Georgia Senator Ben Watson [R] | Senate

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GASB73Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to telephone service, so as to provide for class action suits and for damages agains...
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2024-03-26
Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
GASB69Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state flag, seal, and other symbols, so as to provide for placement of a monument in honor of the Honorable Clarence Thomas within the ...
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2024-03-26
House Withdrawn, Recommitted
GASB97Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the O.C.G.A., relating to emergency management, so as to create the Georgia Cyber Command Division under the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; to provide for a sh...
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2024-03-26
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
GASB112Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to vocational, technical, and adult education, so as to provide for a pilot program whereby qualifying private nonprofit entities provide instruction and other serv...
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2024-03-26
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
GASB198Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to governing and regulation of mental health, so as to create the Georgians with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Innovation Co...
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2024-03-26
House Postponed
GASB203Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to industry services training program, so as to provide for tuition-free programs that relate to the operation of a commercial motor vehicle for vetera...
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2024-03-26
House Committee Favorably Reported
GASB307Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 46 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to certification of private review agents, so as to provide for health insurers to implement and maintain a program that allows for the selective application of re...
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2024-03-26
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
GASB341Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various titles of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to revise committee names; to repeal provisions relating to inactive boards, panels, authorities, centers, commissions, committees, councils, task fo...
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2024-03-26
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
GASB344Engross
50%
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...
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2024-03-26
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
GASB358Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 1 of Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the State Election Board, so as to remove the Secretary of State from the board; to authorize the b...
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2024-03-26
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
GASB366Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the General Assembly, so as to revise provisions related to the adoption and contents of general appropriations bills; to revise provisions for cert...
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2024-03-26
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
GASB420Engross
50%
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 ...
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2024-03-26
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
GASB414Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 18 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state printing and documents, so as to prohibit the collecting of certain personal information; to prohibit the release of certain per...
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2024-03-26
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
GASB417Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 8-2-106 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reporting of accidents relative to elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, manlifts, and moving walks and removal from service of such equip...
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2024-03-26
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
GASR843PassA RESOLUTION honoring Commissioner Bruce Thompson's courageous battle against pancreatic cancer; and for other purposes.
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2024-03-26
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR840PassA RESOLUTION celebrating the birth of Scarlett Kay Asbury Tippins; and for other purposes.
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2024-03-26
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR848Intro
25%
A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending the Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals upon its 40th year anniversary; and for other purposes.
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2024-03-26
To Senate Interstate Cooperation Committee
GASR850PassA RESOLUTION honoring and celebrating Carol Lynne Manross Rhoades; and for other purposes.
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2024-03-26
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR854PassA RESOLUTION honoring the heroic actions of the Woodward Academy Security Team; and for other purposes.
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2024-03-26
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR866Intro
25%
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending C&H Precision's dedication to the State of Georgia and recognizing March 26, 2024, as C&H Precision Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.
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2024-03-26
Senate Hopper
GASR156Intro
25%
A RESOLUTION urging the Technical College System of Georgia to conduct a study of the workforce gap among licensed truck drivers and take steps to provide streamlined training for those wishing to enter the industry of commercial motor vehicle operat...
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2024-03-21
Senate Read Second Time
GASB293Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county boards of health, so as to provide that operational policies and procedures of the Department of Public Health apply to local pe...
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2024-03-21
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
GASB398Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Joint Defense Commission, so as to revise the commission's operations; to expand the commission's membership; ...
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2024-03-21
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
GASB496Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide for extension of preferential assessment ...
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2024-03-21
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
GASB505Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to revise provisions relating to required publication by hospital ...
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2024-03-21
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
GASB233Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to provide for the establishment of promise scholarship accounts to be funded by the state in the amount of $6,000.00 per school ye...
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2024-03-20
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
GASB340Engross
50%
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...
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2024-03-20
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
GASB455Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 49-4-148 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to recovery of medical assistance from third party liable for sickness, injury, disease, or disability, so as to revise certain provisions...
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2024-03-20
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
GASB465Engross
50%
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...
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2024-03-20
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
GASB493Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the sexual offender risk review board, so as to provide for additional penalties for registered sexual offenders convicted...
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2024-03-20
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
GASR703Intro
25%
A RESOLUTION expressing concerns regarding regulatory overreach impacting the chemical industry and urging the federal government to reevaluate proposed restrictions; and for other purposes.
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2024-03-20
Senate Read Second Time
GASR747Intro
25%
A RESOLUTION urging the local governments and regional commissions for Regions 5, 7, and 12, the Department of Community Affairs, and the Department of Transportation to collaborate for the establishment of a Historic Rural Church Trail; and for othe...
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2024-03-20
Senate Read Second Time
GASR817PassA RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Senator Horacena Tate for her outstanding public service; and for other purposes.
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2024-03-20
Senate Read and Adopted
GASB352Engross
50%
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...
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2024-03-18
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
GASB426Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to revise requirements for joining of a motor carrier and motor carrier's insurer to a cause of action; to provide...
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2024-03-18
House Passed/Adopted
GASB456Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 14A of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the central caregiver registry, so as to add disabled persons to the registry; to provide for related matters; to provid...
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2024-03-18
House Passed/Adopted
GASB495Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-2A-18 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Low THC Oil Patient Registry, so as to provide for the term of validity of a registration card; to provide for delivery of registra...
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2024-03-18
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
GASB480Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce, so as to provide for student loan repayment for mental health and substance use profession...
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2024-03-18
House Passed/Adopted
GASR801PassA RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and its members in observance of the chapter's 70th anniversary; and for other purposes.
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2024-03-18
Senate Read and Adopted
GASB370Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-5-47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to posting model notice with human trafficking hotline information in business and on internet, so as to require certain establishments to ...
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2024-03-14
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
GASB387Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to identification cards for persons without drivers' licenses, so as to provide that personal identification card applications of certain applicants wh...
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2024-03-14
House Passed/Adopted
GASB64Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-10-14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to issuance of a new birth certificate following adoption and legitimation or paternity determination, so as to provide for the issuance o...
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2024-03-13
House Committee Favorably Reported
GASB205Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licenses for funeral directors and embalmers, so as to change certain provisions related to the reinstatement o...
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2024-03-13
House Passed/Adopted
GASB385Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 9 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to funding, donations, property, and scholarships with respect to Georgia Military College, so as to revise legisla...
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2024-03-13
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
GASB430Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 16 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to COVID-19 pandemic business safety, so as to revise provisions for rebuttable presumptions of risk by claimants in certain COVID-19 lia...
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2024-03-13
House Passed/Adopted
GASB507Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-86.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to special license plates promoting or supporting certain worthy agencies, funds, or nonprofit corporations and qualified motor vehicles ...
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2024-03-13
House Committee Favorably Reported
GASR769PassA RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Senator Gloria Butler for her outstanding public service; and for other purposes.
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2024-03-13
Senate Read and Adopted
GASR775PassA RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Senator Valencia Seay; and for other purposes.
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2024-03-13
Senate Read and Adopted
GASB348Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-16-24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to notification of suspicious or unusual deaths, court ordered medical examiner's inquiry, and written report of inquiry, so as to revise ...
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2024-03-11
House Passed/Adopted
GASB515Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding emergency medical services, so as to provide for a two-year pilot program to provide additional ambulance...
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2024-03-11
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
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