| GA | HB873 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to create juvenile treatment court divisions; to provide alternative adjudication to the traditional judicial system; to provide defin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06
Effective Date 2024-07-01 |
| GA | HB974 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled 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 require the Secretary of State to establish and maintain a state-wide system for the postin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06
Effective Date 2024-07-01 |
| GA | HB994 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 51 and 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating torts and waters of the state, ports, and watercraft, respectively, so as to revise liability for the negligent operation of a vessel; to requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06
Effective Date 2024-05-06 |
| GA | HB1033 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes against the person, so as to provide for protections for utility workers; to provide for a definition; to provide for enhanced p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06
Effective Date 2024-05-06 |
| GA | HB1172 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to water rights, so as to remove references to the public trust doctrine; to provide that members of the public have the right to use all ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06
Effective Date 2024-07-01 |
| GA | HB1223 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the 'Georgia Soil Amendment Act of 1976,' so as to provide for a new prohibited act; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06
Effective Date 2024-07-01 |
| GA | HB1240 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 11 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the commercial code, so as to update and modernize various statutes in the commercial code relating to commercial transactions in order to maintain ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06
Effective Date 2024-07-01 |
| GA | HB1409 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to torts, so as to limit liability for mental health care providers under certain circumstances; to provide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06
Act 568 |
| GA | HB1483 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Washington, Georgia, approved February 14, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 2139), as amended, so as to provide for term limits for the offices of mayor and councilmember; to p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06
Effective Date 2024-05-06 |
| GA | HB1248 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Elbert County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for certain senior citizens; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Effective Date 2024-05-01 |
| GA | HB1250 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Elbert County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for certain senior citizens in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a home...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Effective Date 2024-05-01 |
| GA | HB1249 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Elbert County ad valorem taxes for county purposes for certain senior citizens in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the bas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Effective Date 2024-05-01 |
| GA | HB827 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-8-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to livestock theft, so as to provide for increased penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other pur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-30
Effective Date 2024-07-01 |
| GA | HB218 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to admissions and confessions, so as to provide for sexual assault hearsay for disabled adults and 17 year olds; to provide f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Effective Date 2024-07-01 |
| GA | HB409 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled 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 authorize local authoriti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Effective Date 2024-07-01 |
| GA | HB220 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to property, so as to provide for means of enforcement of condominium and property owners' association instruments, rules, and regulations; to provide ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Effective Date 2024-07-01 |
| GA | HB563 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 19 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., the "Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978," so as to provide for hearing before an administrative law judge; to change provisions relating to the appointment ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Effective Date 2024-07-01 |
| GA | HB825 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Judicial Retirement System, so as to require certain counties that comprise single county judicial circuits to supplement the reti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Effective Date 2024-07-01 |
| GA | HB958 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the Magistrate Court of Columbia County to impose and collect county law library fees as part of the court costs in the magistrate court; to provide for practices and procedures connected therewith; to provid...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Effective Date 2024-05-22 |
| GA | HB1007 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to reconstitute and reestablish the board of elections and registration for Lincoln County, approved May 3, 2021 (Ga. L. 2021, p. 4161), so as to revise provisions relating to meetings of said board; to pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Effective Date 2024-04-22 |
| GA | HB1008 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act consolidating the offices of Tax Receiver and Tax Collector of Lincoln County into the office of Tax Commissioner of Lincoln County, approved December 17, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 2604), as a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Effective Date 2025-01-01 |
| GA | SB83 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to stalking, so as to revise the eligibility for restraining orders; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Act 415 |
| GA | SB450 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 5, 15, 44, and 53 of the O.C.G.A., relating to appeal and error, courts, property, and wills, trusts, and administration of estates, respectively, so as to clarify that neither superior court nor a state c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Act 424 |
| GA | HB905 | Engross
50% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 66 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to zoning procedures as pertaining to counties and municipal corporations, so as to repeal provisions authorizing administrative officers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub |
| GA | HB977 | Engross
50% | A BILL to be entitled 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 expand the number of contests subject to risk-limiting audits; to provide for percentages o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute |
