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Gwinnett County, GA

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SB 103

Department of Administrative Services, companies owned or operated by Iran to bid on or submit a proposal for a state contract; prohibit

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general authority, duties, and procedure of the Department of Administrative Services, so as to prohibit companies owned or operated by Iran to bid on or submit a proposal for a state contract; to provide for definitions; to provide for certifications; to provide penalties for false certifications; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Government Oversight

Sponsors

Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Gooch, Steve (51st); Robertson, Randy (29th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Albers, John (56th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Hickman, Billy (4th)

Status History

02/06/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/05/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

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SB 104

State Government; use or installation of any artificial intelligence system on state equipment when the company that developed or deployed such artificial intelligence system is associated with the People’s Republic of China; prohibit

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 29 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to information technology relative to state government, so as to prohibit the use or installation of any artificial intelligence system on state equipment when the company that developed or deployed such artificial intelligence system is associated with the People’s Republic of China; to provide definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Government Oversight

Sponsors

Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Albers, John (56th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Robertson, Randy (29th); Brass, Matt (6th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Hickman, Billy (4th)

Status History

02/06/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/05/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

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SB 106

Landlord and Tenant; Code Section 44-7-19; repeal

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to landlord and tenant in general, so as to repeal Code Section 44-7-19, relating to restrictions on rent regulation by local governments; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: State and Local Governmental Operations

Sponsors

James, Donzella (28th); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Rahman, Sheikh (5th); Kemp, RaShaun (38th); Esteves, Jason (35th); Wicks, Kenya (34th); Harbison, Ed (15th); Mangham, Randal (55th); Anderson, Tonya (43rd); Orrock, Nan (36th); Halpern, Sonya (39th); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd); Sims, Freddie Powell (12th); Davenport, Gail (17th)

Status History

02/06/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/05/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

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SB 92

“Georgia Red Flag Protective Order Act”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dangerous instrumentalities and practices, so as to enact the “Georgia Red Flag Protective Order Act”; to provide definitions; to provide for risk protection order hearings and issuance; to provide for temporary ex parte risk protection orders; to provide for service of notice; to provide for the termination and extension of orders; to provide for surrender and return of firearms, ammunition, and weapons carry licenses; to provide for the reporting of orders; to provide for penalties and liability; to provide for instructional and informational materials to be produced by the Administrative Office of the Courts; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Judiciary

Sponsors

Merritt, Nikki (9th); Esteves, Jason (35th); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Halpern, Sonya (39th); Parent, Elena (44th); Orrock, Nan (36th); Jackson, Kim (41st); Mallow, Derek (2nd); Wicks, Kenya (34th); Kemp, RaShaun (38th); Anderson, Tonya (43rd); James, Donzella (28th); Mangham, Randal (55th); Sims, Freddie Powell (12th); Islam Parkes, Nabilah (7th); Harbison, Ed (15th); Rahman, Sheikh (5th); Lucas, David (26th); Harrell, Sally (40th); McLaurin, Josh (14th); Davenport, Gail (17th); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd)

Status History

02/05/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/04/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

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SB 93

“Georgia Early Literacy Act”; the three-cuing system from inclusion in high-quality instructional materials or structured literacy; prohibit

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-153.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the “Georgia Early Literacy Act,” so as to prohibit the three-cuing system from inclusion in high-quality instructional materials or structured literacy; to prohibit public schools from employing the three-cueing system or visual memory as a basis for teaching word reading; to provide for criteria for core curricula for state approved educator preparation programs; to provide for and revise definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Education Senate Committee: Education and Youth

Sponsors

Kemp, RaShaun (38th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Dolezal, Greg (27th); Esteves, Jason (35th); Jackson, Kim (41st); Parent, Elena (44th); Mallow, Derek (2nd); Dixon, Clint (45th); Halpern, Sonya (39th)

Status History

04/30/2025: Act 27; 04/30/2025: Senate Date Signed by Governor; 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; 03/21/2025: 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; 02/05/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/04/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/06/2025, Senate Vote #207, 50, 3, 3, 0; 03/31/2025, House Vote #346, 168, 0, 5, 7; 04/02/2025, Senate Vote #417, 55, 0, 0, 1

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SB 94

Public Utilities and Public Transportation; a consumer utility counsel to represent consumers in matters before the Public Service Commission or other agencies concerning public utilities; reestablish

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 46 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public utilities and public transportation, so as to reestablish a consumer utility counsel to represent consumers in matters before the Public Service Commission or other agencies concerning public utilities; to create the Office of the Consumers’ Utility Counsel; 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: Regulated Industries and Utilities

Sponsors

Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Williams, Rick (25th); Robertson, Randy (29th); Albers, John (56th); Merritt, Nikki (9th); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Still, Shawn (48th); Parent, Elena (44th); Wicks, Kenya (34th); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Davenport, Gail (17th); Halpern, Sonya (39th); Kemp, RaShaun (38th); Harbison, Ed (15th); James, Donzella (28th); Mangham, Randal (55th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Lucas, David (26th); Sims, Freddie Powell (12th); Anderson, Tonya (43rd); Mallow, Derek (2nd); Jackson, Kim (41st); Rahman, Sheikh (5th)

Status History

03/06/2025: Senate Tabled; 02/13/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/12/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/05/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/04/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

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SB 96

Official Code of Georgia Annotated; provisions creating certain boards, panels, authorities, centers, commissions, committees, councils, task forces, and other such bodies; update and modernize

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various titles of the O.C.G.A., so as to modernize and update provisions creating certain boards, panels, authorities, centers, commissions, committees, councils, task forces, and other such bodies; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Code Revision Senate Committee: Government Oversight

Sponsors

Echols, Drew (49th); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Payne, Chuck (54th); Robertson, Randy (29th); Watson, Ben (1st); Watson, Sam (11th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Still, Shawn (48th); Williams, Rick (25th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Summers, Carden (13th); Albers, John (56th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Tillery, Blake (19th); Dolezal, Greg (27th); Ginn, Frank (47th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Dixon, Clint (45th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Bearden, Timothy (30th)

Status History

04/07/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 03/27/2025: Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub; 03/21/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/21/2025: House Third Readers; 03/18/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/24/2025: House Second Readers; 02/21/2025: House First Readers; 02/20/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 02/20/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/18/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/13/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 02/05/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/04/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/20/2025, Senate Vote #69, 35, 18, 1, 2; 03/21/2025, House Vote #295, 162, 0, 5, 13; 03/27/2025, Senate Vote #309, 51, 0, 1, 4

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SB 75

Speed Detection Devices and Red Light Cameras; standards for signs warning of a reduced speed limit in a school zone and signs warning of the use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to use of speed detection devices and red light cameras, so as to provide for standards for signs warning of a reduced speed limit in a school zone and signs warning of the use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices; to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts, so as to authorize district attorneys, solicitors-general, and prosecuting attorneys to enforce civil monetary penalties relative to the enforcement of laws regarding speeding in a school zone using recorded images; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Public Safety

Sponsors

Burns, Max (23rd); Albers, John (56th); Williams, Rick (25th); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Moore, Colton (53rd); Gooch, Steve (51st); Payne, Chuck (54th); Summers, Carden (13th); Hickman, Billy (4th); McLaurin, Josh (14th); Harbin, Marty (16th); Islam Parkes, Nabilah (7th); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd); Esteves, Jason (35th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Still, Shawn (48th); Mallow, Derek (2nd); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Watson, Ben (1st); Ginn, Frank (47th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Watson, Sam (11th)

Status History

03/04/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 03/03/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/04/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/03/2025: Senate Hopper

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