| GA | SB431 | Intro
25% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 11 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to depositions and discovery under the Civil Practice Act, so as to remove certain factors from consideration in discovery de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee |
| GA | SB428 | Intro
25% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to torts, so as to provide for a cap on damages recoverable against foster parents in personal injury actions involving the use of a motor vehicle by a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| GA | SR515 | Pass | A RESOLUTION recognizing February 8, 2024, as Keep Georgia Beautiful Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
Senate Read and Adopted |
| GA | SB255 | Intro
25% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to gambling, so as to revise provisions relative to dogfighting; to prohibit fighting of dogs and game cocks; to p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
Senate Read Second Time |
| GA | SR465 | Pass | A RESOLUTION creating 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended |
| GA | SR488 | Pass | A RESOLUTION commending Saint Joseph's Mercy Care Services; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
Senate Read and Adopted |
| GA | SB41 | Intro
25% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration, operation, and sale of watercraft generally, so as to require completion of a boater education course for re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
| GA | SR443 | Pass | A RESOLUTION appointing Rick Jeffares to the State Election Board; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
Senate Passed/Adopted |
| GA | SB359 | Intro
25% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-14-3 of the O.C.G.A., relating to definitions under the "Georgia RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act," so as to amend the definition of "pattern of racketeering activity" to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
Senate Recommitted |
| GA | SR479 | Pass | A RESOLUTION congratulating the Cedartown High School Game Day Cheerleaders for winning the GHSA 3A-4A Division State Game Day Cheerleaders 2023 Championship; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
Senate Read and Adopted |
| GA | SR478 | Pass | A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Dr. Richard Weizenecker; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
Senate Read and Adopted |
| GA | SR457 | Pass | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Haley Lewis, the 2023 Employee of the Year for the Department of Community Supervision; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
Senate Read and Adopted |
| GA | SB361 | Intro
25% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-14-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to meetings open to the public, limitation on action to contest agency action, recording, notice of time and place, access to minutes, and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To Senate Government Oversight Committee |
| GA | SB364 | Intro
25% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide for a statewide homestead exemption from ad valorem taxes in an amount equal to any amount by which the current...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| GA | SR452 | Pass | A RESOLUTION recognizing February 7, 2024, as Lions Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
Senate Read and Adopted |
| GA | SR440 | Pass | A RESOLUTION commending Karen Bremer; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
Senate Read and Adopted |
| GA | HB290 | Engross
50% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to municipal taxation, so as to revise provisions concerning the duties of county tax commissioners with respect to the asses...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
| GA | SB350 | Intro
25% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses against public health and morals, so as to prohibit the sale of consumable hemp products to individuals under the age of 21 y...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| GA | SR45 | Intro
25% | A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Deputy Marshall Samual Ervin, Jr., and dedicating an intersection in his memory; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-08
Senate Recommitted |
| GA | SB98 | Intro
25% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to local boards of education, so as to prohibit local board of education members from discussing individual personnel matters with school officials exc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-08
Senate Recommitted |
| GA | SB111 | Intro
25% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to professions and businesses, so as to enact the "Anesthesiologist Assistant Act"; to provide for an anesthesiologist assistant to be appointed in an advisory capacity to the G...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-08
Senate Recommitted |
| GA | SB225 | Intro
25% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-25-14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act," so as to require an insurer to conduct a quarterly search of the National Association of Insurance Com...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-08
Senate Recommitted |
| GA | HB36 | Engross
50% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to revise the language required to be included in the notices of current assessment; to add hear...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-08
Senate Recommitted |
| GA | HB504 | Engross
50% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-164 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local five mill share funds, so as to exclude amounts attributable to level 1 freeport exemptions for purposes of calculating local fiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-08
Senate Recommitted |
| GA | HB454 | Engross
50% | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to revenue and taxation, so as to revise the terms "Internal Revenue Code" and "Internal Revenue Code of 1986" and thereby incorporate certain provisio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-08
Senate Recommitted |
| GA | SB23 | Veto | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various titles of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to revise a committee name; to repeal provisions relating to inactive boards, panels, authorities, centers, commissions, committees, councils, task f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-05
Veto V11 |
| GA | SB164 | Veto | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 26 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to nurses, so as to provide for licensure of advanced practice registered nurses; to revise definitions; to provide for licensure require...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-05
Veto V12 |
| GA | SB199 | Veto | A BILL to be entitled 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 cont...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-05
Veto V13 |
| GA | HB408 | Pass | A 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 tax, so as to change the sunset provision for the exemption for competitive projects of regional significan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-05
Effective Date 2023-07-01 |
| GA | SB129 | 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 provide for time off for employees to advance vote; to provide for related matters; to repe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-04
Effective Date 2023-07-01 |
| GA | SB84 | Pass | A 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Effective Date 2023-07-01 |
| GA | HB31 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hazardous site response, so as to dedicate the proceeds of certain hazardous waste fees to the Hazardous Waste T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Effective Date 2023-07-01 |
| GA | SB20 | Pass | A 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02
Effective Date 2024-01-01 |
| GA | SB46 | Pass | A 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02
Effective Date 2023-07-01 |
| GA | SB65 | Pass | A 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02
Effective Date 2023-05-02 |
| GA | SB56 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to ad valorem taxation, so as to require the state revenue commissioner to contract with the board of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia to offer certain c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02
Effective Date 2023-05-02 |
| GA | SB93 | Pass | A 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02
Effective Date 2023-05-02 |
| GA | SB131 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 13 of Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to permanent guardianship, so as to provide for service by publication; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02
Effective Date 2023-07-01 |
| GA | SB133 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the juvenile code, so as to create a uniform process to assume custody of children as a result of disposition orders; to provide for r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02
Effective Date 2023-07-01 |
| GA | SB197 | Pass | A 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02
Effective Date 2023-07-01 |
| GA | SB223 | Pass | A 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02
Effective Date 2023-07-01 |
| GA | HB295 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to revise certain procedures, timelines, and other matters concerning consumer protections against surprise billing; to provide gro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02
Effective Date 2023-07-01 |
| GA | SB47 | Pass | A 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;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-01
Effective Date 2023-07-01 |
| GA | SB68 | Pass | A 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-01
Effective Date 2023-07-01 |
| GA | SB91 | Pass | A 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-01
Effective Date 2023-07-01 |
| GA | SB121 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to prohibit local governments from denying the drilling, s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-01
Effective Date 2023-07-01 |
| GA | SB160 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to labor and industrial relations, so as to change certain provisions relating to employment security; to extend certain provisions relating to the rate of employer contribution...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-01
Effective Date 2023-05-01 |
| GA | SB3 | Pass | A 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-27
Effective Date 2023-07-01 |
| GA | SB86 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to allow eligible students participating in the Dual Enrollment program to access HOPE career grant funds for certain CTAE courses irrespective of whether th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-27
Effective Date 2023-07-01 |
| GA | SB60 | Pass | A 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-26
Effective Date 2023-07-01 |
