Senate general calendar, 2025 March 31

SENATE GENERAL CALENDAR MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2025
THIRTY-EIGHTH 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)

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SB 108 SB 116
SB 117
SB 127 SB 171 SB 181
SB 194
SB 221 SB 230 SB 240 SB 243 SB 264
SB 279

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)
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)
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)

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SB 295
SR 216 SR 217 SR 255 SR 283 SR 301 SR 309
SR 311 SR 323 SR 386 SR 391 SR 393 SR 424 SR 427

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)
Senate Study Committee on Combating Unscrupulous Companion Animal Breeding Practices; create (RULES-13th)
Joint Study Committee on Height Restrictions Surrounding Georgia Airports; create (Substitute) (TRANS-21st)
Senate Rosenwald Schools Study Committee; create (ED&Y-17th)
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 Recovery Residences; create (RULES-29th)
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)
Senate Study Committee on Improving Family Caregiver Services; create (RULES-22nd)
Senate Study Committee on Franchise Fees; create (RULES-52nd)
Senate Study Committee on Intoxicating Cannabinoids in Consumable Hemp Products; create (RULES-32nd)

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SR 429 SR 431 SR 444 SR 474 SR 476 SR 489 HB 34 HB 51 HB 52 HB 56 HB 61 HB 108

Senate Addressing Felony Disenfranchisement in Georgia's Constitution Study Committee; create (RULES-23rd)
Senate Impact of Social Media and Artificial Intelligence on Children and Platform Privacy Protection Study Committee; create (Substitute) (RULES-40th)
Senate Civil Rights Protections Study Committee; create (RULES-39th)
Senate Study Committee on Higher Education Affordability; create (RULES-36th)
Senate Study Committee on Local School System Flexibility Options; create (RULES-39th)
Senate Study Committee on Inclusive Educational Settings for Students with Disabilities; create (RULES-45th)
Professional licensing boards; continuing education tracking solution to monitor compliance of licenses with applicable continuing education requirements; establish (RI&U-48th) Washburn-144th
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
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-1st) Petrea-166th
Motor vehicles; issuance of separate license plates for hearses and ambulances; provide (Substitute) (PUB SAF-48th) Seabaugh-34th
Safeguarding American Veteran Empowerment Act or SAVE Act; enact (VM&HS-48th) Bonner-73rd

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HB 147 HB 165 HB 171 HB 186 HB 187 HB 232 HB 283 HB 297 HB 304 HB 309
HB 378 HB 384 HB 414

Georgia Technology Authority; annual inventory of artificial intelligence usage by state agencies; provide (Substitute) (S&T-56th) Thomas-21st
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) (RULES-48th) Thomas-21st
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
Interstate Massage Compact Act; enact (Substitute) (RI&U-48th) Silcox53rd
Motor vehicles; issuance of a refusal to sign citation; provide (PUB SAF56th) Neal-79th
Ad valorem tax; define multipurpose off-highway vehicle; provisions (FIN-50th) Anderson-10th
Local government; Georgia Municipal Court Clerks' Council; create (Substitute) (JUDY-42nd) Yearta-152nd
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
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
Elections; "person" to include certain nonresidents; revise definition (ETHICS-42nd) Jones-25th

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HB 430 HB 432 HB 444 HB 449 HB 451 HB 466 HB 485 HB 516 HB 530 HB 531 HB 627

Sexual Offender Risk Review Board; venue for certain petitions regarding state sexual offender registry; provide (JUDY-48th) Sainz180th
Game and fish; Georgia turkey stamps; provide (NR&E-31st) Kelley16th
Holidays; April of each year as Georgia Native Plant Month; designate (NR&E-25th) Silcox-53rd
Public utilities; subject certain companies providing water services to regulation by Public Service Commission (Substitute) (RI&U-24th) Rhodes-124th
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
State symbols; marsh tacky horse as official Georgia heritage horse breed; designate (ED&T-8th) Cameron-1st
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
State government; authorize county and regional library boards to conduct meetings via teleconference (Substitute) (SLGO(G)-31st) New40th
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
Courts; juvenile proceedings; use of a deadly weapon; revise a provision (JUDY-50th) Persinger-119th

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