SENATE GENERAL CALENDAR THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2025 THIRTY-SIXTH LEGISLATIVE DAY SB 2 SB 7 SB 22 SB 24 SB 26 SB 34 SB 62 SB 65 SB 75 SB 107 State Income Tax; exclude tips from taxation (FIN-27th) Jails; certain municipal corporations make municipal detention facilities or jails available for use by a sheriff; require (PUB SAF-56th) 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) 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) "Defend the Guard Act"; enact (I COOP-53rd) Education; mandatory kindergarten for all children prior to entering into first grade; provide (Substitute) (ED&Y-2nd) Speed Detection Devices and Red Light Cameras; standards for signs warning of a reduced speed limit in a school zone and signs warning of the use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices; provide (Substitute) (PUB SAF-23rd) Specialized Land Transactions; protections of homeowners in community associations; provide (Substitute) (ED&T-28th) - 1 - SB 108 SB 116 SB 117 SB 127 SB 171 SB 181 SB 194 SB 214 SB 221 SB 230 SB 240 SB 243 Property Owners' Associations; certificates of good standing for payment of annual assessments; provide (Substitute) (ED&T-28th) 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) Contracts with Small Businesses; automatic renewal provisions; definitions; provide and revise (Substitute) (RI&U-30th) Quality Basic Education Act; State Board of Education to develop an advanced mathematics pathway; require (Substitute) (ED&Y-31st) Education; public schools and public postsecondary institutions shall not accept funding from or enter into contracts with foreign adversaries; provide (Substitute) (H ED-31st) Alcoholic Beverages and Motor Vehicles and Traffic; production of distilled spirits by a person in his or her private residence; authorize (RI&U-52nd) Elections and Primaries; electors to cast physical absentee on-request ballots as an alternative to using other authorized means of casting inperson votes; authorize (Substitute) (ETHICS-23rd) Massage Therapy Practice; the number of education hours applicable to licensed massage therapists; increase (RI&U-48th) Condominiums; maximum amount of insurance deductibles payable by unit owners; remove the limitation (Substitute) (I&L-48th) Georgia Native Plant Month; designate April of each year (NR&E-25th) Back the Blue Fund; authorized use of money; revise (Substitute) (I&L20th) - 2 - SB 264 SB 279 SB 295 SR 216 SR 217 SR 237 SR 283 SR 309 SR 323 SR 386 SR 391 HB 14 HB 34 Emergency Management; creation of the Georgia Resilience Office under the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; provide (Substitute) (PUB SAF-8th) "Daniel D. Podsiadly, Jr. Act"; enact (JUDY-42nd) State Board of Education; local school systems to maintain and publish a registry of all contracts worth more than $10,000.00; require (ED&Y31st) Senate Study Committee on Vulnerable Roadway Users; create (Substitute) (PUB SAF-44th) Senate Study Committee on Combating Chronic Absenteeism in Schools; create (ED&Y-18th) Professional Standards Commission; provide recommendations to support the state's K-12 education workforce and teacher and school leader pipeline; urge (Substitute) (ED&Y-4th) Joint Study Committee on Height Restrictions Surrounding Georgia Airports; create (Substitute) (TRANS-21st) Sales or Income Tax Credit; any bill proposing to receive a two-thirds' vote of the membership of each house of the General Assembly in order to become law; require -CA (Substitute) (RULES-19th) Senate Study Committee on Making Georgia the No. 1 State for Tourism; create (Substitute) (RULES-49th) Senate State FairTax Study Committee; create (FIN-53rd) Senate Study Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Currency; create (Substitute) (RULES-56th) State symbols; cornbread as official state bread; designate (Substitute) (ED&T-46th) Carpenter-4th Professional licensing boards; continuing education tracking solution to monitor compliance of licenses with applicable continuing education requirements; establish (RI&U-48th) Washburn-144th - 3 - HB 37 HB 51 