Senate general calendar, 2025 February 28

SB 2 SB 4 SB 7 SB 9 SB 17 SB 22
SB 24 SB 26
SB 33 SB 34
SB 57

SENATE GENERAL CALENDAR
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2025
TWENTY-FIFTH 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)
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)
State Income Taxes; with regard to military retirement income, to determine and apply a cost-of-living adjustment to the amount of allowable retirement pay; require the state revenue commissioner (FIN33rd)
"Georgia Hemp Farming Act"; total THC concentration of consumable hemp products; provide limits (Substitute) (RI&U-32nd)
Public Service Commission; costs incurred by an electric utility as a result of providing electric services to commercial data centers from being included in any rates; prohibit (Substitute) (RI&U-52nd)
"Freedom of Speech and Belief Act"; enact (Substitute) (JUDY-19th)

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SB 62 SB 86 SB 91
SB 94
SB 100 SB 105 SB 109 SB 110 SB 112 SB 116 SB 117

"Defend the Guard Act"; enact (I COOP-53rd)
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)
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)
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)
Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians; licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teleadvice; authorize (AG&CA-31st)
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)
Definitions Relative to the Juvenile Code; definition of neglect and to provide for new definitions (Substitute) (C&F-31st)
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)
Public Officers and Employees; a misdemeanor offense for violations regarding complaints by public employees; provide (Substitute) (GvtO25th)

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SB 119 SB 126 SB 127 SB 129 SB 140 SB 144
SB 146 SB 147 SB 149 SB 154 SB 160 SB 163

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; definitions; provide and revise (Substitute) (RI&U-30th)
"Georgia Supporting those Who Sacrificed for Service Act"; enact (Substitute) (FIN-56th)
Optometrists; doctors of optometry to dispense and sell pharmaceutical agents to patients under certain conditions; provide (H&HS-27th)
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)
Health, Local Government, and Property; regulations and protections of cemeteries and burial grounds; provide (Substitute) (RI&U-25th)
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)
Tuition Equalization Grants at Private Colleges and Universities; definition of approved school; revise (H ED-4th)
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)
Brady Law Regulations; standards for bringing an action against the government for an unauthorized act relating to regulation of weapons; revise (Substitute) (JUDY-53rd)

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SB 170 SB 173 SB 177 SB 180 SB 182 SB 191 SB 193 SB 199 SB 212 SB 218 SB 220 SB 233

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)
Government Transparency and Campaign Finance; transparency in foreign funded political activities within the state; provide (ETHICS31st)
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 (H ED-45th)
"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)
State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; establish the adult workforce high school diploma program; authorize (Substitute) (H ED-6th)
State Ethics Commission; shall not accept or reject complaints made against candidates 60 days prior to an election; provide (Substitute) (ETHICS-11th)
"Quality Basic Education Act,"; disclosure of public student directory information to political candidates or persons or groups acting on their behalf; prohibit (ETHICS-48th)
Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; shall be assigned for administrative purposes only to the Administrative Office of the Courts; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-29th)
"Putting Georgia's Patients First Act"; enact (Substitute) (H&HS-6th)
Behavioral Health Reform and Innovation Commission; revise the subcommittees (Substitute) (H&HS-6th)

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SB 252 SR 8 SR 231 HB 15 HB 117 HR 97 HR 98

Real and Personal Property; conveyance of municipal property interests to independent school systems; provide (SLGO(G)-39th)
Deputy Brandon Cunningham Memorial Intersection; Paulding County; dedicate (Substitute) (TRANS-31st)
Officer Jeremy Labonte Memorial Interchange; Fulton County; dedicate (TRANS-56th)
Banking and finance; update terminology; provisions (B&FI-18th) Williamson-112th
Food service establishments; require notification of the country of origin of seafood items (Substitute) (I COOP-1st) Petrea-166th
Property; conveyance of certain state owned property; authorize (Substitute) (SI&P-15th) Greene-154th
Property; granting of nonexclusive easements; authorize (Substitute) (SI&P-15th) Greene-154th

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