Senate general calendar, 2025 April 4

SENATE GENERAL CALENDAR FRIDAY, APRIL 04, 2025
FORTIETH 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 SB 365 SR 309 HB 34 HB 51 HB 52 HB 56 HB 61 HB 108 HB 147 HB 165 HB 171

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)
"Georgia Meat and Organic Produce Transparency and Safety Act"; enact (AG&CA-11th)
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)
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
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

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HB 186 HB 187 HB 232 HB 283 HB 297 HB 304 HB 309
HB 378 HB 384 HB 414 HB 430
HB 432 HB 444

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
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

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HB 451 HB 466 HB 485 HB 531 HB 627

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
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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