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Hall County, GA

Includes Gainesville, the “Poultry Capital of the World,” and part of Lake Lanier. It’s a major hub in northeast Georgia.

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SB 72

“Hope for Georgia Patients Act”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 52 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to terminally ill patient’s right to try investigational drugs, biological products, and devices, so as to expand access to individualized investigational treatments to patients who have severely debilitating or life-threatening illnesses; to provide for definitions; to provide for eligibility criteria; to provide for written informed consent; to allow certain manufacturers or eligible facilities to make available individualized investigational treatments; to provide that coverage is not mandatory; to prohibit the sanctions against a physician’s license; to provide exemption to liability for certain charges; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Brass, Matt (6th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Dolezal, Greg (27th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Albers, John (56th); Summers, Carden (13th); Williams, Rick (25th); Robertson, Randy (29th); Moore, Colton (53rd); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Goodman, Russ (8th); Echols, Drew (49th); Tillery, Blake (19th); Hatchett, Bo (50th)

Status History

04/07/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 03/27/2025: House Passed/Adopted; 03/27/2025: House Third Readers; 03/20/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 02/27/2025: House Second Readers; 02/26/2025: House First Readers; 02/24/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 02/24/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/12/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/11/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/04/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/03/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/24/2025, Senate Vote #86, 56, 0, 0, 0; 03/27/2025, House Vote #318, 161, 0, 16, 3

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SB 74

Harmful Materials to Minors; exemption for libraries and librarians from the provisions of Code Section 16-12-103; repeal

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sale or distribution of harmful materials to minors, so as to repeal an exemption for libraries and librarians from the provisions of Code Section 16-12-103, relating to selling, loaning, distributing, or exhibiting materials harmful to minors; to provide that any violation of such Code section shall be a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature when committed knowingly; to provide for a defense for librarians who make good faith attempts to identify and remove material harmful to minors; 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: Judiciary Non-Civil Senate Committee: Education and Youth

Sponsors

Burns, Max (23rd); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Dolezal, Greg (27th); Summers, Carden (13th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Albers, John (56th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Robertson, Randy (29th); Williams, Rick (25th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Echols, Drew (49th); Tillery, Blake (19th); Still, Shawn (48th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Gooch, Steve (51st)

Status History

03/06/2025: House Second Readers; 03/04/2025: House First Readers; 03/03/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/03/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/27/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/26/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/04/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/03/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/03/2025, Senate Vote #125, 32, 23, 1, 0

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SB 59

Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; a limitation on leased property; remove

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-7.4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to preferential assessment for bona fide conservation use property and bona fide residential transitional property, so as to remove a limitation on leased property as to certain entities; 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: Ways & Means Senate Committee: Finance

Sponsors

Watson, Sam (11th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Summers, Carden (13th); Echols, Drew (49th)

Status History

04/04/2025: House Withdrawn, Recommitted; 03/31/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/21/2025: House Second Readers; 02/20/2025: House First Readers; 02/19/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 02/19/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/19/2025: Senate Engrossed; 02/18/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/13/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 01/30/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/29/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/19/2025, Senate Vote #63, 31, 21, 1, 3; 02/19/2025, Senate Vote #66, 50, 1, 0, 5

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SB 52

“Timberlands Recovery, Exemption, and Earnings Stability (TREES) Act”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to authorize certain local governing authorities to provide temporary tax relief from the taxes levied for the harvest or sale of standing timber in certain disaster areas;to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title and legislative findings and intent; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Ways & Means Senate Committee: Finance

Sponsors

Goodman, Russ (8th); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Tillery, Blake (19th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Sims, Freddie Powell (12th); Jackson, Kim (41st); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Hickman, Billy (4th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Watson, Sam (11th); Echols, Drew (49th); Burns, Max (23rd); Brass, Matt (6th); Payne, Chuck (54th); Summers, Carden (13th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Esteves, Jason (35th); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd); Williams, Rick (25th); Kemp, RaShaun (38th); Setzler, Ed (37th); Harrell, Sally (40th); Lucas, David (26th); McLaurin, Josh (14th); Watson, Ben (1st); Merritt, Nikki (9th); Parent, Elena (44th); Anderson, Tonya (43rd); Davenport, Gail (17th); Wicks, Kenya (34th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Harbison, Ed (15th); Rahman, Sheikh (5th); Islam Parkes, Nabilah (7th); Halpern, Sonya (39th)

