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Colquitt County, GA

In southwest Georgia, Colquitt is heavily agricultural, especially in vegetables and livestock. Moultrie is the county seat.

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SB 61

Delinquency; additional offenses over which superior courts are authorized to exercise exclusive original jurisdiction; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to delinquency, so as to provide for additional offenses over which superior courts are authorized to exercise exclusive original jurisdiction for the trials of children 13 to 17 years of age to include the offenses of certain terroristic threats or acts involving public and private schools and attempt or criminal conspiracy to commit certain offenses; to provide for which such cases shall be subject to the class A designated felony act provisions of Code Section 15-11-602 upon transfer to a juvenile court; to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elementary and secondary education; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Dolezal, Greg (27th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Still, Shawn (48th); Robertson, Randy (29th); Albers, John (56th); Watson, Sam (11th); Harbin, Marty (16th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Burns, Max (23rd); Anderson, Lee (24th); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Tillery, Blake (19th); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Lucas, David (26th)

Status History

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; 03/04/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 03/03/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 01/30/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/29/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/06/2025, Senate Vote #164, 33, 22, 0, 1

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SB 63

“Quality Basic Education Act”; local school systems offer certain exams to home study students; require

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 15 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to miscellaneous provisions under the “Quality Basic Education Act,” so as to require that local school systems offer certain exams to home study students; to provide for notice requirements; to prohibit additional qualifications; to provide a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Education Senate Committee: Education and Youth

Sponsors

Dixon, Clint (45th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Robertson, Randy (29th); Harbin, Marty (16th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Watson, Sam (11th); Dolezal, Greg (27th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Jackson, Kim (41st); Burns, Max (23rd); Williams, Rick (25th); Setzler, Ed (37th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Goodman, Russ (8th)

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; 03/21/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 03/10/2025: House Second Readers; 03/06/2025: House First Readers; 03/04/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended; 03/04/2025: Senate Third Read; 03/03/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/28/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 01/30/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/29/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/04/2025, Senate Vote #152, 53, 0, 1, 2; 03/27/2025, House Vote #319, 166, 0, 9, 5; 04/04/2025, Senate Vote #448, 51, 0, 3, 2

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SB 52

“Timberlands Recovery, Exemption, and Earnings Stability (TREES) Act”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to authorize certain local governing authorities to provide temporary tax relief from the taxes levied for the harvest or sale of standing timber in certain disaster areas;to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title and legislative findings and intent; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Ways & Means Senate Committee: Finance

Sponsors

Goodman, Russ (8th); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Tillery, Blake (19th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Sims, Freddie Powell (12th); Jackson, Kim (41st); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Hickman, Billy (4th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Watson, Sam (11th); Echols, Drew (49th); Burns, Max (23rd); Brass, Matt (6th); Payne, Chuck (54th); Summers, Carden (13th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Esteves, Jason (35th); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd); Williams, Rick (25th); Kemp, RaShaun (38th); Setzler, Ed (37th); Harrell, Sally (40th); Lucas, David (26th); McLaurin, Josh (14th); Watson, Ben (1st); Merritt, Nikki (9th); Parent, Elena (44th); Anderson, Tonya (43rd); Davenport, Gail (17th); Wicks, Kenya (34th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Harbison, Ed (15th); Rahman, Sheikh (5th); Islam Parkes, Nabilah (7th); Halpern, Sonya (39th)

Status History

02/20/2025: House Second Readers; 02/19/2025: House First Readers; 02/18/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 02/18/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/18/2025: Senate Engrossed; 02/12/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/11/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 01/29/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/28/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/18/2025, Senate Vote #57, 31, 20, 2, 3; 02/18/2025, Senate Vote #58, 53, 0, 0, 3

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SB 56

Georgia State Indemnification Fund; the Department of Administrative Services to purchase annuities for the payment of indemnification claims; authorize

Summary

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 authorize the Department of Administrative Services to purchase annuities for the payment of indemnification claims; to provide for qualification standards for indemnification claims relating to certain deaths of public safety officers related to COVID-19; to provide for timing requirements for application of such indemnification claims; to provide for definitions; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Albers, John (56th); Robertson, Randy (29th); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Hickman, Billy (4th); Tillery, Blake (19th); Ginn, Frank (47th); Burns, Max (23rd); Payne, Chuck (54th); Echols, Drew (49th); Watson, Sam (11th); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Still, Shawn (48th); Harbin, Marty (16th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Dolezal, Greg (27th); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Anderson, Lee (24th)

