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SB 245

Grandparents; include within the category of persons who may seek to revoke or amend an existing grandparent visitation order

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-7-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to actions by grandparents or other family members for visitation rights or intervention, revocation or amendment of visitation rights, appointment of guardian ad litem, meditation, hearing, and notification to family members of child’s participation in events, to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Judiciary Senate Committee: Children and Families

Sponsors

Hodges, Mike (3rd); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Albers, John (56th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Hatchett, Bo (50th)

Status History

04/10/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 04/02/2025: Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub; 03/28/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/28/2025: House Third Readers; 03/27/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 03/11/2025: House Second Readers; 03/10/2025: House First Readers; 03/06/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 03/06/2025: Senate Third Read; 03/06/2025: Senate Taken from Table; 03/06/2025: Senate Tabled; 03/04/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 03/03/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 02/26/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/24/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/06/2025, Senate Vote #202, 56, 0, 0, 0; 03/28/2025, House Vote #335, 160, 1, 4, 15; 04/02/2025, Senate Vote #413, 52, 0, 4, 0

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SB 236

“Quality Basic Education Act,”; certain students whose parents or guardians are on active duty are eligible for enrollment in the public school of the attendance zone in which they intend to reside; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-150 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility for enrollment under the “Quality Basic Education Act,” so as to provide that certain students whose parents or guardians are on active duty in the United States armed forces are eligible for enrollment in the public school of the attendance zone in which they intend to reside regardless of whether they have entered into a lease, purchased a house, or otherwise secured housing within such attendance zone; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Education Senate Committee: Veterans, Military, and Homeland Security

Sponsors

Wicks, Kenya (34th); Payne, Chuck (54th); Merritt, Nikki (9th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Brass, Matt (6th); Esteves, Jason (35th); Anderson, Tonya (43rd); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd); James, Donzella (28th); Harbison, Ed (15th); Mallow, Derek (2nd); Davenport, Gail (17th); Sims, Freddie Powell (12th)

Status History

04/04/2025: House Withdrawn, Recommitted; 03/21/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 03/11/2025: House Second Readers; 03/10/2025: House First Readers; 03/06/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/06/2025: Senate Third Read; 03/06/2025: Senate Taken from Table; 03/06/2025: Senate Tabled; 03/04/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 03/03/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/24/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/21/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/06/2025, Senate Vote #208, 54, 1, 1, 0

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SB 241

Funeral Directors; organic human reduction as a means of disposing of deceased human bodies; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 18 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to funeral directors and establishments, embalmers, and crematories, so as to provide for the organic human reduction as a means of disposing of deceased human bodies; to amend Titles 10, 31, and 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to commerce and trade, health, and local government, respectively, so as to require a disposition permit for the organic human reduction of a dead human body or fetus; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Regulated Industries Senate Committee: Regulated Industries and Utilities

Sponsors

Williams, Rick (25th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Mallow, Derek (2nd); Robertson, Randy (29th); Parent, Elena (44th)

Status History

04/07/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 03/31/2025: House Passed/Adopted; 03/31/2025: House Third Readers; 03/20/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 03/10/2025: House Second Readers; 03/06/2025: House First Readers; 03/04/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 03/04/2025: Senate Third Read; 03/03/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/28/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 02/24/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/21/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/04/2025, Senate Vote #150, 52, 1, 1, 2; 03/31/2025, House Vote #372, 157, 4, 3, 16

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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 232

Disposition of Property Seized; destruction of a firearm discharged at a person under 18 years of age; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disposition of property seized, so as to provide for the destruction of a firearm discharged at a person under 18 years of age; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Judiciary

Sponsors

Jones, Emanuel (10th); Sims, Freddie Powell (12th); Lucas, David (26th); Davenport, Gail (17th); Wicks, Kenya (34th); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd); Rahman, Sheikh (5th); James, Donzella (28th)

Status History

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

Votes

No votes

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SB 227

Labor and Industrial Relations; protections for freelance workers; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to labor and industrial relations, so as to provide protections for freelance workers; 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: Insurance and Labor

Sponsors

McLaurin, Josh (14th)

Status History

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

Votes

No votes

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SB 228

State Depositories; State Depository Board to allow the state treasurer to invest in bitcoin; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 17 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state depositories, so as to provide for the State Depository Board to allow the state treasurer to invest in bitcoin; to require the state treasurer to develop policies and procedures for the acceptance, storage, and transacting of bitcoin by the state; to require that bitcoin received or otherwise owned by the state shall be held in accordance with such policies and procedures; 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: Banking and Financial Institutions

Sponsors

Esteves, Jason (35th); Jackson, Kim (41st); Parent, Elena (44th); Mallow, Derek (2nd); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Dolezal, Greg (27th)

Status History

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

Votes

No votes

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SB 220

“Putting Georgia’s Patients First Act”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various provisions of the O.C.G.A., so as to rename low THC oil as medical cannabis; to amend Chapter 12 of Title 16, Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16, and Article 1 of Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to offenses against the public health and morals, regulation of controlled substances, and general provisions relative to the Department of Public Health, respectively, so as to clarify and revise criminal penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Regulated Industries Senate Committee: Health and Human Services

Sponsors

Brass, Matt (6th); Summers, Carden (13th); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Jackson, Kim (41st); Jones, Emanuel (10th); Sims, Freddie Powell (12th); Lucas, David (26th); Beach, Brandon (21st); Rahman, Sheikh (5th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Parent, Elena (44th); Moore, Colton (53rd); Goodman, Russ (8th); McLaurin, Josh (14th); Williams, Rick (25th); Anderson, Lee (24th)

Status History

04/04/2025: House Withdrawn, Recommitted; 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 By Substitute; 03/06/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/28/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/27/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/20/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/19/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/06/2025, Senate Vote #172, 12, 44, 0, 0; 03/06/2025, Senate Vote #173, 47, 8, 1, 0; 03/06/2025, Senate Vote #174, 13, 43, 0, 0; 03/06/2025, Senate Vote #175, 12, 43, 1, 0; 03/06/2025, Senate Vote #176, 39, 17, 0, 0

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