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  1. Senate · Passed · April 30, 2025

    SB145: SB145 Augusta Judicial Circuit; a sixth judge of the superior courts; provide

    Senate Bill 145 adds a sixth superior court judge to the Augusta Judicial Circuit, to be appointed by the Governor and later elected by voters, starting in 2026.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-04-30

  2. Senate · Passed · April 30, 2025

    SB93: SB93 "Georgia Early Literacy Act"; the three-cuing system from inclusion in high-quality instructional materials or structured literacy; prohibit

    A Georgia Senate bill would require the state's teacher training programs to build their reading curricula around the “science of reading,” with the Professional Standards Commission setting the specific rules.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-07-01

  3. Senate · Passed · April 30, 2025

    SB88: SB88 Douglas Judicial Circuit; a fourth judge of the superior courts; provide

    Senate Bill 88 adds a fourth superior court judge to the Douglas Judicial Circuit, to be appointed by the Governor in 2026 and later chosen by voters, easing caseloads for local courts.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-07-01

  4. House · Passed · April 30, 2025

    HB179: HB179 Appellate practice; digital recording of certain trial proceedings; provide

    House Bill 179 would let Georgia trial courts use digital audio or video recording systems instead of live court reporters for many felony, misdemeanor, and civil proceedings, under rules set by the Supreme Court.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2026-01-01

  5. House · Passed · April 30, 2025

    HB144: HB144 Income tax; certain medical preceptor rotations; revise tax credit

    House Bill 144 would expand Georgia's tax credit for doctors, dentists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants who train students without pay, adding dentists, raising credit amounts, and extending the program through 2030.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-07-01

  6. House · Passed · April 30, 2025

    HB39: HB39 Habersham County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of technology fee

    House Bill 39 lets the Magistrate Court of Habersham County charge a technology fee of up to $10 on civil filings and fines to pay for court technology, replacing a similar 2024 law.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-04-30

  7. House · Passed · April 30, 2025

    HB6: HB6 Mitchell County; Board of Commissioners; filling vacancies; revise provisions

    House Bill 6 rewrites how Mitchell County fills vacancies on its Board of Commissioners, tying the process to when in a term the vacancy happens and who appoints a temporary replacement.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-04-30

  8. House · Passed · April 30, 2025

    HB33: HB33 Cook County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee

    House Bill 33 lets the Magistrate Court of Cook County charge up to a $5 technology fee on each civil case filed, with the money earmarked for court computer and equipment needs through mid-2030.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-04-30

  9. House · Passed · April 30, 2025

    HB32: HB32 Cook County; Probate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee

    House Bill 32 lets Cook County's Probate Court charge up to a $5 technology fee on each civil case filed, with the money set aside for court computer and equipment needs through mid-2030.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-04-30

  10. Senate · Passed · April 28, 2025

    SB193: SB193 State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; establish the adult workforce high school diploma program; authorize

    Senate Bill 193 lets the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia create an adult workforce high school diploma program, paying outside providers to help adults ages 21 to 40 earn a diploma and job credentials.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-07-01

  11. Senate · Passed · April 28, 2025

    SB180: SB180 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

    Senate Bill 180 lets more types of organizations, not just employers, sign contracts with the Technical College System of Georgia to run apprenticeships and earn completion awards under the High Demand Apprenticeship Program.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-04-28

  12. Senate · Passed · April 28, 2025

    SB123: SB123 Compulsory Attendance; provisions of the state's compulsory school attendance laws; update and revise

    A Georgia Senate bill would rewrite the state's compulsory school attendance law to bar expulsions based solely on absences, set new meeting deadlines for county attendance committees, and require school districts to create intervention teams for chronically absent students.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-07-01

  13. House · Passed · April 28, 2025

    HB307: HB307 Quality Basic Education Act; students significantly at risk of not achieving grade level reading proficiency or with characteristics of dyslexia; include provisions

    House Bill 307 rewrites Georgia's early literacy law to add specific protections for students with dyslexia, ban reading instruction based on the three-cueing method, and extend the state's literacy council through 2030.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-04-28

  14. House · Passed · April 28, 2025

    HB235: HB235 Georgia Supporting Living Donor Educators Act; enact

    Georgia House Bill 235 would require public school systems, technical colleges, and University System of Georgia institutions to give employees paid leave for bone marrow or organ donation.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-07-01

  15. House · Passed · April 28, 2025

    HB268: HB268 Education; safety, health, and well-being of students and school communities; provide

    House Bill 268 is a wide-ranging school safety law that requires panic alert systems and mapping data in Georgia public schools, changes how student records move between schools and agencies, adds suicide and violence prevention training, and creates new school-related crimes.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-04-28

  16. Senate · Passed · April 28, 2025

    SB82: SB82 "Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025"; enact

    Senate Bill 82 creates a state incentive program that pays local Georgia school boards $250,000 grants for approving new local charter schools, and holds boards accountable when they repeatedly deny petitions later approved by the state.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-04-28

  17. House · Passed · April 28, 2025

    HB217: HB217 Education; make Dual Achievement Program a permanent state-wide program

    House Bill 217 extends Georgia's Dual Achievement Program, which lets teens earn a high school diploma while attending technical college, for five more years and rewrites its eligibility rules starting July 1, 2026.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-07-01

  18. House · Passed · April 28, 2025

    HB81: HB81 Interstate Compact for School Psychologists; enter into

    House Bill 81 has Georgia join the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists, letting school psychologists licensed in other member states get an equivalent Georgia license without repeating all of Georgia's normal requirements.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-07-01

  19. Senate · Passed · April 28, 2025

    SB1: SB1 'Fair and Safe Athletic Opportunities Act'; enact

    Senate Bill 1, the 'Riley Gaines Act,' requires Georgia schools and colleges to designate sports teams as male, female, or coed, bars transgender women from female teams, and sets sex-based rules for locker rooms and dorms.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2025-07-01

  20. Senate · Passed · April 21, 2025

    SB69: SB69 "Georgia Courts Access and Consumer Protection Act"; enact

    Senate Bill 69 creates a new state licensing system for third-party litigation financing companies in Georgia and lets seat belt non-use be used as evidence in civil lawsuits over car crashes.

    Latest action: Effective Date 2026-01-01

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