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| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | SB344 | Passed | 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 p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06 Act 610 |
| #2 | HB218 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to admissions and confessions, so as to provide for sexual assault hearsay for disabled adults and 17 year olds; to provide f... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24 Act 482 |
| #3 | SB352 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to motor vehicle equipment and inspection, so as to provide for standards for the al... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06 Act 611 |
| #4 | HB1068 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from City of Jefferson independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain r... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06 Act 638 |
| #5 | SB340 | Passed | 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 firearm safes and firearm safety devices; to provide for definitions; to pr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-30 Act 497 |
| #6 | HB995 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 12 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to effectiveness of educational programs, so as to require the administration of a nationally recognized multiple-... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24 Act 487 |
| #7 | HB502 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia Cosmetic Laser Services Act," so as to revise a definition; to revise a provision relating to requirements for applicant... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22 Act 393 |
| #8 | HB1078 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to services for the aging, so as create a new adult day center licensure exclusion; to authorize the Department of Community Health to est... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22 Act 405 |
| #9 | HB385 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement and pensions, so as to add appropriate references to the United States Space Force; to make conforming changes; to provide conditions for... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22 Act 391 |
| #10 | HB954 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that the judge of the Probate Court of Emanuel County shall also serve as the chief magistrate judge of the Magistrate Court of Emanuel County on and after January 1, 2025; to provide for the continuation in of... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22 Act 440 |
| #11 | SB517 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to justification and excuse under defenses to criminal prosecutions, so as to provide for immunity from certain criminal pros... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-02 Act 545 |
| #12 | SB424 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a new judicial circuit for the State of Georgia to be known as the West Georgia Judicial Circuit and to be composed of Carroll County and Heard County; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A.... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06 Act 615 |
| #13 | HB581 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 28-5-41.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to economic analysis of certain tax benefits of law or proposed law, and analysis on performance and outcomes of Code Section 33-1-25, so... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 Act 379 |
| #14 | HB1504 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to create and establish the Griffin-Spalding County Area Regional Airport Authority, a new regional airport authority in and for the County of Spalding, the City of Griffin, the County of Butts, the County of Lamar, the C... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06 Act 694 |
| #15 | HB404 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to landlord and tenant, so as to provide for a duty of habitability for certain rental agreements; to provide for an exception to such dut... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22 Act 392 |
| #16 | SB159 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding correctional institutions of states and counties, so as to prohibit wireless communications a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01 Act 508 |
| #17 | HB997 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-5-151 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disqualification from driving and action required after suspending, revoking, or canceling license or nonresident privileges, so as to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22 Act 402 |
| #18 | HB1004 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Jackson County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of tha... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22 Act 445 |
| #19 | SB412 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to change certain provisions relating to administrative and civil sanctions against charitable organizations, paid... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06 Act 612 |
| #20 | HB1085 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the City of Chamblee Public Facilities Authority; to provide that the authority is a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the State of Georgia; to provide for the validation of such bonds and to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06 Act 640 |
| #21 | HB1087 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Barrow County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for certain senior citizens with certain maximum incomes; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01 Act 520 |
| #22 | HB1141 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Telfair County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the base year... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01 Act 523 |
| #23 | HB1174 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create the Harris County Public Improvements Authority and to provide for the appointment of members of the Authority, approved April 5, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 4052), so as to revise the purpose of the a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01 Act 526 |
| #24 | HB1269 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Gainesville ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the adjusted base ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06 Act 646 |
| #25 | HB1281 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Recorder's Court of Columbus, Georgia; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for the termination of such technology fee an... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01 Act 535 |
| #26 | HB1436 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Magistrate Court of Lee County; to identify the authorized uses of such technology fee; to provide for the termination of such technology fee and dedic... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06 Act 662 |
| #27 | HB1441 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Appling County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of 100 percent of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22 Act 453 |
| #28 | HB1023 | Passed | 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 relative to income taxes, so as to match the rate of the tax im... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 Act 376 |
| #29 | HB181 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to controlled substances, so as to provide that mitragynine and hydroxymitragynine are Schedule I controlled substances; to repeal provis... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-02 Act 546 |
| #30 | HB1467 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Gillsville, approved April 11, 1979 (Ga. L. 1979, p. 3421), as amended, so as to revise the compensation of the city council; to provide for related matters; to repea... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06 Act 679 |
| #31 | HB384 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-29-3.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to individual accident and sickness insurance coverage for mammograms, Pap smears, and prostate-specific antigen tests, so as to provide ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23 Act 472 |
| #32 | HB916 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to make and provide appropriations for the State Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025; to make and provide such appropriations for the operation of the state government and its departments, boards,... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-07 Effective Date 2024-05-07 |
| #33 | HB1053 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to prohibit governmental agencies from using central bank digital currency as payment and from participating in testing the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06 Act 593 |
| #34 | HB130 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Student Finance Authority, so as to provide for student loan repayment for peace officers; to provid... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01 Act 514 |
| #35 | SB465 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to homicide, so as to provide for the felony offense of aggravated involuntary manslaughter; to provide for definitions; to p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-30 Act 504 |
| #36 | HB1114 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to enact the "Data Analysis for Tort Reform Act"; to provide for definitions; to provide for applicability; to provide for data col... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22 Act 407 |
| #37 | HB1413 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide homestead exemptions from Putnam County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in certain amounts of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 70 years... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06 Act 657 |
| #38 | SB494 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the 'Georgia Hemp Farming Act,' so as to regulate hemp products; to provide for definitions; to prohibit persons from performing certai... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-30 Act 498 |
| #39 | SB189 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to provide that the text portions of ballots produced by ballot marking devices shall be count... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06 Act 697 |
| #40 | SB472 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 36 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to online marketplace requirements, so as to revise certain definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a sh... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06 Act 564 |
| #41 | SB362 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to provide for requirements relative to employee representation by a labor organization for employers to receive certain eco... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22 Act 418 |
| #42 | SB420 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to agriculture, so as to prohibit the acquisition of possessory interest in certain land by certain foreign ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-30 Act 496 |
| #43 | HB1207 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to provide for proofing of ballots by local superintendents in certain races; to provide candi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06 Act 599 |
| #44 | SB195 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to professions and businesses, so as to repeal Code Section 43-1-34, relating to licenses for transitioning members of the armed forces, and Code Section 43-1-35, relating to ex... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-02 Act 555 |
| #45 | HB663 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to regulation and construction of hospitals and other health care facilities, so as to establish certain rights of minors and adults admitted to hospitals; to provi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06 Act 573 |
| #46 | HB1015 | Passed | 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 relative to income taxes, so as to reduce the rate of the tax; ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-18 Act 378 |
| #47 | HB1231 | Vetoed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-519.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility requirements for a HOPE scholarship and award amount, to allow academically successful students who are concurrently seek... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-07 Veto V8 |
| #48 | HB926 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to criminal procedure, so as to provide for issuance of certificates by a court for purposes of demonstrating rehabilitation and good moral character;to amend Code Section 24-4-... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-02 Act 550 |
| #49 | SB19 | Passed | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to provide for collection of passport application and processing fees by clerks of superior courts and probate court judges; to provid... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06 Act 603 |
| #50 | SR158 | Passed | A RESOLUTION designating the Northwest Georgia Logistics Corridor as an official logistics growth corridor in Georgia; and for other purposes. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06 Act 707 |
