice to owner and deed holder when another deed is filed by another party; provide | AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to recording relative to recordation and registration of deeds and other instruments, so as to provide for electronic recording of documents concerning or evidencing title to real or personal property; to provide for notices to owners when an instrument is filed; to provide for a 45 day waiting period prior to recordation; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HB419 | Education; require possession of opioid antagonists by institutions within University System of Georgia | AN ACT To amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to require the possession of opioid antagonists by institutions within the University System of Georgia and units within the Technical College System of Georgia; to provide for definitions; to provide for possession of opioid antagonists by certain individuals; to require the maintenance of a stock supply of opioid antagonists; to provide for the use and location of opioid antagonist storage compartments; to authorize certain personnel to administer opioid antagonists and carry opioid antagonists; to provide for immunity; to provide that neither civil liability nor professional discipline shall accrue to personnel, the systems, or institutions or units thereof; to provide for an exception; to amend Code Section 31-2A-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to accessibility to opioid antagonists in government buildings and courthouses, guidelines and training, and limitations on liability, so as to make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR593 | House Study Committee on Maternal, Prenatal, and Pediatric Care Access and Funding; create | A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Maternal, Prenatal, and Pediatric Care Access and Funding; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HR884 | President of the United States and Congress; increased state autonomy to allow for creation of innovative solutions to work disincentives and reform of social safety net programs; urge | A RESOLUTION urging increased state autonomy to allow for the creation of innovative solutions to work disincentives and the reform of social safety net programs; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB629 | Education; remove requirement of having a licensed physician in automated external defibrillator programs | AN ACT To amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to remove the requirement of having a licensed physician in automated external defibrillator programs; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| HB471 | Health; licensed general hospitals and birthing centers make available a water safety education video to parents or guardians of newborn infants; require | AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to require that licensed general hospitals and birthing centers make available a water safety education video to parents or guardians of newborn infants; to provide for a form to be developed by the Department of Community Health; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HB254 | State government; provide placement of Revolutionary War Patriots marker on state capitol building grounds and state archives building grounds | AN ACT To amend Part 2 of Article 4 of Chapter 13 of Title 45 and Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Capitol Art Standards Commission and state flag, seal, and other symbols, respectively, so as to provide for duties and responsibilities of the commission; to provide for the placement of a monument in honor of the Honorable Clarence Thomas within the Nathan Deal Judicial Center; to provide for placement of a Revolutionary War Patriots marker upon the grounds of the state capitol building and upon the grounds of the state archives building; to provide for the approval, placement, and procurement of such markers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HB244 | State auditor; local governments to request and receive in certain circumstances due date extensions related to filing annual audits; provide | AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 81 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local government budgets and audits, so as to update and revise provisions, content, and form of annual audits by local governments; to authorize regulatory basis of accounting framework for certain annual audits; to authorize the state auditor to prescribe necessary forms and information contained in certain components of such audits; to provide for exceptions; to provide that constitutional county officers may be liable for the failure of their offices to assist counties in complying with audit requirements; to provide for the temporary withholding of compensation for certain officers for failing to assist counties in complying with audit requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR927 | John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville, Georgia; centennial anniversary; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing the centennial anniversary of the John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville, Georgia; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB83 | Revenue and taxation; increase tax rate on each pack of cigarettes | AN ACT To amend Chapter 11 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to taxes on tobacco and vaping products, so as to increase the rate of the tax on each pack of cigarettes; to provide that the proceeds derived from such increase are intended to be appropriated for healthcare purposes; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HR718 | Maxwell, Scott; occasion of his retirement; commend | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Scott Maxwell on the occasion of his retirement; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR688 | Savage, Dr. John "Johnny"; commend | A RESOLUTION commending Dr. John "Johnny" Savage; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR675 | Hatcher, Keith; retirement; commend | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Keith Hatcher upon his retirement; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB205 | Board of Homeland Security; development of a list of approved unmanned aircraft systems; provide | AN ACT To amend Chapter 1 of Title 6 and Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to aviation and organization and administration of emergency management, respectively, so as to provide for the development of a list of approved unmanned aircraft systems for use in this state by the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; to provide for definitions; to provide for standards for the development of such list; to authorize local ordinances relating to unmanned aircraft systems on such list in certain instances; to authorize the operation of unmanned aircraft systems in this state on such approved list in or on public property; to encourage the purchase of unmanned aircraft systems from such approved list and prohibit the purchase of unmanned aircraft systems not on such approved list by state agencies or local governments after a certain date; to exempt records relating to the development of an approved unmanned aircraft system list from open records requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HB51 | Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; finance and perform certain duties for projects relating to natural gas facilities; authorize | AN ACT To amend Chapter 23 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority, so