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Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · March 26, 2026 · Introduced
Weapons Carry Licenses; certain Code sections regarding the carry of weapons; provide an exception
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would add anyone holding a valid weapons carry license to the list of people exempt from certain restrictions on carrying weapons in specific locations under state law.
Senate Bill 632 By: Senator Bearden of the 30th A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Code Section 16-11-130 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from Code Sections 16-11-126 through 16-11-127.2, so as to provide an exception to certain Code sections regarding the carry of weapons for persons who have weapons carry licenses; to...
SECTION 1. Code Section 16-11-130 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from Code Sections 16-11-126 through 16-11-127.2, is amended by revising paragraphs (15) and (16) of subsection (a) and by adding a new paragraph to read as follows: "(15) Clerks of the superior courts; and (16) Constables employed by a magistrate court of...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 25, 2026 · Passed
Offenses Against Public Health and Morals; the establishment of an animal cruelty database; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would create a public, searchable animal cruelty database run by the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council, and would let courts order the location of moved child or elder abuse victims during open investigations.
SECTION 1. Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes against the person, is amended by adding a new subsection to Code Section 16-5-70, relating to cruelty to children, to read as follows: "(f) Where there is an open investigation relating to an alleged offense in violation of this Code section, and the child is...
SECTION 2. Said chapter is further amended by adding a new subsection to Code Section 16-5-102, relating to exploitation and intimidation of disabled adults, elder persons, and residents, and obstruction of investigation, to read as follows: "(d) Where there is an open investigation relating to an alleged offense in violation of this Code section, and the...
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee · March 24, 2026
Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee, March 24, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee discussed HB 1272, which would establish state oversight of payment stablecoin issuers. Members asked about security, financial backing, issuer approval, transaction speed and borrowing against stablecoins. The sponsor said the proposal closely follows the federal GENIUS Act and would help Georgia lead other states in setting rules. No audience members testified. The committee approved a do-pass motion and sent the bill forward to Rules. No vote count was stated.
Right. Um, not only are we background-checked, not only are we basically looked at from a solvency standpoint, making sure we have the mechanism for the dedicated account, making sure we're not levering it, hypothecating it, et cetera. In other words, we have opened ourselves up to the scrutiny, and rightfully so, of the framework of the Department of...
So I don't wanna speak for our banks, our credit unions, et cetera. We love all of them. If their decision is, is to take in as a deposit your 100,000 stable coins and they wanna give you a loan as a lock, if they wanna give you a loan, a mortgage, you name it, um, this is not at all impeding their ability to take that 100,000 as collateral. 'Cause a bank,...
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · March 30, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, March 30, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee set the Senate floor calendar for legislative days 39 and 40. Sponsors gave brief presentations, members selected bills, and the chair added several measures. After a lunch recess, members held an informal vote to choose one additional bill, selecting HB 421. The committee then unanimously approved the full calendar. The selections covered taxes, education, health care, public safety, local government and other subjects. Separately, the committee unanimously moved 12 study committee resolutions to the consent calendar. Several measures presented or nominated were not included in the final calendar. The chair said no Wednesday meeting was planned and cautioned that some calendar bills could later be tabled on the floor. The meeting ended in recess.
And then I have on the bottom of page six, House Bill 1142. This is a public safety measure that creates a repeat domestic violence offender registry for Georgia to be maintained by the GBI. I think this is a, a great companion bill to Senator Still's bill, uh, creating the animal abuse database. So that's it. No questions. Thank you. Great job....
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Judiciary Committee · March 19, 2026
Senate Judiciary Committee, March 19, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee took up eight bills and recommended all eight for passage. It unanimously approved HB 304 on municipal courts, HB 447 on gift card fraud, HB 1185 on business court cases, and HB 460 on private attorney-client communications in custody. It approved HB 676, concerning penalties for improper property liens, by 8 to 1. It amended HB 1247, concerning courts’ treatment of state agency interpretations and reviews of agency activities, then approved it by 7 to 3. The committee also unanimously approved amended versions of HB 1290, concerning sexual abuse of vulnerable adults, and HB 267, whose replacement text addressed DUI courses and financial support for children whose parent is killed by a drunk driver.
