| GA | SB73 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06
Act 605 |
| GA | SB439 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Atlanta independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $100,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city wh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06
Act 624 |
| GA | SB373 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-10A-13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to requirements for licensure in marriage and family therapy, so as to provide for the issuance of expedited licenses by endorsement for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-02
Act 557 |
| GA | SB10 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 and Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses against public order and motor vehicles and traffic, respectively, so as to provide for an offense ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Act 513 |
| GA | SB449 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-7-12.8 of the O.C.G.A., relating to certification as nursing aid and employer sponsored training and competency examination program,to amend Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Act 486 |
| GA | SB505 | Pass | 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 revise provisions relating to required publication by hospital ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Act 427 |
| GA | SB76 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the state employees' health insurance plan and post-employment health benefit fund, so as to provide for state health benefit plans to cover insuli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute |
| GA | SB469 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 11 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan, so as to increase the maximum amount of contributions allowed per beneficiary ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub |
| GA | SB583 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for operation of automated transit vehicle lane monitoring devices for the enforcement of traffic in transit vehicle lanes in the City of Atlanta; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| GA | SB581 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-11-127.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying weapons within school safety zones, at school functions, or on a bus or other transportation furnished by a school, so as t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| GA | SB582 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 11 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public school property and facilities, so as to provide for building inspection and code enforcement for public school ed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To Senate Education and Youth Committee |
| GA | SB137 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-411 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities, so as to revise the definition of approved scho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
| GA | SB202 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 11 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public school property and facilities, so as to provide for an outdoor learning spaces pilot program; to provide for a pi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Education Committee |
| GA | SB235 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Department of Community Affairs, so as to create the HBCU Innovation and Economic Prosperity Planning Districts Commission; to provide for membership and ope...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To House Higher Education Committee |
| GA | SB320 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, so as to provide for time frames for HIV testing; to provide for additional testing; to prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
Senate Tabled |
| GA | SB336 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to the administration of mental health, so as to allow for certain officials on the Behavioral Health Coordinating Counc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
Senate Tabled |
| GA | SB396 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Economic Development, so as to enact the "Georgia State-wide Music Office Act"; to provide for legislative findings; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
Senate Tabled |
| GA | SB423 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 provide the maintenance and placement of one or more automated external defibrillators in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
Senate Read Second Time |
| GA | SB540 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 8-3-202 and Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to unlawful practices in selling or renting dwellings and exceptions, and landlord and tenant in gen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| GA | SB537 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to taxes on tobacco and vaping products, so as to increase the rate of the tax on consumable vapor products; to provide that the proceeds...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21
To Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee |
| GA | SB538 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to provide that interfering with poll workers shall be punished as a misdemeanor; to provide f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21
To Senate Ethics Committee |
| GA | SB539 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to taxes on tobacco and vaping products, so as to increase the rate of the tax on each pack of cigarettes; to provide that the proceeds d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21
To Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee |
| GA | SB527 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 taxes, so as to exempt sales of clothing and school related supplies for limited periods of time; to provid...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-20
To Senate Finance Committee |
| GA | SB526 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to scholarships, loans, and grants, so as to establish the Georgia Good Faith Grant Program; to provide for definitions; to p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-20
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| GA | SB521 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 provide protections for freelance workers; to provide for timely payment of freelance workers by hiring parties; to prohibit retaliat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-20
To Senate Insurance and Labor Committee |
| GA | SB458 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to libraries, so as to require the board of regents to adopt the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights; to provide for rel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Government Oversight Committee |
| GA | SB372 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales and use taxes, so as to exempt the sale or use of certain goods designed and customarily used for child-rearing; to provide for r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| GA | SB52 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-161.3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Dual Enrollment Act," purpose, dual credit courses, eligibility for participation, and eligibility for payment, so as to require...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-08
Senate Recommitted |
| GA | SB43 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 5 of Chapter 9 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia State Indemnification Fund, so as to provide that death by suicide of a public safety officer in certain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-08
Senate Recommitted |
| GA | SB303 | Veto | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Fulton County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in the amount of 50 percent of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that county who are 65 years of a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-05
Effective Date 2023-05-05 |
| GA | SB317 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to continue the existence of the Atlanta Independent School System under the management and control of the Atlanta Board of Education, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4154), as amended, particularly...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Effective Date 2023-05-03 |
| 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 | SB211 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to establish the Georgia Council on Literacy; to provide for consultation with subject matter experts; to provide for automatic repeal; to require local scho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-13
Effective Date 2023-07-01 |
| GA | SB325 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 29 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to dispensing opticians, so as to exempt from licensure an employee of a licensed physician or optometrist who is under the direct or real-time supervision of a li...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| GA | SB304 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to holidays and observances, so as to designate the month of July each year as "Muslim American Heritage Month" in Georgia; to provide for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-15
To Senate Rules Committee |
| GA | SB286 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 64 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation and licensure of pharmacy benefits managers, so as to provide for definitions; to require pharmacy benefits managers to cal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-06
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| GA | SB284 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to add a program for students living in poverty to the table of quality basic edu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-02
To Senate Education and Youth Committee |
| GA | SB244 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to drivers' licenses, so as to authorize the use of fingerprint scans for the verification of identity and date of birth of applicants see...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-27
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| GA | SB253 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-11-172 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to transfers or purchases of firearms subject to the NICS, information concerning persons who have been involuntarily hospitalized to be ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| GA | SB234 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to equipment and inspection of motor vehicles, so as to provide for the enforcement of laws regarding the operation of a motor vehicle with equipment which produces...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-23
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| GA | SB228 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conservation and natural resources, so as to establish the position of director of outdoor recreation in the Department of Natural Resources; to pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
To Senate Natural Resources and the Environment Committee |
| GA | SB214 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alcoholic beverages, so as to change the number of retail dealer licenses that a person may hold or have a beneficial interest in; to provide for rel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-21
To Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee |
| GA | SB207 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 for professionals in elementary and secondary education, so as to revise t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-21
To Senate Education and Youth Committee |
| GA | SB179 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 21-2-216 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to qualifications of electors generally, reregistration of electors purged from list, eligibility of nonresidents who vote in presidential...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-15
To Senate Ethics Committee |
| GA | SB166 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 19 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to labor practices of public officers and employees; to amend Code Section 16-8-16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to theft by extortion; to repeal and reserve Code Sect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-15
To Senate Insurance and Labor Committee |
| GA | SB150 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 and Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health of students in elementary and secondary education and general provisions regarding health, respectively,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-13
To Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee |
| GA | SB118 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income taxes, so as to revise a state income tax credit based upon the federal qualified child and dependent care tax credit; to provid...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| GA | SB119 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 16 and 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses and to domestic relations, respectively, so as to prohibit persons convicted of misdemeanor crimes of family violence fr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-09
To Senate Interstate Cooperation Committee |
| GA | SB101 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to provide that an application for an absentee ballot in a primary or election shall also be an automatic applicatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To Senate Ethics Committee |
| GA | SB82 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 8-3-201 of the O.C.G.A., Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Chapter 1 of Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., and Article 2 of Chapter 19 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-06
To Senate Insurance and Labor Committee |
