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Houston County, GA

Located in central Georgia, Houston includes Warner Robins and Robins Air Force Base, a major regional employer. It has a strong military and aerospace presence.

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HB 599

Teachers Retirement System of Georgia; employ certain beneficiaries as classroom teachers in a full-time capacity; extend program

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement allowances, disability benefits, and spouses’ benefits, so as to extend the program to permit public school systems to employ certain beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia as classroom teachers in a full-time capacity to June 30, 2030; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Retirement Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Donatucci, Sandy (105th); Blackmon, Shaw (146th); Erwin, Chris (32nd); Ehrhart, Ginny (36th); Silcox, Deborah (53rd)

Status History

02/27/2025: House Second Readers; 02/26/2025: House First Readers; 02/24/2025: House Hopper

Votes

No votes

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HB 586

Revenue and taxation; intangible recording tax; revise notes

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 6 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to intangible recording tax, so as to revise the notes for which such tax is imposed; to provide for procedures; to revise definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Ways & Means Senate Committee: Finance

Sponsors

Williamson, Bruce (112th); Blackmon, Shaw (146th); Williams, Jr., Noel (148th); Hatchett, Matt (155th); Efstration, Chuck (104th); Burchett, James (176th)

Status History

04/09/2025: House Sent to Governor; 04/04/2025: House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub; 04/02/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 04/02/2025: Senate Third Read; 04/02/2025: Senate Engrossed; 03/18/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 03/13/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 03/10/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 03/06/2025: House Passed/Adopted; 03/06/2025: House Third Readers; 03/06/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 02/26/2025: House Second Readers; 02/24/2025: House First Readers; 02/21/2025: House Hopper

Votes

03/06/2025, House Vote #256, 170, 1, 3, 6; 04/02/2025, Senate Vote #383, 31, 24, 0, 1; 04/02/2025, Senate Vote #404, 55, 1, 0, 0; 04/04/2025, House Vote #405, 161, 0, 11, 8

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HB 554

APEX Now Program; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health of students, so as to enact the “APEX Now Program”; to provide support for mental health services to students and school personnel experiencing incidents of violence, threats of violence, natural disasters, and other crisis situations; to provide for such program to be established within the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities; to provide for the development and promulgation of a mental health crisis plan; to provide for a 24 hour online and telephonic hotline; to provide for prospective parental consent; to provide for contracting for services; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Education Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Townsend, Rick (179th); Jones, Todd (25th); Erwin, Chris (32nd); Ballard, Bethany (147th); Glaize, Lydia (67th); Persinger, Holt (119th)

Status History

02/24/2025: House Second Readers; 02/21/2025: House First Readers; 02/20/2025: House Hopper

Votes

No votes

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HB 560

Joint county and municipal sales and use tax (LOST); negotiations for distribution of tax proceeds; revise provisions

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to joint county and municipal sales and use tax (LOST), so as to revise provisions related to negotiations for the distribution of tax proceeds; to limit the application of certain requirements with respect to absent counties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Ways & Means Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Martin, Chuck (49th); Blackmon, Shaw (146th); Neal, Yasmin (79th)

Status History

04/04/2025: House Withdrawn, Recommitted; 02/26/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/21/2025: House Second Readers; 02/20/2025: House First Readers; 02/20/2025: House Hopper

Votes

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HB 547

Revenue and taxation; bona fide conservation use property; permit combination of multiple covenants into a single, new, ten-year covenant

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 permit the combination of multiple covenants of a single owner into a single, new, ten-year covenant; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Ways & Means Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Cannon, Chas (172nd); Dickey, Robert (134th); Corbett, John (174th); Meeks, Steven (178th); Huddleston, David (72nd); Campbell, Joe (171st)

Status History

02/24/2025: House Second Readers; 02/21/2025: House First Readers; 02/20/2025: House Hopper

Votes

No votes

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HB 537

Revenue and taxation; maximum amount of local sales and use taxes that may be imposed; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales and use taxes, so as to provide for the maximum amount of local sales and use taxes that may be imposed; to revise provisions related to a special district sales and use tax; to provide for conditions under which such tax may be imposed; to provide for clarifications; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Ways & Means Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Blackmon, Shaw (146th)

Status History

02/21/2025: House Second Readers; 02/20/2025: House First Readers; 02/19/2025: House Hopper

Votes

No votes

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HB 516

State government; authorize county and regional library boards to conduct meetings via teleconference

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-14-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to meetings open to the public, limitation on action to contest agency action, recording, notice of time and place, access to minutes, and teleconferences, so as to authorize county and regional library boards to conduct meetings via teleconference; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: State Planning & Community Affairs Senate Committee: State and Local Governmental Operations

Sponsors

New, Kimberly (40th); Hawkins, Lee (27th); Ballard, Bethany (147th); Scoggins, Mitchell (14th); Persinger, Holt (119th); Leverett, Rob (123rd)

Status History

04/09/2025: House Sent to Governor; 04/04/2025: House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub; 04/04/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 04/04/2025: Senate Third Read; 04/04/2025: Senate Taken from Table; 04/02/2025: Senate Tabled; 03/21/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 03/20/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 03/06/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 03/04/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/04/2025: House Third Readers; 02/26/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/21/2025: House Second Readers; 02/20/2025: House First Readers; 02/19/2025: House Hopper

Votes

03/04/2025, House Vote #183, 164, 5, 6, 5; 04/04/2025, Senate Vote #480, 49, 1, 5, 1; 04/04/2025, House Vote #453, 94, 71, 3, 12

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HB 517

Student Success Support Act; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-154 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the remedial education program under the “Quality Basic Education Act,” so as to provide for the State Board of Education to establish a grant program for supplemental remedial education services in literacy and math for all students in kindergarten through grade 12 who attend one of the lowest performing five percent of public schools in the state; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Education Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Berry, Bryce (56th); Ballard, Bethany (147th); Olaleye, Phil (59th); Greene, Gerald (154th); Hagan, Leesa (156th); Paris, Miriam (142nd)

Status History

02/21/2025: House Second Readers; 02/20/2025: House First Readers; 02/19/2025: House Hopper

Votes

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