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SB 354

Torts; cause of action for appropriating an individual’s indicia of identity; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to torts, so as to provide for a cause of action for appropriating an individual’s indicia of identity; to provide for a right to protection against the appropriation of an individual’s indicia of identity; to provide for assignment or licensing of such right; to provide for damages; to provide for other remedies; to provide for exceptions; to provide for definitions; 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: Judiciary

Sponsors

Harrell, Sally (40th)

Status History

03/25/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 03/21/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 342

Emergency Communications Authority; increase in the percentage of all 9-1-1 charges to be remitted to the Peace Officers’ Annuity and Benefit Fund; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 12 of Chapter 3 of Title 38, Chapter 2 of Title 40, Part 4 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46, Title 47, and Chapter 11 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Emergency Communications Authority, registration and licensing of motor vehicles, emergency telephone number 9-1-1 system, retirement and pensions, and taxes on tobacco and vaping products, respectively, so as to provide for an increase in the percentage of all 9-1-1 charges to be remitted to the Peace Officers’ Annuity and Benefit Fund; 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); Robertson, Randy (29th)

Status History

03/20/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 03/18/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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Yay or Nay

SB 339

Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia; semiannual postretirement benefit adjustments for all beneficiaries; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia, so as to provide for semiannual postretirement benefit adjustments for all beneficiaries of the Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia; to provide for conditions, limitations, and suspensions; 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

Orrock, Nan (36th); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Watson, Sam (11th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Summers, Carden (13th); Mallow, Derek (2nd); Harrell, Sally (40th); Esteves, Jason (35th); Jackson, Kim (41st); McLaurin, Josh (14th); Wicks, Kenya (34th); Davenport, Gail (17th); Anderson, Tonya (43rd); Kemp, RaShaun (38th); James, Donzella (28th); Mangham, Randal (55th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Rahman, Sheikh (5th); Islam Parkes, Nabilah (7th); Harbison, Ed (15th); Lucas, David (26th); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd); Parent, Elena (44th)

Status History

03/18/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 03/13/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 341

“Freedom of Speech and Belief Act”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to deceptive or unfair practices, so as to protect the exercise of constitutional rights; to prohibit discrimination in the provision of essential services; to provide for public and private enforcement; to provide for definitions; to provide a short title; to provide legislative findings and declarations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Banking and Financial Institutions

Sponsors

Tillery, Blake (19th); Dolezal, Greg (27th); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Moore, Colton (53rd); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Gooch, Steve (51st); Beach, Brandon (21st); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Watson, Ben (1st); Setzler, Ed (37th)

Status History

03/20/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 03/18/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 332

County Board of Education of DeKalb County; board members shall only be elected by electors of the DeKalb County school district; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create and establish in DeKalb County, Georgia, districts from which the members of the County Board of Education of DeKalb County shall be elected, approved April 12, 1963 (Ga. L. 1963, p. 3424), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 14, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 4192), and an Act approved May 10, 2021 (Ga. L. 2021, p. 4256), so as to provide that such board members shall only be elected by electors of the DeKalb County school district; to revise provisions related to changes in boundaries of the DeKalb County school district following certain annexations; 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

Jones, Emanuel (10th); James, Donzella (28th)

Status History

04/10/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 04/04/2025: House Passed/Adopted; 04/04/2025: House Third Readers; 04/04/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 03/28/2025: House Second Readers; 03/27/2025: House First Readers; 03/25/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/25/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 03/13/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 03/12/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/25/2025, Senate Vote #277, 52, 0, 4, 0; 04/04/2025, House Vote #434, 112, 59, 1, 8

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SB 323

Health, Insurance, and Professions and Businesses; medically necessary tests for metal allergies and metal sensitivities to be administered prior to any cardiovascular, dental, or orthopedic surgery involving the insertion of a metal implant; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 31, 33, and 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, insurance, and professions and businesses, respectively, so as to provide for medically necessary tests for metal allergies and metal sensitivities to be administered prior to any cardiovascular, dental, or orthopedic surgery involving the insertion of a metal implant; to provide for definitions; to provide for health benefit policies to cover such tests; to provide for cost-sharing requirements; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for continuing education requirements for dental surgeons and surgeons; to provide for requirements for certain healthcare providers; to provide for a private cause of action; 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

James, Donzella (28th); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Harrell, Sally (40th); Wicks, Kenya (34th); Davenport, Gail (17th); Anderson, Tonya (43rd); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd); Jackson, Kim (41st); Esteves, Jason (35th); Mallow, Derek (2nd); Orrock, Nan (36th); Halpern, Sonya (39th); Mangham, Randal (55th); Rahman, Sheikh (5th); Lucas, David (26th); Islam Parkes, Nabilah (7th); Parent, Elena (44th)

Status History

03/06/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 03/04/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 324

Life Insurance; certain protections for life insurance policyholders and beneficiaries; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 25 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to life insurance, so as to provide for certain protections for life insurance policyholders and beneficiaries; to provide for an owner of a life insurance policy or annuity to be represented by a local agent when such policy or annuity is sold; to provide for such owner to be represented by a local agent when such agent does not have a contract with such insurer; to provide such owner with an annual notice report on such policy or annuity; to require an insurer to conduct a quarterly search of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ policy locator; to provide for annual reporting; to provide for rules and regulations; 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: Insurance and Labor

Sponsors

Harbin, Marty (16th); Williams, Rick (25th); Albers, John (56th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Robertson, Randy (29th); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Echols, Drew (49th); Burns, Max (23rd)

Status History

03/06/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 03/05/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 325

Education; local school systems and public schools to employ or accept as volunteers school chaplains; authorize

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-182 of the O.C.G.A., relating to program weights to reflect funds for payment of salaries and benefits, maximum class size, reporting requirements, and application to specific school years, so as to authorize local school systems and public schools to employ or accept as volunteers school chaplains; to amend Code Section 19-15-1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to definitions concerning child abuse, so as to include school chaplains in the definition of “child protection professional”; to amend Code Section 49-5-41 of the O.C.G.A., relating to persons and agencies permitted access to records, so as to authorize school chaplains to review records of reports of child abuse; 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

Harbin, Marty (16th); Burns, Max (23rd); Albers, John (56th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Robertson, Randy (29th); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Williams, Rick (25th); Echols, Drew (49th); Moore, Colton (53rd); Walker, III, Larry (20th)

Status History

03/06/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 03/05/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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