| GA | SB12 | Engross
50% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, so as to provide for sentencing to minimum terms of imprisonment for persons convicted of possession of firearms by convicted felons and first offender prob...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute |
| GA | HB976 | Engross
50% | A BILL to be entitled 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 provide that ballots used in optical scan voting systems shall use paper with a visible wat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
Senate Tabled |
| GA | HB1218 | Engross
50% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to probate, so as to provide notice to beneficiaries of a testate estate; to provide for legis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
Senate Tabled |
| GA | SB358 | Engross
50% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 1 of Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the State Election Board, so as to remove the Secretary of State from the board; to authorize the b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute |
| GA | HB298 | Engross
50% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 12 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding juries, so as to provide for an exemption or deferment from jury service for natural or adop...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
| GA | HB470 | Engross
50% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical and other confidential information, so as to allow for voluntary open communications related to healthcare under rules of evid...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
| GA | HB846 | Engross
50% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 2 of Part 6 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conditions of employment in elementary and secondary education, so as to require local school syste...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
Senate Read Second Time |
| GA | HB1247 | Engross
50% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to property, so as to provide for transfer-on-death deeds; to provide for definitions; to provide for execution and recording of such deeds; to provide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
Senate Read Second Time |
| GA | HB909 | Engross
50% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, so as to provide for the restriction and seal of First Offender Act sentences until such status is...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
Senate Read Second Time |
| GA | HB987 | Engross
50% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-165 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to equalization grants, annual calculations, and allocation, so as to revise the definition of the term "qualified local school system sch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
Senate Read Second Time |
| GA | HB996 | Engross
50% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to jails, so as to provide jailers with arrest powers; to provide for related matters; to repe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
Senate Read Second Time |
| GA | HB1251 | Engross
50% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-30, relating to travel expenses of judges of the superior courts, so as to transfer from the state auditor to The Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia duties related to review and approva...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
Senate Read Second Time |
| GA | HB1044 | Engross
50% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 13 of the O.C.G.A., relating to contracts for public works, so as to increase the dollar value of certain public works contracts exempt from provisions relating to retention of contractual pay...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08
Senate Read Second Time |
| GA | HB1440 | Intro
25% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the OneGeorgia Authority, so as to enact the "Richard H. Smith Georgia CHIPS Advancement in Research and Economic Development Act"; to provide for definitions; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
| GA | HB204 | Engross
50% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 32 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to municipal courts, so as to create the Georgia Municipal Court Clerks' Council; to provide for definitions; to provide for the membersh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
Senate Committee Favorably Reported |
| GA | HB375 | Engross
50% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 29-5-23 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to authority of conservator and cooperation with guardian or other interested parties, so as to define the term "gross settlement"; to prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
| GA | HB1136 | Intro
25% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to stalking, so as to revise a definition; to clarify that stalking and aggravated stalking can be committed both directly an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
| GA | HB1038 | Intro
25% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to assault and battery, so as to provide for the offense of reproductive battery; to provide for definitions; to provide for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
| GA | HB1184 | Intro
25% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to privileges relative to evidence, so as to provide a privilege for participation in victim centered programs; to provide for definitions...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
| GA | HB167 | Engross
50% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-5-64 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to limited driving permits for certain offenders, so as to provide for standards for issuance of such permits; to provide for related matte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
| GA | HB1113 | Intro
25% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 18 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state printing and documents, so as to prohibit the collecting of certain personal information; to prohibit the release of certain per...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
| GA | HB1324 | Intro
25% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 4 of Article 3 of Chapter 1 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ride share network services and transportation referral services, so as to exempt ride share network services fr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| GA | HB17 | Intro
25% | A BILL to be entitled 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 provide for the sealing of ballots in secure containers; to provide for chain of custody do...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
| GA | HB947 | Engross
50% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions concerning superior courts, so as to modify provisions regarding the compensation received by superior court judges; to amend Title ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Appropriations Committee |
| GA | HB1112 | Intro
25% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the elections and primaries generally, so as to remove the Secretary of State from the State Election Board; to provide that the board ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
House Committee Favorably Reported |