HB 52 HB 54 HB 56 HB 61 HB 74 HB 77 HB 78 HB 94 HB 105 Education; require local school systems to notify employees regarding social security withholdings and eligibility for certain benefits (Substitute) (ED&Y-37th) Leverett-123rd Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; finance and perform certain duties for projects relating to natural gas facilities; authorize (RI&U-13th) Burchett-176th Ad valorem tax; qualified disabled veterans; extend homestead exemption to unremarried surviving spouses or minor children (Substitute) (FIN-29th) Rice-139th Health; advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants to order home healthcare services; authorize (Substitute) (RI&U-6th) Clark100th Education; grants to spouses of law enforcement officers, firefighters, and prison guards who are killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty; provide (H ED-56th) Petrea-166th Motor vehicles; issuance of separate license plates for hearses and ambulances; provide (Substitute) (PUB SAF-48th) Seabaugh-34th Georgia Lottery for Education Act; correct a reference (ED&T-45th) Powell-33rd Motor vehicles; encountering funeral procession on two-lane highway; revise responsibilities (Substitute) (PUB SAF-25th) Franklin-160th Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; total percentage of funds invested in alternative investments; raise limit (RET-56th) Franklin-160th Insurance; medically necessary expenses for standard fertility preservation services when a medically necessary treatment for cancer, sickle cell disease, or lupus may directly or indirectly cause an impairment of fertility; require coverage (Substitute) (I&L-52nd) Lumsden-12th Public officers and employees; increase indemnification award of certain state public school personnel in the event of death (ED&Y-50th) Wade9th - 4 - HB 108 HB 114 HB 115 HB 116 HB 117 HB 123 HB 129 HB 131 HB 134 HB 137 HB 141 HB 144 Safeguarding American Veteran Empowerment Act or SAVE Act; enact (VM&HS-48th) Bonner-73rd Motor vehicles; federal regulations regarding safe operation of commercial motor vehicle and carriers; update reference date (TRANS29th) McDonald III-26th Natural Resources, Department of; certain notice upon registration of a vessel; provide (NR&E-48th) Petrea-166th Public Safety, Department of; Motor Carrier Compliance Division to Commercial Vehicle Enforcement; change name (TRANS-29th) McDonald III-26th Food service establishments; require notification of the country of origin of seafood items (Substitute) (I COOP-1st) Petrea-166th Criminal procedure; pretrial proceedings in capital offense cases where the death penalty is sought when the accused has an intellectual disability; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-42nd) Werkheiser-157th Ad valorem tax; bona fide conservation use property; remove a limitation on leased property as to certain entities (FIN-11th) Cannon-172nd Self-service storage facilities; revise advertisement requirements before an owner can enforce an owner's lien (Substitute) (JUDY-42nd) Reeves99th Sales and use tax; manufactured homes; revise and expand exemption (FIN-29th) Camp-135th Contracts; increase dollar value of certain public works contracts exempt from provisions relating to retention of contractual payments (SLGO(G)6th) Anderson-10th Revenue and taxation; allow businesses and practitioners to provide affidavits of certified public accountants in lieu of tax returns (FIN-56th) Momtahan-17th Income tax; certain medical preceptor rotations; revise tax credit (FIN52nd) Newton-127th - 5 - HB 147 HB 148 HB 150 HB 153 HB 154 HB 155 HB 156 HB 162 HB 165 HB 171 HB 172 HB 176 HB 177 Georgia Technology Authority; annual inventory of artificial intelligence usage by state agencies; provide (Substitute) (S&T-56th) Thomas-21st Accountants; education and experience requirements; revise provisions (RI&U-4th) Carson-46th Combating Threats from China Act of 2025 - Higher Education; enact (Substitute) (H ED-45th) Fleming-114th Sales and use tax; maintenance and replacement parts for certain machinery used to mix or transport concrete; extend