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Bulloch County, GA

In southeastern Georgia, Bulloch County is home to Georgia Southern University in Statesboro. The county has a mix of education and agriculture.​

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SB 104

State Government; use or installation of any artificial intelligence system on state equipment when the company that developed or deployed such artificial intelligence system is associated with the People’s Republic of China; prohibit

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 29 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to information technology relative to state government, so as to prohibit the use or installation of any artificial intelligence system on state equipment when the company that developed or deployed such artificial intelligence system is associated with the People’s Republic of China; to provide definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Government Oversight

Sponsors

Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Albers, John (56th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Robertson, Randy (29th); Brass, Matt (6th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Hickman, Billy (4th)

Status History

02/06/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/05/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 105

Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians; licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teleadvice; authorize

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 50 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to veterinarians and veterinary technicians, so as to authorize licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teleadvice; to authorize licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teletriage under certain circumstances; to authorize licensed veterinarians to practice veterinary telemedicine under certain circumstances; to provide for the regulation of the practice of veterinary telemedicine, veterinary teletriage, and veterinary teleadvice by the State Board of Veterinary Medicine; to revise and provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Senate Committee: Agriculture and Consumer Affairs

Sponsors

Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Watson, Sam (11th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Echols, Drew (49th); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Cowsert, Bill (46th)

Status History

04/10/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 04/04/2025: Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub; 03/27/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/27/2025: House Third Readers; 03/20/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 03/11/2025: House Second Readers; 03/10/2025: House First Readers; 03/06/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 03/06/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/19/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/18/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 02/06/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/05/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/06/2025, Senate Vote #162, 52, 0, 2, 2; 03/27/2025, House Vote #324, 168, 0, 2, 10; 04/04/2025, Senate Vote #476, 51, 1, 3, 1

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SB 99

Crimes and Offenses; definition of law enforcement officer; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-1-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to crimes and offenses, so as to provide for a definition of law enforcement officer; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Public Safety and Homeland Security Senate Committee: Public Safety

Sponsors

Robertson, Randy (29th); Albers, John (56th); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Summers, Carden (13th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Echols, Drew (49th); Watson, Sam (11th); Harbin, Marty (16th); Still, Shawn (48th); Payne, Chuck (54th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Gooch, Steve (51st)

Status History

04/10/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 04/04/2025: Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub; 03/31/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/31/2025: House Third Readers; 03/20/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/19/2025: House Second Readers; 02/18/2025: House First Readers; 02/13/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 02/13/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/12/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/11/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/06/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/05/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/13/2025, Senate Vote #55, 49, 1, 2, 4; 03/31/2025, House Vote #370, 152, 11, 5, 12; 04/04/2025, Senate Vote #475, 50, 3, 2, 1

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SB 91

State Employees’ Health Insurance Plan; Board of Community Health from entering into, executing, or renewing a contract with any pharmacy benefits manager that owns or has an ownership interest in any retail pharmacy; prohibit

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state employees’ health insurance plan, so as to prohibit the Board of Community Health from entering into, executing, or renewing a contract or contracts with any pharmacy benefits manager that owns or has an ownership interest in any retail pharmacy or any legal entity that contracts with or uses such pharmacy benefits manager; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Health Senate Committee: Health and Human Services

Sponsors

Tillery, Blake (19th); Watson, Ben (1st); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Goodman, Russ (8th); Williams, Rick (25th); Ginn, Frank (47th); Still, Shawn (48th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Albers, John (56th); Summers, Carden (13th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Payne, Chuck (54th); Echols, Drew (49th); Watson, Sam (11th); Burns, Max (23rd); Harbin, Marty (16th); Brass, Matt (6th); Dolezal, Greg (27th); Hodges, Mike (3rd); James, Donzella (28th); Mallow, Derek (2nd); Beach, Brandon (21st); Hickman, Billy (4th)

Status History

04/04/2025: House Withdrawn, Recommitted; 04/02/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 03/10/2025: House Second Readers; 03/06/2025: House First Readers; 03/04/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 03/04/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/18/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/13/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 02/10/2025: Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted; 02/05/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/04/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/04/2025, Senate Vote #141, 52, 2, 1, 1

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SB 93

“Georgia Early Literacy Act”; the three-cuing system from inclusion in high-quality instructional materials or structured literacy; prohibit

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-153.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the “Georgia Early Literacy Act,” so as to prohibit the three-cuing system from inclusion in high-quality instructional materials or structured literacy; to prohibit public schools from employing the three-cueing system or visual memory as a basis for teaching word reading; to provide for criteria for core curricula for state approved educator preparation programs; to provide for and revise definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Education Senate Committee: Education and Youth

