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SR 34

Grayson High School Football Team; congratulate

Summary

A RESOLUTION congratulating the Grayson High School football team for winning the 2024 GHSA Class 6A State Football Championship; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Merritt, Nikki (9th); Rahman, Sheikh (5th); Islam Parkes, Nabilah (7th); Still, Shawn (48th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Harrell, Sally (40th); Mangham, Randal (55th)

Status History

01/27/2025: Senate Read and Adopted; 01/17/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

BONFIRE.news's Position

Yay or Nay

SR 38

4-H Day; recognize February 25, 2025

Summary

A RESOLUTION commending the University of Georgia 4-H Program, Kingston Ryals, Melanie Biersmith, and the 2024-2025 4-H Leadership Teams and recognizing February 25, 2025, as 4-H Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Walker, III, Larry (20th); Ginn, Frank (47th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Echols, Drew (49th); Watson, Sam (11th); Burns, Max (23rd); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Beach, Brandon (21st); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Williams, Rick (25th); Setzler, Ed (37th); Harbin, Marty (16th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Dolezal, Greg (27th); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Payne, Chuck (54th)

Status History

01/29/2025: Senate Read and Adopted; 01/27/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

BONFIRE.news's Position

Yay or Nay

SR 39

Georgia Career and Technical Student Organizations Day; February 5, 2025; recognize February 2025 as Career and Technical Education Month

Summary

A RESOLUTION recognizing February 2025 as Career and Technical Education Month and February 5, 2025, as Georgia Career and Technical Student Organizations Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Payne, Chuck (54th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Summers, Carden (13th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Watson, Ben (1st); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Echols, Drew (49th); Watson, Sam (11th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Beach, Brandon (21st); Ginn, Frank (47th); Burns, Max (23rd); Williams, Rick (25th); Setzler, Ed (37th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Harbin, Marty (16th)

Status History

01/29/2025: Senate Read and Adopted; 01/27/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

BONFIRE.news's Position

Yay or Nay

SR 40

Georgia Center for Civic Engagement and ENGAGE: Youth in Government; recognize

Summary

A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the Georgia Center for Civic Engagement and ENGAGE: Youth in Government, which sponsors the Georgia Youth Assembly among other programs that cultivate youth civic engagement; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Payne, Chuck (54th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Summers, Carden (13th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Watson, Ben (1st); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Echols, Drew (49th); Watson, Sam (11th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Beach, Brandon (21st); Ginn, Frank (47th); Burns, Max (23rd); Williams, Rick (25th); Setzler, Ed (37th); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Harbin, Marty (16th)

Status History

01/29/2025: Senate Read and Adopted; 01/27/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

BONFIRE.news's Position

Yay or Nay

SR 23

US Congress; limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected; apply to call a convention

Summary

A RESOLUTION applying to the United States Congress to call a convention under Article V of the Constitution of the United States limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States House of Representatives and to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States Senate; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Rules Senate Committee: Rules

Sponsors

Cowsert, Bill (46th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Albers, John (56th); Beach, Brandon (21st); Summers, Carden (13th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Watson, Ben (1st); Dixon, Clint (45th); Echols, Drew (49th); Still, Shawn (48th); Payne, Chuck (54th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Harbin, Marty (16th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st)

Status History

02/24/2025: House Second Readers; 02/21/2025: House First Readers; 02/20/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 02/20/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/10/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/06/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 01/17/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/16/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/20/2025, Senate Vote #74, 22, 30, 0, 4; 02/20/2025, Senate Vote #75, 34, 18, 0, 4

BONFIRE.news's Position

Yay or Nay

SR 17

Family and Consumer Sciences; recgonize

Summary

A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Family and Consumer Sciences; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Ginn, Frank (47th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Brass, Matt (6th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Albers, John (56th); Summers, Carden (13th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Tillery, Blake (19th); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Still, Shawn (48th); Setzler, Ed (37th); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Williams, Rick (25th); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Echols, Drew (49th); Watson, Sam (11th); Dolezal, Greg (27th); Burns, Max (23rd); Harbin, Marty (16th); Gooch, Steve (51st)

Status History

01/16/2025: Senate Read and Adopted; 01/15/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

BONFIRE.news's Position

Yay or Nay

SR 18

Holder, Terry; congratulate

Summary

A RESOLUTION congratulating Terry Holder upon his induction into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Anderson, Lee (24th); Burns, Max (23rd); Lucas, David (26th); Williams, Rick (25th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Summers, Carden (13th); Brass, Matt (6th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Harbison, Ed (15th); Sims, Freddie Powell (12th); Watson, Sam (11th); Watson, Ben (1st); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Robertson, Randy (29th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Payne, Chuck (54th); Beach, Brandon (21st); Goodman, Russ (8th); Echols, Drew (49th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Albers, John (56th); Dolezal, Greg (27th); Walker, III, Larry (20th)

Status History

01/16/2025: Senate Read and Adopted; 01/15/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

BONFIRE.news's Position

Yay or Nay

SR 12

Thompson, Bruce A.; condolences

Summary

A RESOLUTION honoring and celebrating the life and legacy of Bruce A. Thompson; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Kennedy, John F. (18th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Robertson, Randy (29th); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Watson, Ben (1st); Still, Shawn (48th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Ginn, Frank (47th); Orrock, Nan (36th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Tillery, Blake (19th); Beach, Brandon (21st); Echols, Drew (49th); Watson, Sam (11th); Burns, Max (23rd); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Anderson, Lee (24th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Jackson, Kim (41st); James, Donzella (28th); Albers, John (56th); Anderson, Tonya (43rd); Parent, Elena (44th); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd); McLaurin, Josh (14th); Esteves, Jason (35th); Lucas, David (26th); Brass, Matt (6th); Wicks, Kenya (34th); Halpern, Sonya (39th); Kemp, RaShaun (38th); Setzler, Ed (37th); Harrell, Sally (40th); Davenport, Gail (17th); Mangham, Randal (55th)

Status History

01/15/2025: Senate Read and Adopted; 01/14/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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