All right. Representative Reeves, come on down. House Bill 1247. Rolling away. Yeah, I was rolling, rolling back. Now, this one, we do have a committee substitute LC620505S. Is that what you have? That's what I have. All right. For a bill that cuts government, it's a little thick. That's right. Well, uh, that's because it got, uh, perfected over here in the...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 25, 2026 · Introduced
"One Strike Act"; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): Senate Bill 592, the 'One Strike Act,' would raise prison sentences for aggravated assault, aggravated battery, and kidnapping in Georgia, impose life sentences for rape, sexual battery, or aggravated sexual battery of a child under 12, and limit parole and probation for violent offenders.
(g) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this Code section, a person convicted of an offense described in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of this Code section shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five nor more than 20 years ten years and not exceeding imprisonment for life without parole or imprisonment for life. (h) Any person who commits...
(x) Improper sexual contact by employee or agent in the first or second degree or improper sexual contact by a foster parent in the first or second degree in violation of Code Section 16-6-5.1, unless the punishment imposed was not subject to Code Section 17-10-6.2; (xi) Incest in violation of Code Section 16-6-22; (xii) Aggravated sexual battery in...
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Transportation Committee · March 25, 2026
Senate Transportation Committee, March 25, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee approved three measures with changes. It removed a duplicate road dedication from HR 1300 and approved the amended resolution. It unanimously approved HB 1277, which the sponsor described as updating transportation cost thresholds and reporting, after adding a delay for electric-vehicle charging requirements. The longest discussion concerned a substitute for HB 297 to reorganize state transit agencies. Members questioned local representation, the governor’s influence, transportation oversight and the proposal’s review late in the session. A MARTA witness requested transparency about federal transit funds. The committee changed the proposed board’s membership and unanimously approved the substitute as amended.
Yeah ... some context for that is if property of about that value is what we call an uneconom- typically the uneconomic remnants, where the only likely purchaser of the property is an adjacent property owner because that property probably has no additional access, no other value that would make it, you know, value of competitively pricing it. So we save on...
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · March 25, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, March 25, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee approved substitutes for two study committee resolutions, HB 79 and HB 485, then unanimously approved a group of bills for the Senate calendar. Presentations covered taxes, education, insurance, veterans’ benefits, transportation and other subjects. Members questioned whether HB 1178, which would put a House oversight committee into law, duplicated existing powers and should also cover the Senate. A vote followed, but the result was not clearly announced. The committee also voted on an artificial intelligence-related substitute for HB 171, without a clear announcement of the result. During calendar consideration, one speaker opposed the transit referendum provisions substituted into HB 583. The final calendar included that bill, the budget and numerous other measures.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee. I come to you with House Bill 1272, page five, five down from the top. Uh, this is the Georgia Payment Stable Coin Act, and this would allow Georgia to continue to lead the way in fintech and allow us to be the first state to issue stable coins underneath the Federal Genius Act. Okay. Questions? No...
All right. This is, uh, House Bill 1277 substitute. It's on page five, halfway down, and this is a agency bill for GDOT, and this, this updates an outdated, uh, dollar threshold, uh, streamline reporting reports for, uh, GDOT, gives them reasonable flexibility, uh, for projects to deliver. The bill raises the environmental review trigger, uh, for road,...
