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Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · March 31, 2026
Senate floor session, March 31, 2026 (legislative day 39, part 2)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed bills on transportation agencies, repeat misdemeanor offenses, traffic stops, cancer treatment facilities, estate transfers and other topics. It passed HB 297, which would combine two transportation authorities, 30 to 19 after debate over state and local control. Senators also agreed to House changes on teacher retirement, homeowners associations, unclaimed property and other legislation. They replaced SB 17 with a process for intervening in financially distressed cities, approving the amended version 32 to 17 after substantial debate. The Senate rejected House changes to SB 398 because the sponsor said protections for children had been removed. Several bills were tabled, and nine were briefly removed from the table and tabled again to preserve their availability for Thursday. The Senate adjourned until 10 a.m. on April 2.
You, uh, the, your comfortable shoes, you're just, man, you're just killing it. Uh, Mr. President, I move the Senate agree to the House substitute to Senate Bill 587. Secretary, read the caption. Senate Bill 587 by Senator Still of the 48th and others. A bill to be entitled an act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia...
On the motion to agree, the yays are 50 and the nays are zero and this motion prevails. Recognize senator, the majority leader. Mr. President, may the Senate agree to the House Substitute to Senate Bill 17 as amended by amendment number one. Secretary, read the caption. Senate Bill 17 by Senators Anavitarte, the 31st and others. A bill to be entitled an act...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · March 27, 2026
Senate floor session, March 27, 2026 (legislative day 38)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed a revised election bill, HB 960, after extended debate, and approved the fiscal year 2027 budget, HB 974, 52-0. After the House rejected the budget changes, the Senate insisted on its version, leaving the chambers in disagreement. Senators also passed measures on income taxes, maternal leave for state employees, religious instruction during school hours, homelessness-service reporting, transit taxes, railroad maintenance, service dogs, teacher preparation and business court cases. Several bills were substantially rewritten from their original subjects. The Senate agreed to House changes on measures covering medical cannabis reporting, emergency services, securities fraud, school finances, clergy misconduct, AI chatbots and other subjects. It tabled SB 346, read numerous bills and committee reports, and adjourned until March 31.
Mr. President, I move the Senate agree to the House substitute for Senate Bill 470. Secretary, read the caption. Senate Bill 470 by Senators Albers of the 56 and others, a bill to be entitled an act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to offenses against public order so as to prohibit the...
Mr. President- There you go ... I move that the Senate agree to the House substitute on Senate Bill 542. Secretary, read the caption. Senate Bill 542 by Senators Roberson of the twenty-ninth and others, a bill to be entitled an act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to sexual offenses so as to permit clergy...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · February 11, 2026
Senate floor session, February 11, 2026 (legislative day 17)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed SB 400, concerning oversight of private postsecondary schools, by a 48-1 vote, and SB 444, requiring human clinical review before certain insurance coverage denials, by a 49-0 vote. The chamber moved SB 398 to the bottom of the calendar after the chair said its sponsor had left for an emergency. Senators also received bill readings and committee reports, adopted recognition resolutions concerning congenital heart defects, family and consumer sciences, and the Georgia National Guard, and approved an unnamed consent calendar of resolutions. The Senate adjourned until 10 a.m. on February 12.
Secretary, read the caption. SB 398. Senate Bill 398 by Senators Hatchett of the 50th and others. A bill to be entitled an act to amend Part 1 of Article III of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to wiretapping, eavesdropping, surveillance, and related offenses so as to establish criminal offenses of virtual peeping,...
Without objection, senator from the 26th is excused. Moving on to Senate Bill 444. Secretary, read the caption. Senate Bill 444 by Senator Kirkpatrick of the 32nd and others. A bill to be entitled an act to amend Chapter 46 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to certification of private review agents so as to provide that certain...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · February 26, 2026
Senate floor session, February 26, 2026 (legislative day 25)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed seven measures addressing emergency defibrillator locations, local government investments, signal jammers, school financial oversight, healthcare workforce data, student attendance and community mental health services. Debate focused on state authority over elected school boards and whether new attendance requirements would burden schools without funding. Senators also heard bill readings and committee reports, adopted recognition resolutions, and approved unnamed local bills and resolutions on consent calendars. The transcript does not identify the measures on those calendars. The Senate voted 26 to 20 to adjourn until March 3 at 1 p.m., over an objection that legislation addressing energy affordability remained on the day's calendar.
