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Fayette County, GA

A suburban Atlanta county with affluence and planned communities like Peachtree City. Fayetteville is the county seat.

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HB 632

Professions and businesses; clarify certain veterans’ eligibility for exemption with regard to payment of occupation taxes, administrative fees, and regulatory fees

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disabled veterans and blind persons engaging in peddling, operating businesses, or practicing professions, so as to clarify certain veterans’ eligibility for exemption with regard to payment of occupation taxes, administrative fees, and regulatory fees; to provide a definition of “armed conflict” consistent with current federal law; to provide for armed conflicts to be equivalent to periods of war with regard to certain exemptions; to provide for certain procedures; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Bonner, Josh (73rd); Jenkins, David (136th); Blackmon, Shaw (146th); Holcomb, Scott (101st); Williams, Al (168th); Kendrick, Dar’shun (95th)

Status History

04/04/2025: House Withdrawn, Recommitted; 03/04/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 02/28/2025: House Second Readers; 02/27/2025: House First Readers; 02/26/2025: House Hopper

Votes

No votes

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HB 623

Carroll County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Probate Court of Carroll County; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for the termination of such technology fee and dedication of residual funds; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Intragovernmental Coordination Senate Committee: State and Local Governmental Operations

Sponsors

Smith, Tyler Paul (18th); Huddleston, David (72nd); Howard, Jutt (71st); Smith, Lynn (70th)

Status History

04/07/2025: House Sent to Governor; 03/21/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 03/21/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 03/11/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 03/10/2025: House Passed/Adopted; 03/10/2025: House Third Readers; 03/10/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 02/28/2025: House Second Readers; 02/27/2025: House First Readers; 02/26/2025: House Hopper

Votes

03/10/2025, House Vote #270, 165, 0, 8, 7; 03/21/2025, Senate Vote #265, 53, 0, 2, 1

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HB 624

Carroll County; State Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the State Court of Carroll County; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for the termination of such technology fee and dedication of residual funds; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Intragovernmental Coordination Senate Committee: State and Local Governmental Operations

Sponsors

Smith, Tyler Paul (18th); Huddleston, David (72nd); Howard, Jutt (71st); Smith, Lynn (70th)

Status History

04/07/2025: House Sent to Governor; 03/21/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 03/21/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 03/11/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 03/10/2025: House Passed/Adopted; 03/10/2025: House Third Readers; 03/10/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 02/28/2025: House Second Readers; 02/27/2025: House First Readers; 02/26/2025: House Hopper

Votes

03/10/2025, House Vote #270, 165, 0, 8, 7; 03/21/2025, Senate Vote #265, 53, 0, 2, 1

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HB 601

Georgia Gun Safe Act of 2025; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16, Chapter 8 of Title 35, and Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the O.C.G.A., relating to dangerous instrumentalities and practices, the employment and training of peace officers, and organization and administration relative to emergency management, respectively, so as to broadly increase the regulation surrounding gun sales and ownership; to provide for definitions; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Public Safety and Homeland Security Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Jackson, Derrick (68th); Au, Michelle (50th); Mitchell, Billy (88th); Draper, Saira (90th); Sanchez, Gabriel (42nd)

Status History

02/27/2025: House Second Readers; 02/26/2025: House First Readers; 02/24/2025: House Hopper

Votes

No votes

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HB 600

Minimum Wage and Second Chance Act of 2025; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to labor and industrial relations, so as to increase the minimum wage for certain employees and to provide for grants to certain employers; to provide for definitions; to increase the minimum wage for agricultural workers and state employees; to provide for the Department of Labor to implement a grant program for certain employers; to provide for criteria; to provide for annual reporting; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Industry and Labor Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Jackson, Derrick (68th); McClain, Dewey (109th); Holly, El-Mahdi (116th); Sanchez, Gabriel (42nd); Alexander, Kimberly (66th); Taylor, Rhonda (92nd)

Status History

02/27/2025: House Second Readers; 02/26/2025: House First Readers; 02/24/2025: House Hopper

Votes

No votes

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HB 580

Georgia Penmanship Act; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to competencies and core curriculum under the “Quality Basic Education Act,” so as to require local boards of education to provide instruction in cursive writing; to require the State Board of Education to adopt content standards for instruction in cursive writing and to determine the appropriate grade levels for such instruction; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Education Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Barnes, Imani (86th); Jackson, Derrick (68th); Drenner, Karla (85th); Glaize, Lydia (67th); Olaleye, Phil (59th); Wilkerson, David (38th)

Status History

02/26/2025: House Second Readers; 02/24/2025: House First Readers; 02/21/2025: House Hopper

Votes

No votes

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HB 583

Motor vehicles; increase number of free license plates issued to certain veterans

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-85.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to license plates for certain veterans, so as to increase the number of free license plates issued to certain veterans; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Motor Vehicles Senate Committee: Public Safety

Sponsors

Glaize, Lydia (67th); Hitchens, Bill (161st); Bonner, Josh (73rd); Cannon, Chas (172nd); Newton, Mark (127th)

Status History

03/10/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 03/06/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/06/2025: House Third Readers; 02/28/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/26/2025: House Second Readers; 02/24/2025: House First Readers; 02/21/2025: House Hopper

Votes

03/06/2025, House Vote #205, 171, 0, 3, 6

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HB 547

Revenue and taxation; bona fide conservation use property; permit combination of multiple covenants into a single, new, ten-year covenant

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 permit the combination of multiple covenants of a single owner into a single, new, ten-year covenant; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Ways & Means Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Cannon, Chas (172nd); Dickey, Robert (134th); Corbett, John (174th); Meeks, Steven (178th); Huddleston, David (72nd); Campbell, Joe (171st)

Status History

02/24/2025: House Second Readers; 02/21/2025: House First Readers; 02/20/2025: House Hopper

Votes

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