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee · March 17, 2026
Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee, March 17, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee considered four bills. Members voted on a recommendation to pass HB 948, which would add information about claiming leftover foreclosure-sale money to foreclosure notices, but the chair did not explicitly announce the result. The committee unanimously recommended passing HB 1024, which would increase the home equity people may keep in bankruptcy and adjust the limits for inflation. Members also approved HB 1134 with an amendment after discussing personal belongings in repossessed vehicles and protections against wrongful repossession. The committee held a hearing only on HB 1272, concerning state licensing and oversight of payment stablecoin issuers. Members asked about reserves, payments, privacy, revenue and theft risks. The chair said that bill would return to a later meeting, with no date announced.
I don't, but we got, uh, uh, Jeff's here. Yeah, Jeff Ledford with the Real- Jeff, you wanna take the podium for a minute? Sit here with Beth. She's over here. Okay. Thank you. Sure. Do you want me here or ... It don't matter. Yeah, I was just- Where you wanna be. Here, sit right there. I'm gonna change everyone once, once I- Proud to sit next to one of, uh,...
Well, that's one of the challenges. When a person is foreclosed, um, you know, my address is XYZ Smith Street, and I'm foreclosed upon, I no longer live at XYZ- That's right. Right ... Smith Street. Right. So it's impossible oftentimes to send mail to an individual and let them know that this is the case. Um, I don't know if any of you have ever been, but...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 25, 2026 · Engrossed
"K-9 Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2026"; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would let county sheriffs donate impounded stray livestock to nonprofits or qualified caretakers instead of only selling or destroying the animals, despite being titled the 'K-9 Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2026.'
The House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security offers the following substitute to SB 586: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Chapter 3 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to livestock running at large, so as to authorize a sheriff impounding certain livestock running at large to donate the livestock to certain...
SECTION 1. Chapter 3 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to livestock running at large, is amended by revising Code Section 4-3-5, relating to notice of impoundment and sale of livestock, as follows: "4-3-5. (a) Upon the impounding of any livestock by the sheriff, his or her deputies, or any other law enforcement officers of the...
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · March 23, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, March 23, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee heard brief presentations on a wide range of tax, education, public safety, health, court and other measures, then unanimously approved a package for the Senate floor calendar. In its standing committee session, it approved a substitute for HB 1077, extending an arts-related sales tax exemption and adding Georgia National Fair admissions, by an 11-4 vote. It approved a substitute for HB 1129, removing a proposed five-year expiration provision for enterprise zones, by a 9-5 vote. Members questioned how a restored House budget oversight committee under HB 1178 would involve the Senate. The chair made that discussion hearing-only and asked the sponsor to work with the committee.
Good bill. Good bills around solar installations on closed landfills. All right, uh, HB 1208 came out of Judy. That is Chairman Guncher's bill requiring deposition to be taken before certified court reporters. HB 1247 also came out of Judy. That is the Georgia Bureaucratic Deference Elimination Act. Anybody on Judy know what that is?
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 11, 2026 · Engrossed
Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices; prohibition on possessing a silencer; repeal
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would repeal the state's general ban on possessing a silencer for a firearm, while creating a narrower new crime for possessing a silencer if the person is already barred from having a gun.
SECTION 1. Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dangerous instrumentalities and practices, is amended in Part 2, relating to possession of dangerous weapons, by repealing paragraph (7) of Code Section 16-11-121, relating to definitions relative to possession of dangerous weapons.
SECTION 2. Said article is further amended in said part by revising Code Section 16-11-122, relating to possession of sawed-off shotgun or rifle, machine gun, silencer, or dangerous weapon prohibited, as follows: "16-11-122. No person shall have in his or her possession any sawed-off shotgun, sawed-off rifle, machine gun, or dangerous weapon, or silencer...
Meeting transcript · Georgia Senate Rules Committee · January 27, 2026
Senate Rules Committee, January 27, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): The committee unanimously approved substitutes for HB 483, concerning added protections for code enforcement officials, and HB 117, requiring restaurants and other food service establishments to identify imported shrimp. Members questioned the shrimp bill’s scope, enforcement and possible price effects. The committee also discussed a substitute for HB 377 that would require local governments to select certain design professionals based first on qualifications, rather than price. Members asked about bidding requirements, negotiations and safeguards against steering contracts to particular firms. The chair postponed that vote until the House sponsor could attend and help answer questions.
