Georgia Senator Ben Watson [R]

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GASR10PassA RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Diane Wilush on her outstanding service; and for other purposes.
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2023-12-04
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR5PassA RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Rosalynn Carter; and for other purposes.
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2023-11-30
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR4PassA RESOLUTION expressing support for the Nation of Israel and the Jewish people as well as condemning terroristic attacks upon the Nation of Israel and antisemitic acts and speech in the United States; and for other purposes.
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2023-11-29
Senate Passed/Adopted
GASB84PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008," so as to provide for financial protections for elder and disabled adults who may be victims of financ...
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2023-05-03
Act 269
GASB218PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to identification cards for persons without drivers' licenses, so as to provide for the issuance of identification cards to persons completing a term o...
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2023-05-03
Act 268
GASB222PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A, relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to provide that all costs and expenses relating to election administration are paid for with lawfully appropriate public ...
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2023-05-03
Act 273
GASB1PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding state government, so as to remove the automatic repealer on the prohibition on state and local governments from requiring proof of C...
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2023-05-02
Act 254
GASB20PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 20E of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., the "Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act," so as to ensure consumer access to quality healthcare by setting adequacy standards for network plans offered by an insurer...
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2023-05-02
Act 242
GASB46PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 17 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of sexually transmitted disease, so as to require physicians and healthcare providers to test all pregnant women for HIV and s...
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2023-05-02
Act 230
GASB65PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions, so as to authorize the Commissioner of Insurance to take certain actions, including but not limited to promulgating...
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2023-05-02
Act 226
GASB93PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 29 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to information technology, so as to restrict the use of certain social media platforms on state equipment; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matte...
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2023-05-02
Act 255
GASB148PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 14 of the O.C.G.A., relating to nonprofit corporations, so as to comprehensively revise, simplify, and modernize said chapter; to provide for construction of said chapter; to provide definition...
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2023-05-02
Act 260
GASB197PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to professions and businesses, so as to prohibit deceptive or misleading terms or false representations by ...
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2023-05-02
Act 243
GASB193PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 40 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the promotion and deployment of broadband services, so as to provide for the Department of Community Affairs to determine locations that are eligible for state ...
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2023-05-02
Act 249
GASB204PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education accountability, so as to provide for the recognition of certain accrediting agencies as evaluators of the quality of education offered in public schoo...
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2023-05-02
Act 252
GASB223PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding health, so as to authorize reimbursement of patient incurred expenses related to participation in a cancer clinical trial; to provid...
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2023-05-02
Act 227
GAHB383PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the O.C.G., relating to assault and battery and related offenses against persons, so as to provide for enhanced penalties for aggravated assault and aggravated battery commit...
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2023-05-02
Effective Date 2023-05-02
GAHB302PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-5-94 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to restraining orders and protective orders, so as to provide for the issuance of a temporary or permanent protective order by the court; t...
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2023-05-02
Effective Date 2023-07-01
GASB47PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to offenses against public health and morals, so as to provide that vaping in restricted areas is a misdemeanor punishable by fine; to provide for related matters;...
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2023-05-01
Act 75
GASB68PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-14-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations, so as to include the offense of dogfighting as racketeering activi...
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2023-05-01
Act 91
GASB91PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to workers' compensation, so as to extend the time period for the dissolution of the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund; to provide for related ...
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2023-05-01
Act 79
GASB116PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-37-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disposition of municipal property generally, so as to revise provisions relating to the maximum term of certain leases or contracts for ...
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2023-05-01
Act 82
GAHB332PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to controlled substances, so as to provide for certain provisions relating to Schedule I controlled substances, Schedule IV controlled su...
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2023-05-01
Effective Date 2023-05-01
GAHB35PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia Ports Authority, so as to provide for powers of the authority; to expand the arrest authority of officers of the Georgia Ports ...
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2023-05-01
Effective Date 2023-07-01
GASB3PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to organization of executive branch generally, so as to require state departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, offices, commissions, public corporations, and authori...
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2023-04-27
Act 53
GASB246PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce, so as to provide for student loan repayment for certain nursing faculty; to provide for de...
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2023-04-27
Act 50
GASB44PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, so as to provide for mandatory minimum penalties for violations of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act; to provide for related matters; to provi...
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2023-04-26
Act 29
GASB60PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 14 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to secondary metals recyclers, so as to provide that it shall be illegal for certain persons to purchase, possess, obtain, or sell or attempt to purch...
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2023-04-26
Act 31
GAHB414PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to governing and regulation of mental health, so as to provide for a grant program within the Department of Behavioral Health and Developm...
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2023-04-25
Effective Date 2023-04-25
GASB42PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-5-47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to posting model notice with human trafficking hotline information in businesses and on internet, so as to increase the fine for failure to...
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2023-04-11
Act 6
GASB64Engross

