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SB 212

“Quality Basic Education Act,”; disclosure of public student directory information to political candidates or persons or groups acting on their behalf; prohibit

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to other educational programs under the “Quality Basic Education Act,” so as to prohibit the disclosure of public student directory information to political candidates, campaign committees, political action committees, political organizations, or persons or groups acting on their behalf; to amend Article 15 of Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to miscellaneous offenses relative to elections and primaries; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions for government transparency and campaign finance; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Education Senate Committee: Ethics

Sponsors

Still, Shawn (48th); Burns, Max (23rd); Albers, John (56th); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Hickman, Billy (4th)

Status History

04/10/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 04/02/2025: Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub; 03/31/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/31/2025: House Third Readers; 03/25/2025: 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; 03/06/2025: Senate Engrossed; 02/27/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/26/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 02/20/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/19/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/06/2025, Senate Vote #161, 32, 20, 2, 2; 03/06/2025, Senate Vote #218, 33, 19, 2, 2; 03/31/2025, House Vote #363, 98, 66, 5, 11; 04/02/2025, Senate Vote #416, 53, 0, 1, 2

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SB 213

“Fair Business Practices Act of 1975,” commercial cheating services that target students and examinees seeking a professional license as an unlawful, unfair, and deceptive trade practice; ban

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the “Fair Business Practices Act of 1975,” so as to ban commercial cheating services that target students and examinees seeking a professional license as an unlawful, unfair, and deceptive trade practice; 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: Regulated Industries Senate Committee: Regulated Industries and Utilities

Sponsors

Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Albers, John (56th); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd); Summers, Carden (13th); Ginn, Frank (47th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Robertson, Randy (29th); Harbison, Ed (15th); Dolezal, Greg (27th); Burns, Max (23rd)

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; 03/11/2025: House Second Readers; 03/10/2025: House First Readers; 03/06/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended; 03/06/2025: Senate Third Read; 03/06/2025: Senate Taken from Table; 03/06/2025: Senate Tabled; 03/03/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/28/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 02/20/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/19/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/06/2025, Senate Vote #200, 53, 1, 2, 0; 03/31/2025, House Vote #373, 155, 7, 5, 13

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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 217

Healthy Start”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for school lunch and school breakfast programs for public school students in this state; to require local school systems to maximize access to federal funding; to provide for participating in the United States Department of Agriculture’s Community Eligibility Provision (CEP); to provide for rules and regulations; to encourage the use of Georgia grown products in school breakfast and lunch programs; to provide a short title; 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

Islam Parkes, Nabilah (7th); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Parent, Elena (44th); Esteves, Jason (35th); Jackson, Kim (41st); Halpern, Sonya (39th); Harrell, Sally (40th); Mangham, Randal (55th); Wicks, Kenya (34th); Sims, Freddie Powell (12th); James, Donzella (28th); Kemp, RaShaun (38th); Lucas, David (26th); Davenport, Gail (17th); Rahman, Sheikh (5th); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd)

Status History

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

Votes

No votes

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SB 203

“Georgia Homegrown Solar Act of 2025”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to electrical service, so as to enact the “Georgia Homegrown Solar Act of 2025”; to provide definitions; to allow customers of an electric utility to aggregate demand from multiple locations and subscribe to certain off-site solar facilities; to provide for nondiscriminatory interconnection of such facilities; to provide for consumer protections for customers; to allow customers to access their own meter usage and provide such usage data to authorized third parties; to provide legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Robertson, Randy (29th); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Williams, Rick (25th); Halpern, Sonya (39th); Summers, Carden (13th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Setzler, Ed (37th)

Status History

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

Votes

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SB 204

Criminal Procedure; offenses that are not serious violent felonies, sexual felonies, or other certain offenses to be charged by accusation of the district attorney; allow

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 17-7-70.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trial upon accusations in certain felony and misdemeanor cases and trial upon plea of guilty or nolo contendere, so as to allow for offenses that are not serious violent felonies, sexual felonies, or other certain offenses to be charged by accusation of the district attorney; to provide for definitions; to provide for conditions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Jones II, Harold (22nd); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd); Parent, Elena (44th); James, Donzella (28th); Rahman, Sheikh (5th)

Status History

04/04/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 04/04/2025: House Third Readers; 04/04/2025: House Third Readers; 03/31/2025: House Withdrawn, Recommitted; 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; 02/20/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/19/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/06/2025, Senate Vote #211, 51, 4, 0, 1; 04/04/2025, House Vote #428, 75, 95, 4, 6; 04/04/2025, House Vote #429, 99, 74, 2, 5

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SB 207

Professions and Businesses; a preclearance process in the licensing of individuals with criminal records who make application to or are investigated by certain licensing boards and commissions; create

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 20, 26, 31, 33, and 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, food, drugs, and cosmetics, health, insurance, and professions and businesses; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 25 of the O.C.G.A., relating to firefighter standards and training; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to Georgia Crime Information Center; to amend Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to first offenders; to amend Code Section 17-10-21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to vacating of sentence for trafficking victim defendants; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Strickland, Brian (42nd); Brass, Matt (6th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Parent, Elena (44th); Jackson, Kim (41st); Tillery, Blake (19th); Albers, John (56th); Summers, Carden (13th); Watson, Ben (1st); Setzler, Ed (37th); Burns, Max (23rd); Payne, Chuck (54th)

Status History

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

Votes

03/06/2025, Senate Vote #178, 55, 0, 1, 0; 04/04/2025, House Vote #433, 170, 0, 1, 9; 04/04/2025, Senate Vote #488, 53, 0, 2, 1

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SB 209

Teachers Retirement System of Georgia; members of the Public School Employees Retirement System to make an irrevocable election to become members; permit certain persons

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement and pensions, so as to permit certain persons who would otherwise be required to be members of the Public School Employees Retirement System to make an irrevocable election to become members of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia; to provide for conditions; to prohibit transfers of creditable service; 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

Goodman, Russ (8th); Williams, Rick (25th); Echols, Drew (49th); Parent, Elena (44th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Watson, Sam (11th); Sims, Freddie Powell (12th)

Status History

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

Votes

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