exemption sunset date (FIN-25th) Camp-135th Emergency medical services; designate ambulance services as an essential service (H&HS-1st) Richardson-125th Local government; selection and objection to arbitrators; revise procedures (Substitute) (SLGO(G)-49th) Anderson-10th Transportation, Department of; authority over vertiports; provide (TRANS-21st) Jones-25th Georgia Bureau of Investigation; restriction and seal of First Offender Act sentences until such status is revoked; provide (JUDY-46th) Hagan156th Income tax credit; business enterprises for leased motor vehicles; repeal and reserve (FIN-4th) Franklin-160th Crimes and offenses; obscenity; repeal and replace Code Section 16-1280 (Substitute) (JUDY-56th) Thomas-21st Veterinary education; limits on student loan forgiveness program; provide (H ED-6th) Huddleston-72nd Appeal and error; judgments deemed directly appealable; change a provision (JUDY-42nd) Smith-18th Domestic relations; protection for household pets in both family violence and dating violence protective orders; provide (JUDY-42nd) Cooper-45th - 6 - HB 179 HB 180 HB 181 HB 185 HB 186 HB 187 HB 197 HB 199 HB 200 HB 216 HB 219 HB 222 Appellate practice; digital recording of certain trial proceedings; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-42nd) Smith-18th Probate courts; modify certain requirements for probate judges (JUDY50th) Smith-18th Vital records; issuance of a Certificate of Foreign Birth by the state registrar without a judicial order if certain criteria is satisfied; provide (Substitute) (C&F-32nd) Ehrhart-36th Professions and businesses; repeal and reenact Chapter 11A, the Dietetics Practice Act (RI&U-20th) Ehrhart-36th Revenue and taxation; eliminate title ad valorem tax fee requirement for certain inherited vehicles (Substitute) (FIN-27th) Ridley-22nd Professions and businesses; contractors; change certain provisions (RI&U-48th) Washburn-144th Insurance; health care provider to respond to a private review agent or utility review entity's attempt to discuss the patient's care; detail the effort (I&L-32nd) Hawkins-27th Courts; protection of personally identifiable information of judges and their spouses; modify provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-19th) Kelley-16th State Board of Education; establish a three-year pilot immersive writing program for eligible public elementary schools; provide (Substitute) (ED&Y-18th) Bazemore-69th Richard H. Smith Georgia CHIPS Advancement in Research and Economic Development Act; enact (ED&T-29th) Smith-138th Professions and businesses; establish a professional health program to provide for monitoring and rehabilitation of impaired healthcare professionals; authorize (RI&U-33rd) Stephens-164th Criminal procedure; inclusion of certain contact information on bonds and recognizances; require (JUDY-20th) Blackmon-146th - 7 - HB 224 HB 232 HB 235 HB 238 HB 240 HB 244 HB 253 HB 254 HB 270 HB 283 HB 288 Highways, bridges, and ferries; construction or maintenance of roads upon military bases or installations paid for by the United States Department of Defense or other entities; authorize (TRANS-54th) Bonner-73rd Interstate Massage Compact Act; enact (Substitute) (RI&U-48th) Silcox53rd Georgia Supporting Living Donor Educators Act; enact (ED&Y-56th) Townsend-179th Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; create and maintain an at-risk adult training course focusing on officer response to individuals with Alzheimer's disease or dementia (PUB SAF-29th) Lumsden-12th Mortgage lenders and brokers; prohibit unfair or deceptive practices in consumer transactions related to mortgage trigger leads (B&FI-6th) Williams-148th State auditor; local governments to request and receive in certain circumstances due date extensions related to filing annual audits; provide (SLGO(G)-11th) Cannon-172nd Ethan's Law; enact (Substitute) (C&F-54th) Clark-100th State government; provide placement of Revolutionary War Patriots marker on state capitol building grounds and state archives building grounds (SI&P-49th) Buckner-137th Eviction Service and Airplane Evictions