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Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · January 27, 2025 · Passed
Income tax; contributions to foster child support organizations; expand tax credit
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 136 expands and adds several Georgia income tax credits tied to children, including a bigger child care credit, a new credit for young children, an employer child care credit, and a revised credit for donations to foster youth organizations.
House Bill 136 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) By: Representatives Newton of the 127th, Blackmon of the 146th, Rhodes of the 124th, Cox of the 28th, Prince of the 132nd, and others A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income taxes, so as to revise and create new tax credits related...
Said chapter is further amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows: "48-7-29.27. (a) As used in this Code section, the term 'qualifying child' shall have the same meaning as set forth in Section 24(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, provided that such child has not yet attained age six. (b) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026,...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 10, 2025 · Introduced
Health; licensure and regulation of community midwives; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): Senate Bill 136 would repeal Georgia's existing midwifery licensing law and create a new licensing system for 'certified community midwives,' run by a new state board, with its own training, disclosure, and discipline rules.
Senate Bill 136 By: Senator James of the 28th A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to repeal provisions relating to the practice of midwifery; to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide for the licensure...
SECTION 1. Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, is amended by repealing Chapter 26, relating to the practice of midwifery, and designating said chapter as reserved.
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 3, 2025 · Passed
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week at the state capitol; February 7-14, 2025; recognize
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia House resolution recognizes February 7 to 14, 2025, as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week at the state capitol, honoring families and health professionals affected by these birth defects.
House Resolution 136 By: Representatives Dempsey of the 13th, Hawkins of the 27th, Hugley of the 141st, Cooper of the 45th, and Taylor of the 173rd A RESOLUTION Recognizing February 7 to 14, 2025, as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week at the state capitol; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, congenital heart defects are one of the most frequently occurring...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 5, 2025 · Passed
Georgia Addiction Counselors Association; commend
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Senate resolution honors the Georgia Addiction Counselors Association for 45 years of providing addiction treatment training and support across Georgia, with no changes to state law.
Senate Resolution 136 By: Senators Hodges of the 3rd, Still of the 48th, Williams of the 25th, Payne of the 54th, Hickman of the 4th and others A RESOLUTION Commending the contributions of the Georgia Addiction Counselors Association and its commitment to delivering evidence-based practices to individuals with substance use disorders through recognized...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · January 27, 2025 · Introduced
Pharmacies; prohibit drug manufacturer and wholesalers from preventing a licensed pharmacy from acquiring drugs from entities that participate in a particular federal drug discount program
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 139 would bar drug manufacturers and wholesalers from blocking Georgia pharmacies from buying and dispensing discounted drugs obtained through the federal 340B program.
House Bill 139 By: Representatives Jones of the 25th, Hawkins of the 27th, Hatchett of the 155th, Cannon of the 172nd, Jackson of the 128th, and others A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacies, so as to prohibit drug manufacturers and wholesalers from...
SECTION 1. Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacies, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows: "26-4-120. (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) 'Contract pharmacy arrangement' means a legal agreement between a hospital or other healthcare provider and a pharmacy where...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · January 27, 2025 · Introduced
Housing; discrimination based on hairstyles associated with race, color, or national origin; prohibit
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 135 would add hairstyles like braids, locs, and twists to Georgia's legal definition of race, extending anti-discrimination protections against them in housing, public schools, and employment.
SECTION 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
House Bill 135 By: Representatives Schofield of the 63rd, Hugley of the 141st, Burnough of the 77th, Davis of the 87th, Bell of the 75th, and others A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Code Section 8-3-201 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Chapter 1 of Title 34 of the...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 12, 2025 · Passed
Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions in, and reenact the statutory portion of said Code
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): This annual Code Revision Commission bill makes thousands of small technical fixes across the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, correcting typos, updating terminology, and reenacting the entire statutory code, without changing policy.
SECTION 12. Reserved.
SECTION 13. Reserved.
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · January 29, 2025 · Passed
Property; granting of nonexclusive easements; authorize
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Resolution 98 authorizes the State Properties Commission to grant 18 non-exclusive easements across state-owned land in 16 Georgia counties, letting utilities, cities, and other entities build power, gas, water, sewer, fiber, and road facilities on state property.
SECTION 136. That the easement granted to Atlanta Gas Light shall contain such other reasonable terms, conditions, and covenants as the State Properties Commission shall deem in the best interest of the State of Georgia and that the State Properties Commission is authorized to use a more accurate description of the easement area, so long as the description...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 10, 2025 · Engrossed
Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; Georgia Health Care Professionals Data System; establishment
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would add the Insurance Commissioner to the state's Behavioral Health Coordinating Council and create a new panel to review whether health insurers and state agencies are following mental health parity laws.
SECTION 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · January 17, 2025 · Passed
Public Safety, Department of; Motor Carrier Compliance Division to Commercial Vehicle Enforcement; change name
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 116 renames the Department of Public Safety's Motor Carrier Compliance Division as Commercial Vehicle Enforcement and requires its law enforcement officers to be trained, sworn, and certified.
