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Lumpkin County, GA

Located in the North Georgia mountains, Lumpkin includes Dahlonega, site of the first U.S. gold rush. It’s now a tourist and winery destination.

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SB 33

“Georgia Hemp Farming Act”; total THC concentration of consumable hemp products; provide limits

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the “Georgia Hemp Farming Act,” so as to provide limits on the total THC concentration of consumable hemp products; to revise provisions concerning the certificate of analysis applicable to consumable hemp products; to revise and provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Senate Committee: Regulated Industries and Utilities

Sponsors

Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Watson, Ben (1st); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Watson, Sam (11th); Parent, Elena (44th); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Albers, John (56th); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Burns, Max (23rd); Harbison, Ed (15th); Robertson, Randy (29th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Harbin, Marty (16th)

Status History

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; 02/24/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/21/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 01/28/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/27/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/06/2025, Senate Vote #168, 50, 6, 0, 0

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SB 21

Local Governments; violation of the prohibition on immigration sanctuary policies; waive sovereign and governmental immunities

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 80 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties, municipal corporations, and other governmental entities, so as to waive sovereign and governmental immunities for local governments and their officials and employees for a violation of the prohibition on immigration sanctuary policies; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding jails, so as to require sheriffs, jailers, and deputies to honor immigration detainer requests issued by the Department of Homeland Security; to provide a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Tillery, Blake (19th); Brass, Matt (6th); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Harbin, Marty (16th); Burns, Max (23rd); Still, Shawn (48th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Beach, Brandon (21st); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Robertson, Randy (29th); Setzler, Ed (37th); Dolezal, Greg (27th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Echols, Drew (49th); Moore, Colton (53rd); Dixon, Clint (45th); Summers, Carden (13th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Kennedy, John F. (18th)

Status History

04/04/2025: House Withdrawn, Recommitted; 03/27/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 02/19/2025: House Second Readers; 02/18/2025: House First Readers; 02/13/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 02/13/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/10/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/06/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 01/27/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/17/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/13/2025, Senate Vote #53, 20, 31, 0, 5; 02/13/2025, Senate Vote #54, 33, 18, 0, 5

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SB 17

“Ricky and Alyssa’s Law”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 11 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 and Article 10 of Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public school property and facilities and state-wide first responder building mapping information system, respectively, so as to enact “Ricky and Alyssa’s Law”; to require local school systems to implement a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting disparate emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between multiple state and local first responder agencies in the event of a school security; to authorize the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency to adopt rules and regulations for the requirements for school mapping data; to provide for a definition; 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: Education and Youth

Sponsors

Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Dixon, Clint (45th); Ginn, Frank (47th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Robertson, Randy (29th); Brass, Matt (6th); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Albers, John (56th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Summers, Carden (13th); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Hickman, Billy (4th); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Williams, Rick (25th); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Harbin, Marty (16th); Dolezal, Greg (27th); Echols, Drew (49th); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Halpern, Sonya (39th); Esteves, Jason (35th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Watson, Ben (1st); Burns, Max (23rd); Watson, Sam (11th); Payne, Chuck (54th)

Status History

04/02/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 04/02/2025: House Third Readers; 03/18/2025: 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; 02/19/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/18/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 01/16/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/15/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/06/2025, Senate Vote #163, 55, 0, 0, 1; 04/02/2025, House Vote #380, 171, 0, 1, 8

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SB 12

Inspection of Public Records; documents and records in the possession of private persons or entities; revise provisions

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to inspection of public records, so as to revise provisions related to documents and records in the possession of private persons or entities; to revise definitions; to revise provisions related to judicial enforcement of inspection requests; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Governmental Affairs Senate Committee: Judiciary

Sponsors

Ginn, Frank (47th); Robertson, Randy (29th); Summers, Carden (13th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Still, Shawn (48th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Watson, Ben (1st); Tillery, Blake (19th); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Albers, John (56th); Brass, Matt (6th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Goodman, Russ (8th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Watson, Sam (11th); Jones, Emanuel (10th); Wicks, Kenya (34th); Beach, Brandon (21st); Payne, Chuck (54th)

