Senate general calendar, 2025 February 24

SB 2 SB 4 SB 7 SB 9 SB 17 SB 20
SB 22
SB 24 SB 30
SB 33

SENATE GENERAL CALENDAR
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2025
TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATIVE DAY
State Income Tax; exclude tips from taxation (FIN-27th)
Education; fundamental roles of local boards of education and local school superintendents; revise provisions (Substitute) (ED&Y-27th)
Jails; certain municipal corporations make municipal detention facilities or jails available for use by a sheriff; require (PUB SAF-56th)
"Ensuring Accountability for Illegal AI Activities Act"; enact (Substitute) (JUDY-56th)
"Ricky and Alyssa's Law"; enact (Substitute) (ED&Y-31st)
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 (Substitute) (H ED-32nd)
State School Superintendent; Department of Education to publish relevant and applicable federal guidance documents and related information; require (ED&Y-19th)
Ad Valorem Taxation of Property; extension of preferential assessment periods for certain historic properties; provide (FIN-23rd)
Hospitals and Related Institutions; hormone therapies and pubertyblocking medications for certain purposes to minors; prohibit prescribing or administering (H&HS-1st)
"Georgia Hemp Farming Act"; total THC concentration of consumable hemp products; provide limits (Substitute) (RI&U-32nd)

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SB 42
SB 46 SB 51
SB 55 SB 56
SB 57 SB 64
SB 69 SB 85
SB 86
SB 88 SB 91

Penalties for violating Code Sections 16-6-9 through 16-6-12; certain penalty provisions for the offense of prostitution, keeping a place of prostitution, pimping, and pandering; repeal (JUDY-50th)
"Government Serves the People Act"; enact (GvtO-16th)
State, County, and Municipal Road Systems; contracting procedures related to the acquisition of certain professional services by counties and municipalities; revise (SLGO(G)-37th)
"Dignity and Pay Act"; enact (I&L-4th)
Georgia State Indemnification Fund; the Department of Administrative Services to purchase annuities for the payment of indemnification claims; authorize (Substitute) (I&L-31st)
"Freedom of Speech and Belief Act"; enact (Substitute) (JUDY-19th)
Local Government and State Government; certain transactions between government entities and certain foreign persons; prohibit (PUB SAF45th)
"Georgia Courts Access and Consumer Protection Act"; enact (JUDY18th)
Grants for Foster Children; a grant program to provide grants to former foster youth who meet eligibility requirements, subject to specific appropriations; establish (Substitute) (H ED-6th)
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)
Douglas Judicial Circuit; a fourth judge of the superior courts; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-30th)
State Employees' Health Insurance Plan; Board of Community Health from entering into, executing, or renewing a contract with any pharmacy benefits manager that owns or has an ownership interest in any retail pharmacy; prohibit (H&HS-19th)

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SB 94
SB 100 SB 101 SB 105 SB 110 SB 111 SB 112 SB 116 SB 119 SB 126 SB 127 SB 129

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)
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; testing in the newborn screening system; require (H&HS-29th)
Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians; licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teleadvice; authorize (AG&CA-31st)
Definitions Relative to the Juvenile Code; definition of neglect and to provide for new definitions (Substitute) (C&F-31st)
"Georgia Consumer Privacy Protection Act"; enact (ED&T-56th)
Selling and other Trade Practices; certain protections for consumers relative to warranties of HVAC systems and components of such systems; extend (RI&U-45th)
DNA Sampling; the collection of DNA samples from any individual in a detention facility charged with a misdemeanor or felony who is subject to an immigration detainer notice; require (PUB SAF-30th)
Manufactured or Mobile Homes; limited exceptions to circumstances under which a manufactured home shall become real property; provide (B&FI-8th)
Completion Special Schools Act; certain students to be enrolled; lower the age of eligibility from 18 to 16 (ED&Y-45th)
Contracts with Small Businesses; automatic renewal provisions; defintions; provide and revise (Substitute) (RI&U-30th)
"Georgia Supporting those Who Sacrificed for Service Act"; enact (Substitute) (FIN-56th)

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SB 131 SB 139 SB 140 SB 141 SB 144
SB 154 SB 160 HB 15

Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; Georgia Health Care Professionals Data System; establishment (Substitute) (RI&U-3rd)
City of Mulberry; change the corporate limits of the city (Substitute) (SLGO(G)-45th)
Optometrists; doctors of optometry to dispense and sell pharmaceutical agents to patients under certain conditions; provide (H&HS-27th)
Revenue and Taxation; the appeal and protest period from 30 days to 45 days for tax assessments; extend (Substitute) (FIN-50th)
Fertilizers or Pesticides; a manufacturer cannot be held liable for failing to warn consumers of health risks above those required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency; clarify (Substitute) (AG&CA11th)
United States Department of Education; references from the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise or remove (ED&Y-50th)
Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty (PUB SAF-32nd)
Banking and finance; update terminology; provisions (B&FI-18th) Williamson-112th

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