Home › Georgia › Bills
Bills

Georgia Bills

Track legislation and stay informed about the bills that matter to you.

Bill results

in committee · Georgia · House Feb 26, 2024

HR 1041: Local government; adopt an alternative method of appraisal and assessment of real property located within the county for taxation; provide - CA

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the governing authority of any county or consolidated government shall be authorized to adopt an alternative method of appraisal and assessment of real property located within such county for taxation; to provide for conditions and limitations; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
Derrick McCollum (R) Ron Stephens (R) Alan Powell (R) Brent Cox (R) Spencer Frye (D)
in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 26, 2024

SB 283: "Pregnancy Protection Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to labor and industrial relations, so as to enact the "Pregnancy Protection Act"; to provide for reasonable accommodations to job applicants and employees for circumstances related to pregnancy, childbirth, and related conditions; to provide for definitions; to provide for notice of rights; to provide for burden of proving undue hardship; to provide for a civil cause of action; to provide for construction; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Shelly Echols (R) Brian Strickland (R) Matt Brass (R) Chuck Hufstetler (R) Josh McLaurin (D)
in committee · Georgia · House Feb 26, 2024

HB 284: Insurance; health care sharing ministry; change definition; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions for insurance, so as to change the definition of health care sharing ministry by revising requisite qualifications; to amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to income taxes, so as to provide that a taxpayer may deduct the full amount paid for shares as a member of a health care sharing organization from his or her Georgia taxable income; to provide for a definition; to disallow related deductions; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
David Knight (R) Debbie Buckner (D) Gerald Greene (R) Beth Camp (R) Mike Cameron (R)
in committee · Georgia · House Feb 26, 2024

HB 1257: Seed-Capital Fund; businesses in which state may invest fund moneys; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Seed-Capital Fund, so as to revise the businesses in which the state may invest fund moneys; to provide for conforming changes; to repeal Article 2, relating to the Invest Georgia Fund; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Dar'shun Kendrick (D) Scott Holcomb (D) Ron Stephens (R) Stacey Evans (D)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 26, 2024

HB 1365: Protecting Children's Mental Health of 2024; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 39 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to minors, so as to create a civil remedy for damages against commercial entities that allow minors to access a social media platform without performing reasonable age verification methods; to provide for definitions; to provide for reasonable age verification requirements for commercial entities; to provide for standards for liability; to provide for exceptions; to provide that age verification information shall not be retained by commercial entities; to provide for the Attorney General's imposition of fines; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Emory Dunahoo (R) Rick Jasperse (R) Brent Cox (R) Mitchell Horner (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 26, 2024

HB 1352: Pharmacists; prescribers provide certain information to patients or their representatives on Schedule II controlled substances or opioids

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prescription drugs, so as to provide that prescribers provide certain information to patients or their representatives prior to prescribing Schedule II controlled substances or opioids; to provide definitions; to provide for procedures for the delivery and recordation of such information; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Jasmine Clark (D) Carl Gilliard (D) Miriam Paris (D) Karen Bennett (D) Viola Davis (D)
in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 26, 2024

SB 555: Sales and Use Taxes; sales of clothing and school related supplies during the second week of August each year; exempt

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes, so as to exempt sales of clothing and school related supplies during the second week of August each year; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Mike Hodges (R) Marty Harbin (R) Clint Dixon (R) Chuck Payne (R) Greg Dolezal (R)
in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 26, 2024

SB 394: "Restricting Explicit and Adult-designated Educational Resources (READER) Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 15 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to miscellaneous provisions of the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to enact the "Restricting Explicit and Adult-designated Educational Resources (READER) Act"; to provide for definitions, including definitions for the terms "harmful to minors," "restricted materials," and "sexually explicit materials"; to require the State Board of Education to establish standards for the designation of restricted materials by local boards of education, standards for the use and restriction of instructional materials, and standards for the use and restriction of public school library collection materials; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Marty Harbin (R) Clint Dixon (R) Shelly Echols (R) Shawn Still (R) Billy Hickman (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 26, 2024

HB 1355: Home Based Businesses Entrepreneurship Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding specific, business, and occupation taxes, so as to revise regulatory fees for home based businesses; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Teri Anulewicz (D) Doug Stoner (D) Carl Gilliard (D) Pete Marin (D) Farooq Mughal (D)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 26, 2024

HB 1353: Landlord and tenant; repeal prohibition on local governments regulating amount of rent; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to landlord and tenant, so as to repeal the prohibition on local governments regulating the amount of rent to be charged for privately owned, single-family or multiple-unit residential rental property; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Jasmine Clark (D) Sam Park (D) James Beverly (D) Farooq Mughal (D) Sheila Jones (D)
in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 26, 2024

SB 423: Education; maintenance and placement of one or more automated external defibrillators in certain public schools; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide the maintenance and placement of one or more automated external defibrillators in certain public schools in accordance with such school's cardiac emergency response plan (CERP); to require such plans to incorporate evidence based core elements and standards; to provide for guidelines to be included in such plans; to provide for the involvement of local healthcare and emergency management agencies; to provide for public schools to seek funding assistance for the purchase of automated external defibrillators; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Clint Dixon (R) Sally Harrell (D) Sonya Halpern (D) Kim Jackson (D) Shelly Echols (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 26, 2024

HB 1369: Motorcycle Mobility Safety Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for the safe operation of a motorcycle or bicycle through an inoperative traffic-control signal; to require drivers of motor vehicles to stop at crosswalks with pedestrian activated rectangular rapid flash beacons; to make it unlawful to activate such devices when there is no intent to cross a roadway; to remove provisions regarding height of handlebars for motorcycles; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Brad Thomas (R) Alan Powell (R)
Showing 1,921 to 1,932 of 9,058 bills