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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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SB 249

“Quality Basic Education Act,”; beginning in the 2031-2032 school year, a computer science course shall be a high school graduation requirement; provide

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 provide that, beginning in the 2031-2032 school year, a computer science course shall be a high school graduation requirement; to provide for certain computer science courses to be substituted for units of credit graduation requirements in certain other subject areas; to provide for such exception; to revise legislative findings; 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

Dixon, Clint (45th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Burns, Max (23rd); Harbin, Marty (16th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Still, Shawn (48th)

Status History

02/26/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/24/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 250

Wesley’s Law Grant Program; provide for the creation of and establish a purpose

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to student health in elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for the creation of and establish a purpose for the Wesley’s Law Grant Program; to provide for the allocation of grant awards under such program; to require the Department of Education to pursue grant funding for such program from the Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust; to require the State Board of Education to establish award criteria, terms, and conditions for such program; to authorize the Department of Education to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement such program; to provide for statutory construction; 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

Dixon, Clint (45th); Burns, Max (23rd); Setzler, Ed (37th); Harbin, Marty (16th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Still, Shawn (48th)

Status History

02/26/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/24/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 239

Funeral Directors and Establishments; funeral directors be licensed embalmers; remove the requirement

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to funeral directors and establishments, embalmers, and crematories, so as to remove the requirement that funeral directors be licensed embalmers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Walker, III, Larry (20th); Robertson, Randy (29th); Harbin, Marty (16th); Mallow, Derek (2nd); Williams, Rick (25th)

Status History

03/06/2025: Senate Tabled; 03/04/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 03/03/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 02/24/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/21/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 230

Condominiums; maximum amount of insurance deductibles payable by unit owners; remove the limitation

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to condominiums, so as to remove the limitation on the maximum amount of insurance deductibles payable by unit owners; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Still, Shawn (48th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Harbin, Marty (16th); Harbison, Ed (15th); Walker, III, Larry (20th)

Status History

03/03/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/28/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/21/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/20/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 214

Elections and Primaries; electors to cast physical absentee on-request ballots as an alternative to using other authorized means of casting in-person votes; authorize

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to authorize electors to cast physical absentee on-request ballots as an alternative to using other authorized means of casting in-person votes; to provide procedures for form, collection, and tabulation of such ballots; to revise reporting provisions to reference such ballots; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Ethics

Sponsors

Burns, Max (23rd); Williams, Rick (25th); Moore, Colton (53rd); Harbin, Marty (16th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Watson, Sam (11th)

Status History

04/02/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 04/02/2025: Senate Third Read; 04/02/2025: Senate Engrossed; 03/27/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 03/27/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/20/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/19/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

04/02/2025, Senate Vote #383, 31, 24, 0, 1; 04/02/2025, Senate Vote #397, 33, 23, 0, 0

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SB 216

Georgia Judicial Retirement System; membership in the system for individuals employed as the director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Judicial Retirement System, so as to provide for membership in the system for individuals employed as the director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; to provide for an election for such current employees; to provide for transfer of funds; to provide for payment of actuarial costs; to provide for transfer of membership service; to provide for earnable monthly compensation for purposes of contributions and benefit amounts; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Retirement

Sponsors

Robertson, Randy (29th); Tillery, Blake (19th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Burns, Max (23rd); Setzler, Ed (37th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Payne, Chuck (54th); Harbin, Marty (16th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Still, Shawn (48th)

Status History

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

Votes

No votes

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SB 198

Georgia Legislative Retirement System; board of trustees of the system to increase benefit multipliers for members; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Legislative Retirement System, so as to provide for the board of trustees of the system to increase benefit multipliers for members; to provide for the system to maintain a minimum 120 percent funded ratio; to provide for conditions for such benefit multiplier increases; to provide for automatic increases in employee contributions proportional to benefit multiplier increases; to allow for members who joined after 2009 to receive benefit multiplier increases; to provide for definitions; to provide for conforming changes; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Retirement

Sponsors

Albers, John (56th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Williams, Rick (25th); Summers, Carden (13th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Setzler, Ed (37th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Burns, Max (23rd); Harbin, Marty (16th); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Ginn, Frank (47th); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Still, Shawn (48th); Lucas, David (26th); Sims, Freddie Powell (12th); Davenport, Gail (17th); Orrock, Nan (36th)

Status History

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

Votes

No votes

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SB 201

Consumer Transactions; increased consumer protection for homeowners entering into contracts with contractors following natural disasters; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 10-1-393 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to unfair or deceptive practices in consumer transactions unlawful and examples, so as to provide increased consumer protection for homeowners entering into contracts with contractors following natural disasters; to provide for certain contractual requirements; to provide for notice language; to amend Code Section 33-6-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices, so as to prohibit the assignment of benefits in certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Senate Committee: Insurance and Labor

Sponsors

Walker, III, Larry (20th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Tillery, Blake (19th); Watson, Sam (11th); Summers, Carden (13th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Payne, Chuck (54th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Burns, Max (23rd); Setzler, Ed (37th); Brass, Matt (6th); Robertson, Randy (29th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Williams, Rick (25th); Ginn, Frank (47th); Echols, Drew (49th); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Harbin, Marty (16th); Still, Shawn (48th); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Beach, Brandon (21st); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Gooch, Steve (51st)

Status History

04/10/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 04/04/2025: Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub; 03/31/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/31/2025: House Third Readers; 03/20/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 03/10/2025: House Second Readers; 03/06/2025: House First Readers; 03/04/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/04/2025: Senate Third Read; 03/03/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/28/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/20/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/19/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/04/2025, Senate Vote #157, 53, 1, 0, 2; 03/31/2025, House Vote #368, 163, 1, 5, 11; 04/04/2025, Senate Vote #447, 49, 1, 5, 1

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