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A BILL to be entitled 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 o...
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2023-03-29
House Withdrawn, Recommitted
GASB73Engross

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to telephone service, so as to provide for class action suits and for damages agains...
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2023-03-29
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
GASB97Engross

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the O.C.G.A., relating to emergency management, so as to create the Georgia Cyber Command Division under the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; to provide for a sh...
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2023-03-29
House Withdrawn, Recommitted
GASB112Engross

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to vocational, technical, and adult education, so as to provide for a pilot program whereby qualifying private nonprofit entities provide instruction and other serv...
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2023-03-29
House Withdrawn, Recommitted
GASB233Engross

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to provide for the establishment of promise scholarship accounts to be funded by the state in the amount of $6,000.00 per school ye...
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2023-03-29
House Withdrawn, Recommitted
GASR417PassA RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the Primitive Baptists in the State of Georgia; and for other purposes.
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2023-03-29
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR428PassA RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Keenan Rogers; and for other purposes.
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2023-03-29
Senate Read and Adopted
GASB109Engross

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A BILL to be entitled 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 require the Department of Community Health to include continuous glucose monitors a...
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2023-03-27
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
GASR147PassA RESOLUTION creating the Senate Local Option Sales Tax Study Committee; and for other purposes.
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2023-03-27
Senate Passed/Adopted
GASR155PassA RESOLUTION creating the Senate Truck Driver Shortages Study Committee; and for other purposes.
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2023-03-27
Senate Passed/Adopted
GASB217Engross

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, so as to provide for the offense of operation of a motor vehicle with a fraudulent license plate; to provide for re...
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2023-03-27
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
GASR279PassA RESOLUTION creating the Senate Study Committee on Certificate of Need Reform; and for other purposes.
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2023-03-27
Senate Passed/Adopted
GAHB470Engross

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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...
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2023-03-27
Senate Tabled
GASR371PassA RESOLUTION creating the Senate Study Committee on Rural Medical Personnel Recruitment; and for other purposes.
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2023-03-27
Senate Passed/Adopted
GASB331Intro

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 26 of the O.C.G.A., relating to drug abuse treatment and education programs, so as to provide for the certification of recovery residences; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting...
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2023-03-27
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
GASB140PassA BILL to be entitled 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 prohibit certain surgical procedures for the treatment of gende...
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2023-03-23
Act 4
GASR159Intro

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A RESOLUTION creating the Senate Study Committee on the Parenting Time Deviation in Georgia's Child Support Guidelines Statute, O.C.G.A. Code Section 19-6-15; and for other purposes.
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2023-03-23
Senate Read Second Time
GASR354Intro

Sine Die
A RESOLUTION creating the Senate Study Committee on the Effects of Cannabis Use; and for other purposes.
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2023-03-23
Senate Read Second Time
GASR372Intro

Sine Die
A RESOLUTION supporting the improvement of the care of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; and for other purposes.
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2023-03-23
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
GASR355PassA RESOLUTION commending the Senate American Korean Friendship Caucus; and for other purposes.
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2023-03-21
Senate Read and Adopted
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