Status History

02/20/2025: House Second Readers; 02/19/2025: House First Readers; 02/18/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 02/18/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/18/2025: Senate Engrossed; 02/12/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/11/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 01/29/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/28/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/18/2025, Senate Vote #57, 31, 20, 2, 3; 02/18/2025, Senate Vote #58, 53, 0, 0, 3

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SB 55

“Dignity and Pay Act”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to labor and industrial relations, so as to phase out the payment of subminimum wage to persons with disabilities; to repeal provisions concerning exemptions to the state minimum wage law for persons with disabilities; to provide that no employer shall utilize a certificate issued by the United States Department of Labor pursuant to 29 U.S.C. Section 214(c) to pay individuals with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage; to provide exceptions; to provide for related matters; to provide a short title; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Industry and Labor Senate Committee: Insurance and Labor

Sponsors

Hickman, Billy (4th); Halpern, Sonya (39th); Esteves, Jason (35th); Still, Shawn (48th); Echols, Drew (49th); Parent, Elena (44th); Dixon, Clint (45th)

Status History

04/07/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 03/18/2025: House Passed/Adopted; 03/18/2025: House Third Readers; 03/13/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 03/06/2025: House Second Readers; 03/04/2025: House First Readers; 03/03/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 03/03/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/19/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/18/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 01/29/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/28/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/03/2025, Senate Vote #123, 51, 3, 1, 1; 03/18/2025, House Vote #280, 163, 2, 9, 6

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SB 56

Georgia State Indemnification Fund; the Department of Administrative Services to purchase annuities for the payment of indemnification claims; authorize

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 5 of Chapter 9 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia State Indemnification Fund, so as to authorize the Department of Administrative Services to purchase annuities for the payment of indemnification claims; to provide for qualification standards for indemnification claims relating to certain deaths of public safety officers related to COVID-19; to provide for timing requirements for application of such indemnification claims; to provide for definitions; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Public Safety and Homeland Security Senate Committee: Insurance and Labor

Sponsors

Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Albers, John (56th); Robertson, Randy (29th); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Hickman, Billy (4th); Tillery, Blake (19th); Ginn, Frank (47th); Burns, Max (23rd); Payne, Chuck (54th); Echols, Drew (49th); Watson, Sam (11th); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Still, Shawn (48th); Harbin, Marty (16th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Dolezal, Greg (27th); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Anderson, Lee (24th)

Status History

04/07/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 03/27/2025: House Passed/Adopted; 03/27/2025: House Third Readers; 03/20/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 03/06/2025: House Second Readers; 03/04/2025: House First Readers; 03/03/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/03/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/20/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/19/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 01/30/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/29/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/03/2025, Senate Vote #134, 54, 1, 0, 1; 03/27/2025, House Vote #325, 165, 0, 4, 11

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SB 58

“Georgia Transporting Life-Saving Organs and Personnel Act”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency medical services, so as to provide for the licensing and operation of emergency organ transport vehicles as ambulance services; to provide for the operation of such vehicles on public roadways; to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to exempt emergency organ transport vehicles from those vehicles required to obtain an emergency vehicle permit from the Department of Public Safety; to revise and provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Albers, John (56th); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Watson, Ben (1st); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Summers, Carden (13th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Hickman, Billy (4th); Ginn, Frank (47th); Burns, Max (23rd); Williams, Rick (25th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Payne, Chuck (54th); Echols, Drew (49th); Watson, Sam (11th); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Still, Shawn (48th); Harbin, Marty (16th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Anderson, Lee (24th)

Status History

04/07/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 03/21/2025: House Passed/Adopted; 03/21/2025: House Third Readers; 03/11/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 02/20/2025: House Second Readers; 02/19/2025: House First Readers; 02/18/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 02/18/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/10/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/06/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 01/30/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/29/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/18/2025, Senate Vote #59, 53, 0, 0, 3; 03/21/2025, House Vote #296, 161, 0, 6, 13

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SB 43

Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; the maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation; increase

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-7.4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to preferential assessment for bona fide conservation use property and bona fide residential transitional property, so as to increase the maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Finance

Sponsors

Summers, Carden (13th); Brass, Matt (6th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Watson, Sam (11th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Williams, Rick (25th); Ginn, Frank (47th); Tillery, Blake (19th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Robertson, Randy (29th); Watson, Ben (1st); Albers, John (56th); Burns, Max (23rd); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Echols, Drew (49th); Still, Shawn (48th); Bearden, Timothy (30th)

Status History

01/29/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/28/2025: Senate Hopper

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