Georgia Senator Ben Watson [R]

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GASB1Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to provide generally for competitively fair and safe student participation in middle school, high school, and college sports; to promote fair and safe compet...
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2025-03-25
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
GASB42Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-6-13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to penalties for violating Code Sections 16-6-9 through 16-6-12, so as to repeal certain penalty provisions for the offense of prostitution...
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2025-03-25
House Passed/Adopted
GASB123Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled 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 sh...
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2025-03-25
House Passed/Adopted
GAHB154Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency medical services, so as to designate ambulance services as an essential service in this state; to provide for statutory cons...
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2025-03-25
Senate Read Second Time
GAHB428Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding health, so as to codify the right to in vitro fertilization for individuals; to provide for a definition; ...
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2025-03-25
Senate Read Second Time
GASR446PassA RESOLUTION honoring the exceptional service and sacrifices of veterans and recognizing November 2025 as Veterans Month; and for other purposes.
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2025-03-25
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR464Intro
25%
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Dr. Jermaine Whirl, the incoming President of Savannah State University; and for other purposes.
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2025-03-25
Senate Hopper
GASR463Intro
25%
A RESOLUTION honoring the life of Trooper Chase Winston Redner and dedicating an intersection in his memory; and for other purposes.
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2025-03-25
Senate Hopper
GASB13Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority, so as to authorize the authority to finance and perform certain duties in connection with...
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2025-03-21
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
GASB58Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled 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 servic...
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2025-03-21
House Passed/Adopted
GASB68Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 9, 13, 40, and 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to civil practice, contracts, motor vehicles, and torts, respectively, so as to provide for substantive and comprehensive revision of p...
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2025-03-21
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
GASB96Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various titles of the O.C.G.A., so as to modernize and update provisions creating certain boards, panels, authorities, centers, commissions, committees, councils, task forces, and other such bodies; to provide fo...
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2025-03-21
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
GASB98Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 29 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to guardian and ward, so as to provide for county conservators generally; to provide for respective rights and responsibilities of county conservators ...
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2025-03-21
House Passed/Adopted
GASB154Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled 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...
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2025-03-21
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
GASR231PassA RESOLUTION honoring the life of Officer Jeremy Labonte and dedicating an interchange in his memory; and for other purposes.
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2025-03-21
House Committee Favorably Reported
GASR386Intro
25%
A RESOLUTION creating the Senate State FairTax Study Committee; and for other purposes.
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2025-03-21
Senate Read Second Time
GASR424Intro
25%
A RESOLUTION creating the Senate Study Committee on Franchise Fees; and for other purposes.
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2025-03-21
To Senate Rules Committee
GASB12Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled 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 documents and records in the possession of private pe...
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2025-03-20
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
GASB28Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 28, 31, and 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the General Assembly, health, and state government, respectively, so as to provide for procedures and processes concerning the enactment of legislation and the a...
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2025-03-20
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
GASB130Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled 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 f...
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2025-03-20
House Committee Favorably Reported
GASB195Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacies, so as to provide that pharmacists are authorized to dispense preexposure prophylaxis and postexposure prophyla...
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2025-03-20
House Committee Favorably Reported
GASB207Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 20, 26, 31, 33, and 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, food, drugs, and cosmetics, health, insurance, and professions and businesses; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 25 of the O.C.G.A., relating to fir...
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2025-03-20
House Committee Favorably Reported
GASR311Intro
25%
A RESOLUTION creating the Senate Study Committee on Recovery Residences; and for other purposes.
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2025-03-20
To Senate Rules Committee
GASR406PassA RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Charles M. "Buddy" Leger; and for other purposes.
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2025-03-20
Senate Read and Adopted
GASB340Intro
25%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new charter for the City of Tybee Island, approved April 20, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 4462), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 2, 2019 (Ga. L. 2019, p. 3569), so as to provide...
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2025-03-20
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee
GASB341Intro
25%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to deceptive or unfair practices, so as to protect the exercise of constitutional rights; to prohibit discrimination in the ...
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2025-03-20
To Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee
GASR407PassA RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Mr. Abit Massey; and for other purposes.
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2025-03-20
Senate Read and Adopted
GASB6Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 26-3-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other laws unaffected by the "Georgia Drug and Cosmetic Act," so as to authorize the use of testing equipment to determine whether a con...
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2025-03-18
House Passed/Adopted
GASB17Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 11 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 and Article 10 of Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public school property and facilities and state-wide first responder building map...
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2025-03-18
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
GASB100Engross
50%
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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2025-03-18
House Committee Favorably Reported
GASB109Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 25 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to life insurance, so as to prohibit a policy of group life insurance from excluding or restricting liability for certain deaths occurrin...
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2025-03-18
House Passed/Adopted
GASB131Engross
50%
A 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 the establishment of the Georgia Health Care Professionals Data Syste...
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2025-03-18
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
GASR246PassA RESOLUTION commending President Donald J. Trump; and for other purposes.
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2025-03-18
Senate Passed/Adopted
GASR245PassA RESOLUTION commending Doug Collins; and for other purposes.
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2025-03-18
Senate Passed/Adopted
GASB260Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to Department of Economic Development, so as to create the Central State Hospital Redevelopment Authority; to confer powers and impose duties on the authority; to p...
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2025-03-18
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
GASB293Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled 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 re...
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2025-03-18
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
GASB276Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled 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...
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2025-03-18
House Passed/Adopted
GAHB645Engross
50%
A 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 repeal certain provisions requiring COVID-19 testing of staff m...
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2025-03-18
Senate Read Second Time
GASR392PassA RESOLUTION recognizing the Civil Air Patrol for their service to the citizens of Georgia; and for other purposes.
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2025-03-18
Senate Read and Adopted
GASB162Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia Composite Medical Board, so as to provide for the board to implement an automated credentialing system for health...
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2025-03-13
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
GAHB473Engross
50%
A 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; to provide for certain pr...
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2025-03-13
Senate Read Second Time
GASB4Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled 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...
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2025-03-11
To House Education Committee
GASB33Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia Hemp Farming Act," so as to provide limits on the total THC concentration of consumable hemp products; to revise provisions concerning...
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2025-03-11
To House Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee
GASB27Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Georgia Code Annotated, relating to stalking, so as to provide for the offense of doxxing; to provide for penalties; to provide for a protective order; to provid...
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2025-03-11
To House Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee
GASB132Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 7 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insanity and mental incapacity, so as to require a hearing before a court orders an evaluation of the mental com...
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2025-03-11
[Hearing: Mar 27 @ 1:00 pm]
[Hearing: Mar 27 @ 2:00 pm]
[Hearing: Mar 27 @ 3:30 pm]
To House Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee
GASB129Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled 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 di...
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2025-03-11
To House Ways and Means Committee
GASB291Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled 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 ...
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2025-03-11
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
GASR372Intro
25%
A RESOLUTION expressing support for increased awareness of stomach cancer; and for other purposes.
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2025-03-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
GASR371Intro
25%
A RESOLUTION honoring the life of Investigator Eric Anthony Minix and dedicating a road in his memory; and for other purposes.
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2025-03-11
To Senate Transportation Committee
GASR8PassA RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Deputy Brandon Cunningham and dedicating an intersection in his memory; and for other purposes.
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2025-03-10
To House Transportation Committee
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