Chair recognizes the senator from the forty-third. What purpose do you rise? Mr. President, I ask for unan-unanimous consent to excuse the senator from the twenty-second. Without objection, the senator from the twenty-second is excused. Secretary will read the caption of Senate Bill four seventy. Senate Bill four seventy by Senators Albers of the...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · March 20, 2026
Senate floor session, March 20, 2026 (legislative day 35)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed measures on extended-stay hotel removals, nursing grants, high school completion programs, portable benefits for independent contractors, firefighter safety, mental health facility background checks, utility inventory tax exemptions and other topics. The longest debate concerned HB 61, which passed 32-18 after senators adopted a compromise on notice before removal and eviction records, but rejected proposals to give long-term hotel residents tenant rights. The Senate also adopted two state-property resolutions, approved reconsideration of two previously rejected constitutional amendments, and received committee reports and bill readings. A proposed amendment protecting patients from midyear insurance network changes was ruled unrelated to the bill under consideration. Senators honored a retiring committee chair and heard remarks from the U.S. Treasurer. The Senate adjourned until 10 a.m. Monday, March 23.
House Bill 1268 by Representative Burchett of the 176th and others. A bill to be entitled an act to amend the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions in and reenact the statutory portion of said code as amended in furtherance of the work of the Code Revision Commission to repeal portions of said code or...
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that HB 1261 be engrossed. Secretary, read the cab. House Bill 1261 by Representative Huddleston, Studden of the 72nd and others. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to tax exemptions so as to provide for level one free...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · March 3, 2026
Senate floor session, March 3, 2026 (legislative day 26)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate approved a joint study of family-farm sustainability and passed measures addressing public contracting, native plants, homebuilding permits and inspections, road obstruction, institutional purchases of homes, sexual-offender monitoring, sheriff qualifications, school mask rules, and parent notification of student services. Members amended the road-obstruction measure to retain the existing offense for blocking sidewalks while increasing penalties for blocking roads. The Senate also adopted a Blue and White Day recognition, passed an unidentified local-consent bill 45-0, and read numerous bills and committee reports. The transcript does not identify the measures adopted on the privileged-resolution consent calendar. The Senate adjourned until 10 a.m. March 4.
And if you've never seen one, it's a, it's a small license, no bigger than the size of a driver's license, has your name on it. And mine was signed by Max Cleland, the Secretary of State, which certified me as a peace officer here in Georgia. And what it meant was I could take that license and I could go and work at any law enforcement agency in the State...
The senator from the 56th is a first responder. We both are POST certified or have been, but his certification's different than mine. If he wants to become an arson investigator, a peace officer, then he goes to the academy I went to. And if I want to work at an airport, let's say, and I wanna be a firefighter at that airport, which they are dual certified,...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · February 2, 2026
Senate floor session, February 2, 2026 (legislative day 10)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed HB 117, requiring restaurants to identify foreign imported shrimp, by a vote of 43 to 8. After extended debate over legal requirements, voter privacy and federal involvement in elections, the Senate adopted SR 563, urging the Secretary of State to provide voter registration information to the U.S. Department of Justice, by 31 to 22. The Senate returned SB 239, concerning funeral director licensing, to the Rules Committee without objection. Senators also adopted SR 639, recognizing Clark Atlanta University Day, heard bill readings and committee reports, and approved a consent calendar of resolutions whose individual measures were not identified in the transcript. During personal remarks, senators discussed insurance costs, honored a fallen Gwinnett County police officer and raised concerns about political violence and federal election investigations. The Senate adjourned until February 3 at 10 a.m.
Secretary read House Bill 117. What are we doing with this one? House Bill 117, uh, by Representatives Petra of the 166th and others. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend Article 13 of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to food service establishments so as to require notification of the country of origin of seafood...
