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Legislator > Shawn Still
State Senator
Shawn Still
(R) - Georgia
Georgia Senate District 48
In Office - Started: 01/09/2023
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Capitol Office
Coverdell Legislative Office Building
Atlanta, GA 30334
Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone: 404-656-7127
Norcross Office
2850 Simpson Circle
Norcross, GA 30071
Norcross, GA 30071
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| SR8 | Deputy Brandon Cunningham Memorial Intersection; Paulding County; dedicate | A RESOLUTION Dedicating certain portions of the state highway system; and for other purposes. PART I | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB12 | Inspection of Public Records; documents and records in the possession of private persons or entities; revise provisions | AN ACT To amend Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to inspection of public records, so as to revise provisions related to public records in the possession of private persons or entities; to revise definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB56 | Georgia State Indemnification Fund; the Department of Administrative Services to purchase annuities for the payment of indemnification claims; authorize | AN ACT To amend Part 1 of Article 5 of Chapter 9 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia State Indemnification Fund, so as to authorize the Department of Administrative Services to purchase annuities for the payment of indemnification claims; to provide for qualification standards for indemnification claims relating to certain deaths of public safety officers related to COVID-19; to provide for timing requirements for application of such indemnification claims; to provide for definitions; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB138 | Incorporation of Municipal Corporations; transition of certain services related to newly incorporated municipalities in certain counties; provide | AN ACT To amend Chapter 31 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to incorporation of municipal corporations, so as to provide for the transition of certain services related to newly incorporated municipalities in certain counties; to provide definitions; to provide for the provision and cost allocation of police and law enforcement services for such municipalities; to provide for the ownership, control, and maintenance of road rights of ways and certain storm-water drainage infrastructure in such municipalities; to provide for the transfer of certain fees and taxes collected by such county to such municipalities; to exempt such counties from having to renegotiate service delivery strategy agreements and address the provision of services to such municipalities in lieu of such renegotiations; to provide that such municipalities shall not be obligated to pay certain election costs; to provide that a county shall cover the legal expenses of such a newly incorporated municipality in the event of legal challenges relating to or arising from the transition of such services; to provide for a limited waiver of sovereign immunity; to amend Chapter 8 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fees and taxes related to insurance, so as to revise provisions related to population data related to newly incorporated municipalities and municipal taxes on life insurance and other insurance companies; to revise provisions related to when newly incorporated municipalities may be allocated taxes on life insurance and other SB 138/AP insurance companies; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB139 | City of Mulberry; change the corporate limits of the city | AN ACT To amend an Act to incorporate the City of Mulberry, approved February 13, 2024 (Ga. L. 2024, p. 3518), so as to change the corporate limits of the city; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB154 | United States Department of Education; references from the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise or remove | AN ACT To amend Titles 20, 35, and 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, law enforcement officers and agencies, and professions and businesses, respectively, so as to revise or remove references to the United States Department of Education from the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; to replace a reference to student aid reports with FAFSA submission summary; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and contingent effectiveness; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB191 | Employment Security; certain notice provisions relating to benefits and appeals; revise | AN ACT To amend Chapter 8 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment security, so as to revise certain notice provisions relating to benefits and appeals; to provide a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB199 | State Ethics Commission; shall not accept or reject complaints made against candidates 60 days prior to an election; provide | AN ACT To amend Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to government transparency and campaign finance, so as to provide that the State Ethics Commission shall not accept or reject complaints made against candidates 60 days prior to an election; to provide that campaign and personal finance disclosure reports for local elected officials shall be filed with the commission instead of locally; to provide that certain local elected officials shall affirm their duty to complete all statutorily required training and supplemental education for their offices; to provide uniform reporting dates for campaigns for all levels of office; to provide for registration of certain political action committees; to require certain political action committees to maintain bank accounts; to provide disclosure reporting requirements for certain political action committees; to revise and make more uniform reporting dates for personal financial disclosure statements for office holders and candidates; to revise provisions related to reporting income on personal financial disclosure statements for office holders; to provide that the commission shall not publicly release home address information in its possession; to revise lobbyist reporting requirements to make the reporting dates for such requirements more uniform; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB212 | "Quality Basic Education Act,"; disclosure of public student directory information to political candidates or persons or groups acting on their behalf; prohibit | AN ACT To amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to prohibit the disclosure of public student directory information to political candidates, campaign committees, political action committees, political organizations, or persons or groups acting on their behalf; to require written attestations under certain circumstances; to amend Article 15 of Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to miscellaneous offenses relative to elections and primaries, so as to prohibit the disclosure of confidential voter registration information to unauthorized persons; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for government transparency and campaign finance, so as to prohibit political candidates, campaign committees, or political action committees from soliciting minors to fraudulently organize campaign events on school property when such events are otherwise prohibited; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR231 | Officer Jeremy Labonte Memorial Interchange; Fulton County; dedicate | A RESOLUTION Dedicating certain portions of the state highway system; and for other purposes. PART I | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB291 | Special License Plates; establish an "America First" specialty license plate | AN ACT To amend Code Section 40-2-86.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to special license plates promoting or supporting certain worthy agencies, funds, or nonprofit corporations and qualified motor vehicles or drivers with proceeds deposited into the general fund, so as to establish an "America First" specialty license plate; to provide for conditions for the production of such license plates; to provide for discontinuing the manufacture of such license plates in certain instances; to provide for the disposition of funds to the general fund; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB276 | Recovery of Medical Assistance from Third Party; certain provisions to comply with federal law; revise | AN ACT To amend Code Section 49-4-148 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to recovery of medical assistance from third party liable for sickness, injury, disease, or disability, so as to revise certain provisions to comply with federal law; to bar liable third-party payers from refusing payment solely because a healthcare item or service did not receive prior authorization; to require a third-party payer to respond to an inquiry from the Department of Community Health regarding a healthcare claim within 60 days; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB241 | Contracts; convenience fees for payment by electronic means; revise provisions | AN ACT To amend Chapter 1 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding contracts, so as to revise provisions regarding convenience fees for payment by electronic means; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB130 | Health; medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program; expand | AN ACT To amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to expand medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program; to revise definitions; to provide for medical education funding to certain medical organizations facilities; to provide for a physician in certain residency or fellowship programs to be eligible for the service cancelable loan program; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB140 | Optometrists; doctors of optometry to dispense and sell pharmaceutical agents to patients under certain conditions; provide | AN ACT To amend Chapter 4 of Title 26 and Chapter 30 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacists and pharmacies and optometrists, respectively, so as to provide for doctors of optometry to dispense and sell pharmaceutical agents to patients under certain conditions; to provide for a definition; to provide for compliance with certain rules and regulations of the State Board of Pharmacy; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB100 | "Andee's Law"; enact | AN ACT To amend Code Section 31-10-14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to issuance of a new birth certificate following adoption and legitimation or paternity determination, so as to provide for the issuance of a copy of the original birth certificate to certain adult persons who were adopted; to provide for a fee; to provide for the form of such copy; to standardize terminology relating to birth certificates; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB101 | Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; testing in the newborn screening system; require | AN ACT To amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to require certain health benefit policy coverage for medically necessary orthotic devices and prosthetic devices and their materials and components; to provide for definitions; to provide for requirements; to provide for reporting; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB99 | Crimes and Offenses; definition of law enforcement officer; provide | AN ACT To amend Code Sections 16-1-3 and 17-4-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to crimes and offenses and authorization of arrests with and without warrants generally, use of deadly force, adoption or promulgation of conflicting regulations, policies, ordinances, and resolutions, and authority of nuclear power facility security officer, respectively, so as to provide for a definition of law enforcement officer; to provide for a cross reference to such definition; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB79 | "Fentanyl Eradication and Removal Act"; enact | AN ACT To amend Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, so as to revise threshold amounts of fentanyl and related substances necessary to constitute the offenses of possessing, selling, distributing, and manufacturing of such substances; to provide for increased penalties for such offenses; to revise threshold amounts of fentanyl and related substances necessary to constitute the offense of trafficking in fentanyl; to provide for increased penalties for such offense; to revise mandatory minimum departure provisions for defendants convicted of trafficking of substances in violation of Code Section 16-13-31, relating to trafficking in cocaine, illegal drugs, marijuana, or methamphetamine and penalties; to amend various titles of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, so as to provide for conforming changes; to provide for an effective date; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB96 | Official Code of Georgia Annotated; provisions creating certain boards, panels, authorities, centers, commissions, committees, councils, task forces, and other such bodies; update and modernize | AN ACT To amend various titles of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to modernize and update provisions creating certain boards, panels, authorities, centers, commissions, committees, councils, task forces, and other such bodies; to revise certain provisions relating to the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless Commission; to repeal certain provisions relating to the Environmental Advisory Council; to repeal certain provisions relating to the Jekyll Island Citizens Resource Council; to revise certain provisions relating to the Erosion and Sediment Control Overview Council; to repeal certain provisions related to the Stakeholder Advisory Board; to repeal certain provisions relating to the Governor's Office for Children and Families; to revise certain provisions relating to the Georgia Firefighters Standards and Training Council; to repeal certain provisions relating to the Georgia Volunteer Fire Service Council; to repeal certain provisions relating to the Georgia Palliative Care and Quality of Life Advisory Council; to revise certain provisions relating to the Office of Health Strategy and Coordination; to revise and repeal certain provisions relating to the Georgia Council on Lupus Education and Awareness; to revise certain provisions relating to the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; to repeal certain provisions relating to the Board of Homeland Security; to revise certain provisions relating to the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Services Board; to repeal certain provisions relating to the Employment First Georgia Council; to repeal certain provisions relating to