Senate rules calendar, 2025 March 6

SENATE CONVENES AT 10:00 A.M.

NOTICE OF MOTION TO RECONSIDER:

SB 4

Education; fundamental roles of local boards of education and local

school superintendents; revise provisions (Substitute) (ED&Y-27th)

SENATE RULES CALENDAR THURSDAY, MARCH 06, 2025 TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE DAY

SB 105 SB 17 SB 61 SB 179 SB 276 SB 259 SB 33 SB 254

Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians; licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teleadvice; authorize (AG&CA-31st)
"Ricky and Alyssa's Law"; enact (Substitute) (ED&Y-31st)
Delinquency; additional offenses over which superior courts are authorized to exercise exclusive original jurisdiction; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-27th)
Education; the academic and disciplinary records of each transferring student shall be provided within five days; require (Substitute) (JUDY45th)
Recovery of Medical Assistance from Third Party; certain provisions to comply with federal law; revise (I&L-49th)
Juvenile Code; certain procedures to be followed when there is a determination of suspected child abuse or neglect; provide (Substitute) (C&F-6th)
"Georgia Hemp Farming Act"; total THC concentration of consumable hemp products; provide limits (Substitute) (RI&U-32nd)
"Georgia Hemp Farming Act,"; delta-9-THC in consumable hemp products; provide milligram limits (Substitute) (RI&U-46th)

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SB 220 SB 218
SB 207
SB 109
SB 149 SB 163
SB 255
SB 233 SB 57 SB 291 SB 293 SB 27 SB 82

"Putting Georgia's Patients First Act"; enact (Substitute) (H&HS-6th)
Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; shall be assigned for administrative purposes only to the Administrative Office of the Courts; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-29th)
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 (JUDY42nd)
Life Insurance; a policy of group life insurance from excluding or restricting liability for certain deaths occurring while an individual is an active duty service member; prohibit (Substitute) (VM&HS-15th)
Tuition Equalization Grants at Private Colleges and Universities; definition of approved school; revise (H ED-4th)
Brady Law Regulations; standards for bringing an action against the government for an unauthorized act relating to regulation of weapons; revise (Substitute) (JUDY-53rd)
General Assembly; authorization of statutory investigatory powers to certain committees of the General Assembly; codify a process (RULES46th)
Behavioral Health Reform and Innovation Commission; revise the subcommittees (Substitute) (H&HS-6th)
"Freedom of Speech and Belief Act"; enact (Substitute) (JUDY-19th)
Special License Plates; establish an "America First" specialty license plate (Substitute) (PUB SAF-51st)
License Plates for Certain Veterans; the number of free license plates issued to certain veterans; increase (PUB SAF-24th)
Stalking; offense of doxxing; penalties; protective order; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-56th)
"Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025"; enact (Substitute) (ED&Y-45th)

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SB 86 SB 94
SB 100 SB 120
SB 119 SB 93 SB 121 SB 129 SB 132 SB 140 SB 146

Alcoholic Beverages; retail dealers to offer discounts to consumers through premiums, coupons, or rebates on alcoholic beverages purchased for consumption off the premises; authorize (Substitute) (RI&U-31st)
Public Utilities and Public Transportation; a consumer utility counsel to represent consumers in matters before the Public Service Commission or other agencies concerning public utilities; reestablish (Substitute) (RI&U52nd)
"Andee's Law"; enact (C&F-29th)
Education; public schools, local education agencies, and public postsecondary institutions shall not promote, support, or maintain any programs or activities that advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion (Substitute) (H ED-16th)
Manufactured or Mobile Homes; limited exceptions to circumstances under which a manufactured home shall become real property; provide (B&FI-8th)
"Georgia Early Literacy Act"; the three-cuing system from inclusion in high-quality instructional materials or structured literacy; prohibit (Substitute) (ED&Y-38th)
Uninsured Motorist Coverage; minimum required under motor vehicle liability policies for a individual convicted of driving under the influence or reckless driving; increase (Substitute) (I&L-16th)
"Georgia Supporting those Who Sacrificed for Service Act"; enact (Substitute) (FIN-56th)
Insanity and Mental Incapacity; hearing before a court orders an evaluation of the mental competency of an accused person to stand trial; require (Substitute) (JUDY-42nd)
Optometrists; doctors of optometry to dispense and sell pharmaceutical agents to patients under certain conditions; provide (H&HS-27th)
Health, Local Government, and Property; regulations and protections of cemeteries and burial grounds; provide (Substitute) (RI&U-25th)