SECTION 6. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
House Bill 116 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) By: Representatives McDonald III of the 26th, Crowe of the 118th, Hitchens of the 161st, Lumsden of the 12th, and Barrett of the 24th A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Article 5 of Chapter 2 of Title 35 and Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Motor Carrier Compliance Division of the...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 12, 2025 · Introduced
Counties; ordinances for governing and policing unincorporated areas of counties; revise provisions
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would let counties and cities impose steeper fines on repeat code violators, tweak county ordinance penalty language, and allow local governments to require rental registration for landlords who own ten or more rental properties in a county.
SECTION 1. Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Fair Business Practices Act," is amended in Code Section 10-1-393, relating to unfair or deceptive practices in consumer transactions unlawful and examples, by striking "and" at the end of paragraph (36), by replacing the period at the end of paragraph...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 6, 2025 · Introduced
Education; local school systems to provide certain information to parents and guardians of students in grades six through twelve on sickle cell disease; require
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 336 would require Georgia local school systems that already send parents health information to also include facts about sickle cell disease for students in grades six through 12.
House Bill 336 By: Representatives Crawford of the 89th, Bennett of the 94th, Howard of the 129th, Au of the 50th, Willis of the 55th, and others A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student health in elementary and secondary education, so as to require...
SECTION 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · January 27, 2025 · Passed
Contracts; increase dollar value of certain public works contracts exempt from provisions relating to retention of contractual payments
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 137 raises several dollar thresholds in Georgia law that trigger competitive bidding, in-state purchasing review, and payment retention rules for public construction and school contracts, generally from around $100,000 to $150,000 up to $250,000.
House Bill 137 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) By: Representatives Anderson of the 10th, Lumsden of the 12th, Hawkins of the 27th, Yearta of the 152nd, Leverett of the 123rd, and others A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Chapter 10 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to contracts for public works, so as to increase the dollar...
SECTION 8. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 12, 2025 · Introduced
Education; repeal Chapter 2B, relating to promise scholarship accounts; provisions
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia House bill would repeal the state's promise scholarship account program entirely, eliminating both the Georgia Education Savings Authority and the Georgia Promise Scholarship Act from state law.
House Bill 436 By: Representatives Griffin of the 149th, Miller of the 62nd, Hugley of the 141st, Lim of the 98th, Williams of the 168th, and others A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to repeal Chapter 2B, relating to promise scholarship accounts, including both Articles 1...
SECTION 1. Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, is amended by repealing Chapter 2B, relating to promise scholarship accounts.
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · January 27, 2025 · Passed
Sales and use tax; manufactured homes; revise and expand exemption
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 134, the "Keep Georgia Forested Act," would create new state income tax credits for forestry manufacturers in Georgia, expanding existing job-creation and investment tax credit programs to cover wood-based manufacturing businesses.
SECTION 8. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2026, and shall be applicable to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026.
SECTION 9. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · February 5, 2025 · Introduced
Education; Protect Students First Act; repeal various provisions
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 293 would repeal Georgia's 'Protect Students First Act,' removing the state's ban on schools training staff or requiring certification tied to what the law calls 'divisive concepts.'
House Bill 293 By: Representatives Miller of the 62nd, Carter of the 93rd, Glaize of the 67th, Willis of the 55th, Berry of the 56th, and others A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to repeal various provisions of the “Protect Students First Act,” enacted by Ga. L. 2022,...
SECTION 1. Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, is amended in Article 1 of Chapter 1, relating to general provisions, by repealing Code Section 20-2-11, relating to advocating for divisive concepts, prohibition on discrimination, practice of tolerance and mutual respect encouraged, complaint resolution policies,...
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · January 17, 2025 · Passed
Food service establishments; require notification of the country of origin of seafood items
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia House bill would require restaurants and other food service establishments that serve foreign imported shrimp to clearly label those dishes as 'FOREIGN IMPORTED' on menus or placards.
House Bill 117 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) By: Representatives Petrea of the 166th, Williams of the 168th, Townsend of the 179th, DeLoach of the 167th, and Franklin of the 160th 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...
SECTION 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · January 28, 2025 · Passed
Transportation, Department of; authority over vertiports; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): House Bill 156 gives the Georgia Department of Transportation authority over vertiports, the landing sites used by vertical takeoff aircraft, and adds air service expansion at commercial airports to the list of projects hotel tax revenue can fund.
SECTION 2. Code Section 48-13-50.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to excise tax on rooms, lodgings, and accommodations, is amended in paragraph (6) by striking "or" at the end of subparagraph (O), by replacing the period with "; and" at the end of subparagraph (P), and by adding a new subparagraph to read as...
SECTION 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · January 27, 2025 · Introduced
Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; establish basic and in-service training courses on de-escalation techniques and methods
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia House bill would require the state's police training council to add de-escalation techniques to the mandatory training curriculum for all peace officers, starting January 1, 2026.
The House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security offers the following substitute to HB 138: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Code Section 35-8-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the powers and duties of the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council, so as establish basic and in-service training courses on...
SECTION 2. This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2026.
Bill or resolution · Georgia House of Representatives · January 27, 2025 · Introduced
Student Character Development Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): HB 133 would let Georgia public school districts adopt policies allowing students to leave school for religious moral instruction classes for up to an hour a week, without counting the time as an absence.
SECTION 3. This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.
SECTION 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
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