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R Georgia Senate · District 18

Sen. John Kennedy

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2,525
all sessions
Attendance
70%
960 missed
Lower than 100% of chamber peers
With party
98%
of cast votes
Higher than 88% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 97% of chamber peers
Sponsored
1,156
bills & resolutions
Lower than 89% of chamber peers
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1,156 bills and resolutions

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Primary SR 56
Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation; increase -CA

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to increase the maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

Passed Mar 31, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Primary SR 482
Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC); create a study committee; urge

A RESOLUTION urging the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) to create a study committee for the purpose of making recommendations to the Senate with regard to how the State of Georgia can use advanced nuclear reactors to increase power generation and economic development in this state; and for other purposes.

Passed Mar 31, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 17
Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
"Ricky and Alyssa's Law"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 11 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 and Article 10 of Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public school property and facilities and state-wide first responder building mapping information system, respectively, so as to enact "Ricky and Alyssa's Law"; to require local school systems to implement a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting disparate emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between multiple state and local first responder agencies in the event of a school security; to authorize the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency to adopt rules and regulations for the requirements for school mapping data; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Passed Mar 31, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 61
Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Delinquency; additional offenses over which superior courts are authorized to exercise exclusive original jurisdiction; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to delinquency, so as to provide for additional offenses over which superior courts are authorized to exercise exclusive original jurisdiction for the trials of children 13 to 17 years of age to include the offenses of certain terroristic threats or acts involving public and private schools and attempt or criminal conspiracy to commit certain offenses; to provide for which such cases shall be subject to the class A designated felony act provisions of Code Section 15-11-602 upon transfer to a juvenile court; to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elementary and secondary education; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Passed Mar 27, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 10
Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Superior Courts of the Alapaha Judicial Circuit; additional judge; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for an additional judge of the superior courts of the Alapaha Judicial Circuit; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Passed Mar 27, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Primary SR 23
Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
US Congress; limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected; apply to call a convention

A RESOLUTION applying to the United States Congress to call a convention under Article V of the Constitution of the United States limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States House of Representatives and to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States Senate; and for other purposes.

Passed Mar 20, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 21
Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Local Governments; violation of the prohibition on immigration sanctuary policies; waive sovereign and governmental immunities

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 80 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties, municipal corporations, and other governmental entities, so as to waive sovereign and governmental immunities for local governments and their officials and employees for a violation of the prohibition on immigration sanctuary policies; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding jails, so as to require sheriffs, jailers, and deputies to honor immigration detainer requests issued by the Department of Homeland Security; to provide a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Passed Mar 19, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 299
In committee · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Notaries Public; members of the armed forces on active duty to use online notaries public for certain matters; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 17 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to notaries public, so as to provide for members of the armed forces on active duty to use online notaries public for certain matters; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

In committee Mar 4, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Primary SR 480
Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Georgia Forests; acute and ongoing threat to Georgia's forests posed by the southern pine beetle; recognize

A RESOLUTION recognizing the acute and ongoing threat to Georgia's forests posed by the southern pine beetle, particularly in the western region of this state, and encouraging all Georgia landowners to follow guidance by the Georgia Forestry Commission to mitigate the spread of this destructive pest; and for other purposes.

Passed Feb 26, 2026 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 264
In committee · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Emergency Management; creation of the Georgia Resilience Office under the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency management, so as to provide for the creation of the Georgia Resilience Office under the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; to provide for a board of directors; to provide for the purpose, membership, and duties of such board; to provide for reports; to provide for the hiring of staff; to provide for compensation and funding; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

In committee Jan 12, 2026 0 co-sponsors
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