House general calendar, 2025 March 18

HB 7 HB 10 HB 12 HB 35 HB 57 HB 88 HB 101 HB 107
HB 110 HB 132 HB 133 HB 138 HB 140 HB 146 HB 158 HB 168 HB 170 HB 173
HB 204 HB 215 HB 218

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2025
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATIVE DAY
HOUSE BILLS Income tax; workforce-ready graduates employed in high-tech full-time jobs in rural counties; provide tax credit Georgia Booking Photo Privacy Protection Act; enact Education; grants; revise definition of qualified local school system Courts; private attorney appointed to act as district attorney pro tempore; revise compensation Crimes and offenses; incest; include step-grandparent and step-grandchild relationship State veterinary education; biomedical technicians to be eligible for the state student loan forgiveness program; provide State employees; annual public report on the amount of prescription drug rebates and other price concessions applied to premium reductions; provide Professions and businesses; issuance of digitally verifiable licenses for certain military spouses and transitioning military service members; provide Pawnbrokers; certain protections for current military members and related persons; provide Council of Municipal Court Judges; office of senior municipal court judge; provide Student Character Development Act; enact Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; establish basic and in-service training courses on de-escalation techniques and methods End Local Taxation by Citation Act; enact State holidays; month of April as Black Women's History Month; designate Commerce and trade; filing of registration statements with the office of the Secretary of State; provide Sales and use tax; SPLOST; require enactment of a local Act for reimposition of such tax Insurance; benefit provider to disclose certain payments to a treating healthcare provider; provide Education, Department of; provide parents and guardians of students entering sixth grade information regarding adolescent vaccinations in print and electronic form Public Safety, Department of; establish reasonable rates, fares, and charges for transportation by motor carriers of household goods; repeal authority Voter List Integrity Act; enact Health; lower the age from 50 to 18 years old at which hospitals shall offer inpatient vaccinations for the influenza virus prior to discharge

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HB 237
HB 242
HB 246
HB 247
HB 249 HB 259
HB 260
HB 285
HB 295
HB 298 HB 311 HB 315 HB 318
HB 320 HB 324
HB 330
HB 335
HB 342
HB 350 HB 353 HB 357
HB 374
HB 376
HB 382 HB 383

Evidence; admissibility of creative or artistic expression evidence at trial; provide Crimes and offenses; disorderly or disruptive conduct at any funeral or memorial service; include religious worship and observance Courts; office of sheriff and training of peace officers; revise qualification requirements Motor vehicles; restoration of licenses; authorize written consent for release of certain information to be obtained and transferred electronically Public utilities; solar power facility agreements; revise provisions State holidays; second Monday of each August as Local Elected Officials Day in Georgia; designate Ad valorem tax; increase amount of a state-wide homestead exemption from certain ad valorem taxes Law enforcement agencies; judicial procedure for purging a person's involuntary hospitalization information; provide Local government; procedures for real property owners to make claims for compensation for loss of property value or expenses incurred; provisions Health; requirements for nurse staffing in hospitals; provide Advancing Fair Employment for All Ages Act; enact Law Enforcement Partners Act; enact Appeal and error; appeal of superior court decisions on zoning decisions of counties and municipal corporations; provide Waste management; require recycling of solar panels Elections; preferential treatment during advance voting and during certain hours on election day to certain voters; provisions Income tax; credits for contributions to law enforcement foundations; revise provisions Quality Basic Education Act; address mental health risks for student athletes Crimes and offenses; access to medical cannabis; repeal certain advertising restrictions on licensees Domestic relations; safe places for newborns; revise provisions Georgia Music Office and Music Ready Communities Act; enact Revenue and taxation; tax credits for certain contributions made by taxpayers to certain mortgage loan originators; provide Local government; residential rental property; establish housing management databases Income tax; rehabilitation of certified structures; increase amount of tax credits Controlled substances; Schedule I; psilocybin; revise a provision Georgia High School NIL Protection Act; enact

