Maddy summaryThis resolution (SR 3) formally adopts the existing Senate Rules for the 2025-2026 legislative session, with minor technical updates. It directly affects Senate staff, committees, and members by clarifying procedures for travel reimbursements (requiring Committee on Administrative Affairs approval), defining committee roles (like the Administrative Affairs Committee's oversight of staff), and establishing rules for interim special committees (limiting meetings to five without approval and requiring 72-hour notice). Key changes include updating travel documentation requirements, specifying committee membership, and adding meeting protocols for special committees. The resolution does not create new policy but ensures consistent Senate operational procedures.
Sen. Harold Jones
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Maddy summaryThis resolution establishes staffing and compensation rules for Senate offices and leadership during the 2025-2026 legislative session. It authorizes the Senate Committee on Administrative Affairs to hire personnel for offices like the Senate Press Office and sets fixed annual salaries for Majority and Minority Leaders ($2,400 each) and Administration Floor Leaders ($1,200 each). Additionally, it provides expense allowances for senators and officers conducting official business during adjourned periods, with requirements for documentation of daily activities.
Maddy summaryThis is a routine procedural resolution (SR 2) to formally notify Georgia's Governor that the General Assembly has convened for its regular session. It directs the appointment of a 14-member committee (7 from the House, 7 from the Senate) to deliver this notification to the Governor. The resolution serves as a standard step to begin the legislative session and confirm the Assembly is ready to conduct business. It does not create new policies or affect specific groups; it is purely a procedural formality. The bill was unanimously adopted by both chambers on January 13, 2025.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to telephone service, so as to provide for class action suits and for damages against certain persons for violating provisions relating to telephone solicitations; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for actions and damages against persons and entities on whose behalf such provisions were violated; to provide for and prohibit certain defenses in such actions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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 relative to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide for extension of preferential assessment periods for certain historic properties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 and Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses against public order and motor vehicles and traffic, respectively, so as to provide for an offense of knowingly attending and facilitating an illegal drag race or a laying drags exhibition; to provide for punishment; to provide for offenses which disqualify certain drivers from obtaining a Class C or D driver's license; to increase the punishment for the offenses of reckless stunt driving; to provide for minimum periods of imprisonment for such offenses in certain instances; to provide for motor vehicle forfeiture in certain instances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to obstruction of public administration and related offenses, so as to enhance penalties for the offense of transmitting a false public alarm; to revise restitution provisions for such offense; to provide for and revise definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the juvenile code, so as to implement the recommendations of the Senate Foster Care and Adoption Study Committee; to provide for annual reporting to the General Assembly of certain de-identified data from juvenile court clerks relating to foster children who are in need of services or delinquent; to remove the service of summons by publication requirement at the adjudication phase in dependency proceedings; to repeal Code Section 15-11-163, relating to interlocutory order of disposition when summons served by publication; to provide that the petition to terminate parental rights be immediately filed and docketed without delay when presented to the juvenile court clerk; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 18 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state printing and documents, so as to provide for a victim centered address confidentiality program; to provide for application to such program; to provide for designation of confidential addresses; to provide for certification of program participants; to provide for renewal and cancellation of certifications; to provide for disclosures; to provide for real property records; to provide for training; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 36 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to online marketplace requirements, so as to revise certain definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.