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signed · Georgia · House Apr 25, 2023

HB 414: Mental health; grant program to aid service members, veterans, and their families; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to governing and regulation of mental health, so as to provide for a grant program within the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities to provide behavioral health services to military service members, veterans, and their families; to provide for definitions; to provide for program qualification requirements; to provide for the adoption of rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
signed · Georgia · House Apr 24, 2023

HB 230: Revenue and taxation; qualified consolidated government special purpose local option sales tax; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to sales and use taxes, so as to provide for a qualified consolidated government special purpose local option sales tax; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Karlton Howard (D) Mark Newton (R) Gloria Frazier (D) Brian Prince (D)
signed · Georgia · Senate Apr 19, 2023

SB 289: City of Hampton; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; homestead exemption; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Hampton ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $50,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are both under 65 years of age and totally disabled; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Brian Strickland (R) Emanuel Jones (D) Rick Williams (R)
signed · Georgia · Senate Apr 19, 2023

SB 6: City of Sylvania; expenditure of funds; provisions; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Sylvania to levy an excise tax pursuant to the authority of subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A., approved April 30, 2019 (Ga. L. 2019, p. 3633), so as to revise provisions regarding expenditure of funds; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Max Burns (R)
signed · Georgia · Senate Apr 19, 2023

SB 178: "Macon Water Authority Act"; code of conduct for board members, officers, and employees; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act known as the "Macon Water Authority Act," approved March 23, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 4991), as amended, so as to provide a code of conduct for board members, officers, and employees; to provide for prohibited actions; to provide for punishments; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
David Lucas (D) John Kennedy (R)
signed · Georgia · Senate Apr 19, 2023

SB 104: Cobb County; sheriff compensation; change

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act changing the compensation of the clerk of the superior court, the sheriff, and the judge of the Probate Court of Cobb County from the fee system to the salary system, approved February 9, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 427), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 13, 2022 (Ga. L. 2022, p. 6110), so as to change the compensation of the sheriff; to revise provisions relating to the compensation of deputies, the chief deputy, the assistant chief deputy, and the executive assistant to the sheriff; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Doc Rhett (D)
signed · Georgia · Senate Apr 19, 2023

SB 231: Richmond County and the City of Augusta; mayor shall be a full voting member of the commission; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for the consolidation of Richmond County and the City of Augusta, approved March 27, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3648), as amended, so as to provide that the mayor shall be a full voting member of the commission; to provide for the effective dates of ordinances and resolutions; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to provide for mandatory execution of election and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Max Burns (R) Lee Anderson (R)
signed · Georgia · House Apr 4, 2023

HB 319: Education; abolish Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to scholarships, loans, and grants, so as to abolish the Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation; to provide for the transfer of outstanding obligations and liabilities and assets of such corporation; to amend Titles 2, 7, 12, 20, 26, 33, 43, and 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agriculture, banking and finance, conservation and natural resources, education, food, drugs, and cosmetics, insurance, professions and businesses, and revenue and taxation, respectively, so as to remove cross-references and make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Chuck Martin (R)
signed · Georgia · Senate Mar 29, 2023

SB 59: Governor; Office of the Inspector General; establish

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Governor, so as to establish the Office of the Inspector General; to provide for definitions; to provide for duties; to provide certain powers; to provide procedures for the application of the duties and powers of such office; to provide a duty to report certain actions; to provide for employment of peace officers; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Mike Hodges (R) Marty Harbin (R) Clint Dixon (R) Chuck Payne (R) Shelly Echols (R)
signed · Georgia · House Mar 16, 2023

HB 311: Ad valorem tax; optional temporary tax relief to certain properties located in nationally declared federal disaster areas; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide for optional temporary tax relief to certain properties located in nationally declared federal disaster areas; to provide for rules, procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for appeals; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
David Knight (R) Gerald Greene (R) Lynn Smith (R) Ron Stephens (R) Shaw Blackmon (R)
signed · Georgia · House Mar 14, 2023

HB 162: Income tax; one-time tax credit for taxpayers who filed returns for both 2021 and 2022 taxable years; provide

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 provide for a one-time tax credit for individual taxpayers who filed income tax returns for both the 2021 and 2022 taxable years; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Steven Meeks (R) Carl Gilliard (D) Soo Hong (R) Carter Barrett (R) Lauren McDonald (R)
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