Status History

04/07/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 03/27/2025: House Passed/Adopted; 03/27/2025: House Third Readers; 03/20/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 03/06/2025: House Second Readers; 03/04/2025: House First Readers; 03/03/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/03/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/20/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/19/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 01/30/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/29/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/03/2025, Senate Vote #134, 54, 1, 0, 1; 03/27/2025, House Vote #325, 165, 0, 4, 11

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SB 58

“Georgia Transporting Life-Saving Organs and Personnel Act”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency medical services, so as to provide for the licensing and operation of emergency organ transport vehicles as ambulance services; to provide for the operation of such vehicles on public roadways; to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to exempt emergency organ transport vehicles from those vehicles required to obtain an emergency vehicle permit from the Department of Public Safety; to revise and 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: Health Senate Committee: Health and Human Services

Sponsors

Albers, John (56th); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Watson, Ben (1st); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Summers, Carden (13th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Hickman, Billy (4th); Ginn, Frank (47th); Burns, Max (23rd); Williams, Rick (25th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Payne, Chuck (54th); Echols, Drew (49th); Watson, Sam (11th); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Still, Shawn (48th); Harbin, Marty (16th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Anderson, Lee (24th)

Status History

04/07/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 03/21/2025: House Passed/Adopted; 03/21/2025: House Third Readers; 03/11/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 02/20/2025: House Second Readers; 02/19/2025: House First Readers; 02/18/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 02/18/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/10/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/06/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 01/30/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/29/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/18/2025, Senate Vote #59, 53, 0, 0, 3; 03/21/2025, House Vote #296, 161, 0, 6, 13

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SB 45

Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; the maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation; increase

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-7.4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to preferential assessment for bona fide conservation use property and bona fide residential transitional property, so as to increase the maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Ways & Means Senate Committee: Finance

Sponsors

Watson, Sam (11th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Kennedy, John F. (18th)

Status History

02/21/2025: House Second Readers; 02/20/2025: House First Readers; 02/19/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 02/19/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/19/2025: Senate Engrossed; 02/18/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/13/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 01/29/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/28/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/19/2025, Senate Vote #63, 31, 21, 1, 3; 02/19/2025, Senate Vote #65, 51, 1, 1, 3

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SB 46

“Government Serves the People Act”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to state government, so as to improve government service delivery in this state; to provide for the appointment of a State of Georgia Government Service Delivery Lead within the Georgia Technology Authority to coordinate such efforts; to establish the powers and duties of such individual; to establish the heads of each state agency as responsible for the government service delivery of their agency and provide for related powers and duties; to provide for annual reporting; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Budget and Fiscal Affairs Oversight Senate Committee: Government Oversight

Sponsors

Harbin, Marty (16th); Dolezal, Greg (27th); Tillery, Blake (19th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Albers, John (56th); Jones, Emanuel (10th); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Watson, Sam (11th)

Status History

04/10/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 04/02/2025: House Passed/Adopted; 04/02/2025: House Third Readers; 03/20/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 03/06/2025: House Second Readers; 03/04/2025: House First Readers; 03/03/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 03/03/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/18/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/13/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 01/29/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/28/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/03/2025, Senate Vote #118, 51, 4, 1, 0; 04/02/2025, House Vote #400, 128, 35, 3, 14

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SB 47

Sales and Use Taxes; sales of firearms, ammunition, gun safes, and related accessories during an 11 day period each year; exempt

Summary

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 firearms, ammunition, gun safes, and related accessories during an 11 day period each year; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Ways & Means Senate Committee: Finance

Sponsors

Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Brass, Matt (6th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Ginn, Frank (47th); Robertson, Randy (29th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Tillery, Blake (19th); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Watson, Ben (1st); Echols, Drew (49th); Payne, Chuck (54th); Williams, Rick (25th); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Watson, Sam (11th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Setzler, Ed (37th)

Status History

02/18/2025: House Second Readers; 02/13/2025: House First Readers; 02/12/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 02/12/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/12/2025: Senate Engrossed; 02/10/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/06/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 01/29/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/28/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/12/2025, Senate Vote #46, 30, 22, 1, 3; 02/12/2025, Senate Vote #48, 31, 21, 0, 4

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