Places like China, India, and Vietnam, where they grow these shrimp in ponds, swimming in their own feces, given antibiotics and hormones. So in the state of Georgia, our native domestic shrimp, caught off the coast of Georgia, never has antibiotics, never has growth hormones. and are grown right here in the state of Georgia. And that's what this bill...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · March 12, 2026
Senate floor session, March 12, 2026 (legislative day 31)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed HB 1199 after debate over federal tax changes and affordable-housing tax credits. It also passed bills addressing first-offender records, dietitian and nutritionist licensing, rehabilitation programs for healthcare professionals, protections for code enforcement workers, and Solid Waste Trust Fund spending. Senators agreed to a House substitute to SB 59 increasing hurricane-related timber tax credits and sent HB 1020 back to the Standing Rules Committee. An unnamed group of local bills passed 43 to 0. The Senate also received bill readings and committee reports, adopted recognition resolutions, heard from the U.S. secretary of veterans affairs, and heard members’ remarks on community concerns. The session adjourned until 10 a.m. Monday, March 16.
Secretary, read the caption of House Bill 483. House Bill 43 by Representatives Prince of the 132nd and others, a bill to be entitled an act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to assault and battery so as to provide for protections for inspectors of code enforcement, to provide for definitions, to...
Secretary will read the caption of House Bill 162. House Bill 162 by Representatives Hagan of the 156th and others, a bill to be entitled an act to amend Chapter three of Title thirty-five of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to the Georgia Bureau of Investigations so as to provide for the re-restriction and seal of first offender act...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · March 25, 2026
Senate floor session, March 25, 2026 (legislative day 37)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed bills on education scholarships, elections, retirement benefits, tax credits, courts, boating and military scholarships. After debate, it passed HB 328, expanding education tax credits, 30 to 20, and HB 369, changing certain county elections to nonpartisan elections, 32 to 21. It tabled HB 1185 after discussion of business court rules and several amendments. Senators approved revised school-zone camera rules in HB 651 and agreed to House changes on reckless stunt driving, pharmacist access to HIV prevention medicine, school discrimination complaints, insurance decisions involving artificial intelligence and DeKalb County compensation. The session also included bill readings, committee referrals and ceremonial recognitions. The Senate adjourned until March 27 at 10 a.m.
Secretary will read the caption to House Bill 1247. House Bill 1247 by Representative Reeves, the 99th and others, a bill to be entitled in act to amend Chapter One of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to general provisions so as to prohibit courts and administrative officers from deferring to agency interpretations of laws and...
In 2021, the General Assembly passed Senate Bill 185, as I said earlier, which eliminated all judicial deference to subregulatory interpretations from the Department of Revenue in matters involving litigation between taxpayers and DOR. This is simply our attempt to do that for all agencies. There's a friendly amendment from my friend from Athens. He's got a...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · March 31, 2026
Senate floor session, March 31, 2026 (legislative day 39, part 1)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed measures on early reading instruction, property tax limits, additional judgeships, healthcare, foster care and local government. Senators approved HB 1193 unanimously after revising its literacy coaching and oversight provisions. Debate on HB 1116 centered on homeowner tax relief, sales taxes and limits on local revenue, and the bill passed 31-19. The Senate also approved constitutional proposals for nonpartisan probate judge elections and a Next Generation 911 fund. Senators appointed budget negotiators for HB 974, tabled several measures and voted to prevent floor amendments to a group of tax and campaign finance bills. The transcript ends with HB 297 pending as the Senate paused for dinner.
Secretary Reed, House Bill 1283. House Bill 1283 by Representatives Panitch of the f- fifty-first and others, a bill to be entitled an act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 19 and Chapter 16 of Title 17 of the OCGA relating to family violence and discovery, respectively, so as to authorize the creation of family justice centers to provide for related matters to...