Act; enact (JUDY-50th) Reeves99th Motor vehicles; issuance of a refusal to sign citation; provide (PUB SAF56th) Neal-79th Appeal and error; declaratory judgments in instances involving accusations made by a prosecuting attorney regarding credibility of a peace officer; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-42nd) Gaines-120th - 8 - HB 291 HB 296 HB 297 HB 303 HB 304 HB 308 HB 309 HB 322 HB 325 HB 327 HB 329 HB 339 HB 352 Health; certification of community health workers; provide (H&HS-31st) Taylor-173rd Motor vehicles; presentation of a driver's license in a certain electronic format; provisions (PUB SAF-56th) Gaines-120th Ad valorem tax; define multipurpose off-highway vehicle; provisions (FIN-50th) Anderson-10th Original 33 Memorial Act; enact (SI&P-24th) Gilliard-162nd Local government; Georgia Municipal Court Clerks' Council; create (Substitute) (JUDY-42nd) Yearta-152nd Motor vehicles; operation of miniature on-road vehicles on certain highways; provide (PUB SAF-24th) Clifton-131st Local government; require adoption of a resolution or ordinance and voter approval prior to abolishment of a police force that was created by such method (SLGO(G)-29th) Clifton-131st Ga. Board of Dentistry; issuance of a dental or dental hygiene license for the sole purpose of teaching in an accredited dental, dental hygiene school, or academic medical center; revise provisions (H ED-23rd) Hawkins-27th Domestic relations; Protective Order Registry; revise certain definitions (JUDY-42nd) Martinez-111th Official Code of Georgia Annotated; amend various titles (JUDY-18th) Leverett-123rd Professional and businesses; authorize certified nurse practitioners and physician assistants to perform artificial insemination (H&HS-32nd) Hilton-48th Motor vehicles; exempt ride share drivers or ride share network services from definition of motor carrier (TRANS-42nd) Leverett-123rd Georgia Gestational Diabetes Management Act; enact (Substitute) (H&HS-32nd) Seabaugh-34th - 9 - HB 358 HB 370 HB 371 HB 377 HB 378 HB 384 HB 398 HB 399 HB 414 HB 416 HB 422 HB 430 Agriculture; prohibiting acquisition of possessory interest in certain land by certain foreign persons and entities; provide for a definition (JUDY29th) Smith-138th Ad valorem tax; school districts; state-wide base year homestead exemption; provisions (Substitute) (FIN-42nd) Gaines-120th Quality Basic Education Act; state's maximum authorization of capital outlay funding; provide for an increase (Substitute) (ED&Y-18th) Corbett-174th Buildings and housing; manufactured homes; provisions (B&FI-8th) Leverett-123rd State courts of counties; online publishing of terms; provide (JUDY-50th) Momtahan-17th Crimes and offenses; uniform oaths to be sworn by all peace officers; provide (JUDY-56th) Seabaugh-34th Food, drugs, and cosmetics; authorize production and sale of cottage food items with certain exemptions, requirements, and disclosures (AG&CA11th) Hagan-156th Property; require certain residential landlords to have in-state staff to manage tenant communications (Substitute) (ED&T-23rd) Oliver-84th Elections; "person" to include certain nonresidents; revise definition (ETHICS-42nd) Jones-25th Local government; enterprise zones; revise class of retailer from which fees may be collected (RI&U-46th) Efstration-104th State employees' health insurance; include high deductible health plans (Substitute) (I&L-35th) McCollum-30th Sexual Offender Risk Review Board; venue for certain petitions regarding state sexual offender registry; provide (JUDY-48th) Sainz180th - 10 - HB 432 HB 443 HB 444 HB 445 HB 447 HB 451 HB 455 HB 460 HB 466 HB 471 HB 483 HB 485 HB 491 Game and fish; Georgia turkey stamps; provide (NR&E-31st) Kelley16th Game and fish; fees for reef and migratory fish endorsements; provide (Substitute) (NR&E-24th) Petrea-166th Holidays; April of each year as Georgia Native Plant Month; designate (NR&E-25th) Silcox-53rd Ad valorem tax; language required to be included in notices of current assessment; revise (FIN-56th) Martin-49th Crimes and offenses; crimes of gift card theft, gift card forgery, and gift card