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GASB73PassA 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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2024-05-06
Act 605
GASB341PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various titles of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to revise committee names; to repeal provisions relating to inactive boards, panels, authorities, centers, commissions, committees, councils, task fo...
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2024-05-06
Act 609
GASB344PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes, so as to exempt sales of firearms, ammunition, gun safes, and related accessories during an 11 day p...
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2024-05-06
Act 610
GASB352PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to motor vehicle equipment and inspection, so as to provide for standards for the al...
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2024-05-06
Act 611
GASB414PassA 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...
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2024-05-06
Act 613
GASB417PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 8-2-106 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reporting of accidents relative to elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, manlifts, and moving walks and removal from service of such equip...
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2024-05-06
Act 614
GASB426PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to revise requirements for joining of a motor carrier and motor carrier's insurer to a cause of action; to provide...
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2024-05-06
Act 616
GASB456PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 14A of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the central caregiver registry, so as to add disabled persons to the registry; to provide for related matters; to provid...
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2024-05-06
Act 619
GASB495PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-2A-18 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Low THC Oil Patient Registry, so as to provide for the term of validity of a registration card; to provide for delivery of registra...
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2024-05-06
Act 620
GASB340PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes, so as to exempt sales of firearm safes and firearm safety devices; to provide for definitions; to pr...
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2024-04-30
Act 497
GASB420PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to agriculture, so as to prohibit the acquisition of possessory interest in certain land by certain foreign ...
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2024-04-30
Act 496
GASB465PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to homicide, so as to provide for the felony offense of aggravated involuntary manslaughter; to provide for definitions; to p...
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2024-04-30
Act 504
GASB370PassA 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 business and on internet, so as to require certain establishments to ...
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2024-04-24
Act 489
GASB398PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Joint Defense Commission, so as to revise the commission's operations; to expand the commission's membership; ...
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2024-04-24
Act 481
GASB205PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licenses for funeral directors and embalmers, so as to change certain provisions related to the reinstatement o...
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2024-04-23
Act 478
GASB233PassA 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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2024-04-23
Act 457
GASB348PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-16-24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to notification of suspicious or unusual deaths, court ordered medical examiner's inquiry, and written report of inquiry, so as to revise ...
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2024-04-23
Act 477
GASB369PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles generally, so as to provide for the issuance of license plates commemorating ...
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2024-04-23
Act 480
GASB387PassA 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 that personal identification card applications of certain applicants wh...
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2024-04-23
Act 467
GASB366PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the General Assembly, so as to revise provisions related to the adoption and contents of general appropriations bills; to revise provisions for cert...
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2024-04-22
Act 419
GASB375PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 37-2-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council, membership, meetings, and obligations, so as to add the commissioner of veterans service as a...
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2024-04-22
Act 420
GASB430PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 16 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to COVID-19 pandemic business safety, so as to revise provisions for rebuttable presumptions of risk by claimants in certain COVID-19 lia...
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2024-04-22
Act 422
GASB493PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the sexual offender risk review board, so as to provide for additional penalties for registered sexual offenders convicted...
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2024-04-22
Act 426
GASB505PassA 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 revise provisions relating to required publication by hospital ...
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2024-04-22
Act 427
GASB293PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county boards of health, so as to provide that operational policies and procedures of the Department of Public Health apply to local pe...
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2024-04-19
Act 383
GASB480PassA 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 mental health and substance use profession...
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2024-04-19
Act 381
GASB496PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide for extension of preferential assessment ...
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2024-04-18
Act 375
GASB443PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 41 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to abatement of nuisances generally, so as to provide for inclusion of claims against promoters and organizers for costs incurred by local...
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2024-04-08
Act 374
GASR82PassA RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the tax commissioner, subject to local governing authority approval, to waive certain delinquent ad valorem property taxes, penalty, and interest for the purpose of placing no...
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2024-03-28
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
GASR866PassA RESOLUTION recognizing and commending C&H Precision's dedication to the State of Georgia and recognizing March 26, 2024, as C&H Precision Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.
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2024-03-28
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR843PassA RESOLUTION honoring Commissioner Bruce Thompson's courageous battle against pancreatic cancer; and for other purposes.
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2024-03-26
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR840PassA RESOLUTION celebrating the birth of Scarlett Kay Asbury Tippins; and for other purposes.
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2024-03-26
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR850PassA RESOLUTION honoring and celebrating Carol Lynne Manross Rhoades; and for other purposes.
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2024-03-26
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR854PassA RESOLUTION honoring the heroic actions of the Woodward Academy Security Team; and for other purposes.
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2024-03-26
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR817PassA RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Senator Horacena Tate for her outstanding public service; and for other purposes.
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2024-03-20
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR801PassA RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and its members in observance of the chapter's 70th anniversary; and for other purposes.
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2024-03-18
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR769PassA RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Senator Gloria Butler for her outstanding public service; and for other purposes.
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2024-03-13
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR775PassA RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Senator Valencia Seay; and for other purposes.
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2024-03-13
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR760PassA RESOLUTION recognizing March 13, 2024, as Golf Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.
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2024-03-11
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR749PassA RESOLUTION recognizing and commending John Forbes; and for other purposes.
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2024-03-08
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR731PassA RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the McDuffie/Warren County Unit on being named the Georgia Forestry Commission 2023 North Georgia Unit of the Year; the Berrien County Unit on being named the 2023 South Georgia Unit of the Year; Forest Protect...
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2024-03-07
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR743PassA RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Steven Wertheim, MD; and for other purposes.
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2024-03-07
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR720PassA RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Dave Cobb; and for other purposes.
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2024-03-04
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR700PassA RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Abilene Baptist Church on the occasion of its 250th anniversary; and for other purposes.
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2024-02-29
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR699PassA RESOLUTION congratulating the Greenbrier High School girls' golf team for winning the 2023 GHSA Class 5A State Golf Championship; and for other purposes.
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2024-02-29
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR701PassA RESOLUTION recognizing and commending The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; and for other purposes.
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2024-02-29
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR698PassA RESOLUTION congratulating the Greenbrier High School flag football team for winning the 2023 GHSA Division II Flag Football State Championship; and for other purposes.
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2024-02-29
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR689PassA RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Brooks A. Keel, PhD, for his dedicated service to advancing higher education in the State of Georgia, the University System of Georgia, Georgia Southern University, and Augusta University; and for other purpose...
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2024-02-26
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR471PassA RESOLUTION creating the Senate Study Committee on Access to Affordable Child Care; and for other purposes.
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2024-02-22
Senate Passed/Adopted
GASR474PassA RESOLUTION urging partnership among the Office of the Child Advocate for the Protection of Children, the Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Services, and the boards of commissioners for all Georgia counties to promo...
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2024-02-22
Senate Passed/Adopted
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