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SB 167

Commerce and Trade; private entities that employ certain AI systems to guard against discrimination caused by such systems; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to commerce and trade, so as to provide broadly for private entities that employ certain AI systems to guard against discrimination caused by such systems; to provide for a description of consequential decisions for which use of automated decision systems shall be regulated; to provide for exemptions; to provide for trade secret protections; to provide for rule making; to provide for certain disclosed records by developers and deployers to be exempt from open records requirements; to provide for enforcement by the Attorney General; 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: Economic Development and Tourism

Sponsors

Merritt, Nikki (9th); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Kemp, RaShaun (38th); Islam Parkes, Nabilah (7th); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd); James, Donzella (28th); Parent, Elena (44th); Wicks, Kenya (34th); Harrell, Sally (40th); Mangham, Randal (55th)

Status History

02/13/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/12/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 169

Professions and Businesses; certain education and training requirements for the performance of dry needling; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide for certain education and training requirements for the performance of dry needling; to provide for applicability and exceptions; to require licensed physical therapists who perform dry needling to complete certain education and training requirements; to revise definitions; 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: Health and Human Services

Sponsors

Still, Shawn (48th)

Status History

02/18/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/13/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 170

Georgia Interagency Council for the Homeless; create

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to commissions and other agencies, so as to create the Georgia Interagency Council for the Homeless; to provide for the purpose, membership, and duties of such council; to provide for reporting of activities; to provide for compensation; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Governmental Affairs Senate Committee: Government Oversight

Sponsors

Jackson, Kim (41st); Robertson, Randy (29th); Summers, Carden (13th); Halpern, Sonya (39th)

Status History

03/31/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/31/2025: 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 By Substitute; 03/06/2025: Senate Third Read; 03/06/2025: Senate Taken from Table; 03/06/2025: Senate Tabled; 02/28/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/27/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/18/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/13/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/06/2025, Senate Vote #219, 50, 2, 3, 1; 03/31/2025, House Vote #351, 165, 3, 3, 9

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SB 158

Commission for Blind and Visually Disabled Persons; create

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 30 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to handicapped persons, so as to create the Commission for Blind and Visually Disabled Persons; to transfer the direction and supervision of the Georgia Industries for the Blind from the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency to the commission; to provide for a short title; to amend Chapter 9 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency, so as to establish the role of the commission in facilitating the operation by blind persons and other persons with disabilities of vending facilities on state property; 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

Davenport, Gail (17th); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Jones, Emanuel (10th); James, Donzella (28th); Wicks, Kenya (34th); Mallow, Derek (2nd); Rahman, Sheikh (5th); Sims, Freddie Powell (12th); Merritt, Nikki (9th); Kemp, RaShaun (38th); Mangham, Randal (55th); Esteves, Jason (35th); Harrell, Sally (40th); McLaurin, Josh (14th); Halpern, Sonya (39th)

Status History

02/13/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/12/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 159

Criminal Procedure; pretrial proceedings in capital offense cases where the death penalty is sought when the accused has 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: N/A Senate Committee: Judiciary

Sponsors

Jackson, Kim (41st); McLaurin, Josh (14th)

Status History

02/13/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/12/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 160

Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-6-390.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reckless stunt driving, so as to replace the forfeiture penalty of a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving with authority to order the installation of a device which limits the speed of such vehicle; to provide for a definition; to provide for procedures and conditions upon issuance of such orders; to provide for notification to the Department of Revenue; to provide for a penalty; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Motor Vehicles Senate Committee: Public Safety

Sponsors

Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Albers, John (56th); Jones, Emanuel (10th); Robertson, Randy (29th); Halpern, Sonya (39th); Williams, Rick (25th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Payne, Chuck (54th); Orrock, Nan (36th); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Goodman, Russ (8th); McLaurin, Josh (14th); Watson, Sam (11th); Esteves, Jason (35th)

Status History

04/04/2025: House Withdrawn, Recommitted; 03/21/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 03/10/2025: House Second Readers; 03/06/2025: House First Readers; 03/04/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 03/04/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/21/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/20/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 02/13/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/12/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/04/2025, Senate Vote #148, 53, 1, 0, 2

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SB 152

“Georgia Promise Scholarship Act”; the biological or adopted children of individuals who are foster parents and who meet certain conditions shall qualify for promise scholarship accounts; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 2B of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the “Georgia Promise Scholarship Act,” so as to provide that the biological or adopted children of individuals who are foster parents and who meet certain conditions shall qualify for promise scholarship accounts; to provide for such conditions; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Education Senate Committee: Education and Youth

Sponsors

Dolezal, Greg (27th); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Robertson, Randy (29th); Brass, Matt (6th); Albers, John (56th); Watson, Ben (1st); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Harbin, Marty (16th); Still, Shawn (48th); Setzler, Ed (37th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Beach, Brandon (21st)

Status History

04/04/2025: House Withdrawn, Recommitted; 04/02/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 03/04/2025: House Second Readers; 03/03/2025: House First Readers; 02/28/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 02/28/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/28/2025: Senate Engrossed; 02/27/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/26/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/13/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/12/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/28/2025, Senate Vote #107, 31, 22, 2, 1; 02/28/2025, Senate Vote #111, 32, 22, 1, 1

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SB 153

Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions in, and reenact the statutory portion of said Code

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, so as to revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions in, and reenact the statutory portion of said Code, as amended, in furtherance of the work of the Code Revision Commission; to repeal portions of said Code, or Acts in amendment thereof, which have become obsolete, have been declared to be unconstitutional, or have been preempted or superseded by subsequent laws; to codify principles of law derived from decisions of the state Supreme Court; to provide for other matters relating to revision, reenactment, and publication of said Code; to provide for effect in event of conflicts; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Code Revision Senate Committee: Judiciary

Sponsors

Hatchett, Bo (50th); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Parent, Elena (44th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Tillery, Blake (19th)

Status History

04/07/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 03/27/2025: Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub; 03/20/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/20/2025: House Third Readers; 03/18/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 03/04/2025: House Second Readers; 03/03/2025: House First Readers; 02/28/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 02/28/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/27/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/26/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 02/13/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/12/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/28/2025, Senate Vote #110, 51, 1, 2, 2; 03/20/2025, House Vote #288, 169, 0, 5, 6; 03/27/2025, Senate Vote #310, 50, 1, 2, 3

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