as to authorize the authority to finance and perform certain duties in connection with projects relating to natural gas facilities; to revise definitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for limited liability; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR620 | Atlantic Institute; commend | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the Atlantic Institute; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB548 | Albany-Dougherty Inner City Authority Act; enact | AN ACT To amend an Act creating the Albany-Dougherty Inner City Authority, approved March 30, (Ga. L. 1977, p. 4220), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 4, 2017 (Ga. L. 2017, p. 3954), so as to restate the law governing the authority; provide a short title; to provide definitions; to provide for the existence and membership of the authority; to provide for officers; to provide for conflicts of interest; to provide for powers of the authority; to provide for revenue bonds; to provide for rules, regulations, and other procedures; to provide for immunity; to provide for tax exemptions; to provide that authority property is not subject to levy and sale; to provide for the Act's effect on other governments; to provide for earnings and dissolution; to provide for construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HR513 | Congress; investigate dispersion of chemicals into the sky by aircraft; encourage | A RESOLUTION encouraging the United States Congress to investigate the dispersion of chemicals into the sky by aircraft, so as to understand the effects of such dispersion on air, soil, and water quality in the State of Georgia; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB659 | Health; rural assistance; expand medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program to include optometrists | AN ACT To amend Chapter 34 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical professionals for rural assistance, so as to expand medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program to include optometrists; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HR488 | Southwest Georgia Area Health Education Center; commend | A RESOLUTION commending the Southwest Georgia Area Health Education Center; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB139 | Pharmacies; prohibit drug manufacturer and wholesalers from preventing a licensed pharmacy from acquiring drugs from entities that participate in a particular federal drug discount program | AN ACT To amend Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacies, so as to prohibit drug manufacturers and wholesalers from preventing a licensed pharmacy from acquiring and dispensing drugs purchased from entities that participate in a particular federal drug discount program; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB562 | Natural Resources, Department of; five-year moratorium on acceptance of applications for new or requests to modify existing permits; provisions | AN ACT To amend Part 3 of Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to surface mining, so as to provide for a five-year moratorium on the acceptance of applications for new permits and the acceptance of requests to modify existing permits by the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources to expand the area of land affected by surface mining operations on Trail Ridge; to provide a definition; to provide exemptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HB561 | Okefenokee Protection Act; enact | AN ACT To amend Part 3 of Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to surface mining, so as to prohibit the director of the Environmental Protection Division of the Natural Resources Department from issuing, modifying, or renewing any permit or accepting any bond to conduct surface mining operations on Trail Ridge for future permit applications and amendments; to provide a definition; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HR441 | Georgia Beverage Association; commend | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the Georgia Beverage Association; 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 |
| HB517 | Student Success Support Act; enact | AN ACT To amend Code Section 20-2-154 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the remedial education program under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide for the State Board of Education to establish a grant program for supplemental remedial education services in literacy and math for all students in kindergarten through grade 12 who attend one of the lowest performing five percent of public schools in the state; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HR283 | Community Health Centers Day; 02/20/25; Georgia Primary Care Association; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing February 20, 2025, as Community Health Centers Day and commending the Georgia Primary Care Association; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| HB245 | Georgia Educational Opportunity Act; enact | AN ACT To amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to add a program for students living in poverty to the table of quality basic education instructional programs with weights and student-teacher ratios; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| HR181 | Georgia Hearing Day at the state capitol; February 10, 2025; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing February 10, 2025, as Georgia Hearing Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR109 | Georgia Association of Broadcasters and their radio and television station members; commend | A RESOLUTION commending the Georgia Association of Broadcasters and their radio and television station members; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR90 | Several churches for their work with Project Elevation; commend | A RESOLUTION commending several churches for their work with Project Elevation; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR95 | Community health workers; commend | A RESOLUTION commending community health workers; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB84 | Revenue and taxation; increase tax rate on consumable vapor products | AN ACT To amend Chapter 11 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to taxes on tobacco and vaping products, so as to increase the rate of the tax on consumable vapor products; to provide that the proceeds derived from such increase are intended to be appropriated for healthcare purposes; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Abstain |
| 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 | Absent |
| 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 | Absent |
| 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 | Absent |
| 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 | 13 | |
| Detail | Georgia House Economic Development and Tourism Committee | 16 | |
| Detail | Georgia House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee | 6 | |
| Detail | Georgia House Retirement Committee | 8 | |
| Detail | Georgia House Rules Committee | 11 | |
| Detail | Georgia House Rural Development Committee | 10 | |
| Detail | Georgia House State Properties Committee | Chair | 1 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GA | Georgia House District 154 | House | Republican | In Office | 01/09/2023 | |
| GA | Georgia House District 151 | House | Republican | Out of Office | 01/01/2013 | 02/13/2024 |
| GA | District 149 | House | Republican | Out of Office | 01/01/2010 | 02/13/2024 |
| GA | District 149 | House | Republican | Out of Office | 01/10/1983 | 02/13/2024 |