House general calendar, 2025 March 28

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 FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2025
THIRTY-SEVENTH 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 317 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 Workforce and Residential Infrastructure District for Georgia 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
HB 753
HR 29
HR 40 HR 72 HR 118 HR 119 HR 129 HR 130 HR 132
HR 145
HR 174
HR 192
HR 251
HR 347 HR 368
HR 392
HR 429 HR 449

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 Better Georgia Without Blight Act; enact
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 General Assembly; creation and comprehensive regulation of community development districts; provide - CA Local government; probate judges shall be elected in nonpartisan elections; provide - CA Georgia high schools; establish flag football programs for girls; urge Joint Study Committee on Intoxicating Cannabinoids in Consumable Hemp Products; create 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

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HR 450 HR 463 HR 512 HR 557 HR 558 HR 590 HR 592 HR 611 HR 659
SB 1 SB 8 SB 10 SB 12 SB 17 SB 20
SB 21 SB 23 SB 27 SB 28 SB 29
SB 30
SB 36

General Assembly; authorize sports betting in Georgia; provide by law CA Autoimmune Disease Awareness Month; month of March; designate House Study Committee on the Addiction Epidemic and Solutions for Recovery; create House Study Committee on Georgia's Investment Funds; create House Study Committee on the State Board of Registration of Used Motor Vehicle Dealers and Used Motor Vehicle Parts Dealers; create House Study Committee on Telecommunications Services and Programs for the Hearing and Visually Impaired; create House Study Committee on Noncompete Clauses in Physician Contracts; create House Study Committee on Abandoned Child Placement Following Hospital Discharge; create House Study Committee on Insurance Market Reform; create
SENATE BILLS 'Fair and Safe Athletic Opportunities Act'; enact Courts; arrest warrant requirements when juvenile courts are acting as courts of inquiry; provide Superior Courts of the Alapaha Judicial Circuit; additional judge; provide Inspection of Public Records; documents and records in the possession of private persons or entities; revise provisions "Ricky and Alyssa's Law"; enact Veterinarians; student loan repayment; who practice shelter medicine and in nonprofit pet sterilization clinics; provide; create the State Veterinary Education Board for Shelter Medicine and Pet Sterilization Local Governments; violation of the prohibition on immigration sanctuary policies; waive sovereign and governmental immunities Retirement; total percentage of funds that the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia may invest in alternative investments; raise the limit Stalking; offense of doxxing; penalties; protective order; provide "Red Tape Rollback Act of 2025"; enact DNA Sampling, Collection, and Analysis; collection of DNA samples of individuals arrested for the commission of a felony at the time such individuals are booked or otherwise processed by a detention facility; provide Hospitals and Related Institutions; hormone therapies and puberty-blocking medications for certain purposes to minors; prohibit prescribing or administering "Georgia Religious Freedom Restoration Act"; enact

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SB 44
SB 46 SB 51
SB 79 SB 82 SB 93 SB 99 SB 100 SB 102 SB 121
SB 125 SB 130 SB 131 SB 140 SB 141 SB 147
SB 148 SB 151 SB 160 SB 162 SB 170 SB 173 SB 175

Equalization Grants, Annual Calculations, and Allocation; the definition of the term "qualified local school system" by reducing the minimum required millage rate; revise "Government Serves the People Act"; enact State, County, and Municipal Road Systems; contracting procedures related to the acquisition of certain professional services by counties and municipalities; revise "Fentanyl Eradication and Removal Act"; enact (Postponed) "Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025"; enact "Georgia Early Literacy Act"; the three-cuing system from inclusion in high-quality instructional materials or structured literacy; prohibit Crimes and Offenses; definition of law enforcement officer; provide "Andee's Law"; enact Dogfighting; revise provisions Uninsured Motorist Coverage; minimum required under motor vehicle liability policies for a individual convicted of driving under the influence or reckless driving; increase Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors; decouple the sequential order of experience and examination requirements Health; medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program; expand Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; Georgia Health Care Professionals Data System; establishment Optometrists; doctors of optometry to dispense and sell pharmaceutical agents to patients under certain conditions; provide Revenue and Taxation; the appeal and protest period from 30 days to 45 days for tax assessments; extend Correctional Institutions of State and Counties; consent for the release of certain criminal history, vocational, and educational information for inmates upon release; provide Public School Property and Facilities; outdoor learning spaces pilot program; provide "Joint Development Authority of North Fulton Municipalities Act"; enact Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty Georgia Composite Medical Board; implement an automated credentialing system for healthcare providers in this state; provide Georgia Interagency Council for the Homeless; create Pleadings and Motions; movants to file notices of uncontested motions in superior courts and state courts; authorize Elections and Primaries; use of ranked-choice voting; prohibit

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SB 180
SB 191 SB 195 SB 199 SB 201 SB 204
SB 207
SB 212
SB 213
SB 220 SB 236
SB 241 SB 245 SB 255 SB 256 SB 259 SB 260 SB 284
SB 291

High Demand Apprenticeship Program; opportunities for apprenticeship sponsors to enter into apprenticeship program contracts with State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; provide Employment Security; certain notice provisions relating to benefits and appeals; revise Pharmacies; pharmacists are authorized to dispense preexposure prophylaxis and postexposure prophylaxis under certain conditions; provide State Ethics Commission; shall not accept or reject complaints made against candidates 60 days prior to an election; provide Consumer Transactions; increased consumer protection for homeowners entering into contracts with contractors following natural disasters; provide 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 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 "Quality Basic Education Act,"; disclosure of public student directory information to political candidates or persons or groups acting on their behalf; prohibit "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 "Putting Georgia's Patients First Act"; enact "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 Funeral Directors; organic human reduction as a means of disposing of deceased human bodies; provide Grandparents; include within the category of persons who may seek to revoke or amend an existing grandparent visitation order General Assembly; authorization of statutory investigatory powers to certain committees of the General Assembly; codify a process Electric Membership Corporation; disclose certain acquisitions and other information to its members within a certain time frame; require Juvenile Code; certain procedures to be followed when there is a determination of suspected child abuse or neglect; provide Central State Hospital Redevelopment Authority; create "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 Special License Plates; establish an "America First" specialty license plate

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SB 293 SB 298
SR 231

License Plates for Certain Veterans; the number of free license plates issued to certain veterans; increase Judgements and Rulings; certain appellate procedures regarding the denial of sovereign and any other immunity available to the state; provide
SENATE RESOLUTIONS Officer Jeremy Labonte Memorial Interchange; Fulton County; dedicate

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