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Catoosa County, GA

Situated in northwestern Georgia, Catoosa County is part of the Chattanooga metropolitan area. The county seat is Ringgold.

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HB 457

Occupational therapists; perform dry needling as a physical agent modality if certain training and education requirements are met; authorize

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 28 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to occupational therapists, so as to authorize occupational therapists to perform dry needling as a physical agent modality if certain training and education requirements are met; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Regulated Industries Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Horner, Mitchell (3rd); Powell, Alan (33rd); Carpenter, Kasey (4th); Ridley, Jordan (22nd); Jasperse, Rick (11th)

Status History

02/19/2025: House Second Readers; 02/18/2025: House First Readers; 02/13/2025: House Hopper

Votes

No votes

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Yay or Nay

HB 446

Public Service Commission; discovery rights in proceedings; revise provisions

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to investigations and hearings of the Public Service Commission, so as to revise provisions concerning discovery rights in proceedings before the Public Service Commission; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Ridley, Jordan (22nd); Werkheiser, Bill (157th); Barton, Matt (5th); Parsons, Don (44th); Horner, Mitchell (3rd)

Status History

02/19/2025: House Second Readers; 02/18/2025: House First Readers; 02/13/2025: House Hopper

Votes

No votes

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Yay or Nay

HB 342

Crimes and offenses; access to medical cannabis; repeal certain advertising restrictions on licensees

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to access to medical cannabis, so as to repeal certain advertising restrictions on licensees; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Regulated Industries Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Horner, Mitchell (3rd); Ridley, Jason (6th); Ridley, Jordan (22nd); McCollum, Derrick (30th); Bell, Eric (75th)

Status History

04/04/2025: House Withdrawn, Recommitted; 03/04/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/12/2025: House Second Readers; 02/11/2025: House First Readers; 02/10/2025: House Hopper

Votes

No votes

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Yay or Nay

HB 264

Income tax; fully exempt residents who have reached the age of 100

Summary

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 fully exempt residents who have reached the age of 100; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Ways & Means Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Ridley, Jordan (22nd); Ridley, Jason (6th); Horner, Mitchell (3rd); Powell, Alan (33rd); Tarvin, Steve (2nd); Barrett, Carter (24th)

Status History

02/06/2025: House Second Readers; 02/05/2025: House First Readers; 02/04/2025: House Hopper

Votes

No votes

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Yay or Nay

HB 235

Georgia Supporting Living Donor Educators Act; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to education, so as to require employers of school employees to provide leaves of absence for the donation of bone marrow and organs; to provide for standards and conditions for granting such leaves of absence; to provide for a penalty for noncompliance; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Education Senate Committee: Education and Youth

Sponsors

Townsend, Rick (179th); Powell, Alan (33rd); Jones, Todd (25th); Newton, Mark (127th); Heffner, Lynn (130th); Horner, Mitchell (3rd)

Status History

04/28/2025: Act 14; 04/28/2025: House Date Signed by Governor; 04/09/2025: House Sent to Governor; 04/04/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 04/04/2025: Senate Third Read; 04/04/2025: Senate Taken from Table; 04/02/2025: Senate Tabled; 03/18/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 03/13/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 03/06/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 03/04/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/04/2025: House Third Readers; 02/28/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/06/2025: House Second Readers; 02/05/2025: House First Readers; 02/04/2025: House Hopper

Votes

03/04/2025, House Vote #168, 173, 0, 3, 4; 04/04/2025, Senate Vote #459, 54, 0, 0, 2

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HB 228

Georgia Farmstead Relief Act; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to standards, labeling, and adulteration of food, so as to authorize and regulate the production of farmstead products for human consumption; to provide relief from unnecessary regulatory burdens to small dairy farmers and dairy product producers; to provide standards for safety, cleanliness, and health for such products; to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture to enforce such standards and to promulgate rules and regulations; to provide for and require permits related to the production of farmstead products; to provide for penalty; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Horner, Mitchell (3rd); Ridley, Jason (6th); Cannon, Chas (172nd); Ridley, Jordan (22nd); Cox, Brent (28th); Kelley, Trey (16th)

Status History

02/06/2025: House Second Readers; 02/05/2025: House First Readers; 02/04/2025: House Hopper

Votes

No votes

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Yay or Nay

HB 194

Crimes and offenses; justification for use of force in defense of self or others; revise standards

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to justification and excuse in defenses to criminal prosecutions, so as to revise standards of justification for use of force in defense of self or others; to provide for a rebuttable presumption; to provide for timing for claims of immunity from prosecution based upon justification; to provide for standards of proof; to amend Code Section 51-11-9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to no duty to retreat and immunity in certain instances of threat or use of force, so as to extend immunity from civil liability in justified use of force cases to legal representatives and heirs of the person against whom force was used; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Judiciary Non-Civil Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Byrd, Charlice (20th); Kahaian, Noelle (81st); Ridley, Jordan (22nd); Horner, Mitchell (3rd)

Status History

02/04/2025: House Second Readers; 02/03/2025: House First Readers; 01/30/2025: House Hopper

Votes

No votes

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Yay or Nay

HB 195

Watercraft; require probable cause for summonses and boarding vessels

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 52-7-25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to enforcement of rules and regulations regarding registration, operation, and sale of watercraft, so as to require probable cause for summonses and boarding vessels; 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: N/A

Sponsors

Ridley, Jordan (22nd); Ridley, Jason (6th); Horner, Mitchell (3rd); Tarvin, Steve (2nd); Reeves, Matt (99th); Kahaian, Noelle (81st)

Status History

02/04/2025: House Second Readers; 02/03/2025: House First Readers; 01/30/2025: House Hopper

Votes

No votes

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