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Richmond County, GA

Home to Augusta and the Masters Golf Tournament, Richmond is an urban county with strong healthcare, military, and industrial sectors.

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SB 262

Insurance; health benefit policies to cover preventive services; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to provide for health benefit policies to cover preventive services; to provide for definitions; to prohibit cost-sharing requirements; to protect the eligibility of health savings accounts; to provide for review by the Commissioner of Insurance; to provide for rules and regulations; 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

Halpern, Sonya (39th); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Goodman, Russ (8th); Watson, Sam (11th); Still, Shawn (48th); Summers, Carden (13th); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Watson, Ben (1st)

Status History

02/27/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/26/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 246

“Reproductive Freedom Act”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to persons and their rights; to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Juvenile Code; to amend Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to offenses against public health; to amend Title 19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to domestic relations; to amend Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education; to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health; to amend Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance; to amend Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to physicians and others; to amend Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance; to amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to taxes; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public assistance; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Judiciary

Sponsors

Harrell, Sally (40th); Wicks, Kenya (34th); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Jackson, Kim (41st); Anderson, Tonya (43rd); Orrock, Nan (36th); Kemp, RaShaun (38th); Halpern, Sonya (39th); James, Donzella (28th); Merritt, Nikki (9th); Sims, Freddie Powell (12th); Jones, Emanuel (10th); Islam Parkes, Nabilah (7th); Mallow, Derek (2nd); McLaurin, Josh (14th); Parent, Elena (44th); Lucas, David (26th); Rahman, Sheikh (5th); Harbison, Ed (15th); Davenport, Gail (17th); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd); Mangham, Randal (55th); Esteves, Jason (35th)

Status History

02/26/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/24/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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SB 228

State Depositories; State Depository Board to allow the state treasurer to invest in bitcoin; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 17 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state depositories, so as to provide for the State Depository Board to allow the state treasurer to invest in bitcoin; to require the state treasurer to develop policies and procedures for the acceptance, storage, and transacting of bitcoin by the state; to require that bitcoin received or otherwise owned by the state shall be held in accordance with such policies and procedures; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Banking and Financial Institutions

Sponsors

Esteves, Jason (35th); Jackson, Kim (41st); Parent, Elena (44th); Mallow, Derek (2nd); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Dolezal, Greg (27th)

Status History

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

Votes

No votes

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SB 220

“Putting Georgia’s Patients First Act”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various provisions of the O.C.G.A., so as to rename low THC oil as medical cannabis; to amend Chapter 12 of Title 16, Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16, and Article 1 of Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to offenses against the public health and morals, regulation of controlled substances, and general provisions relative to the Department of Public Health, respectively, so as to clarify and revise criminal penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Brass, Matt (6th); Summers, Carden (13th); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Strickland, Brian (42nd); Jackson, Kim (41st); Jones, Emanuel (10th); Sims, Freddie Powell (12th); Lucas, David (26th); Beach, Brandon (21st); Rahman, Sheikh (5th); Hickman, Billy (4th); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Parent, Elena (44th); Moore, Colton (53rd); Goodman, Russ (8th); McLaurin, Josh (14th); Williams, Rick (25th); Anderson, Lee (24th)

Status History

04/04/2025: House Withdrawn, Recommitted; 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 By Substitute; 03/06/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/28/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/27/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/20/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/19/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/06/2025, Senate Vote #172, 12, 44, 0, 0; 03/06/2025, Senate Vote #173, 47, 8, 1, 0; 03/06/2025, Senate Vote #174, 13, 43, 0, 0; 03/06/2025, Senate Vote #175, 12, 43, 1, 0; 03/06/2025, Senate Vote #176, 39, 17, 0, 0

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SB 222

Commission for the Blind and the Visually Impaired; create

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 30 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to handicapped persons, so as to create the Commission for the Blind and the Visually Impaired; to provide for an annual report; to provide for a complaint process; to amend Chapter 9 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency, so as to establish the role of the commission in facilitating the operation by blind persons and other persons with disabilities of vending facilities on state property; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Health and Human Services

Sponsors

Davenport, Gail (17th); Sims, Freddie Powell (12th); Anderson, Tonya (43rd); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Mallow, Derek (2nd); Mangham, Randal (55th); Wicks, Kenya (34th); Kemp, RaShaun (38th); Rahman, Sheikh (5th); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd); Jones, Emanuel (10th)

Status History

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

Votes

No votes

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SB 223

“Pro People, Pro Business Act”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to liability of owners and occupiers of land, so as to limit liability for premises liability actions unless claimants can show certain facts; to provide for affirmative defenses; to provide for rebuttable presumptions; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; 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: Judiciary

Sponsors

Jones II, Harold (22nd); Jackson, Kim (41st); Parent, Elena (44th); Halpern, Sonya (39th); Esteves, Jason (35th); Orrock, Nan (36th); Mallow, Derek (2nd)

Status History

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

Votes

No votes

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SB 217

Healthy Start”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for school lunch and school breakfast programs for public school students in this state; to require local school systems to maximize access to federal funding; to provide for participating in the United States Department of Agriculture’s Community Eligibility Provision (CEP); to provide for rules and regulations; to encourage the use of Georgia grown products in school breakfast and lunch programs; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Education and Youth

Sponsors

Islam Parkes, Nabilah (7th); Jones II, Harold (22nd); Parent, Elena (44th); Esteves, Jason (35th); Jackson, Kim (41st); Halpern, Sonya (39th); Harrell, Sally (40th); Mangham, Randal (55th); Wicks, Kenya (34th); Sims, Freddie Powell (12th); James, Donzella (28th); Kemp, RaShaun (38th); Lucas, David (26th); Davenport, Gail (17th); Rahman, Sheikh (5th); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd)

Status History

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

Votes

No votes

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SB 204

Criminal Procedure; offenses that are not serious violent felonies, sexual felonies, or other certain offenses to be charged by accusation of the district attorney; allow

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 17-7-70.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trial upon accusations in certain felony and misdemeanor cases and trial upon plea of guilty or nolo contendere, so as to allow for offenses that are not serious violent felonies, sexual felonies, or other certain offenses to be charged by accusation of the district attorney; to provide for definitions; to provide for conditions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

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

Sponsors

Jones II, Harold (22nd); Rhett, Michael ‘Doc’ (33rd); Parent, Elena (44th); James, Donzella (28th); Rahman, Sheikh (5th)

Status History

04/04/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 04/04/2025: House Third Readers; 04/04/2025: House Third Readers; 03/31/2025: House Withdrawn, Recommitted; 03/27/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 03/11/2025: House Second Readers; 03/10/2025: House First Readers; 03/06/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 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; 02/20/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/19/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

03/06/2025, Senate Vote #211, 51, 4, 0, 1; 04/04/2025, House Vote #428, 75, 95, 4, 6; 04/04/2025, House Vote #429, 99, 74, 2, 5

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