the Georgia LC 60 0140-ECS State Games Commission; to repeal certain provisions relating to the Lottery Retailer Advisory Board; to make conforming changes throughout the Code; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB58 | "Georgia Transporting Life-Saving Organs and Personnel Act"; enact | AN ACT To amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency medical services, so as to provide for the licensing and operation of emergency organ transport vehicles as ambulance services; to provide for license application; to provide for insurance coverage requirements; to require compliance with rules and regulations of the Department of Public Health by such vehicles; to exempt emergency organ transport vehicles from requirements relative to the Emergency Medical Systems Communications (EMSC) Program and a medical adviser; to provide for the operation of such vehicles on public roadways; to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to exempt emergency organ transport vehicles from those vehicles required to obtain an emergency vehicle permit from the Department of Public Safety; to revise and provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB144 | Fertilizers or Pesticides; a manufacturer cannot be held liable for failing to warn consumers of health risks above those required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency; clarify | AN ACT To amend Article 6 of Chapter 7 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to liability for use of fertilizers, plant growth regulators, or pesticides, so as to clarify that a manufacturer cannot be held liable for failing to warn consumers of health risks above those required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency with respect to pesticides, subject to an exception; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB567 | Professions and businesses; authorize and regulate teledentistry by licensed dentists | AN ACT To amend Article 2 of Chapter 11 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licenses for the practice of dentistry, so as to authorize and regulate teledentistry by licensed dentists in this state; to provide for definitions; to provide for exemptions and conditions; to provide for authorized practices; to provide for a referred dentist; to provide for ownership of documents; to provide for a limited number of dental hygienists to perform teledentistry under certain conditions; to provide for rules and regulations; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions of insurance, so as to allow for coverage of dental services provided through teledentistry; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB201 | Consumer Transactions; increased consumer protection for homeowners entering into contracts with contractors following natural disasters; provide | AN ACT To amend Code Section 10-1-393 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to unfair or deceptive practices in consumer transactions unlawful and examples, so as to provide increased consumer protection for homeowners entering into contracts with contractors following natural disasters; to provide for certain contractual requirements; to provide for notice language; to amend Code Section 33-6-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices, so as to prohibit the assignment of benefits in certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for effective dates and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB55 | "Dignity and Pay Act"; enact | AN ACT To amend Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to labor and industrial relations, so as to phase out the payment of subminimum wage to persons with disabilities; to repeal provisions concerning exemptions to the state minimum wage law for persons with disabilities; to provide that no employer shall utilize a certificate issued by the United States Department of Labor pursuant to 29 U.S.C. Section 214(c) to pay individuals with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage; to provide exceptions; to provide for related matters; to provide a short title; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB347 | Brunswick and Glynn County Development Authority; method of appointing the membership; change | AN ACT To amend an Act implementing the Brunswick and Glynn County Development Authority, approved April 2, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 2826), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 31, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 5391), which Act was enacted pursuant to an amendment to the Constitution set out at Ga. L. 1962, p. 810, so as to change the method of appointing the membership; to amend the term of office of such membership; to provide for qualification of members; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB82 | "Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025"; enact | AN ACT To amend Article 31 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Charter School Act of 1998," so as to enact the "Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025"; to provide for the State Board of Education in collaboration with the State Charter Schools Commission to establish a program for the purposes of promoting and supporting the approval of new local charter school petitions by local boards of education and to provide incentive grants to local boards of education that approve new local charter school petitions; to provide for the award and use of such incentive grants; to provide for the Department of Education to implement and administer such incentive programs and for the Office of Charter School Compliance to provide technical assistance to local school systems; to require local boards of education to provide certain written statements to the State Board of Education and the Office of Charter School Compliance upon denying a local charter school petition whereupon the corresponding state charter school petition is approved by the State Charter Schools Commission, subject to an exception; to provide for accountability for local boards of education that deny two or more local charter school petitions whereupon the corresponding state charter school petition is approved by the State Charter Schools Commission during a certain period; to provide for local boards of education to reconsider the denial of local charter school petitions; to require the Office of Charter School Compliance to prepare guidelines for local boards of education for the evaluation of charter school petitions; to revise reporting; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for automatic repealers; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1 | 'Fair and Safe Athletic Opportunities Act'; enact | AN ACT To amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to enact the "Riley Gaines Act of 2025"; to provide generally for competitively fair and safe student participation in school and college sports; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to promote fair and safe competition; to provide for equal athletic opportunities and safety; to provide for specific designations of teams operated or sponsored by local school systems, public schools, participating private schools, and postsecondary educational institutions in this state; to prohibit males from participating in interscholastic and intercollegiate competitions on teams designated as female; to prohibit females from participating in competition on intercollegiate teams designated as male, subject to exceptions; to provide for such exceptions; to provide for interscholastic coed team designations; to provide for the use of student eligibility rules, standards, and classifications; to provide for exceptions to general provisions; to require multiple occupancy restrooms and changing areas and sleeping quarters to be designated for exclusive use by males or females; to provide for reasonable accommodations; to provide for exceptions; to prohibit postsecondary educational institutions that are covered entities from hosting or sponsoring intercollegiate competitions that allow males to participate with teams designated as female or use multiple occupancy restrooms or changing areas and sleeping quarters designated for use by females; to prohibit such covered entities from awarding to males scholarships intended for female team members; to provide for policies, rules, and regulations; to provide for investigation of complaints of noncompliance; to provide for sanctions; to provide for a cause of action; to provide for definitions; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB123 | Compulsory Attendance; provisions of the state's compulsory school attendance laws; update and revise | AN ACT To amend Subpart 2 of Part 1 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20, relating to compulsory attendance, so as to update and revise provisions of the state's compulsory school attendance laws; to provide that no student shall be expelled by a public school due solely to absenteeism; to require each student attendance and school climate committee to meet no later than November 1, 2025, and at least twice annually thereafter; to require such committees to adopt certain protocols by June 1, 2026; to authorize such committees to address chronic absenteeism; to provide for reporting requirements; to provide for definitions; to require local boards of education adopt policies and procedures for attendance review teams and intervention plans for chronically absent students; to provide for attendance review teams; to provide for reports; to repeal and reenact provisions for students to be excused from school for taking tests and physical exams for military service; to update statutory language and make conforming changes; to amend Code Section 20-4-141 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to establishment of pilot program, awarding of high school diploma to successful participants, skills and knowledge, eligibility for participation, and regulation, so as to make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB68 | Civil Practice; substantive and comprehensive revision of provisions regarding civil practice, evidentiary matters, damages, and liability in tort actions; provide | AN ACT To amend Titles 9, 40, and 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to civil practice, motor vehicles, and torts, respectively, so as to provide for substantive and comprehensive revision of provisions regarding civil practice, evidentiary matters, damages, and liability in tort actions; to provide limitations relative to evidence of noneconomic damages; to provide for timing of answers and discovery; to provide for dismissals of civil actions; to provide for attorney's fees, court costs, and litigation expenses; to provide for admissibility of evidence related to seat safety belts; to provide for trial procedures; to provide for a negligent security cause of action; to provide for exclusive remedies for negligent security actions subject to exceptions; to provide for apportionment of damages in negligent security actions; to provide for the recovery of special damages for medical and healthcare expenses in personal injury and wrongful death cases; to provide for construction; 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 |
| SB69 | "Georgia Courts Access and Consumer Protection Act"; enact | AN ACT To amend Title 7 and Article 5 of Chapter 11 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to banking and finance, and depositions and discovery under the "Georgia Civil Practice Act," respectively, so as to regulate third-party litigation financing practices in this state; to enact a new chapter regulating litigation financing practices; to provide for definitions; to require and provide for the registration of litigation financiers; to prohibit any person with relevant affiliations with foreign persons, foreign principals, or sovereign wealth funds from serving as litigation financiers; to require amended registration as a litigation financier; to provide for forms and filing fees; to provide for public disclosure of documents and information; to provide for denial of registration or amended registration as a litigation financier; to provide for notice of such denials; to provide for appeal of such denials; to provide for prohibitions applicable to litigation financiers and exceptions; to provide for joint and several liability for certain litigation financiers; to require litigation financing contracts to include indemnification provisions; to require litigation financing agreements to be memorialized in writing by litigation financing contracts; to provide for required provisions and disclosures to be included in litigation financing contracts; to require and provide for certain disclosures and acknowledgments in litigation financing agreements; SB 69/AP to provide for exemptions; to provide for the cancellation of litigation financing agreements; to provide for a criminal offense; to provide for the authority of the Attorney General and prosecuting attorneys to institute criminal proceedings; to provide for penalties; to authorize and provide for the department's participation in the nation-wide multistate licensing system and registry and for matters related thereto; to provide for the authority of the department and the commissioner of banking and finance; to provide for the discovery of litigation financing agreements in civil actions; to provide a short title; to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles, so as to provide for admissibility of evidence related to seat safety belts; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and applicabilities; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB91 | State Employees' Health Insurance Plan; Board of Community Health from entering into, executing, or renewing a contract with any pharmacy benefits manager that owns or has an ownership interest in any retail pharmacy; prohibit | AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to require major medical coverage for annual prostate cancer screenings for certain men; to provide for definitions; to amend Chapter 43 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Medicare supplement insurance, so as to provide for Medicare supplement policies to be issued and renewed for individuals under 65 years of age who are eligible by reason of disability or end stage renal disease under federal law; to provide for open enrollment periods; to prohibit an insurer from charging premium rates for such policies for such individuals that exceed premium rates charged for individuals who are 65 years of age; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| SB23 | Retirement; total percentage of funds that the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia may invest in alternative investments; raise the limit | AN ACT To amend Article 7 of Chapter 20 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Public Retirement Systems