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DeKalb County, GA

Part of metro Atlanta, DeKalb is densely populated and includes parts of Atlanta, Decatur, and Stone Mountain. It has a diverse economy and population.

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SB 223

“Pro People, Pro Business Act”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to liability of owners and occupiers of land, so as to limit liability for premises liability actions unless claimants can show certain facts; to provide for affirmative defenses; to provide for rebuttable presumptions; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Judiciary

Sponsors

Jones II, Harold (22nd); Jackson, Kim (41st); Parent, Elena (44th); Halpern, Sonya (39th); Esteves, Jason (35th); Orrock, Nan (36th); Mallow, Derek (2nd)

Status History

02/21/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/20/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 224

“Donna’s Law”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 5 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Brady Law regulations, so as to provide for the establishment of a voluntary do not sell list for firearms; to provide for definitions; to provide for procedures and conditions for registration and removal from such list; to provide for penalties; to provide for limitation on the records relating to registration or removal; to provide for forms and rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Judiciary

Sponsors

Harrell, Sally (40th); Jackson, Kim (41st); Parent, Elena (44th)

Status History

02/21/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/20/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 225

Education; discrimination on the basis of an individual’s race due to a protective hairstyle, or length thereof, in any student dress or grooming policy; prohibit

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 prohibit discrimination on the basis of an individual’s race due to a protective hairstyle, or length thereof, in any student dress or grooming policy, program, or activity conducted by an educational institution that receives or benefits from state financial assistance, or enrolls students who receive state student financial aid; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Education and Youth

Sponsors

Anderson, Tonya (43rd); Jackson, Kim (41st); Merritt, Nikki (9th); Wicks, Kenya (34th); Sims, Freddie Powell (12th); Davenport, Gail (17th); Brass, Matt (6th); Halpern, Sonya (39th); Parent, Elena (44th); Mallow, Derek (2nd); Esteves, Jason (35th); Mangham, Randal (55th); Kemp, RaShaun (38th); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd); Rahman, Sheikh (5th); Harbison, Ed (15th); Goodman, Russ (8th)

Status History

02/21/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/20/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 211

“Autism Missing Person Alert System Act”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to state-wide alert system for missing disabled adults, so as to provide for the “Autism Missing Person Alert System Act”; to provide for certain entities to cooperate in the development of the alert system; to provide for requirements for the alert system; to provide for requirements for the activation of the alert system; to provide for the geographic scope of such alert; to provide for an emphasis on the search of waterways in locating missing individuals with autism spectrum disorder; to provide for a limitation on liability for participants responding to the alert system; to provide for related matters; to provide for conforming changes; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

James, Donzella (28th); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd); Rahman, Sheikh (5th); Davenport, Gail (17th); Jones, Emanuel (10th); Harbison, Ed (15th); Mangham, Randal (55th); Orrock, Nan (36th); Halpern, Sonya (39th); Jackson, Kim (41st); Parent, Elena (44th); Kemp, RaShaun (38th)

Status History

02/20/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/19/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 217

Healthy Start”; enact

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 provide for school lunch and school breakfast programs for public school students in this state; to require local school systems to maximize access to federal funding; to provide for participating in the United States Department of Agriculture’s Community Eligibility Provision (CEP); to provide for rules and regulations; to encourage the use of Georgia grown products in school breakfast and lunch programs; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Education and Youth

Sponsors

Islam Parkes, Nabilah (7th); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Parent, Elena (44th); Esteves, Jason (35th); Jackson, Kim (41st); Halpern, Sonya (39th); Harrell, Sally (40th); Mangham, Randal (55th); Wicks, Kenya (34th); Sims, Freddie Powell (12th); James, Donzella (28th); Kemp, RaShaun (38th); Lucas, David (26th); Davenport, Gail (17th); Rahman, Sheikh (5th); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd)

Status History

02/20/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/19/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 207

Professions and Businesses; a preclearance process in the licensing of individuals with criminal records who make application to or are investigated by certain licensing boards and commissions; create

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 20, 26, 31, 33, and 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, food, drugs, and cosmetics, health, insurance, and professions and businesses; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 25 of the O.C.G.A., relating to firefighter standards and training; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to Georgia Crime Information Center; to amend Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to first offenders; to amend Code Section 17-10-21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to vacating of sentence for trafficking victim defendants; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Strickland, Brian (42nd); Brass, Matt (6th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Parent, Elena (44th); Jackson, Kim (41st); Tillery, Blake (19th); Albers, John (56th); Summers, Carden (13th); Watson, Ben (1st); Setzler, Ed (37th); Burns, Max (23rd); Payne, Chuck (54th)

Status History

04/04/2025: Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended; 04/04/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 04/04/2025: House Third Readers; 03/20/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 03/11/2025: House Second Readers; 03/10/2025: House First Readers; 03/06/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 03/06/2025: Senate Third Read; 03/03/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/28/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 02/20/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/19/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/06/2025, Senate Vote #178, 55, 0, 1, 0; 04/04/2025, House Vote #433, 170, 0, 1, 9; 04/04/2025, Senate Vote #488, 53, 0, 2, 1

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SB 196

“Pregnancy Center Fraud Prevention Act”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to perinatal facilities, so as to explicitly prohibit limited services pregnancy centers from engaging in false or misleading advertising about the products or services provided at such centers; to provide for definitions; to provide for enforcement; to provide for notice and procedures; to provide for penalties; to provide for cause of action; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; 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

Orrock, Nan (36th); Jackson, Kim (41st); Parent, Elena (44th); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Halpern, Sonya (39th); Merritt, Nikki (9th); Wicks, Kenya (34th); Esteves, Jason (35th); McLaurin, Josh (14th); Davenport, Gail (17th); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd); Mangham, Randal (55th); Islam Parkes, Nabilah (7th); Rahman, Sheikh (5th); Harbison, Ed (15th); Lucas, David (26th); Jones, Emanuel (10th); Anderson, Tonya (43rd)

Status History

02/19/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/18/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 197

“End Public Funding of Misinformation Act”‘ enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Health, so as to repeal and reserve Article 2, relating to positive alternatives for pregnancy and parenting grant program; to provide for a short title; 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

Orrock, Nan (36th); Jackson, Kim (41st); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Halpern, Sonya (39th); Merritt, Nikki (9th); Esteves, Jason (35th); Wicks, Kenya (34th); McLaurin, Josh (14th); Davenport, Gail (17th); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd); Mangham, Randal (55th); Islam Parkes, Nabilah (7th); Rahman, Sheikh (5th); Harbison, Ed (15th); Lucas, David (26th); Jones, Emanuel (10th); Anderson, Tonya (43rd)

Status History

02/19/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/18/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

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