The senator knows of what he speaks. Thank you very much, and, uh, thank you so much for bringing this amendment. Thank you. You have one more question, Senator. Recognize the senator from the 48th. Thank you, Mr. President. Does the senator yield? I'm happy to yield to my good friend from the 48th. Senator, is it not true that the author of this amendment...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · April 2, 2026
Senate floor session, April 2, 2026 (legislative day 40, part 2)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate heard the governor’s closing address and farewell remarks from departing members, then acted on bills and House changes. Senators unanimously adopted the fiscal year 2027 budget agreement and approved an income-tax package after debate. A property-tax proposal failed, but senators later approved a revised version placed in another bill, without the proposed limits on local tax-revenue growth. A combined education, scholarship and transit measure passed after debate about a virtual-school program and whether the provisions belonged together. Senators also approved measures involving transit agencies, newborn surrender options, website-access lawsuits, school speed cameras and local governments. A proposal allowing remote online notarization failed on a tie vote. The Senate adjourned for the session.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move that the Senate agree to the House Amendment to the Senate substitute to House Bill 1247. Recognize the senator from the 50th. Oh, Secretary, read. House Bill 1247 by Representatives Reeves of the 9- 99th and others, a bill to be entitled an act to amend Chapter One of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated...
The House finally sent it back to us, so now taxpayers have the right to know if a member of this body or the House settles an inappropriate claim using taxpayer dollars. Common sense, and I would respectfully ask for your support. Let's get this done. With that, Mr. President, I yield the will. Any other senator who wish to speak for or against the...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · March 16, 2026
Senate floor session, March 16, 2026 (legislative day 32)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed HB 535 after changing its fentanyl provisions following debate over drug possession, addiction and trafficking. It also passed HB 1000, providing a one-time income tax credit, HB 983, clarifying prescribed-burning rules, and HB 1196, addressing trespass and harm involving enclosed wild animals. Members moved three bills to different committees and sent HB 521 back to committee. The Senate adopted recognition resolutions, received committee reports and read bills for the first or second time. A local consent calendar passed 48 to 1, but the transcript did not identify its bill. Members also gave notice of future consideration of House action on SB 220. The Senate adjourned until March 18 at 10 a.m.
I need everybody please pay real close attention to this next bill because, uh, it's a senator from the 18th. This is his first one. Woo. Woo. And, uh, it's already, it looks already pretty self-serving here, so y'all get ready for it. Secretary, read the, read the count. House Bill 1196 by Representative Smith of the 18th and others. A bill to be entitled...
Thank you. Thank you. Um- It's a good bill carried by Representative Tyler Paul Smith in the House and, um, I'm glad to support it. Now, the amendment I signed originally stated adding, adding on line 25 to this bill to exclude domestic animals and livestock, not to, not to add my name to the act, but s- merely to exclude domestic animals and livestock. But...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · February 10, 2026
Senate floor session, February 10, 2026 (legislative day 16)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed SB 384, allowing optional five-year vehicle registration, by 45 to 0, and SB 435, renaming the Georgia Development Authority, by 47 to 0. Senators debated amendments to HB 54 that would restrict puberty blockers for minors and state support for gender-affirming care. Both amendments were adopted by 30 to 18, but the transcript does not show a separate final vote on the motion to agree to the House amendment as amended. Senators also argued over income-tax proposals, heard first readings and committee reports, adopted recognition resolutions, and welcomed community organizations. A senator urged action on SR 729, condemning racist attacks against a former president. The Senate adjourned until the following morning.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move that the Senate agree to the House Amendment to the Senate Substitute to House Bill 54 as amended by Amendment 1. Secretary, read the caption. House Bill 54 by Representative Clarks of the 100th and others. A bill to be entitled, "An Act to Amend Title 16, 31, and 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to...
Mr. President, Senator Tillery. Mr. President, Senators Tillery of the 19th off- and others offers the following amendment. Amendment 1A, amend the amendment to the Senate substitution to House Bill 54 as amended by House Amendment by amending AM332114 as follows, by replacing nine, line nine with the following, medications to amend Chapter 1 of Title 50 of...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · February 9, 2026
Senate floor session, February 9, 2026 (legislative day 15)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed SB 146, covering cemeteries and family burial plots, 46-0; SB 150, extending a program for retired teachers to return to full-time classrooms, 48-1; and SB 411, addressing dry needling by licensed professionals, 49-2. Each passed with a committee substitute. The Senate also agreed to an amended House version of SB 170 providing rural hospital generator grants, 50-0. Members adopted SR 648, recognizing the Junior League movement’s anniversary, and an unnamed consent calendar of resolutions. Other legislation received first or second readings or committee referrals. A senator gave notice of plans to consider House action on HB 54 the next legislative day. The Senate adjourned until 10 a.m. on February 10.
