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SB 13

Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; finance and perform certain duties in connection with projects relating to natural gas facilities; authorize

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority, so as to authorize the authority to finance and perform certain duties in connection with projects relating to natural gas facilities; to revise definitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for limited liability; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications Senate Committee: Regulated Industries and Utilities

Sponsors

Summers, Carden (13th); Tillery, Blake (19th); Albers, John (56th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Robertson, Randy (29th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Watson, Ben (1st); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Mallow, Derek (2nd); Williams, Rick (25th); Brass, Matt (6th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Burns, Max (23rd); Sims, Freddie Powell (12th); Lucas, David (26th); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Beach, Brandon (21st); Dolezal, Greg (27th)

Status History

04/07/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 03/27/2025: Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub; 03/21/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/21/2025: House Third Readers; 03/18/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/27/2025: House Second Readers; 02/26/2025: House First Readers; 02/24/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 02/24/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/06/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/05/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 01/16/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/15/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/24/2025, Senate Vote #85, 42, 11, 2, 1; 03/21/2025, House Vote #299, 109, 50, 6, 15; 03/27/2025, Senate Vote #308, 50, 0, 4, 2

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SB 17

“Ricky and Alyssa’s Law”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 11 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 and Article 10 of Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public school property and facilities and state-wide first responder building mapping information system, respectively, so as to enact “Ricky and Alyssa’s Law”; to require local school systems to implement a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting disparate emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between multiple state and local first responder agencies in the event of a school security; to authorize the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency to adopt rules and regulations for the requirements for school mapping data; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Education Senate Committee: Education and Youth

Sponsors

Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Dixon, Clint (45th); Ginn, Frank (47th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Robertson, Randy (29th); Brass, Matt (6th); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Albers, John (56th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Summers, Carden (13th); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Hickman, Billy (4th); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Williams, Rick (25th); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Harbin, Marty (16th); Dolezal, Greg (27th); Echols, Drew (49th); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Halpern, Sonya (39th); Esteves, Jason (35th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Watson, Ben (1st); Burns, Max (23rd); Watson, Sam (11th); Payne, Chuck (54th)

Status History

04/02/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 04/02/2025: House Third Readers; 03/18/2025: 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; 02/19/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/18/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 01/16/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/15/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/06/2025, Senate Vote #163, 55, 0, 0, 1; 04/02/2025, House Vote #380, 171, 0, 1, 8

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SB 3

Prosecuting Attorneys; convictions for district attorneys, assistant district attorneys, deputy district attorneys; provide additional qualifications

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding prosecuting attorneys, so as to provide additional qualifications regarding convictions for district attorneys, assistant district attorneys, deputy district attorneys, and other attorneys at law employed by district attorneys; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Judiciary

Sponsors

Dolezal, Greg (27th); Beach, Brandon (21st); Robertson, Randy (29th); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Watson, Ben (1st); Tillery, Blake (19th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Ginn, Frank (47th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Echols, Drew (49th); Watson, Sam (11th); Burns, Max (23rd); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Anderson, Lee (24th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Still, Shawn (48th); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Harbin, Marty (16th); Moore, Colton (53rd); Kennedy, John F. (18th)

Status History

01/14/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/13/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 4

Education; fundamental roles of local boards of education and local school superintendents; revise provisions

Summary

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 revise provisions relating to the fundamental roles of local boards of education and local school superintendents; to provide for requirements for the model code of ethics for local boards of education to be promulgated by the State Board of Education; to provide for public complaints alleging ethics code violations by members of local boards of education; to provide for required and prohibited topics in training programs for local board of education members; to provide for a sanction for noncompliance; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Education Senate Committee: Education and Youth

Sponsors

Dolezal, Greg (27th); Beach, Brandon (21st); Robertson, Randy (29th); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Watson, Ben (1st); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Summers, Carden (13th); Albers, John (56th); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Ginn, Frank (47th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Tillery, Blake (19th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Echols, Drew (49th); Watson, Sam (11th); Burns, Max (23rd); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Still, Shawn (48th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Moore, Colton (53rd)