Investment Authority Law," so as to raise the limit for the total percentage of funds that the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia may invest in alternative investments; to raise the limit for the total percentage of funds that the Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund may invest in alternative investments; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| SB21 | Local Governments; violation of the prohibition on immigration sanctuary policies; waive sovereign and governmental immunities | AN ACT To amend Chapter 80 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties, municipal corporations, and other governmental entities, so as to waive sovereign and governmental immunities for local governments and their officials and employees for a violation of the prohibition on immigration sanctuary policies; to amend Code Section 42-1-11.5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to compliance with immigration detainer notices, so as to provide for immunity waivers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| SB36 | "Georgia Religious Freedom Restoration Act"; enact | AN ACT To amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to provide for the preservation of religious freedom; to provide for the granting of relief; to provide for definitions; to provide for construction; to provide for statutory interpretation; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings and determinations; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB30 | Hospitals and Related Institutions; hormone therapies and puberty-blocking medications for certain purposes to minors; prohibit prescribing or administering | AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 and Article 1 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions and the Georgia Composite Medical Board, respectively, so as to prohibit prescribing or administering certain hormone therapies and puberty-blocking medications for certain purposes to minors; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for limited civil actions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| SB29 | DNA Sampling, Collection, and Analysis; collection of DNA samples of individuals arrested for the commission of a felony at the time such individuals are booked or otherwise processed by a detention facility; provide | AN ACT To amend Article 6A of Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to DNA sampling, collection, and analysis, so as to provide for the collection of DNA samples from individuals who are arrested for the commission of a serious violent felony; to revise provisions relating to the collection of DNA samples; to revise provisions relating to the destruction of certain DNA profiles; to provide for short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for contingent effectiveness upon appropriation of funds; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| SB152 | "Georgia Promise Scholarship Act"; the biological or adopted children of individuals who are foster parents and who meet certain conditions shall qualify for promise scholarship accounts; provide | AN ACT To amend Chapter 2B of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to promise scholarship accounts, so as to provide that the biological or adopted children of individuals who are foster parents and who meet certain conditions shall qualify for promise scholarship accounts; to provide for such conditions; to provide for definitions; to provide for the education savings authority to make limited disclosures to the Department of Revenue for purposes of verifying income as compared to income thresholds; to clarify and revise student qualifications for promise scholarship accounts; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| SB177 | Government Transparency and Campaign Finance; transparency in foreign funded political activities within the state; provide | AN ACT To amend Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to government transparency and campaign finance, so as to provide for transparency in foreign funded political activities within the state; to require agents of hostile foreign principals and foreign supported political organizations to register with the State Ethics Commission; to provide for registration requirements; to provide for definitions; to provide legislative findings; to provide for civil penalties; to authorize the Attorney General to bring civil actions or criminal investigations for violations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| SB175 | Elections and Primaries; use of ranked-choice voting; prohibit | AN ACT To amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to provide that the State Election Board shall be administratively attached to the State Accounting Office; to provide for definitions; to revise procedures for the removal of members of the State Election Board who were elected by a house of the General Assembly; to limit the effective date of rules or regulations adopted by the State Election Board prior to a general primary, general election, or runoff thereof; to authorize counties to make the list of electors open for inspection at no cost; to remove authorization for the Secretary of State to become a member of a nongovernmental entity whose purpose is to share and exchange information in order to improve the accuracy and efficiency of voter registration systems; to provide for certain exceptions; to maintain an exemption to the disclosure of certain documents; to prohibit the Secretary of State, other state level actors, and local boards of registrars and election superintendents from participating in certain multistate voter list maintenance organizations; to require the termination of participation in any prohibited multistate voter list maintenance organizations; to authorize the Secretary of State to enter into voter list maintenance joint compacts with other states; to authorize the sharing of driver's license and identification card information; to provide conditions for entering such compacts; to require the State Election Board to submit to the General Assembly a report; to make conforming changes; to prohibit the S. B. 175 (SUB) acceptance of hand delivered absentee ballots between the end of the period of advance voting and the opening of the polls on the day of the primary, election, or runoff; to allow municipalities to opt out of providing advance voting on certain Saturdays for certain municipal elections; to revise provisions related to the timelines for calling special elections and the dates on which special elections can be held; to amend an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, related to elections and primaries generally, adopted on May 6, 2024 (Ga. L. 2024, p. 1028), so as to revise the effective date of a provision related to tabulation of certain ballots so as to provide for contingent effectiveness upon appropriation of funds instead of effectiveness on a date certain; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| SB293 | License Plates for Certain Veterans; the number of free license plates issued to certain veterans; increase | AN ACT To amend Code Section 40-2-85.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to license plates for certain veterans, so as to increase the number of free license plates issued to certain veterans; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| SR551 | Country of Bangladesh; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the Country of Bangladesh; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR540 | Beach, Senator Brandon; appointment as United States Treasurer in the current Trump Administration; congratulate | A RESOLUTION applauding Senator Brandon Beach for his exceptional service in the Georgia State Senate, his leadership in both public and private sectors, and congratulating him on his recent appointment as United States Treasurer in the current Trump Administration; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR536 | Boggs, Chief Justice Michael P.; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Chief Justice Michael P. Boggs; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR534 | Beach, Senator Brandon; appointment as United States Treasurer in the current Trump Administration; congratulate | A RESOLUTION applauding Senator Brandon Beach for his exceptional service in the Georgia State Senate, his leadership in both public and private sectors, and congratulating him on his recent appointment as United States Treasurer in the current Trump Administration; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB373 | Notaries Public; notarial acts to be performed using electronic means when certain requirements are satisfied; provide | AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 17 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding notaries public, so as to provide for notarial acts to be performed using electronic means when certain requirements are satisfied; 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 |
| SB375 | State Government; consider the definition of hinduphobia provided for in this Act to apply to laws and regulations; require certain agencies | AN ACT To amend Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to state government, so as to require certain agencies to consider the definition of hinduphobia provided for in this Act to apply to laws and regulations prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin; to authorize fact finders in certain criminal cases to consider hinduphobia when determining whether a defendant intentionally selected any victim or group of victims or any property as the object of the offense; to provide for limitations and construction; to provide for definitions; to provide for nonseverability; to provide for an effective date; 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 |
| HB447 | Crimes and offenses; crimes of gift card theft, gift card forgery, and gift card fraud; provide | AN ACT To amend Article 4 of Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fraud and related offenses, so as to provide for the crimes of gift card theft, gift card forgery, and gift card fraud; to provide for definitions; to provide for penalties for violations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| SR386 | Senate State FairTax Study Committee; create | A RESOLUTION creating the Senate State FairTax Study Committee; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB506 | Social services; Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments; provide | AN ACT To amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments; to provide for requirements; to provide for submission of a state plan amendment or waiver, if necessary; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| SR391 | Senate Study Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Currency; create | A RESOLUTION creating the Senate Study Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Currency; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR323 | Senate Study Committee on Making Georgia the No. 1 State for Tourism; create | A RESOLUTION creating the Senate Study Committee on Making Georgia the No. 1 State for Tourism; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB638 | MARTA; prohibit stopping or parking of a motor vehicle other than a transit vehicle in a designated transit vehicle lane in the City of Atlanta | AN ACT To amend Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), so as to prohibit the stopping or parking of a motor vehicle other than a transit vehicle in a designated transit vehicle lane in the City of Atlanta; to provide for penalties; to authorize the use of automated transit vehicle lane monitoring devices for the issuance of a civil monetary penalty to owners of motor vehicles illegally stopped or parked in a designated transit vehicle lane in the City of Atlanta; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations for the issuance of citations for such civil monetary penalty; to provide for agreements between agents operating automated transit vehicle lane monitoring devices; to provide for the disbursement of funds collected; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for cooperation; to provide for device and records inspections; to provide for definitions; to provide for automatic repeal; 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 |
| SR517 | Beach, Senator Brandon; congratulate | A RESOLUTION applauding Senator Brandon Beach for his exceptional service in the Georgia State Senate, his leadership in both public and private sectors, and congratulating him on his recent appointment as United States Treasurer in the current Trump Administration; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB369 | "Charter Schools Act of 1998 "; completion charter schools; provide | AN ACT To amend Article 31 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Charter Schools Act of 1998," so as to provide for completion charter schools; to provide for rules, regulations, policies, and procedures; to provide for the conversion of existing charter schools to completion charter schools; to provide for measurable objective performance standards; to provide for separate principles and standards for completion charter schools; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SR255 | Senate Study Committee on Combating Unscrupulous Companion Animal Breeding Practices; create | A RESOLUTION creating the Senate Study Committee on Combating Unscrupulous Companion Animal Breeding Practices; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR283 | Joint Study Committee on Height Restrictions Surrounding Georgia Airports; create | A RESOLUTION Creating the Senate Height Restrictions Surrounding Georgia Airports Study Committee; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR217 | Senate Study Committee on Combating Chronic Absenteeism in Schools; create | A RESOLUTION creating the Senate Study Committee on Combating Chronic Absenteeism in Schools; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB131 | Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; Georgia Health Care Professionals Data System; establishment | AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the administration of mental health, developmental disabilities, addictive diseases, and other disability services, so as to add a member to the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council; to establish a parity compliance review panel; to provide for its composition and duties; to require health care providers to report parity concerns to the panel; to provide for evaluation of parity concerns reported; to provide for recommendations for punitive actions; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| SB151 | "Joint Development Authority of North Fulton Municipalities Act"; enact | AN ACT To amend Chapter 62 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to development