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HB 135

Housing; discrimination based on hairstyles associated with race, color, or national origin; prohibit

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 8-3-201 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Chapter 1 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, and Article 2 of Chapter 19 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to fair housing, general provisions regarding education, general provisions regarding labor and industrial relations, and fair employment practices, respectively, so as to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles associated with race, color, or national origin; to provide for definitions; to provide for a civil cause of action; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Schofield, Kim (63rd); Hugley, Carolyn (141st); Burnough, Rhonda (77th); Davis, Viola (87th); Bell, Eric (75th); Clark, Jasmine (108th)

Status History

01/29/2025: House Second Readers; 01/28/2025: House First Readers; 01/27/2025: House Hopper

Votes

No votes

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HB 136

Income tax; contributions to foster child support organizations; expand tax credit

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to income taxes, so as to expand the tax credit for contributions to foster child support organizations to allow such organizations to include as qualified expenditures wraparound and mentorship services for justice involved youth; to expand the wraparound services that are qualified expenditures; to provide for such tax credits to be used by certain insurance companies against insurance premium tax liability; to provide for conditions and limitations; to provide for reporting and public website requirements; to provide for certifying and decertifying qualified organizations; to provide for information sharing and limitations thereof; 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: Ways & Means Senate Committee: Finance

Sponsors

Newton, Mark (127th); Blackmon, Shaw (146th); Rhodes, Trey (124th); Cox, Brent (28th); Prince, Brian (132nd); Jones, Sheila (60th)

Status History

04/10/2025: House Sent to Governor; 04/04/2025: Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub; 04/02/2025: House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended; 03/28/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/28/2025: Senate Third Read; 03/28/2025: Senate Engrossed; 03/27/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 03/27/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/26/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/24/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 02/24/2025: House Third Readers; 02/19/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 01/29/2025: House Second Readers; 01/28/2025: House First Readers; 01/27/2025: House Hopper

Votes

02/24/2025, House Vote #75, 170, 2, 2, 6; 03/28/2025, Senate Vote #314, 31, 21, 2, 2; 03/28/2025, Senate Vote #320, 50, 0, 2, 4; 04/02/2025, House Vote #397, 163, 4, 2, 11; 04/04/2025, Senate Vote #449, 54, 0, 0, 2

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HB 130

Pay As You Earn Education Program Act; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Student Finance Authority, so as to provide a short title; to provide for the establishment and administration of the Pay As You Earn Education Program; to provide for the calculation and repayment of such loans; to provide for eligibility and disqualifications; to amend Code Section 48-7-27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to computation of taxable net income, so as to provide for a deduction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Higher Education Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Jasperse, Rick (11th); Evans, Stacey (57th); Powell, Alan (33rd); Wilkerson, David (38th); Carpenter, Kasey (4th); Frye, Spencer (122nd)

Status History

01/29/2025: House Second Readers; 01/28/2025: House First Readers; 01/27/2025: House Hopper

Votes

No votes

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HB 131

Self-service storage facilities; revise advertisement requirements before an owner can enforce an owner’s lien

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 4 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to self-service storage facilities, so as to revise the advertisement requirements before an owner of a self-service storage facility can enforce an owner’s lien; 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: Judiciary Senate Committee: Judiciary

Sponsors

Reeves, Matt (99th); Gunter, Stan (8th); Leverett, Rob (123rd); Oliver, Mary Margaret (84th); Holcomb, Scott (101st); Scoggins, Mitchell (14th)

Status History

04/10/2025: House Sent to Governor; 04/04/2025: House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub; 04/02/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 04/02/2025: Senate Third Read; 04/02/2025: Senate Taken from Table; 04/02/2025: Senate Tabled; 03/25/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 03/21/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/27/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/26/2025: House Passed/Adopted; 02/26/2025: House Third Readers; 02/04/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 01/29/2025: House Second Readers; 01/28/2025: House First Readers; 01/27/2025: House Hopper

Votes

02/26/2025, House Vote #92, 166, 0, 2, 12; 04/02/2025, Senate Vote #428, 54, 0, 0, 2; 04/04/2025, House Vote #406, 163, 1, 8, 8

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HB 123

Criminal procedure; pretrial proceedings in capital offense cases where the death penalty is sought when the accused has an intellectual disability; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal procedure, so as to provide for pretrial proceedings in capital offense cases where the death penalty is sought when the accused has intellectual disability; to provide for a definition; to provide for notice of intent to claim intellectual disability; to provide for pretrial determination of intellectual disability; to provide for verdicts; to provide for capital case procedures; to provide for reports investigating reversible error; to provide for a standard of review; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Werkheiser, Bill (157th); Reeves, Matt (99th); Silcox, Deborah (53rd); Holcomb, Scott (101st); Smith, Tyler Paul (18th); Gunter, Stan (8th)

Status History

04/08/2025: House Sent to Governor; 03/31/2025: House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub; 03/31/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/31/2025: Senate Third Read; 03/27/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 03/27/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 03/06/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 03/04/2025: House Passed/Adopted; 03/04/2025: House Third Readers; 02/20/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 01/29/2025: House Second Readers; 01/28/2025: House First Readers; 01/27/2025: House Hopper

Votes

03/04/2025, House Vote #160, 172, 0, 3, 5; 03/31/2025, Senate Vote #354, 53, 1, 0, 2; 03/31/2025, House Vote #375, 150, 3, 13, 14

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HB 109

Mental health; five-year pilot program for the purpose of creating emergency psychiatric assessment, treatment, and healing units or EmPATH units in hospitals; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mental health, so as to provide for a five-year pilot program for the purpose of creating emergency psychiatric assessment, treatment, and healing units or EmPATH units in hospitals; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for the administration of such program; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for the certification of EmPATH units; to provide for an appropriations contingency; to provide for funding or gifts in-kind; to provide for exclusions; to provide for termination of such program and automatic repeal of the article; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Public and Community Health Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Barnes, Imani (86th); Oliver, Mary Margaret (84th); Au, Michelle (50th); Hutchinson, Shelly (106th); Park, Sam (107th); Alexander, Kimberly (66th)

Status History

01/28/2025: House Second Readers; 01/27/2025: House First Readers; 01/17/2025: House Hopper

Votes

No votes

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HB 102

Community Health, Department of; Georgia Quality Reporting Project; establish

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Community Health, so as to provide for the establishment of the Georgia Quality Reporting Project; to provide for definitions; to provide for the purposes of the project; to provide for a working group; to provide for submission of clinical data; to provide for processing of clinical data with claims data; to provide for penalties; to amend Code Section 33-6-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to enumeration of unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices and penalty, so as to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Public and Community Health Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Cooper, Sharon (45th); Newton, Mark (127th); Silcox, Deborah (53rd); Hawkins, Lee (27th); Au, Michelle (50th)

Status History

01/28/2025: House Second Readers; 01/27/2025: House First Readers; 01/17/2025: House Hopper

Votes

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HB 100

Prescription Drug Consumer Financial Protection Act; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to require all health insurers to pass along no less than 80 percent of all prescription drug rebates to enrollees that such insurer receives from third parties with regard to such enrollee’s prescription drugs; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Insurance Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Douglas, Demetrius (78th); Hawkins, Lee (27th); Au, Michelle (50th); Prince, Brian (132nd); Bennett, Karen (94th); Clark, Jasmine (108th)

Status History

01/28/2025: House Second Readers; 01/27/2025: House First Readers; 01/17/2025: House Hopper

Votes

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