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HB 385
HB 390 HB 391 HB 393 HB 419 HB 420 HB 424
HB 427 HB 434 HB 435 HB 442 HB 461 HB 464 HB 467 HB 482 HB 486 HB 490 HB 493 HB 500 HB 502 HB 504 HB 512 HB 518

Education; allow academically successful students who are concurrently seeking certain degrees to use the full number of hours of HOPE scholarship eligibility; provisions HALO Act; enact Professions and businesses; certain boxing, wrestling, and martial art associations and federations; change certain provisions Safer Cycling in Georgia Act; enact Education; require possession of opioid antagonists by institutions within University System of Georgia Insurance; require certain health benefit policies to cover genetic testing for an inherited mutation and cancer imaging under certain conditions Agriculture; clarify that a manufacturer cannot be held liable for failing to warn consumers of health risks above those required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency Property; notice to owner and deed holder when another deed is filed by another party; provide Crimes and offenses; offense of selling a child for financial gain; provide Crimes and offenses; sexual exploitation of children; expand limitations to include Division of Family and Children Services Education; students shall not be counted absent from school due to performing in certain productions; provisions Motorcycle Mobility Safety Act; enact Crimes and offenses; immunity for a prospective offender while seeking assistance from law enforcement as a victim of certain offenses; provide State flag, seal, and other symbols; protection of government statues and monuments; revise provisions Courts; superior court judicial officers in certain judicial circuits; provide State government; City of Incheon, South Korea as sister city-state of the State of Georgia; designate Crimes and offenses; required human trafficking training program for hotels; provide State symbols; pineywoods cattle as official Georgia heritage cattle breed; designate Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Act; increase access to and amount of benefits Elections; preferential treatment during advance voting for voters accompanied by children two years of age or younger; provide Commerce and trade; procedures, conditions, and limitations relative to vehicle value protection agreements; provide Property owners' associations; revise provisions Sexual Assault Reform Act of 2025; enact

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HB 522
HB 526 HB 533 HB 541 HB 545 HB 555 HB 556 HB 560 HB 566 HB 576 HB 602 HB 604
HB 613
HB 620 HB 626 HB 629 HB 632
HB 649 HB 657 HB 662 HB 664 HB 668 HB 671

Health; prohibit certain health care providers and facilities from discriminating against potential organ transplant recipients due solely to their vaccine status Ad valorem tax; extension of preferential assessment period for certain historic properties; provide Wrongful Conviction Compensation Act; enact Education; tuition equalization grants; expand definition of an approved school to include certain institutions which offer programs in nursing Terry Act; enact Georgians First Residential Property Protection Act; enact Watercraft; boat liveries and education courses; provide Joint county and municipal sales and use tax (LOST); negotiations for distribution of tax proceeds; revise provisions NO FAKES Act of 2025; enact Commerce and trade; require that the processing of transactions initiated by users of peer-to-peer payment platforms by delayed Education; denial of state funds for loans, grants, and scholarships for any student convicted of a criminal offense; provisions Elections; authorize local election superintendents to conduct manual recounts of ballots following the computation, canvassing, and tabulation of returns Administrative Services, Department of; preferences in certain public works construction contracts to a contractor participating in a registered apprenticeship program; provide State holidays; Blood Plasma Donation Awareness Day; designate Criminal procedure; extend retention period of evidence of sexual assault when victim elects not to immediately report assault Education; remove requirement of having a licensed physician in automated external defibrillator programs Professions and businesses; clarify certain veterans' eligibility for exemption with regard to payment of occupation taxes, administrative fees, and regulatory fees Insurance; coverage for comprehensive maternal mental health screening and care; provide Mental health; qualifications of recovery community organizations for substance use; provide Health; rural hospital organization; revise definition Property owners' associations; development and affirmative election; provisions Crimes and offenses; change references to assistance and guide dogs to service dogs Torts; right of action against any person who knowingly or negligently engages in sexually explicit conduct in the presence of a minor; provide