Senate Bill 146 by Williams of the 25th and others. A bill to be entitled an Act to Amend Titles 31, 36, and 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to health, local government, and property, respectively, so as to provide regulations and protections of cemeteries and burial grounds. To provide procedures concerning the issuance of permits for...
They have to stay out of it, stay out of school for one year. However, they can come back and do that 49% that all of us are aware of, okay? So they will receive their retirement and receive the salary for teaching in the classroom. Let me, let me stop there and read to you something I forgot. But so this, this letter, this email came from a Ms. Robin...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · March 23, 2026
Senate floor session, March 23, 2026 (legislative day 36)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed HB 1009, extending school-day phone restrictions to high school students, after rejecting an amendment allowing access between classes. Senators also passed measures on advanced math, forestry tax credits, local property-tax relief, bankruptcy protections, school financial oversight, public health employees and medical treatment rules. A substitute to HB 154 replaced its ambulance provisions with a proposal to seek year-round Atlantic Standard Time. A lengthy debate over district attorney pay ended with passage of HB 1020, followed by notice of a request to reconsider it. Senators left SB 350, concerning DeKalb County officials’ pay, available for later action after questions about conflicting pay provisions. They returned HB 79 to the Rules Committee, adopted a family-farm study resolution and agreed to the House changes to SB 427. The Senate adjourned until March 25.
Thank you, Mr. President. Senator, yield? I am honored, Dean, that you would ask me a question. Yes, sir. Thank you very much for bringing this bill. Uh, isn't it true that this bill, uh, fosters good relationship between the military and the civilian sector and at the same time have a, a consideration of children who may infract against the law on military...
Secretary read House Bill 979. House Bill 979 by Representative Bonner of the 73rd and others. A bill to be entitled an act to amend Code Section 50-2-27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to the retrocession of jurisdiction over lands owned by the United States so as to provide for procedures for the retrocession of jurisdiction in certain...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · March 19, 2026
Senate floor session, March 19, 2026 (legislative day 34)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed measures on education, public safety license plates, manufactured-home taxes, delivery robots, veterinary care and funeral insurance payments. Senators also agreed 51-0 to changes to HB 1199, including a 60-day motor-fuel tax suspension, and ordered immediate transmission to the House. Two proposed constitutional amendments, HR 251 on nonpartisan probate judge elections and HR 1243 on a dedicated 911 fund, failed to reach the required two-thirds majority. Supporters gave notice they would seek reconsideration. Debate on both centered partly on minority-party requests for negotiation and compromise. The Senate moved HB 960 to Ethics and HB 1193 to Appropriations, heard bill readings and committee reports, and approved an unnamed local consent calendar 49-0. The session also included community recognitions before adjournment until the next morning.
Thank you, Mr. President. I'll be brief. Speaking actually to the two of them. Let me start by saying the nature of governing is the art of compromise, where opposing parties settle differences through mu-mutual compromise, aiming for a consensus that makes both feel understood and respected. And today, that is what we're asking, that the will of the...
And you have to put pride aside to do the right thing. And sometimes, uh, just like we've learned in the minority caucus, if we do something that's punitive, if, if it goes this way, it's that way, uh, you got all the bells and whistles, but when it comes down to a two-thirds vote, you know who you need? The minority caucus. And so all we're asking you to...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · February 3, 2026
Senate floor session, February 3, 2026 (legislative day 11)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed SB 420, which the sponsor said would create a paid fishing endorsement to support better saltwater catch estimates, by 52 to 0. After extended debate, the Senate passed SB 382 by substitute, 31 to 19. The sponsor said it would make statewide homeowner property assessment protections mandatory and deliver sales-tax-funded property tax relief sooner. Supporters emphasized predictable homeowner costs, while opponents raised concerns about local control, school funding and reversing an earlier compromise. A motion to send that bill immediately to the House failed, 30 to 20. The Senate also heard bill introductions and committee reports and adopted resolutions honoring community care providers, utility contractors, Kennesaw State football and Girl Scouts. Senators discussed healthcare affordability and other issues during personal remarks. The Senate adjourned until the next morning.