Sponsors

Kemp, RaShaun (38th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Dolezal, Greg (27th); Esteves, Jason (35th); Jackson, Kim (41st); Parent, Elena (44th); Mallow, Derek (2nd); Dixon, Clint (45th); Halpern, Sonya (39th)

Status History

04/30/2025: Act 27; 04/30/2025: Senate Date Signed by Governor; 04/10/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 04/02/2025: Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub; 03/31/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/31/2025: House Third Readers; 03/21/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 03/11/2025: House Second Readers; 03/10/2025: House First Readers; 03/06/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/06/2025: Senate Third Read; 03/06/2025: Senate Taken from Table; 03/06/2025: Senate Tabled; 03/04/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 03/03/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/05/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/04/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/06/2025, Senate Vote #207, 50, 3, 3, 0; 03/31/2025, House Vote #346, 168, 0, 5, 7; 04/02/2025, Senate Vote #417, 55, 0, 0, 1

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SB 75

Speed Detection Devices and Red Light Cameras; standards for signs warning of a reduced speed limit in a school zone and signs warning of the use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to use of speed detection devices and red light cameras, so as to provide for standards for signs warning of a reduced speed limit in a school zone and signs warning of the use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices; to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts, so as to authorize district attorneys, solicitors-general, and prosecuting attorneys to enforce civil monetary penalties relative to the enforcement of laws regarding speeding in a school zone using recorded images; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Public Safety

Sponsors

Burns, Max (23rd); Albers, John (56th); Williams, Rick (25th); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Moore, Colton (53rd); Gooch, Steve (51st); Payne, Chuck (54th); Summers, Carden (13th); Hickman, Billy (4th); McLaurin, Josh (14th); Harbin, Marty (16th); Islam Parkes, Nabilah (7th); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd); Esteves, Jason (35th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Still, Shawn (48th); Mallow, Derek (2nd); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Watson, Ben (1st); Ginn, Frank (47th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Watson, Sam (11th)

Status History

03/04/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 03/03/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/04/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/03/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

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SB 78

“City of Tybee Island Buildings and Public Facilities Authority Act”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the City of Tybee Island Building and Public Facilities Authority; to provide that the authority is a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the State of Georgia; to provide that this Act shall be liberally construed; to define the scope of the authority’s operation; to provide for disposition of property upon dissolution of the authority; to provide for severability; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Intragovernmental Coordination Senate Committee: State and Local Governmental Operations

Sponsors

Watson, Ben (1st); Mallow, Derek (2nd); Hickman, Billy (4th); Dixon, Clint (45th)

Status History

05/01/2025: Act 53; 05/01/2025: Senate Date Signed by Governor; 04/07/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 03/04/2025: House Passed/Adopted; 03/04/2025: House Third Readers; 03/04/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 02/13/2025: House Second Readers; 02/12/2025: House First Readers; 02/11/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 02/11/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 02/04/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/03/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/11/2025, Senate Vote #33, 49, 0, 5, 2; 03/04/2025, House Vote #148, 172, 0, 6, 2

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SB 79

“Fentanyl Eradication and Removal Act”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, so as to revise threshold amounts of fentanyl and related substances necessary to constitute the offenses of possessing, selling, distributing, and manufacturing of such substances; to revise mandatory minimum departure provisions for defendants convicted of trafficking of substances in violation of Code Section 16-13-31, relating to trafficking in cocaine, illegal drugs, marijuana, or methamphetamine and penalties; to amend various titles of the O.C.G.A., so as to provide for conforming changes; to provide for an effective date; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Judiciary Non-Civil Senate Committee: Judiciary

Sponsors

Goodman, Russ (8th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Tillery, Blake (19th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Albers, John (56th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Anderson, Lee (24th); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Robertson, Randy (29th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Summers, Carden (13th); Burns, Max (23rd); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Watson, Ben (1st); Payne, Chuck (54th); Beach, Brandon (21st); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Williams, Rick (25th); Dolezal, Greg (27th); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Echols, Drew (49th); Watson, Sam (11th); Still, Shawn (48th); Dixon, Clint (45th)

Status History

04/07/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 03/28/2025: Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub; 03/28/2025: House Immediately Transmitted to Senate; 03/28/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/28/2025: House Third Readers; 03/27/2025: House Postponed; 03/27/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/28/2025: House Second Readers; 02/27/2025: House First Readers; 02/26/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 02/26/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/24/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/21/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 02/04/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/03/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/26/2025, Senate Vote #95, 50, 3, 2, 1; 03/28/2025, House Vote #339, 131, 31, 3, 15; 03/28/2025, House Vote #340, 99, 62, 4, 15; 03/28/2025, Senate Vote #334, 49, 0, 0, 7

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