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Paulding County, GA

A fast-growing suburb of Atlanta, Paulding has transformed from rural to residential and commercial development. Dallas is the county seat.

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SB 230

Condominiums; maximum amount of insurance deductibles payable by unit owners; remove the limitation

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to condominiums, so as to remove the limitation on the maximum amount of insurance deductibles payable by unit owners; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Insurance and Labor

Sponsors

Still, Shawn (48th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Harbin, Marty (16th); Harbison, Ed (15th); Walker, III, Larry (20th)

Status History

03/03/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/28/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/21/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/20/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

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SB 231

Firearms; activities relating to such that occur at a sport shooting range; negligent acts of a third party involving the use of a weapon, firearm; limit liability of a weapons, firearms, or ammunition manufacturer, trade assoc.

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-11-173 of the O.C.G.A., relating to legislative findings, preemption of local regulation and lawsuits relative to firearms, and exceptions, so as to limit liability of a weapons, firearms, or ammunition manufacturer, trade association, owner or operator of a sport shooting range, or dealer for unlawful, intentional, or negligent acts of a third party involving the use of a weapon, firearm, or ammunition or activities relating to such that occur at a sport shooting range; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Judiciary

Sponsors

Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Gooch, Steve (51st); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Robertson, Randy (29th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Watson, Sam (11th); Summers, Carden (13th); Echols, Drew (49th); Moore, Colton (53rd); Dixon, Clint (45th)

Status History

02/21/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/20/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

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SB 207

Professions and Businesses; a preclearance process in the licensing of individuals with criminal records who make application to or are investigated by certain licensing boards and commissions; create

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 20, 26, 31, 33, and 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, food, drugs, and cosmetics, health, insurance, and professions and businesses; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 25 of the O.C.G.A., relating to firefighter standards and training; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to Georgia Crime Information Center; to amend Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to first offenders; to amend Code Section 17-10-21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to vacating of sentence for trafficking victim defendants; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Judiciary Non-Civil Senate Committee: Judiciary

Sponsors

Strickland, Brian (42nd); Brass, Matt (6th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Parent, Elena (44th); Jackson, Kim (41st); Tillery, Blake (19th); Albers, John (56th); Summers, Carden (13th); Watson, Ben (1st); Setzler, Ed (37th); Burns, Max (23rd); Payne, Chuck (54th)

Status History

04/04/2025: Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended; 04/04/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 04/04/2025: House Third Readers; 03/20/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 03/11/2025: House Second Readers; 03/10/2025: House First Readers; 03/06/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 03/06/2025: Senate Third Read; 03/03/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/28/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 02/20/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/19/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/06/2025, Senate Vote #178, 55, 0, 1, 0; 04/04/2025, House Vote #433, 170, 0, 1, 9; 04/04/2025, Senate Vote #488, 53, 0, 2, 1

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SB 203

“Georgia Homegrown Solar Act of 2025”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to electrical service, so as to enact the “Georgia Homegrown Solar Act of 2025”; to provide definitions; to allow customers of an electric utility to aggregate demand from multiple locations and subscribe to certain off-site solar facilities; to provide for nondiscriminatory interconnection of such facilities; to provide for consumer protections for customers; to allow customers to access their own meter usage and provide such usage data to authorized third parties; to provide legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Regulated Industries and Utilities

Sponsors

Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Robertson, Randy (29th); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Williams, Rick (25th); Halpern, Sonya (39th); Summers, Carden (13th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Setzler, Ed (37th)

Status History

02/20/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/19/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

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SB 199

State Ethics Commission; shall not accept or reject complaints made against candidates 60 days prior to an election; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to government transparency and campaign finance, so as to provide that the State Ethics Commission shall not accept or reject complaints made against candidates 60 days prior to an election; to revise provisions related to reporting income on personal financial disclosure statements for office holders; to provide that the commission shall not publicly release home address information in its possession; to revise lobbyist reporting requirements to make the reporting dates for such requirements more uniform; 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: Ethics

Sponsors

Watson, Sam (11th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Burns, Max (23rd); Goodman, Russ (8th); Williams, Rick (25th); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Still, Shawn (48th); Brass, Matt (6th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Robertson, Randy (29th)

Status History

04/07/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 03/31/2025: House Passed/Adopted; 03/31/2025: House Third Readers; 03/20/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 03/10/2025: House Second Readers; 03/06/2025: House First Readers; 03/04/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/04/2025: Senate Third Read; 03/04/2025: Senate Engrossed; 02/27/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/26/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/20/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/19/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/04/2025, Senate Vote #136, 29, 17, 4, 6; 03/04/2025, Senate Vote #140, 55, 0, 0, 1; 03/31/2025, House Vote #366, 167, 1, 3, 9

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SB 201

Consumer Transactions; increased consumer protection for homeowners entering into contracts with contractors following natural disasters; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 10-1-393 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to unfair or deceptive practices in consumer transactions unlawful and examples, so as to provide increased consumer protection for homeowners entering into contracts with contractors following natural disasters; to provide for certain contractual requirements; to provide for notice language; to amend Code Section 33-6-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices, so as to prohibit the assignment of benefits in certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Senate Committee: Insurance and Labor

Sponsors

Walker, III, Larry (20th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Tillery, Blake (19th); Watson, Sam (11th); Summers, Carden (13th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Payne, Chuck (54th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Burns, Max (23rd); Setzler, Ed (37th); Brass, Matt (6th); Robertson, Randy (29th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Williams, Rick (25th); Ginn, Frank (47th); Echols, Drew (49th); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Harbin, Marty (16th); Still, Shawn (48th); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Beach, Brandon (21st); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Gooch, Steve (51st)

Status History

04/10/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 04/04/2025: Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub; 03/31/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/31/2025: House Third Readers; 03/20/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 03/10/2025: House Second Readers; 03/06/2025: House First Readers; 03/04/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/04/2025: Senate Third Read; 03/03/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/28/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/20/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/19/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/04/2025, Senate Vote #157, 53, 1, 0, 2; 03/31/2025, House Vote #368, 163, 1, 5, 11; 04/04/2025, Senate Vote #447, 49, 1, 5, 1

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SB 180

High Demand Apprenticeship Program; opportunities for apprenticeship sponsors to enter into apprenticeship program contracts with State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the High Demand Apprenticeship Program, so as to provide opportunities for apprenticeship sponsors to enter into apprenticeship program contracts with the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; to provide for completion awards to apprenticeship sponsors for the successful completion of such contracts; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Higher Education Senate Committee: Higher Education

Sponsors

Dixon, Clint (45th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Burns, Max (23rd); Setzler, Ed (37th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Williams, Rick (25th)

Status History

04/28/2025: Act 19; 04/28/2025: Senate Date Signed by Governor; 04/07/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 03/28/2025: House Passed/Adopted; 03/28/2025: House Third Readers; 03/20/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 03/10/2025: House Second Readers; 03/06/2025: House First Readers; 03/04/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 03/04/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/27/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/26/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 02/18/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/13/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/04/2025, Senate Vote #151, 53, 1, 0, 2; 03/28/2025, House Vote #334, 158, 0, 8, 14

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SB 181

Education; public schools and public postsecondary institutions shall not accept funding from or enter into contracts with foreign adversaries; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to education, so as to provide that public schools and public postsecondary institutions shall not accept funding from or enter into contracts with foreign adversaries; to provide definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Higher Education

Sponsors

Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Burns, Max (23rd); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Hickman, Billy (4th); Summers, Carden (13th); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Robertson, Randy (29th)

Status History

03/03/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/28/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/24/2025: Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted; 02/18/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/13/2025: Senate Hopper

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