authorities, so as to provide that county development authorities for certain counties shall not operate within certain municipalities; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| SR504 | Edwards, William; congratulate | A RESOLUTION congratulating and honoring William Edwards; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB171 | Crimes and offenses; obscenity; repeal and replace Code Section 16-12-80 | AN ACT To amend Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to obscenity and related offenses, so as to prohibit distribution of computer generated obscene material depicting a child; to prohibit distribution of computer generated obscene material to a child; to provide for a standard for obscenity; to provide for a penalty and probation; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, so as to provide for sentencing of defendants who utilize artificial intelligence in the commission of certain offenses; to provide for notice and enhanced sentencing; to amend Titles 20 and 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education and highways, bridges, and ferries, respectively, so as to replace cross-references to Code Section 16-12-80 with Code Section 16-12-80.1; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| SR475 | Sultan-Dadon, Anat; honor | A RESOLUTION honoring and commending Anat Sultan-Dadon, Consul General of Israel to the Southeastern United States, for her exemplary service in strengthening the bonds between the State of Israel and the State of Georgia and for her steadfast friendship to the people of Georgia; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR485 | Barker, Clarence "Ed"; condolences | A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Clarence "Ed" Barker; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR486 | Colt's Manufacturing Company; commend | A RESOLUTION commending Colt's Manufacturing Company for its commitment to safe and responsible firearms ownership; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB111 | "Georgia Consumer Privacy Protection Act"; enact | AN ACT To amend Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to commerce and trade, so as to enact the "Georgia Consumer Privacy Protection Act"; to protect the privacy of consumer personal data in this state; to provide for definitions; to provide for applicability; to provide for exemptions for certain entities, data, and uses of data; to provide for consumer rights regarding personal data; to provide for a consumer to exercise such rights by submitting a request to a controller; to provide for a controller to promptly respond to such requests; to provide for exemptions; to provide for responsibilities of processors and controllers; to provide for notice and disclosure; to provide for security practices to protect consumer personal data; to allow a controller to offer different goods or services under certain conditions; to provide for limitations; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for enforcement and penalties; to provide an affirmative defense; to prohibit the disclosure of personal data of consumers to local governments unless pursuant to a subpoena or court order; to provide for preemption of local regulation; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| SB253 | State Board of Education; establish a three-year pilot robotics program for eligible public schools; provide | AN ACT To amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for the State Board of Education to establish a three-year pilot robotics program for eligible public schools; to provide for eligibility; to provide for grant funds for eligible public schools to develop and implement school robotics programs and to support students from such schools participating in interscholastic robotics competitions; to provide for applications and selection to participate in the pilot program; to provide for assessment and reporting on the impacts of the pilot program; to authorize the State Board of Education to promulgate rules and regulations to implement the pilot program; to provide for waivers and variances of state rules, regulations, policies, and procedures if necessary; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB9 | "Ensuring Accountability for Illegal AI Activities Act"; enact | AN ACT To amend Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections, so as to establish the criminal offenses of fraudulent election interference and solicitation of such; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for the Attorney General to have concurrent jurisdiction over such crimes; to provide for punishment; to provide for injunctive relief; to provide for the State Election Board to publish results of investigations into such offenses; to provide for certain disclaimers on campaign advertisements that use AI generated media; to provide for the form of such disclaimers; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HB430 | Sexual Offender Risk Review Board; venue for certain petitions regarding state sexual offender registry; provide | AN ACT To amend Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Sexual Offender Risk Review Board, so as to provide for venue for certain petitions regarding the state sexual offender registry; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HB61 | Motor vehicles; issuance of separate license plates for hearses and ambulances; provide | AN ACT To amend Chapter 10 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to magistrate courts, so as to provide for magistrate court jurisdiction over certain proceedings; to amend Code Section 16-7-21.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to unlawful squatting, so as to revise offense provisions; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 21 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to rights, duties, and liabilities of innkeepers, so as to provide for certain guest removal procedures for innkeepers; to provide for an affidavit; to amend Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to property, so as to provide for limitations and law enforcement officer safety regarding removal; to provide for legislative findings; to authorize real property owners to request assistance from law enforcement for the immediate removal of squatters from their property under certain conditions; to require such property owners to submit a verified complaint; to provide for complaint requirements; to provide for law enforcement requirements; to authorize arrest of squatters for legal cause; to authorize a fee for service; to provide for law enforcement and property owner immunity in certain instances; to provide for civil remedies; to provide for criminal penalties; to provide for definitions; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| SR472 | Aligarh Alumni Association of Atlanta (AAAA); recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the Aligarh Alumni Association of Atlanta (AAAA) and its contributions to education, community service, and Atlanta's largest Muslim community gathering on Eid-ul-Fitr; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR460 | Veterans of Foreign Wars; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the Veterans of Foreign Wars upon its 125th anniversary; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR463 | Trooper First Class 2 Chase W. Redner Memorial Intersection; Lumpkin County; dedicate | A RESOLUTION honoring the life of Trooper Chase Winston Redner and dedicating an intersection in his memory; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SR471 | Arab American Heritage Month; recognize April 2025 | A RESOLUTION recognizing April 2025 as Arab American Heritage Month; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB187 | Professions and businesses; contractors; change certain provisions | AN ACT To amend Titles 8, 10, 36, 43, and 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to buildings and housing, commerce and trade, local government, professions and businesses, and public utilities and public transportation, respectively, so as to change certain provisions relating to certain professions practicing in this state; to change certain provisions relating to electrical contractors, plumbers, conditioned air contractors, low voltage contractors, and utility contractors; to change certain definitions; to provide for qualifications of the State Construction Industry Licensing Board; to provide for certain restrictions relating to classes of low voltage licenses; to change certain provisions related to the power and duties of the divisions and the division director; to provide for additional licensing requirements; to provide requirements for license renewals and inactive licenses; to provide for approval of safety training; to change certain provisions relating to applicability; to provide for conforming cross-references and terminology; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| SB74 | Harmful Materials to Minors; exemption for libraries and librarians from the provisions of Code Section 16-12-103; repeal | AN ACT To amend Part 3 of Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sale or distribution of harmful materials to minors, so as to repeal an exemption for libraries and librarians from the provisions of Code Section 16-12-103, relating to selling, loaning, distributing, or exhibiting materials harmful to minors; to provide that any violation of such Code section shall be a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature when committed knowingly; to provide for a defense for librarians who make good faith attempts to identify and remove material harmful to minors; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| SB61 | Delinquency; additional offenses over which superior courts are authorized to exercise exclusive original jurisdiction; provide | AN ACT To amend Article 6 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to delinquency, so as 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 amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for information sharing by juvenile courts, superior courts, and certain state agencies with public schools when children are subject to electronic monitoring and other restrictions; to provide for the criminal offenses of terroristic threat of a school and terroristic act upon a school; to provide for penalties; to require annual site threat assessments at each public school in this state; to require that such assessments inform SB 61/CSFA school safety plans; to provide for who may conduct such assessments; to revise provisions for school safety plans; 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. | Crossed Over |
| SB84 | Special License Plates; specialty license plate honoring the Shepherd Center; establish | AN ACT To amend Code Section 40-2-86.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to license plates promoting or supporting certain agencies, funds, or nonprofit corporations or issued to qualified motor vehicles or owners with proceeds deposited in the general fund, so as to establish a specialty license plate recognizing the importance of organ donation; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| HB232 | Interstate Massage Compact Act; enact | AN ACT To amend Chapter 24A of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to massage therapy practice, so as to enter into an interstate compact known as the "Interstate Massage Compact" and to increase the number of education hours applicable to licensed massage therapists; to authorize the Georgia Board of Massage Therapy to administer the compact in this state; to provide definitions; to provide for conditions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| 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 |
| SR434 | Fountain, Myron; commend | A RESOLUTION commending Myron Fountain, the "Prison Dr."; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR437 | Senator Greg Dolezal Intersection; Forsyth County; dedicate | A RESOLUTION recognizing the Honorable Gregory Robert Dolezal and dedicating an intersection in his honor; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SR430 | North Forsyth High School Competition Cheerleading Team; congratulate | A RESOLUTION congratulating the North Forsyth High School competition cheerleading team for winning the 2024-2025 GHSA Class 6A Competition Cheerleading State Championship; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR403 | Taylor, Valerie; commend | A RESOLUTION commending Valerie Taylor; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR406 | Leger, Charles M. "Buddy"; condolences | A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Charles M. "Buddy" Leger; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR400 | Riley, Lynne; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Lynne Riley on the occasion of her retirement; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR404 | Emory Healthcare Veterans Program; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program upon its 10th anniversary; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR417 | Dutch Day; recognize March 3, 2025 | A RESOLUTION recognizing March 3, 2025, as Dutch Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR407 | Massey, Mr. Abit; condolences | A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Mr. Abit Massey; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR422 | Bagosy, Katie; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Katie Bagosy; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB34 | Professional licensing boards; continuing education tracking solution to monitor compliance of licenses with applicable continuing education requirements; establish | AN ACT To amend Chapter 1 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding professions and businesses, so as to establish on behalf of professional licensing boards under the jurisdiction of the office of the Secretary of State a continuing education tracking solution to monitor compliance of licensees with applicable continuing education requirements; to provide for definitions; to require compliance with continuing education requirements prior to the issuance of certain licenses; to provide for the adoption of rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| SR246 | President Donald J. Trump; commend | A RESOLUTION commending President Donald J. Trump; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB267 | State's Employee Benefit Plan Council; establish health savings accounts and to continually provide for education or salary reductions for such accounts; require | AN ACT To amend Article 3 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state's Employee Benefit Plan Council, so as to require such council to establish health savings accounts and to continually provide for education or salary reductions for such accounts; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB129 | "Georgia Supporting those