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  1. House · Passed · May 14, 2025

    HB180: HB180 Probate courts; modify certain requirements for probate judges

    House Bill 180 changes the eligibility rules for probate court judges in Georgia's larger counties, clarifying the requirement to have practiced law for seven years and protecting past rulings from being overturned on that basis.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-07-01

  2. House · Passed · May 14, 2025

    HR97: HR97 Property; conveyance of certain state owned property; authorize

    A Georgia House resolution authorizes the state to sell, lease, or trade about 20 separate parcels of state owned land and communication towers across 14 counties, from a Bryan County fire tower to Glynn County marshlands.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-05-14

  3. Senate · Vetoed · May 14, 2025

    SB46: SB46 "Government Serves the People Act"; enact

    Senate Bill 46 would create a statewide official inside the Georgia Technology Authority to coordinate how state agencies deliver services to residents, and require every agency head to name a similar point person. The bill was vetoed in May 2025.

    Latest action: Veto V6

  4. Senate · Passed · May 14, 2025

    SB40: SB40 Secondary Metals Recyclers; the definition of the term "used, detached catalytic converters" to said article; provide for applicability

    A Georgia Senate bill rewrites the state's rules on buying and selling used catalytic converters, adding a formal definition of the part, tightening documentation and reporting duties for scrap metal dealers, and changing how registration fees are split.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-07-01

  5. Senate · Passed · May 14, 2025

    SB42: SB42 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

    Senate Bill 42 removes a specific penalty provision from Georgia's prostitution law, eliminating part of the punishment scheme tied to prostitution, keeping a place of prostitution, pimping, and pandering offenses.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-05-14

  6. Senate · Passed · May 14, 2025

    SB44: SB44 Equalization Grants, Annual Calculations, and Allocation; the definition of the term "qualified local school system" by reducing the minimum required millage rate; revise

    Senate Bill 44 lowers the minimum local property tax rate school districts must levy to qualify for state equalization grants, from 14 mills to 10 mills, while cutting grants for districts that fall short.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-07-01

  7. Senate · Passed · May 14, 2025

    SB35: SB35 Property Insurance Policies; notice required to be given a policyholder before the nonrenewal of his or her homeowners' insurance policy; increase the number of days

    A Georgia Senate bill would double the notice period insurers must give homeowners before refusing to renew their homeowners' insurance policy, from 30 days to 60 days.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2026-01-01

  8. House · Passed · May 14, 2025

    HB129: HB129 Ad valorem tax; bona fide conservation use property; remove a limitation on leased property as to certain entities

    House Bill 129 loosens Georgia's conservation-use property tax break by letting more family-owned farming and timber businesses lease land while keeping the preferential tax assessment, and it renews an expired tax credit for film postproduction companies.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-05-14

  9. House · Passed · May 14, 2025

    HB103: HB103 Troup County; ad valorem tax; educational purposes; increase homestead exemption

    A local bill for Troup County would raise the school tax homestead exemption for residents 65 and older from its current level to $100,000 of a home's assessed value and raise the income limit to qualify to $50,000, pending voter approval in November 2025.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-05-14

  10. Senate · Passed · May 14, 2025

    SB20: SB20 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

    Senate Bill 20 expands a state grant for children and spouses of public safety workers killed or disabled on duty, adds public school employees to that program, and creates a new state loan repayment program for veterinarians who work in animal shelters or nonprofit spay/neuter clinics.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-07-01

  11. House · Passed · May 14, 2025

    HR32: HR32 General Assembly; increase maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property - CA

    A Georgia House resolution would ask voters to amend the state constitution to double the maximum acreage that qualifies for conservation-use property tax breaks, from 2,000 to 4,000 acres per owner.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-05-14

  12. Senate · Passed · May 14, 2025

    SB12: SB12 Inspection of Public Records; documents and records in the possession of private persons or entities; revise provisions

    A Georgia Senate bill spells out how public agencies must retrieve records held by private contractors, and clarifies who counts as the official record custodian who must respond to open records requests.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-05-14

  13. Senate · Passed · May 14, 2025

    SB13: SB13 Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; finance and perform certain duties in connection with projects relating to natural gas facilities; authorize

    Senate Bill 13 lets the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority help finance and build natural gas facilities and projects to move power lines underground, expanding the agency's mission beyond water, sewer, and waste projects.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-05-14

  14. House · Passed · May 14, 2025

    HB15: HB15 Banking and finance; update terminology; provisions

    House Bill 15 makes a broad set of technical updates to Georgia's banking and finance laws, revising rules for credit unions, mortgage lenders, foreign banks, money transmitters, and merchant acquirer banks regulated by the Department of Banking and Finance.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-07-01

  15. Senate · Passed · May 14, 2025

    SR8: SR8 Deputy Brandon Cunningham Memorial Intersection; Paulding County; dedicate

    Senate Resolution 8 names more than 20 stretches of Georgia state highway, bridges, intersections and an interchange after specific people and one veterans tribute, spanning counties from Clayton to Chatham to Cook.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-05-14

  16. House · Passed · May 14, 2025

    HB29: HB29 Colquitt County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption

    House Bill 29 would let Colquitt County voters decide whether to create a $10,000 homestead exemption from school district property taxes, pending a referendum in the 2026 general primary.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-05-14

  17. House · Passed · May 14, 2025

    HB30: HB30 Catoosa County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption

    House Bill 30 would let voters in the Catoosa County school district decide whether homeowners age 67 and older get a $100,000 exemption from school property taxes, starting in 2027 if approved.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-05-14

  18. Senate · Passed · May 14, 2025

    SB5: SB5 Private Review Agents; health insurers to implement and maintain a program that allows for the selective application of reductions in prior authorization requirements; provide

    Senate Bill 5 requires Georgia health insurers to offer reduced prior authorization burdens for high-performing doctors and requires health plans, including the state employee plan, to cover treatment for PANDAS and PANS in children.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-07-01

  19. Senate · Passed · May 14, 2025

    SR7: SR7 State Highway System; dedicate certain portions

    A Senate resolution names roughly two dozen roads, bridges, intersections, interchanges and roundabouts across Georgia after veterans, public servants, educators and community leaders, directing the Department of Transportation to post the new names.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-05-14

  20. House · Passed · May 14, 2025

    HR7: HR7 George C. Trulock, Jr. Memorial Highway; Grady County; dedicate

    House Resolution 7 dedicates numerous stretches of Georgia highway, bridges, interchanges, and intersections across the state to honor named individuals, including Grady County's George C. Trulock, Jr. Memorial Highway.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-07-14

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