Home of the cows. Home of the shrimp. From the first city in Georgia. That's right. On the coast of Georgia in the United States- ... of America. And I got a second- ... from the president pro tem, Larry Walker III. He lives slap dab in the middle of the state. Not near the coast, but closer than me. But I have shrimp coming down the Chattahoochee. Okay....
Amendment · Georgia State Senate · September 25, 2026
Sen Floor Amend 3 AM 49 0274 to HB 127
OUT OF ORDER Senators Parent of the 44th and Jones II of the 22nd offered the following amendment #3: Amend the Senate Committee on Education and Youth substitute to HB 127 (LC 61 0259S) by deleting the quotation marks at the end of line 66. By inserting the following after line 66: (h) Beginning July 1, 2025, no public elementary or secondary school in...
Amendment · Georgia State Senate · September 25, 2026
Sen Floor Amend 10 to HB 127
25 Sen Floor Amend 10 OUT OF ORDER Senator Mallow of the 2nd offered the following amendment #10: Amend the Senate Committee on Education and Youth substitute to HB 127 (LC 61 0259S): by inserting after the . on line 66 no discriminatory behavior based on race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disabity or other protected category...
Amendment · Georgia State Senate · September 25, 2026
Floor Amend 1 to SB 587
ADOPTED Senators Still of the 48th and Harrell of the 40th offered the following amendment #1: Amend SB 587 (LC 60 0286) by inserting after "funding" on line 4 "to require clerks of court to transmit certain conviction and sentencing information to the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of the State of Georgia;" By replacing lines 23 and 24 with the following:...
Bill or resolution · Georgia State Senate · February 20, 2026 · Passed
Offenses of Pimping and Pandering; modify the penalties
Summary by Georgia Commons (AI-written): A Georgia Senate bill would make certain pimping and pandering offenses felonies for every offense, ending the current rule that let a first offense be treated as a lesser misdemeanor.
SECTION 1. Code Section 16-6-13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to penalties for violating Code Sections 16-6-9 through 16-6-12, is amended by revising subsection (a) as follows: "(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, a A person convicted of violating: (1) Code Section 16-6-10 shall be punished as for a...
SECTION 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2026, and shall apply to all offenses committed on or after such date.
Amendment · Georgia State Senate · September 25, 2026
Sen Floor Amend 2 AM 61 0016 to HB 127
OUT OF ORDER Senator McLaurin of the 14th offered the following amendment #2: Amend the Senate Committee on Education and Youth substitute to HB 127 (LC 61 0259S) by inserting after line 48 the following: (b.1) Nothing in subsection (b) of this Code section shall be construed to prohibit a local education agency or postsecondary institution from promoting...
Amendment · Georgia State Senate · September 25, 2026
Sen Floor Amend 15 to HB 127
25 Sen Floor Amend 15 OUT OF ORDER Senator Islam Parkes of the 7th offered the following amendment #15: Amend the Senate Committee on Education and Youth substitute to HB 127 (LC 61 0259S): by inserting after line 66 the following: “(h) Academic Freedom in the State of Georgia is under greater threat than ever. Please help.”
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.
Senator from the 27th, you're recognized. Mr. President, I move that House Bill 1272 be removed from the table. Secretary will read the caption. House Bill 1272 by Representative Jones of the 25th and others, a bill to be entitled an act to amend Title 7 in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated relating to banking and finance so as to provide for use of...
It allowed Fiserv, Stripe, and others to set up, uh, shop here in our area. And we believe that by signaling to the financial markets, um, and financial businesses that Georgia is open for digital transactions, for stablecoin as well, that we have the potential to do the exact same thing here. For those of you that, um, are familiar with the Genius Act that...
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