Status History

03/11/2025: House Second Readers; 03/10/2025: House First Readers; 03/04/2025: Senate Notice to Reconsider; 03/04/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/04/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/24/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/21/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 01/14/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/13/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/04/2025, Senate Vote #143, 36, 11, 8, 1; 03/06/2025, Senate Vote #158, 20, 32, 4, 0

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SB 9

“Ensuring Accountability for Illegal AI Activities Act”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to obscenity and related offenses, so as to repeal and replace Code Section 16-12-80, relating to obscene material, distribution, and penalty; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, so as to provide for sentencing of defendants who utilize artificial intelligence in the commission of certain crimes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Technology and Infrastructure Innovation Senate Committee: Judiciary

Sponsors

Albers, John (56th); Still, Shawn (48th); Esteves, Jason (35th); Rahman, Sheikh (5th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Payne, Chuck (54th); Jones, Emanuel (10th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Robertson, Randy (29th)

Status History

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 Withdrawn, Recommitted; 03/10/2025: House Second Readers; 03/06/2025: House First Readers; 03/04/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/04/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/11/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/10/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 01/15/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/14/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/04/2025, Senate Vote #145, 46, 9, 0, 1; 03/27/2025, House Vote #322, 152, 12, 4, 12

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SB 1

Fair and Safe Athletic Opportunities Act’; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to provide generally for competitively fair and safe student participation in middle school, high school, and college sports; to promote fair and safe competition; to provide for equal athletic opportunities and safety; to provide for specific designations of teams operated or sponsored by local school systems, public schools, participating private schools, and postsecondary educational institutions in this state; to prohibit males from participating in interscholastic and intercollegiate competitions on teams designated as female; to prohibit females from participating in competition on intercollegiate teams designated as male, subject to exceptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Education Senate Committee: Education and Youth

Sponsors

Dolezal, Greg (27th); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Beach, Brandon (21st); Robertson, Randy (29th); Albers, John (56th); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Watson, Ben (1st); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Ginn, Frank (47th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Tillery, Blake (19th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Echols, Drew (49th); Watson, Sam (11th); Burns, Max (23rd); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Anderson, Lee (24th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Still, Shawn (48th); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Harbin, Marty (16th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Moore, Colton (53rd); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Payne, Chuck (54th); Brass, Matt (6th)

Status History

04/28/2025: Act 11; 04/28/2025: Senate Date Signed by Governor; 04/07/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 03/31/2025: Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub; 03/31/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/31/2025: House Third Readers; 03/25/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/11/2025: House Second Readers; 02/10/2025: House First Readers; 02/06/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 02/06/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/04/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/03/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 01/14/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/13/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/06/2025, Senate Vote #23, 19, 32, 1, 4; 02/06/2025, Senate Vote #24, 18, 34, 0, 4; 02/06/2025, Senate Vote #25, 19, 33, 0, 4; 02/06/2025, Senate Vote #26, 35, 17, 0, 4; 03/31/2025, House Vote #350, 100, 64, 5, 11; 03/31/2025, Senate Vote #372, 17, 37, 1, 1; 03/31/2025, Senate Vote #373, 34, 20, 1, 1

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HR 985

Makhlouf, Very Reverend Father George Shukri; condolences

Summary

A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of the Very Reverend Father George Shukri Makhlouf; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Romman, Ruwa (97th); Holly, El-Mahdi (116th); Frye, Spencer (122nd); Park, Sam (107th); Lim, Marvin (98th); Sanchez, Gabriel (42nd)

Status History

04/04/2025: House Read and Adopted; 04/04/2025: House First Readers; 04/04/2025: House Hopper

Votes

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HR 899

Stevens, Joyce Carter; commend

Summary

A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Joyce Carter Stevens; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Gaines, Houston (120th); Williamson, Bruce (112th); Burns, Jon (159th); Cooper, Sharon (45th); Dempsey, Katie (13th)

Status History

03/31/2025: House Read and Adopted; 03/31/2025: House First Readers; 03/31/2025: House Hopper

Votes

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