Who Sacrificed for Service Act"; enact | AN ACT To amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to property tax exemptions, so as to increase the amount of a state-wide homestead exemption for certain totally disabled veterans; to create new state-wide homestead exemptions for certain partially disabled veterans and partially or totally disabled first responders; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a short title; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| SB4 | Education; fundamental roles of local boards of education and local school superintendents; revise provisions | AN ACT To amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to revise provisions relating to the fundamental roles of local boards of education and local school superintendents; to provide for requirements for the model code of ethics for local boards of education to be promulgated by the State Board of Education; to provide for public complaints alleging ethics code violations by members of local boards of education; to provide for required and prohibited topics in training programs for local board of education members; to provide for a sanction for noncompliance; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| SR371 | Investigator Eric Anthony Minix Highway; Coweta County; dedicate | A RESOLUTION honoring the life of Investigator Eric Anthony Minix and dedicating a road in his memory; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SR370 | Mosley, Sig; commend | A RESOLUTION honoring and commending Sig Mosley for his extraordinary contributions to the entrepreneurial and investment community in Georgia and beyond; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR364 | Jordan, Denise; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Denise Jordan; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB124 | Education; State School Superintendent and the Department of Education to take all steps reasonably necessary to implement guidance documents from a federal agency; require | AN ACT To amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to require the State School Superintendent and the Department of Education to take all steps reasonably necessary to implement guidance documents from a federal agency, including, but not limited to, directives related to expanding educational freedom and opportunities for families; to require the publication and reporting of certain information relating to federal guidance documents; to authorize the State Board of Education to adopt rules; to provide for definitions; to make promise scholarship accounts available to students whose parent is an active duty military service member stationed in Georgia, regardless of the school attendance zone in which such students reside, subject to limitation; to provide for such limitation; to provide for prioritization of such students; to provide for continued eligibility; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Crossed Over |
| SB94 | Public Utilities and Public Transportation; a consumer utility counsel to represent consumers in matters before the Public Service Commission or other agencies concerning public utilities; reestablish | AN ACT To amend Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public utilities and public transportation, so as to reestablish a consumer utility counsel to represent consumers in matters before the Public Service Commission or other agencies concerning public utilities; to provide legislative findings; to provide definitions; to create the Office of the Consumers' Utility Counsel; to establish the position of director of such office; to provide for the appointment and compensation of the director; to provide reporting requirements of the director; to provide for the powers and duties of the director; to provide for notice and service requirements; to authorize the director to take depositions and conduct discovery; to authorize the director to employ certain personnel; to require that certain employees of the Public Service Commission be made available to assist the director; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB86 | Alcoholic Beverages; retail dealers to offer discounts to consumers through premiums, coupons, or rebates on alcoholic beverages purchased for consumption off the premises; authorize | AN ACT To amend Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alcoholic beverages, so as to authorize retail dealers to offer discounts to consumers through premiums, coupons, or rebates on alcoholic beverages purchased for consumption off the premises; to provide for a definition; to provide certain conditions and requirements for the offering of such discounts; to increase the number of tasting events a retail package liquor store may conduct; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SR345 | 2025 Senate Aides and Senate Academic Aides; commend | A RESOLUTION commending the 2025 Senate Aides and Senate Academic Aides for their exemplary service; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR340 | Georgia State University; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Georgia State University; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR346 | Dr. Indran B. Indrakrishnan Day; recognize March 10, 2025 | A RESOLUTION recognizing March 10, 2025, as Dr. Indran B. Indrakrishnan Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR330 | Wessinger, Dr. William Nettles; condolences | A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Dr. William Nettles Wessinger; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR337 | Greenbrier High School Girls Flag Football Team; congratulate | A RESOLUTION congratulating the Greenbrier High School girls flag football team for winning the 2024 GHSA Division 2 State Flag Football Championship; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR309 | Sales or Income Tax Credit; any bill proposing to receive a two-thirds' vote of the membership of each house of the General Assembly in order to become law; require -CA | A RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to require any bill proposing any sales or income tax credit or sales or income tax exemption to receive a two-thirds' vote of the membership of each house of the General Assembly in order to become law; to provide for an exception; to provide for submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB75 | Speed Detection Devices and Red Light Cameras; standards for signs warning of a reduced speed limit in a school zone and signs warning of the use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices; provide | AN ACT To amend Chapter 14 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to use of speed detection devices and red light cameras, so as to provide for standards for signs warning of the use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices; to require the use of a sign or device which depicts an accurate representation of a vehicle's speed upon the approach of an automated traffic enforcement safety device; to revise exceptions for when a case may be made with the use of a speed detection device; to provide for times when a school zone speed limit may be enforced through the use of an automated traffic enforcement safety device; to provide for definitions; to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to authorize district attorneys, solicitors-general, and prosecuting attorneys to enforce civil monetary penalties relative to the enforcement of laws regarding speeding in a school zone using recorded images; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB171 | Quality Basic Education Act; State Board of Education to develop an advanced mathematics pathway; require | AN ACT To amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act,"so as to require the State Board of Education to develop an advanced mathematics pathway; to require the state board to adopt policies related to such advanced mathematics pathway; to authorize local school systems to offer the advanced mathematics pathway in grades three through five; to require local school systems to offer the advanced mathematics pathway in grades six through eight; to provide for reporting; to authorize local school systems to provide related supports and services; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB243 | Back the Blue Fund; authorized use of money; revise | AN ACT To amend Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration and licensing generally, so as to revise the authorized use of money distributed from the Back the Blue Fund; to revise collection procedures; to provide for legislative intent; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB295 | State Board of Education; local school systems to maintain and publish a registry of all contracts worth more than $10,000.00; require | AN ACT To amend Part 8 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to State Board of Education under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to require local school systems to maintain and publish a registry of all contracts worth more than $10,000.00 involving the use of any state funds; to provide for such information to be included on the contract registry; to require local boards of education to adopt policies; to provide for enforcement; to prohibit waivers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB221 | Massage Therapy Practice; the number of education hours applicable to licensed massage therapists; increase | AN ACT To amend Chapter 24A of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to massage therapy practice, so as to increase the number of education hours applicable to licensed massage therapists; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB230 | Condominiums; maximum amount of insurance deductibles payable by unit owners; remove the limitation | AN ACT To amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to condominiums, so as to increase the maximum amount of insurance deductibles payable by unit owners; to provide for notice; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB262 | Insurance; health benefit policies to cover preventive services; provide | AN ACT To amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to provide for health benefit policies to cover preventive services; to provide for definitions; to prohibit cost-sharing requirements; to protect the eligibility of health savings accounts; to provide for review by the Commissioner of Insurance; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB216 | Georgia Judicial Retirement System; membership in the system for individuals employed as the director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; provide | AN ACT To amend Chapter 23 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Judicial Retirement System, so as to provide for membership in the system for individuals employed as the director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; to provide for an election for such current employees; to provide for transfer of funds; to provide for payment of actuarial costs; to provide for transfer of membership service; to provide for earnable monthly compensation for purposes of contributions and benefit amounts; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SR303 | Brookwood High School Girls Swim and Dive Team; congratulate | A RESOLUTION congratulating the Brookwood High School girls swim and dive team for winning the 2025 GHSA Class 6A State Swimming and Diving Championship; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB301 | State Flag, Seal, and Other Symbols; protection of government statues, monuments, plaques, banners, and other commemorative symbols; revise provisions | AN ACT To amend Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state flag, seal, and other symbols, so as to revise provisions for the protection of government statues, monuments, plaques, banners, and other commemorative symbols; to provide for construction; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB297 | Sales and Use Taxes; certain menstrual discharge collection devices; create an exemption | AN ACT To amend Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales and use taxes, so as to create an exemption from sales and use tax for certain menstrual discharge collection devices; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SR304 | Brookwood High School Boys Swim and Dive Team; congratulate | A RESOLUTION congratulating the Brookwood High School boys swim and dive team for winning the 2025 GHSA Class 6A State Swimming and Diving Championship; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB26 | State Income Taxes; with regard to military retirement income, to determine and apply a cost-of-living adjustment to the amount of allowable retirement pay; require the state revenue commissioner | AN ACT To amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to imposition, rate, computation, exemptions, and credits relative to state income taxes, so as to require the state revenue commissioner, with regard to military retirement income, to determine and apply a cost-of-living adjustment to the amount of allowable retirement pay excluded from Georgia taxable net income; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SR290 | Risk Assessment; culturally competent risk assessment tools; targeted public health initiatives, and enhanced healthcare interventions; recognize the need | A RESOLUTION recognizing the need for culturally competent risk assessment tools, targeted public health initiatives, and enhanced healthcare interventions; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SR288 | Laotian American community in Georgia; commend | A RESOLUTION commending the Laotian American community in Georgia and honoring the Airavata flag; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR278 | Looney, Dr. Mike; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Dr. Mike Looney, Georgia's 2025 Superintendent of the Year; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB265 | Insurance; health benefit policy coverage for medically necessary orthotic devices and prosthetic devices; require | AN ACT To amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to require health benefit policy coverage for medically necessary orthotic devices and prosthetic devices and their materials and components; to provide for definitions; to provide for requirements; to provide for reporting; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and appropriations; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SR269 | University of Georgia Women's Tennis Team; congratulate | A RESOLUTION congratulating the University of Georgia women's tennis team for winning the 2025 ITA National Team Indoor Championship; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR287 | Georgia Festival of Trees; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the Georgia Festival of Trees; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB266 | "College Success 529 Expansion Act"; enact | AN ACT To amend Article 11 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan, so as to revise the maximum amount of contributions allowed per beneficiary of savings trust accounts for higher education expenses; to amend Code Section 48-7-27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to computation of taxable net income, so as to revise the deduction for contributions to savings trust accounts; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SR271 | MEAG Power; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending MEAG Power on its 50th anniversary; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR286 | Diwali Day; recognize October 20, 2025 | A RESOLUTION recognizing October 20, 2025, as Diwali Day; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR253 | Georgia Linemen Day; recognize March 11, 2025 | A RESOLUTION recognizing March 11, 2025, as Georgia Linemen Day; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB250 | Wesley's Law Grant Program; provide for the creation of and establish a purpose | 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 provide for the creation of and establish a purpose for the Wesley's Law Grant Program; to provide for the allocation of grant awards under such program; to require the Department of Education to pursue grant funding for such program from the Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust; to require the State Board of Education to establish award criteria, terms, and conditions for such program; to authorize the Department of Education to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement such program; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for annual reporting; to provide definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SR249 | Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council; commend | A RESOLUTION commending the Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council upon its 50th anniversary; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR252 | Delta Air Lines; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Delta Air Lines on its centennial anniversary; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB249 | "Quality Basic Education Act,"; beginning in the 2031-2032 school year, a computer science course shall be a high school graduation requirement; provide | AN ACT To amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to competencies and core curriculum under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide that, beginning in the 2031-2032 school year, a computer science course shall be a high school graduation requirement; to provide for certain computer science courses to be substituted for units of credit graduation requirements in certain other subject areas; to provide for such exception; to revise legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB247 | Sick, Personal, and Maternity Leave for Teachers; the number of accumulated sick leave days teachers may take for personal or professional reasons; increase | AN ACT To amend Part 4 of Article 17 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sick, personal, and maternity leave for teachers and other school personnel, so as to increase from three to five the number of accumulated sick leave days teachers and other school personnel may take each school year for personal or professional reasons; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB37 | "AI Accountability Act"; enact | AN ACT To amend Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding state government, so as to require that all governmental entities develop and maintain artificial intelligence system usage plans; to amend Chapter 12 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to commissions and other agencies, so as to create the Georgia Board for Artificial Intelligence; to provide for guidance to governmental entities in their development of artificial intelligence system usage plans; to provide for the purpose, membership, and duties of such board; to provide for reports; to provide for compensation and funding; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB73 | "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. | In Committee |
| SR23 | US Congress; limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected; apply to call a convention | A RESOLUTION applying to the United States Congress to call a convention under Article V of the Constitution of the United States limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States House of Representatives and to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States Senate; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR229 | Bowen, Rudy; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Rudy Bowen for his service on the Georgia Department of Transportation Board; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR235 | Georgia Beverage Association; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the Georgia Beverage Association; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR230 | Trauma Awareness Day; recognize February 26, 2025 | A RESOLUTION commending Georgia's trauma professionals, the Georgia Trauma Commission, and the Georgia Trauma Foundation and recognizing February 26, 2025, as Trauma Awareness Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR236 | Bromberg, Sam M.; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Sam M. Bromberg; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR232 | Scouts Day; recognize February 26, 2025 | A RESOLUTION commending the Boy Scouts of America in Georgia and recognizing February 26, 2025, as Scouts Day at the Capitol; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB198 | Georgia Legislative Retirement System; board of trustees of the system to increase benefit multipliers for members; provide | AN ACT To amend Chapter 6 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Legislative Retirement System, so as to provide for the board of trustees of the system to increase benefit multipliers for members; to provide for the system to maintain a minimum 120 percent funded ratio; to provide for conditions for such benefit multiplier increases; to provide for automatic increases in employee contributions proportional to benefit multiplier increases; to allow for members who joined after 2009 to receive benefit multiplier increases; to provide for definitions; to provide for conforming changes; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB184 | "Georgia Anti-Squatting Act of 2025"; enact | AN ACT To amend Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, so as to provide that a person must show certain documentation upon receipt of a citation for unlawful squatting; to provide for a penalty; to amend Code Section 16-9-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to penalties for forgery, so as to provide for a penalty for forgery cases related to the offense of unlawful squatting; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 21 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to rights, duties, and liabilities of innkeepers, so as to provide for certain guest ejectment procedures for innkeepers; to provide for an affidavit; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB169 | Professions and Businesses; certain education and training requirements for the performance of dry needling; provide | AN ACT To amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide for certain education and training requirements for the performance of dry needling; to provide for applicability and exceptions; to require licensed physical therapists who perform dry needling to complete certain education and training requirements; to revise definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SR189 | Mercer University Day; recognize February 20, 2025 | A RESOLUTION commending Mercer University and recognizing February 20, 2025, as Mercer University Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR95 | "Sonny Perdue Legislative Center"; naming the forthcoming new legislative office complex | A RESOLUTION Naming the forthcoming new legislative office complex the "Sonny Perdue Legislative Building"; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR178 | Duncan, Catherine; commend | A RESOLUTION commending Catherine Duncan, Lanier Middle School's 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR179 | Heck, Emily; commend | A RESOLUTION commending Emily Heck, White Oak Elementary School's 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR180 | Smith, Carmen; commend | A RESOLUTION commending Carmen Smith, Sugar Hill Elementary School's 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB150 | Retirement; permit public school systems to employ certain beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia as classroom teachers; extend the program | AN ACT To amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement allowances, disability benefits, and spouses' benefits, so as to extend the program to permit public school systems to employ certain beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia as classroom teachers in a full-time capacity to June 30, 2034; to reduce the number of years worked by a beneficiary to 25 before being eligible to be hired under this Code section; to remove the requirement that teachers hired under this Code section work in a RESA's areas of highest need; to provide for certain limitations; to reduce the waiting period before a beneficiary is eligible to be hired under this Code section; to remove the requirement that the Department of Education determine a RESA's areas of highest need; to provide for related matters; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SR176 | Wood, Laura; commend | A RESOLUTION commending Laura Wood, Lanier High School's 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR177 | Trent, Anne-Marie; commend | A RESOLUTION commending Anne-Marie Trent, Sycamore Elementary School's 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB143 | Georgia Firefighter's Pension Fund; certain members to retire at age 50; provide | AN ACT To amend Article 6 of Chapter 7 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement, retirement allowances, disability benefits, and death benefits relative to the Georgia Firefighter's Pension Fund, so as to provide for certain members to retire at age 50; to provide for certain members to continue working while receiving retirement benefits; to provide for certain members who have retired and reentered employment to accrue creditable service without a seven-year minimum; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 20 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Public Retirement Systems Investment Authority Law," so as to provide for an exception for the Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund to invest in assets rated below investment grade; to provide for a maximum percentage of assets to be invested in such assets; to raise the limit for the total percentage of funds that the Georgia Firefighter's Pension Fund may invest in alternative investments; to provide conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB95 | Certificate of Need Program; an exemption from certificate of need requirements concerning life plan communities; revise | AN ACT To amend Code Section 31-6-47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from the certificate of need program, so as to revise an exemption from certificate of need requirements concerning life plan communities; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SR150 | Georgia Addiction Counselors Association; commend | A RESOLUTION commending the contributions of the Georgia Addiction Counselors Association and its commitment to delivering evidence-based practices to individuals with substance use disorders through recognized standards of education, training, and competencies as it celebrates 45 years of service to Georgia; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB2 | State Income Tax; exclude tips from taxation | 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 exclude tips from taxation; to provide for reporting by employers; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB7 | Jails; certain municipal corporations make municipal detention facilities or jails available for use by a sheriff; require | AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding jails, so as to require that certain municipal corporations make municipal detention facilities or jails available for use by a sheriff under certain conditions; to provide for fee and fee cap; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB22 | State School Superintendent; Department of Education to publish relevant and applicable federal guidance documents and related information; require | AN ACT To amend Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the State School Superintendent, so as to require the Department of Education to publish relevant and applicable federal guidance documents and related information; to provide for definitions; to require annual notice from the State School Superintendent to designated committees and offices of the General Assembly and the Office and Planning and Budget; to authorize the State Board of Education to adopt rules; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SR136 | Georgia Addiction Counselors Association; commend | A RESOLUTION commending the contributions of the Georgia Addiction Counselors Association and its commitment to delivering evidence-based practices to individuals with substance use disorders through recognized standards of education, training, and competencies as it celebrates 45 years of service to Georgia; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR124 | Physician Anesthesiologists Week; recognize January 26 to February 1, 2025 | A RESOLUTION recognizing January 26 to February 1, 2025, as Physician Anesthesiologists Week at the state capitol; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB38 | Development Impact Fees; provide for education | AN ACT To amend Chapter 71 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to development impact fees, so as to provide for development impact fees for education; to provide for definitions; to provide for the manner of calculation, imposition, and collection of such fees; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date and for automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SR113 | Georgia's Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Georgia's Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR94 | Ferber, David Escott "Scotty"; commend | A RESOLUTION commending and congratulating David Escott "Scotty" Ferber; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR100 | Fort, Honorable Vincent D.; condolences | A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of the Honorable Vincent D. Fort; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR87 | Communities in Schools; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Communities in Schools; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR86 | Dyslexia Day; recognize February 4, 2025 | A RESOLUTION recognizing February 4, 2025, as Dyslexia Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR93 | Coen, John; congratulate | A RESOLUTION congratulating John Coen upon his induction to the Roswell High School Hall of Fame as well as the Georgia Dugout Baseball Hall of Fame; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR83 | Morehouse School of Medicine; commend | A RESOLUTION commending Morehouse School of Medicine upon its 50th anniversary; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR72 | Braselton Police Chief Terry Esco; commend | A RESOLUTION commending Braselton Police Chief Terry Esco; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR75 | Harlem High School Bulldogs Baseball Team; congratulate | A RESOLUTION congratulating the Harlem High School Bulldogs baseball team for winning the 2024 GHSA Class AAA State Baseball Championship; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR81 | Dalton State College Mens Golf Team; congratulate | A RESOLUTION congratulating the Dalton State College mens golf team for winning the 2024 NAIA National Golf Championship; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR82 | National Guard Day; recognize February 6, 2025 | A RESOLUTION recognizing February 6, 2025, as National Guard Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR76 | Strother, Robert L.; congratulate | A RESOLUTION congratulating Robert L. Strother, the 2023-2024 Georgia Logger of the Year; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR67 | Georgia Arts Day; recognize February 2, 2025 | A RESOLUTION Recognizing February 2, 2025, as Georgia Arts Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR68 | APRN Day; recognize January 30, 2025 | A RESOLUTION recognizing January 30, 2025, as APRN Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR54 | Butts County; congratulate | A RESOLUTION congratulating Butts County upon the bicentennial anniversary of its founding; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR57 | Cook, Mr. David A.; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Mr. David A. Cook for his service to the Georgia State Senate and the State of Georgia as well as congratulating him upon the grand occasion of his retirement; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB43 | Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; the maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation; increase | AN ACT To amend Code Section 48-5-7.4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to preferential assessment for bona fide conservation use property and bona fide residential transitional property, so as to increase the maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SR52 | Development Impact Fees for Educational Purposes -CA | A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the General Assembly may by general law authorize local boards of education to impose, levy, and collect development impact fees and use the proceeds to pay for a share of the cost of additional educational facilities; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SR55 | Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation; increase -CA | A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to increase the maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SR49 | Simmons, Marvin Gary; condolences | A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Marvin Gary Simmons; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR48 | Gwinnett Chamber Day; recognize January 28, 2025 | A RESOLUTION recognizing January 28, 2025, as Gwinnett Chamber Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB32 | Obstruction of Public Administration; convicted of doing violence in the obstruction or hindering of law enforcement officers; provide for a mandatory minimum sentence | AN ACT To amend Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to obstruction of public administration and related offenses, so as to provide for a mandatory minimum sentence for those convicted of doing violence in the obstruction or hindering of law enforcement officers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SR36 | International Holocaust Remembrance Day; recognize January 27, 2025 | A RESOLUTION recognizing January 27, 2025, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day in the State of Georgia and reaffirming the commitment to combat antisemitism; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR34 | Grayson High School Football Team; congratulate | A RESOLUTION congratulating the Grayson High School football team for winning the 2024 GHSA Class 6A State Football Championship; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR33 | Brookwood High School Girls Swimming and Diving Team; congratulate | A RESOLUTION congratulating the Brookwood High School girls swimming and diving team for winning the 2023-2024 GHSA Class 7A State Swimming and Diving Championship; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR37 | Haythorn, Martha; commend | A RESOLUTION commending and congratulating Martha Haythorn; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR26 | Johnson, Bryce Alan; condolences | A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Bryce Alan Johnson; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB18 | State Officials; daily expense accounts; revise provisions | AN ACT To amend Code Section 45-7-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to annual salaries of certain state officials and cost-of-living adjustments, so as to revise provisions related to daily expense accounts of members of the General Assembly; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SR27 | Intuitive; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Intuitive for its contributions to patient care and for business achievements and growth in Gwinnett County, Georgia; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR16 | Trauma Awareness Day; recognize January 28, 2025 | A RESOLUTION commending Georgia's trauma professionals, the Georgia Trauma Commission, and the Georgia Trauma Foundation and recognizing January 28, 2025, as Trauma Awareness Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR19 | Firefighters Recognition Day; recognize February 4, 2025 | 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 |
| SR17 | Family and Consumer Sciences; recgonize | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Family and Consumer Sciences; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB15 | Elections; provide by local legislation for nonpartisan elections for county governing authorities; authorize the General Assembly | AN ACT To amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by local legislation for nonpartisan elections for county governing authorities; to provide for related matters; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB11 | Retirement; creditable service for certain military service; provide | AN ACT To amend Article 5 of Chapter 2 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to service creditable toward retirement benefits, so as to provide for creditable service for certain military service; to provide for application and payment; to provide for related matters; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SB14 | Elections; the nonpartisan election of district attorneys and solicitors-general of state courts; authorize the General Assembly | AN ACT To amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide for the nonpartisan election of district attorneys and solicitors-general of state courts; to provide for the qualifying of such offices; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SR12 | Thompson, Bruce A.; condolences | A RESOLUTION honoring and celebrating the life and legacy of Bruce A. Thompson; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR9 | Stevens, Charles "Charlie" Kay; condolences | A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Charles "Charlie" Kay Stevens; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB3 | Prosecuting Attorneys; convictions for district attorneys, assistant district attorneys, deputy district attorneys; provide additional qualifications | AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding prosecuting attorneys, so as to provide additional qualifications regarding convictions for district attorneys, assistant district attorneys, deputy district attorneys, and other attorneys at law employed by district attorneys; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | In Committee |
| SR10 | Major Clint Morris and Captain Dee Morris; recognize | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Major Clint Morris and Captain Dee Morris upon their retirement; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR5 | Senate Special Committee on Investigations; reauthorizing | A RESOLUTION reauthorizing the Senate Special Committee on Investigations; to provide for the issuance of compulsory process to secure the attendance of witnesses or the production of documents and materials; and for other purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #478 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SR8 | Deputy Brandon Cunningham Memorial Intersection; Paulding County; dedicate | Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #465 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HR7 | George C. Trulock, Jr. Memorial Highway; Grady County; dedicate | Agree To House Amendment To Senate Substitute: Senate Vote #467 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB12 | Inspection of Public Records; documents and records in the possession of private persons or entities; revise provisions | Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #490 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB68 | General appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026 | Adopt Conference Committee Report: Senate Vote #456 | 04/04/2025 | 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 | Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #450 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB136 | Income tax; contributions to foster child support organizations; expand tax credit | Agree To House Amendment To Senate Substitute: Senate Vote #449 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB155 | Local government; selection and objection to arbitrators; revise procedures | Agree To House Amendment To Senate Substitute As Amended By Am #2: Senate Vote #468 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB172 | Veterinary education; limits on student loan forgiveness program; provide | Passage: Senate Vote #457 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB63 | "Quality Basic Education Act"; local school systems offer certain exams to home study students; require | Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #448 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB82 | "Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025"; enact | Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #479 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB225 | Motor vehicles; enforcement of speeding violations in school zones through automated traffic enforcement safety devices; repeal all laws | Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #455 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB222 | Criminal procedure; inclusion of certain contact information on bonds and recognizances; require | Passage: Senate Vote #458 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB85 | Grants for Foster Children; a grant program to provide grants to former foster youth who meet eligibility requirements, subject to specific appropriations; establish | Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #452 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| 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 | Passage: Senate Vote #484 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB235 | Georgia Supporting Living Donor Educators Act; enact | Passage: Senate Vote #459 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| 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 | Passage: Senate Vote #463 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB296 | Motor vehicles; presentation of a driver's license in a certain electronic format; provisions | Passage As Amended: Senate Vote #483 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB296 | Motor vehicles; presentation of a driver's license in a certain electronic format; provisions | Adoption Of Amendment #2 By The Senator From The 46th: Senate Vote #482 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB296 | Motor vehicles; presentation of a driver's license in a certain electronic format; provisions | Adoption Of Amendment #1 By The Senator From The 42nd: Senate Vote #481 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB101 | Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; testing in the newborn screening system; require | Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #489 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB99 | Crimes and Offenses; definition of law enforcement officer; provide | Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #475 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB105 | Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians; licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teleadvice; authorize | Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #476 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB125 | Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors; decouple the sequential order of experience and examination requirements | Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #470 | 04/04/2025 | 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 | Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #469 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB360 | Revenue and taxation; rehabilitation of historic structures; revise tax credit | Passage As Amended: Senate Vote #460 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB352 | Georgia Gestational Diabetes Management Act; enact | Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #462 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB399 | Property; require certain residential landlords to have in-state staff to manage tenant communications | Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #464 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB422 | State employees' health insurance; include high deductible health plans | Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #461 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB443 | Game and fish; fees for reef and migratory fish endorsements; provide | Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #486 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB491 | Game and fish; remove an exception for use of air guns to hunt wildlife | Agree To House Amendment To Senate Amendment: Senate Vote #487 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB193 | State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; establish the adult workforce high school diploma program; authorize | Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #474 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB201 | Consumer Transactions; increased consumer protection for homeowners entering into contracts with contractors following natural disasters; provide | Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #447 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB516 | State government; authorize county and regional library boards to conduct meetings via teleconference | Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #480 | 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 | Agree To House Substitute As Amended: Senate Vote #488 | 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 | Agree To House Amendment To Senate Amendment: Senate Vote #487 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SR231 | Officer Jeremy Labonte Memorial Interchange; Fulton County; dedicate | Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #466 | 04/04/2025 | 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 | Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #471 | 04/04/2025 | Absent |