Status History

04/10/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 04/04/2025: Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub; 04/04/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 04/04/2025: House Third Readers; 04/02/2025: House Withdrawn, Recommitted; 03/20/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/26/2025: House Second Readers; 02/24/2025: House First Readers; 02/21/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 02/21/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/11/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/10/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 01/16/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/15/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/21/2025, Senate Vote #80, 49, 0, 5, 2; 04/04/2025, House Vote #432, 167, 1, 1, 11; 04/04/2025, Senate Vote #490, 53, 1, 1, 1

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SB 13

Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; finance and perform certain duties in connection with projects relating to natural gas facilities; authorize

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority, so as to authorize the authority to finance and perform certain duties in connection with projects relating to natural gas facilities; to revise definitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for limited liability; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications Senate Committee: Regulated Industries and Utilities

Sponsors

Summers, Carden (13th); Tillery, Blake (19th); Albers, John (56th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Robertson, Randy (29th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Watson, Ben (1st); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Mallow, Derek (2nd); Williams, Rick (25th); Brass, Matt (6th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Burns, Max (23rd); Sims, Freddie Powell (12th); Lucas, David (26th); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Beach, Brandon (21st); Dolezal, Greg (27th)

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; 02/27/2025: House Second Readers; 02/26/2025: House First Readers; 02/24/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 02/24/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/06/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/05/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 01/16/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/15/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/24/2025, Senate Vote #85, 42, 11, 2, 1; 03/21/2025, House Vote #299, 109, 50, 6, 15; 03/27/2025, Senate Vote #308, 50, 0, 4, 2

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SB 1

Fair and Safe Athletic Opportunities Act’; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to provide generally for competitively fair and safe student participation in middle school, high school, and college sports; to promote fair and safe competition; to provide for equal athletic opportunities and safety; to provide for specific designations of teams operated or sponsored by local school systems, public schools, participating private schools, and postsecondary educational institutions in this state; to prohibit males from participating in interscholastic and intercollegiate competitions on teams designated as female; to prohibit females from participating in competition on intercollegiate teams designated as male, subject to exceptions; to provide for related matters; 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); Beach, Brandon (21st); Robertson, Randy (29th); Albers, John (56th); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Watson, Ben (1st); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Ginn, Frank (47th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Tillery, Blake (19th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Echols, Drew (49th); Watson, Sam (11th); Burns, Max (23rd); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Anderson, Lee (24th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Still, Shawn (48th); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Harbin, Marty (16th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Moore, Colton (53rd); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Payne, Chuck (54th); Brass, Matt (6th)

Status History

04/28/2025: Act 11; 04/28/2025: Senate Date Signed by Governor; 04/07/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 03/31/2025: 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; 02/11/2025: House Second Readers; 02/10/2025: House First Readers; 02/06/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 02/06/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/04/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/03/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 01/14/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/13/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/06/2025, Senate Vote #23, 19, 32, 1, 4; 02/06/2025, Senate Vote #24, 18, 34, 0, 4; 02/06/2025, Senate Vote #25, 19, 33, 0, 4; 02/06/2025, Senate Vote #26, 35, 17, 0, 4; 03/31/2025, House Vote #350, 100, 64, 5, 11; 03/31/2025, Senate Vote #372, 17, 37, 1, 1; 03/31/2025, Senate Vote #373, 34, 20, 1, 1

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SB 2

State Income Tax; exclude tips from taxation

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the imposition, rate, computation, exemptions, and credits for state income tax, so as to exclude tips from taxation; to provide for reporting by employers; to provide for a definition; 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: N/A Senate Committee: Finance

Sponsors

Dolezal, Greg (27th); Beach, Brandon (21st); Robertson, Randy (29th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Albers, John (56th); Summers, Carden (13th); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Payne, Chuck (54th); Echols, Drew (49th); Watson, Sam (11th); Burns, Max (23rd); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Anderson, Lee (24th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Still, Shawn (48th); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Harbin, Marty (16th); Moore, Colton (53rd)

Status History

02/10/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/06/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 01/14/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/13/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

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