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Crisp County, GA

Located in south-central Georgia, Crisp is centered around Cordele, known as the “Watermelon Capital of the World.” It also hosts Lake Blackshear.

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SB 101

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; testing in the newborn screening system; require

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders, so as to require testing for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the newborn screening system; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Robertson, Randy (29th); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Payne, Chuck (54th); Williams, Rick (25th); Still, Shawn (48th); Albers, John (56th); Summers, Carden (13th); Watson, Ben (1st); Echols, Drew (49th); Watson, Sam (11th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Goodman, Russ (8th); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Burns, Max (23rd); Dixon, Clint (45th); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Harbin, Marty (16th)

Status History

04/10/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 04/04/2025: Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub; 04/04/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 04/04/2025: House Third Readers; 04/02/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 03/03/2025: House Second Readers; 02/28/2025: House First Readers; 02/27/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 02/27/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/12/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/11/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 02/06/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/05/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/27/2025, Senate Vote #101, 46, 4, 2, 4; 04/04/2025, House Vote #427, 167, 2, 3, 8; 04/04/2025, Senate Vote #489, 51, 1, 3, 1

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SB 95

Certificate of Need Program; an exemption from certificate of need requirements concerning life plan communities; revise

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-6-47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from the certificate of need program, so as to revise an exemption from certificate of need requirements concerning life plan communities; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Health and Human Services

Sponsors

Watson, Ben (1st); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Summers, Carden (13th); Albers, John (56th); Robertson, Randy (29th); Tillery, Blake (19th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Brass, Matt (6th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Echols, Drew (49th); Still, Shawn (48th)

Status History

02/05/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/04/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 96

Official Code of Georgia Annotated; provisions creating certain boards, panels, authorities, centers, commissions, committees, councils, task forces, and other such bodies; update and modernize

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various titles of the O.C.G.A., so as to modernize and update provisions creating certain boards, panels, authorities, centers, commissions, committees, councils, task forces, and other such bodies; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Code Revision Senate Committee: Government Oversight

Sponsors

Echols, Drew (49th); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Payne, Chuck (54th); Robertson, Randy (29th); Watson, Ben (1st); Watson, Sam (11th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Still, Shawn (48th); Williams, Rick (25th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Summers, Carden (13th); Albers, John (56th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Tillery, Blake (19th); Dolezal, Greg (27th); Ginn, Frank (47th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Dixon, Clint (45th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Bearden, Timothy (30th)

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; 02/24/2025: House Second Readers; 02/21/2025: House First Readers; 02/20/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 02/20/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/18/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/13/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 02/05/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/04/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/20/2025, Senate Vote #69, 35, 18, 1, 2; 03/21/2025, House Vote #295, 162, 0, 5, 13; 03/27/2025, Senate Vote #309, 51, 0, 1, 4

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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 86

Alcoholic Beverages; retail dealers to offer discounts to consumers through premiums, coupons, or rebates on alcoholic beverages purchased for consumption off the premises; authorize

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alcoholic beverages, so as to authorize retail dealers to offer discounts to consumers through premiums, coupons, or rebates on alcoholic beverages purchased for consumption off the premises; to provide for a definition; to provide certain conditions and requirements for the offering of such discounts; to increase the number of tasting events a retail package liquor store may conduct; 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: Regulated Industries and Utilities

Sponsors

Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Ginn, Frank (47th); Summers, Carden (13th); Albers, John (56th); Harrell, Sally (40th); Still, Shawn (48th); Lucas, David (26th); Sims, Freddie Powell (12th)

Status History

03/06/2025: Senate Tabled; 02/20/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/19/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/04/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/03/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 87

Levy and Sale of Property; exemption of the full value of a debtor’s primary residence from levy and sale; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from levy and sale of property, so as to provide for the exemption of the full value of a debtor’s primary residence from levy and sale by virtue of any process whatever under the laws of this state; to provide for the exemption, for purposes of bankruptcy, of the full value of a debtor’s aggregate interest in his or her primary residence; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Judiciary

Sponsors

Setzler, Ed (37th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Robertson, Randy (29th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Summers, Carden (13th); Strickland, Brian (42nd)

Status History

02/05/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/04/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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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

No votes

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SB 76

License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-86 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to license plates promoting or supporting certain agencies, funds, or nonprofit corporations with proceeds disbursed to the general fund and the agency, fund, or nonprofit corporation, so as to establish a specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Motor Vehicles Senate Committee: Public Safety

Sponsors

Echols, Drew (49th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Payne, Chuck (54th); Brass, Matt (6th); Summers, Carden (13th); Setzler, Ed (37th); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Wicks, Kenya (34th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Tillery, Blake (19th)

Status History

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; 02/04/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/03/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/13/2025, Senate Vote #52, 52, 0, 0, 4

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