| SB255 | General Assembly; authorization of statutory investigatory powers to certain committees of the General Assembly; codify a process | Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #451 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB291 | Special License Plates; establish an "America First" specialty license plate | Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #472 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB651 | Motor vehicles; use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices in school zones; revise provisions | Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #454 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB651 | Motor vehicles; use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices in school zones; revise provisions | Adoption Of Amendment #1 By The Senator From The 44th: Senate Vote #453 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB652 | Motor fuel tax; electricity delivered by certain electric vehicle charging stations; provide exception | Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #485 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB298 | Judgements and Rulings; certain appellate procedures regarding the denial of sovereign and any other immunity available to the state; provide | Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #477 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB709 | Demorest, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum | Local Consent Calendar: Senate Vote #446 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| SB331 | City of Winder and the County of Barrow; creating and establishing a joint airport authority; repeal | Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #473 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB819 | Jasper County; levy an excise tax | Local Consent Calendar: Senate Vote #446 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB820 | Jasper County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | Local Consent Calendar: Senate Vote #446 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB836 | Coweta County; School District ad valorem tax; raise homestead exemption amounts | Local Consent Calendar: Senate Vote #446 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB860 | Gordon County; school district ad valorem tax; increase homestead exemption for certain residents | Local Consent Calendar: Senate Vote #446 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB849 | Randolph County Airport Authority Act; enact | Local Consent Calendar: Senate Vote #446 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB838 | Newnan, City of; change corporate limits | Local Consent Calendar: Senate Vote #446 | 04/04/2025 | Yea |
| HB127 | Education; number of accumulated sick leave days for teachers and other school personnel; increase from three to five | Motion For Reconsideration: Senate Vote #443 | 04/03/2025 | Nay |
| HB14 | State symbols; cornbread as official state bread; designate | Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #401 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB54 | Health; advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants to order home healthcare services; authorize | Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #399 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB54 | Health; advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants to order home healthcare services; authorize | Adoption Of Amendment #2 By The Senator From The 41st: Senate Vote #398 | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB37 | Education; require local school systems to notify employees regarding social security withholdings and eligibility for certain benefits | Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #385 | 04/02/2025 | 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 | Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #410 | 04/02/2025 | 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 | Adoption Of Amendment #1 By The Senator From The 49th: Senate Vote #409 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB66 | Ad valorem tax; expand definition of rental motor vehicle | Motion To Engross: Sb 214, Hb 66, Hb 79, Hb 129, Hb 134, Hb 141, Hb 370, Hb 397, Hb 445, Hb 463, Hb 532, Hb 586, Hb 652: Senate Vote #383 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB79 | Firearm Safe Handling and Secure Storage Tax Credit Act; enact | Motion To Engross: Sb 214, Hb 66, Hb 79, Hb 129, Hb 134, Hb 141, Hb 370, Hb 397, Hb 445, Hb 463, Hb 532, Hb 586, Hb 652: Senate Vote #383 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB78 | Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; total percentage of funds invested in alternative investments; raise limit | Passage: Senate Vote #427 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB105 | Public officers and employees; increase indemnification award of certain state public school personnel in the event of death | Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #386 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB127 | Education; number of accumulated sick leave days for teachers and other school personnel; increase from three to five | Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #442 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB127 | Education; number of accumulated sick leave days for teachers and other school personnel; increase from three to five | Motion To Table: Senate Vote #441 | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB127 | Education; number of accumulated sick leave days for teachers and other school personnel; increase from three to five | Motion To Reconsider The Motion To Resolve Debate: Senate Vote #440 | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB127 | Education; number of accumulated sick leave days for teachers and other school personnel; increase from three to five | Shall The Ruling Of The Chair Be Sustained: Senate Vote #439 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB127 | Education; number of accumulated sick leave days for teachers and other school personnel; increase from three to five | Motion To Resolve Debate: Senate Vote #438 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB127 | Education; number of accumulated sick leave days for teachers and other school personnel; increase from three to five | Shall The Ruling Of The Chair Be Sustained: Senate Vote #437 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB127 | Education; number of accumulated sick leave days for teachers and other school personnel; increase from three to five | Motion To Table: Senate Vote #435 | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB127 | Education; number of accumulated sick leave days for teachers and other school personnel; increase from three to five | Motion To Remove From The Table: Senate Vote #434 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB134 | Sales and use tax; manufactured homes; revise and expand exemption | Motion To Engross: Sb 214, Hb 66, Hb 79, Hb 129, Hb 134, Hb 141, Hb 370, Hb 397, Hb 445, Hb 463, Hb 532, Hb 586, Hb 652: Senate Vote #383 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB131 | Self-service storage facilities; revise advertisement requirements before an owner can enforce an owner's lien | Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #428 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB129 | Ad valorem tax; bona fide conservation use property; remove a limitation on leased property as to certain entities | Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #387 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB129 | Ad valorem tax; bona fide conservation use property; remove a limitation on leased property as to certain entities | Motion To Engross: Sb 214, Hb 66, Hb 79, Hb 129, Hb 134, Hb 141, Hb 370, Hb 397, Hb 445, Hb 463, Hb 532, Hb 586, Hb 652: Senate Vote #383 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB141 | Revenue and taxation; allow businesses and practitioners to provide affidavits of certified public accountants in lieu of tax returns | Motion To Engross: Sb 214, Hb 66, Hb 79, Hb 129, Hb 134, Hb 141, Hb 370, Hb 397, Hb 445, Hb 463, Hb 532, Hb 586, Hb 652: Senate Vote #383 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB148 | Public Accountancy Act off 2025; enact | Passage: Senate Vote #411 | 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 House Substitute As Amended: Senate Vote #415 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB156 | Transportation, Department of; authority over vertiports; provide | Passage As Amended: Senate Vote #432 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB177 | Domestic relations; protection for household pets in both family violence and dating violence protective orders; provide | Passage: Senate Vote #431 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB179 | Appellate practice; digital recording of certain trial proceedings; provide | Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #390 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB176 | Appeal and error; judgments deemed directly appealable; change a provision | Passage: Senate Vote #425 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB180 | Probate courts; modify certain requirements for probate judges | Passage: Senate Vote #391 | 04/02/2025 | 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 | Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #433 | 04/02/2025 | Abstain |
| SB93 | "Georgia Early Literacy Act"; the three-cuing system from inclusion in high-quality instructional materials or structured literacy; prohibit | Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #417 | 04/02/2025 | 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 House Amendment To Senate Substitute As Amended: Senate Vote #412 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB233 | State symbols; Brunswick stew as the official state stew; designate | Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #403 | 04/02/2025 | Abstain |
| HB233 | State symbols; Brunswick stew as the official state stew; designate | Adoption Of Amendment #1 By The Senator From The 19th: Senate Vote #402 | 04/02/2025 | Abstain |
| HB253 | Ethan's Law; enact | Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #422 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB325 | Domestic relations; Protective Order Registry; revise certain definitions | Passage: Senate Vote #393 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB308 | Motor vehicles; operation of miniature on-road vehicles on certain highways; provide | Passage As Amended: Senate Vote #420 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB308 | Motor vehicles; operation of miniature on-road vehicles on certain highways; provide | Adoption Of The Amendment By The Sen From The 32nd As Amended: Senate Vote #419 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB339 | Motor vehicles; exempt ride share drivers or ride share network services from definition of motor carrier | Passage: Senate Vote #421 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB370 | Ad valorem tax; school districts; state-wide base year homestead exemption; provisions | Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #426 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB370 | Ad valorem tax; school districts; state-wide base year homestead exemption; provisions | Motion To Engross: Sb 214, Hb 66, Hb 79, Hb 129, Hb 134, Hb 141, Hb 370, Hb 397, Hb 445, Hb 463, Hb 532, Hb 586, Hb 652: Senate Vote #383 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB371 | Quality Basic Education Act; state's maximum authorization of capital outlay funding; provide for an increase | Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #396 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB398 | Food, drugs, and cosmetics; authorize production and sale of cottage food items with certain exemptions, requirements, and disclosures | Passage: Senate Vote #395 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB397 | Elections; allow municipalities to opt in to providing advance voting on Saturdays for municipal elections | Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #394 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB397 | Elections; allow municipalities to opt in to providing advance voting on Saturdays for municipal elections | Motion To Engross: Sb 214, Hb 66, Hb 79, Hb 129, Hb 134, Hb 141, Hb 370, Hb 397, Hb 445, Hb 463, Hb 532, Hb 586, Hb 652: Senate Vote #383 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB445 | Ad valorem tax; language required to be included in notices of current assessment; revise | Motion To Engross: Sb 214, Hb 66, Hb 79, Hb 129, Hb 134, Hb 141, Hb 370, Hb 397, Hb 445, Hb 463, Hb 532, Hb 586, Hb 652: Senate Vote #383 | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Georgia Senate Administrative Affairs Committee | 3 | |
| Detail | Georgia Senate Education and Youth Committee | 10 | |
| Detail | Georgia Senate Finance Committee | 9 | |
| Detail | Georgia Senate Insurance and Labor Committee | Ex-Officio | 11 |
| Detail | Georgia Senate Judiciary Committee | 8 | |
| Detail | Georgia Senate Transportation Committee | 9 | |
| Detail | Georgia Senate Veterans, Military and Homeland Security Committee | Ex Officio | 11 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GA | Georgia Senate District 48 | Senate | Republican | In Office | 01/09/2023 |