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HB 675
HB 676 HB 686 HB 689 HB 691
HB 704
HB 717
HB 728
HR 29
HR 40 HR 72 HR 118 HR 119 HR 129 HR 130 HR 132
HR 145
HR 174
HR 251
HR 273
HR 347 HR 392
HR 429 HR 449
HR 450
HR 463

Crimes and offenses; criminal offenses related to material support of terrorism; provide Property; fine for any frivolous mechanic lien filed; provide Georgia Sports Betting Act; enact Housing; establish a homelessness prevention program Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; create Georgia Resilience Office State government; auditor produce certain monthly and annual reports; replace requirement Medical Practice Act; regulation of the administration of psychedelicassisted treatment and therapy; provide Elections; limit effective date of rules or regulations adopted by State Election Board prior to a primary, election, or runoff
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS General Assembly; appropriation of funds received from certain legal judgments or settlements; provide - CA House Study Committee on Reinsurance for Essential Industries; create House Study Committee on Cancer Care Access; create Woolfolk, Mr. Michael; compensate Stinchcomb, Mr. Mario; compensate Clark, Mr. Daryl Lee; compensate Moore, Mr. Sedrick; compensate Joint Georgia-North Carolina and Georgia-Tennessee Boundary Line Commission; create Education and Public Health, Departments of; collaborate to prioritize the expansion of vision and hearing screenings at various grade levels; urge State Board of Education; appointment of state school superintendent effective not later than January 1, 2031; provide - CA Local government; probate judges shall be elected in nonpartisan elections; provide - CA City of Incheon, South Korea; designate as sister city-state of State of Georgia Georgia high schools; establish flag football programs for girls; urge Joint Study Committee on the State Board of Registration of Used Motor Vehicle Dealers and Used Motor Vehicle Parts Dealers; create House Study Committee on Funding for Next Generation 9-1-1; create House Study Committee on Modernization of the Traffic Violations Bureau; create General Assembly; authorize sports betting in Georgia; provide by law CA Autoimmune Disease Awareness Month; month of March; designate

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SB 5
SB 6 SB 8 SB 35
SB 51
SB 55 SB 58 SB 84 SB 88 SB 98 SB 109
SB 110 SB 121
SB 141 SB 145 SB 162 SB 191 SB 276 SB 291

SENATE BILLS Private Review Agents; health insurers to implement and maintain a program that allows for the selective application of reductions in prior authorization requirements; provide Controlled Substances; determine whether a controlled substance has been adulterated; authorize the use of testing equipment Courts; arrest warrant requirements when juvenile courts are acting as courts of inquiry; provide Property Insurance Policies; notice required to be given a policyholder before the nonrenewal of his or her homeowners' insurance policy; increase the number of days State, County, and Municipal Road Systems; contracting procedures related to the acquisition of certain professional services by counties and municipalities; revise "Dignity and Pay Act"; enact "Georgia Transporting Life-Saving Organs and Personnel Act"; enact Special License Plates; specialty license plate honoring the Shepherd Center; establish Douglas Judicial Circuit; a fourth judge of the superior courts; provide Guardian and Ward; county conservators; provide 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 Definitions Relative to the Juvenile Code; definition of neglect and to provide for new definitions Uninsured Motorist Coverage; minimum required under motor vehicle liability policies for a individual convicted of driving under the influence or reckless driving; increase Revenue and Taxation; the appeal and protest period from 30 days to 45 days for tax assessments; extend Augusta Judicial Circuit; a sixth judge of the superior courts; provide Georgia Composite Medical Board; implement an automated credentialing system for healthcare providers in this state; provide Employment Security; certain notice provisions relating to benefits and appeals; revise Recovery of Medical Assistance from Third Party; certain provisions to comply with federal law; revise Special License Plates; establish an "America First" specialty license plate

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