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SB 147 SB 148 SB 162 SB 170 SB 173 SB 182 SB 191 SB 204 SB 212 SB 213 SB 236
SB 239

Correctional Institutions of State and Counties; consent for the release of certain criminal history, vocational, and educational information for inmates upon release; provide (PUB SAF-33rd)
Public School Property and Facilities; outdoor learning spaces pilot program; provide (Substitute) (ED&Y-50th)
Georgia Composite Medical Board; implement an automated credentialing system for healthcare providers in this state; provide (Substitute) (RULES-52nd)
Georgia Interagency Council for the Homeless; create (Substitute) (GvtO-41st)
Pleadings and Motions; movants to file notices of uncontested motions in superior courts and state courts; authorize (JUDY-14th)
"Georgia Music Office and Music Ready Communities Act"; enact (ED&T-39th)
Employment Security; certain notice provisions relating to benefits and appeals; revise (I&L-48th)
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 (JUDY-22nd)
"Quality Basic Education Act,"; disclosure of public student directory information to political candidates or persons or groups acting on their behalf; prohibit (ETHICS-48th)
"Fair Business Practices Act of 1975," commercial cheating services that target students and examinees seeking a professional license as an unlawful, unfair, and deceptive trade practice; ban (RI&U-32nd)
"Quality Basic Education Act,"; certain students whose parents or guardians are on active duty are eligible for enrollment in the public school of the attendance zone in which they intend to reside; provide (Substitute) (VM&HS-34th)
Funeral Directors and Establishments; funeral directors be licensed embalmers; remove the requirement (RI&U-20th)

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SB 242 SB 244
SB 245 SB 252 SB 256 SB 260 SB 268 SB 284 SB 285 SB 298 SR 262 SR 282

Capitol Art Standards Commission; placement of a monument in honor of the Honorable Clarence Thomas within the Nathan Deal Judicial Center; provide (RULES-31st)
Criminal Proceedings; the award of reasonable attorney's fees and costs in a criminal case to the defendant upon such defendant making a successful motion to disqualify the prosecuting attorney for misconduct in connection with the case; provide (JUDY-21st)
Grandparents; include within the category of persons who may seek to revoke or amend an existing grandparent visitation order (C&F-3rd)
Real and Personal Property; conveyance of municipal property interests to independent school systems; provide (SLGO(G)-39th)
Electric Membership Corporation; disclose certain acquisitions and other information to its members within a certain time frame; require (Substitute) (RI&U-46th)
Central State Hospital Redevelopment Authority; create (Substitute) (SLGO(G)-25th)
Offenses Against Public Order; crime of interference with a first responder; provide (JUDY-29th)
"Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008,"; issuance of orders by the Commissioner of Securities directing persons who have violated certain securities provisions to return; authorize (I&L-20th)
Emergency Communications Authority; increase in the percentage of all 9-1-1 charges to be remitted to the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund; increase (Substitute) (RET-29th)
Judgements and Rulings; certain appellate procedures regarding the denial of sovereign and any other immunity available to the state; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-29th)
Article V of the United States Constitution; a convention of the states; apply (JUDY-46th)
Joint Study Committee on Funding for Next Generation 9-1-1 Sustainability; create (PUB SAF-30th)

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SB 64

Local Government and State Government; certain transactions between government entities and certain foreign persons; prohibit (Substitute) (RULES-45th)

Respectfully submitted,
Brass of the 6th, Chairman Senate Rules Committee

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