fraud; provide (JUDY-48th) Gullett-19th Quality Basic Education Act; local boards shall be authorized to provide instruction in hunting safety in grades six through 12; provide (ED&Y24th) Cannon-172nd Bingo; properties used for games; limit number of sessions; provisions (ED&T-6th) Powell-33rd Evidence; exclude certain communications made between attorney and client when client is in a penal institution (JUDY-46th) Panitch-51st State symbols; marsh tacky horse as official Georgia heritage horse breed; designate (ED&T-8th) Cameron-1st Health; licensed general hospitals and birthing centers make available a water safety education video to parents or guardians of newborn infants; require (H&HS-48th) Cheokas-151st Crimes and offenses; protections for inspectors of code enforcement; provide (JUDY-46th) Prince-132nd Official Code of Georgia Annotated; various provisions enacted prior to 2013 which are contingent upon funding and which remain unfunded; repeal (Substitute) (GvtO-50th) Yearta-152nd Game and fish; remove an exception for use of air guns to hunt wildlife (NR&E-49th) Chastain-7th - 11 - HB 494 HB 495 HB 506 HB 511 HB 513 HB 516 HB 521 HB 530 HB 531 HB 532 HB 535 HB 549 Motor vehicles; require mopeds to be covered by a form of minimum financial responsibility for accident damages (PUB SAF-41st) McClain109th Education; Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation; repeal (AG&CA11th) Dickey-134th Social services; Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments; provide (H&HS-48th) Hilton-48th Insurance; deductions from taxable income for contributions by taxpayers to catastrophe savings accounts and interest earned on such accounts; provide (FIN-20th) Lumsden-12th Local government; criteria for service delivery strategy; revise provisions (Substitute) (SLGO(G)-23rd) LaHood-175th State government; authorize county and regional library boards to conduct meetings via teleconference (Substitute) (SLGO(G)-31st) New40th Local government; deannexation of certain properties; revise procedures (SLGO(G)-45th) Anderson-10th Courts; authorization for electronic filing of pleadings in probate court; provide (JUDY-20th) Leverett-123rd Appeal and error; certain appellate procedures regarding the denial of sovereign and any other immunity available to the state or a city or county in this state; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-42nd) Reeves-99th Conservation and natural resources; grants and special revenue disbursements; revise provisions (FIN-3rd) DeLoach-167th Penal institutions; credit for time served regarding probation revocation sentencing; provide (JUDY-46th) Smith-18th Peace officers; extend time frame for which reimbursement of total training expenses by a subsequent employer may be sought (PUB SAF30th) Seabaugh-34th - 12 - HB 567 HB 586 HB 627 HB 635 HB 638 HB 645 HB 647 HB 652 HB 718 HR 7 HR 121 Professions and businesses; authorize and regulate teledentistry by licensed dentists (Substitute) (H&HS-48th) Dempsey-13th Revenue and taxation; intangible recording tax; revise notes (Substitute) (FIN-3rd) Williamson-112th Courts; juvenile proceedings; use of a deadly weapon; revise a provision (JUDY-50th) Persinger-119th State Licensing Board for Residential and Commercial General Contractors; revise provisions (RI&U-20th) Wiedower-121st MARTA; prohibit stopping or parking of a motor vehicle other than a transit vehicle in a designated transit vehicle lane in the City of Atlanta (TRANS-48th) Silcox-53rd Health; COVID-19 testing of staff members in long term-care facilities; repeal certain provisions (H&HS-1st) LaHood-175th Mulberry, City of; change corporate limits (SLGO(G)-45th) Donatucci105th Motor fuel tax; electricity delivered by certain electric vehicle charging stations; provide exception (Substitute) (FIN-29th) Jones-25th Women's Golf Week; first week of April each year; provide (ED&T17th) Jones-60th George C. Trulock, Jr. Memorial Highway; Grady County; dedicate (Substitute) (TRANS-27th) Campbell-171st John W. Mixon Georgia Forestry Building; Dry Branch Community; dedicate (SI&P-23rd) Camp-135th - 13 -