SR 323 Georgia Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Study Committee on Making Georgia the No. 1 State for Tourism; create

This resolution creates a temporary Senate Study Committee focused on identifying strategies to boost Georgia's tourism industry. The committee, composed of five appointed senators (including members from relevant committees), will study tourism opportunities across Georgia's regions and recommend potential policies by December 2025. It does not enact new laws but aims to inform future legislative action on tourism development. The committee's work directly affects Georgia's tourism sector and state government planning. (Procedural resolution; 3 sentences)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 28, 2025 Last action Apr 2, 2025

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What changed between versions

As Introduced LC 52 0790 → Adopted Senate · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended during Senate adoption to correct a sports team name error, adjust committee member attendance limits, and update tracking numbers. These changes ensure accurate representation of Georgia sports teams and clarify how long committee members can serve without additional authorization.

Scope change

No substantive scope change; only minor corrections to team names and procedural limits.

TECHNICAL

Corrected 'Georgia Falcons' to 'Atlanta Falcons' in the list of sports teams to accurately reflect the actual team name.

Updated tracking numbers from LC 52 0790 to LC 60 0154S (SCS) to reflect the bill's new Senate version.

REQUIREMENT

Reduced the maximum number of days legislative committee members can receive allowances without additional authorization from five days to four days.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 2, 2025

How they voted

51–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 55

Apr 2, 2025

D Democratic22

22 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican33

29 Yea 4

87% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute

upper

Mar 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Committee

Senate Recommitted

upper

Mar 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate Committee Favorably Reported

upper

Mar 3, 2025

Committee

Senate Read and Referred

upper

Feb 28, 2025

Introduced

Senate Hopper

upper

18 primary · 0 co-sponsors