Move it on to the rules calendar. Secretary read Senate Bill 420. Senate Bill 420 by Senator Echols of the 49th and others. A bill to be entitled an act to amend Code Section 27-2-23 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to license, permit, tag, and stamp fees so as to provide for fees for reef and migratory fish endorsements, to amend Code...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · January 13, 2026
Senate floor session, January 13, 2026 (legislative day 2)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate gave first readings and committee assignments to 10 bills and two proposed resolutions. It adopted SR 561, recognizing a longtime Senate legislative assistant and current director of constituent services for the lieutenant governor. Senators reassigned SB 106 to a different committee and changed the primary author of SB 204. After debate over local gun rules and Savannah’s firearm-storage ordinance, the Senate agreed to the House substitute for SB 204 by 32 votes to 21. A separate motion to send it immediately to the governor failed, with 31 voting yes and 21 voting no. The Senate adjourned until January 14 at 10:30 a.m.
Uh, that's all we have for today except for the special And he is not at his chair right now. Senator Moore is not here. Oh, there he is. I see him. Senator, Senator Moore. Recognize the senator from the 53rd for a motion. Thank you, Mr. President. I move that this Senate agree to the House substitute on Senate Bill 204. Senator's moved that the Senate...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · April 2, 2026
Senate floor session, April 2, 2026 (legislative day 40, part 1)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed measures on insurance, contraceptive access, child-abuse reporting, property-owner claims against local governments, education, healthcare licensing and court procedures. Debate focused heavily on HB 295, which passed 30 to 22 after opponents raised concerns about lawsuits, local costs and treatment of homeless people. Senators removed a corn-flour fortification requirement from HB 1138 before passing it. The Senate accepted House changes to several bills, including SB 556, which combined a needs-based college scholarship with other education provisions. A proposed change removing medical-education scholarships failed before the House version was approved 36 to 17. Senators set aside HB 1142 after questions about its domestic-violence registry and withdrew a motion on HB 328. The session also included committee reports, honorary resolutions, tributes to departing senators and a local-consent-calendar vote. The excerpt ends with a dinner break.
In other words, someone with a petty offense, maybe something that, um, even a theft offense probably should not be working with people in a nursing home. But other types of offenses, they make you still go serve as a plumber or something like that. This is a second chance bill. This helps get people back to work, and this bill has been quite a journey. I...
Meeting transcript · Georgia State Senate · March 10, 2026
Senate floor session, March 10, 2026 (legislative day 30)
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The Senate passed HB 945 unchanged, 50-0, after rejecting an amendment concerning denial of banking and other essential services based on constitutionally protected activities. Senators also passed HB 244 by substitute, 48-2, and HB 115, 51-0. The Senate adopted HR 1008 to change regional water council membership and SR 771 to study adoption affordability. It received HB 974 and assigned it to Appropriations, adopted a memorial resolution and a consent calendar of resolutions, and heard committee reports. Visiting federal officials discussed small businesses, agriculture and hurricane assistance. A senator gave notice of plans to consider House action on SB 59 on the next legislative day. The Senate adjourned until March 12 at 10 a.m.
House Bill Number 115 by Representatives Petry of the 166th and others. A bill to be entitled An Act to Amend Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to registration, operation, and sale of watercrafts as to provide for certain notice upon registration of a vessel with the Department of Natural Resources. To provide for...
Further, this is in alignment with other regulated industries. The bill would allow the department to access conviction histories for owners, officers, and directors of litigation finance. This will allow the department to actually enforce the ban on individuals with a felony conviction within the last 10 years. That is in the current law. And this bill...
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