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Whitfield County, GA

Part of the Dalton metro area, Whitfield is a major center for carpet and flooring manufacturing. It’s located in northwest Georgia.

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SB 68

Civil Practice; substantive and comprehensive revision of provisions regarding civil practice, evidentiary matters, damages, and liability in tort actions; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 9, 13, 40, and 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to civil practice, contracts, motor vehicles, and torts, respectively, so as to provide for substantive and comprehensive revision of provisions regarding civil practice, evidentiary matters, damages, and liability in tort actions; to provide limitations relative to pain and suffering testimony; to provide for timing of answers and discovery; to provide for dismissals of civil actions; 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: Rules Senate Committee: Judiciary

Sponsors

Kennedy, John F. (18th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Robertson, Randy (29th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Watson, Ben (1st); Echols, Drew (49th); Dolezal, Greg (27th); Still, Shawn (48th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Beach, Brandon (21st); Payne, Chuck (54th); Ginn, Frank (47th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Williams, Rick (25th); Burns, Max (23rd); Albers, John (56th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Setzler, Ed (37th); Brass, Matt (6th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Watson, Sam (11th); Harbin, Marty (16th)

Status History

04/21/2025: Act 9; 04/21/2025: Senate Date Signed by Governor; 04/07/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 03/21/2025: Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub; 03/20/2025: House Immediately Transmitted to Senate; 03/20/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/20/2025: House Third Readers; 03/18/2025: 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; 02/12/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/11/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/03/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/30/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/21/2025, Senate Vote #81, 21, 33, 0, 2; 02/21/2025, Senate Vote #82, 21, 33, 0, 2; 02/21/2025, Senate Vote #83, 33, 21, 0, 2; 03/20/2025, House Vote #290, 91, 82, 1, 6; 03/20/2025, House Vote #291, 94, 77, 3, 6; 03/21/2025, Senate Vote #272, 22, 32, 1, 1; 03/21/2025, Senate Vote #273, 34, 21, 0, 1

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SB 69

“Georgia Courts Access and Consumer Protection Act”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 7 and Article 5 of Chapter 11 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to banking and finance, and depositions and discovery under the “Georgia Civil Practice Act,” respectively, so as to regulate third-party litigation financing practices in this state; to provide a short title; 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: Rules Senate Committee: Judiciary

Sponsors

Kennedy, John F. (18th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Robertson, Randy (29th); Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Watson, Ben (1st); Echols, Drew (49th); Dolezal, Greg (27th); Still, Shawn (48th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Beach, Brandon (21st); Payne, Chuck (54th); Ginn, Frank (47th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Burns, Max (23rd); Williams, Rick (25th); Albers, John (56th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Setzler, Ed (37th); Brass, Matt (6th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Hodges, Mike (3rd); Watson, Sam (11th); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Harbin, Marty (16th); Hickman, Billy (4th)

Status History

04/21/2025: Act 10; 04/21/2025: Senate Date Signed by Governor; 04/07/2025: Senate Sent to Governor; 03/31/2025: House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub; 03/28/2025: Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended; 03/27/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/27/2025: House Third Readers; 03/27/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 03/03/2025: House Second Readers; 02/28/2025: House First Readers; 02/27/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 02/27/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/12/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/11/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 02/03/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/30/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/27/2025, Senate Vote #104, 52, 0, 0, 4; 03/27/2025, House Vote #323, 98, 69, 3, 10; 03/28/2025, Senate Vote #336, 52, 0, 0, 4; 03/31/2025, House Vote #360, 120, 42, 6, 12

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SB 73

“Safeguarding American Veteran Empowerment Act’ or “SAVE Act”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the “Fair Business Practices Act of 1975,” so as to provide certain protections for veterans and other eligible persons applying for benefits; to provide for limitations; to provide for violations; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Veterans, Military, and Homeland Security

Sponsors

Payne, Chuck (54th); Kirkpatrick, Kay (32nd); Setzler, Ed (37th); Anderson, Lee (24th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Hickman, Billy (4th); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Hufstetler, Chuck (52nd); Still, Shawn (48th); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Harbison, Ed (15th); Esteves, Jason (35th)

Status History

02/04/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/03/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

No votes

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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 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 47

Sales and Use Taxes; sales of firearms, ammunition, gun safes, and related accessories during an 11 day period each year; exempt

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes, so as to exempt sales of firearms, ammunition, gun safes, and related accessories during an 11 day period each year; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Ways & Means Senate Committee: Finance

Sponsors

Anavitarte, Jason (31st); Brass, Matt (6th); Gooch, Steve (51st); Ginn, Frank (47th); Robertson, Randy (29th); Goodman, Russ (8th); Kennedy, John F. (18th); Walker, III, Larry (20th); Tillery, Blake (19th); Hatchett, Bo (50th); Watson, Ben (1st); Echols, Drew (49th); Payne, Chuck (54th); Williams, Rick (25th); Bearden, Timothy (30th); Watson, Sam (11th); Cowsert, Bill (46th); Dixon, Clint (45th); Setzler, Ed (37th)

Status History

02/18/2025: House Second Readers; 02/13/2025: House First Readers; 02/12/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 02/12/2025: Senate Third Read; 02/12/2025: Senate Engrossed; 02/10/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 02/06/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 01/29/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/28/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

02/12/2025, Senate Vote #46, 30, 22, 1, 3; 02/12/2025, Senate Vote #48, 31, 21, 0, 4

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SB 37

“AI Accountability Act”; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding state government, so as to require that all governmental entities develop and maintain artificial intelligence system usage plans; to amend Chapter 12 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to commissions and other agencies, so as to create the Georgia Board for Artificial Intelligence; to provide for guidance to governmental entities in their development of artificial intelligence system usage plans; to provide for the purpose, membership, and duties of such board; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: N/A Senate Committee: Economic Development and Tourism

Sponsors

Albers, John (56th); Still, Shawn (48th); Esteves, Jason (35th); Burns, Max (23rd); Payne, Chuck (54th); Robertson, Randy (29th); Walker, III, Larry (20th)

Status History

01/28/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 01/27/2025: Senate Hopper

Votes

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