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R Georgia Senate · District 46

Sen. Bill Cowsert

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Total votes
3,836
all sessions
Attendance
94%
217 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
95%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
3%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
1,308
bills & resolutions
Lower than 77% of chamber peers
Committees
8
assignments
1,308 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
1,308
Primary
1,308
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Primary SR 1
Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Senate Rules; adopt

A RESOLUTION adopting the Rules of the Senate; and for other purposes.

Passed Jan 12, 2015 0 co-sponsors
Primary SR 2
Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Senate Convened; notify House

A RESOLUTION To notify the House of Representatives that the Senate has convened; and for other purposes.

Passed Jan 12, 2015 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 305
Signed into law · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Fire Protection and Safety; written notification prior to the denial of a permit; buildings/structures required to meet the state minimum fire safety standards

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of fire and other hazards to persons and property generally, so as to provide that written notification and an opportunity to remedy be given prior to the denial of a permit or request for a certificate of occupancy or certificate of completion or the issuance of a stop-work order with regard to buildings or structures required to meet the state minimum fire safety standards; to provide for definitions; to provide for an exception; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law Jul 1, 2014 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 365
Signed into law · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Fair Business Practices Act; enact offender reentry reforms as recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10, Article 6 of Chapter 11 of Title 15, Article 3A of Chapter 5 of Title 40, Chapter 2 of Title 42, and Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Fair Business Practices Act, delinquency proceedings in juvenile court, suspension of driver's license for certain drug offenses, the Board and Department of Corrections, and general tort provisions, respectively, so as to enact offender reentry reforms as recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law Jul 1, 2014 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 206
Signed into law · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Interstate Cooperation; provide for delegation from the State of Georgia to certain conventions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to interstate cooperation, so as to provide for delegations from the State of Georgia to certain conventions called by the Congress of the United States for proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States pursuant to Article V of said constitution; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law Apr 29, 2014 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 326
Signed into law · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Private Colleges and Universities Authority; authorize the authority to meet by teleconference and other methods permitted by law

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-202 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the creation, membership, officers, compensation, expenses, organization, duration, and quorum of the Private Colleges and Universities Authority, so as to authorize the authority to meet by teleconference and other methods permitted by law; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law Apr 29, 2014 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 364
Signed into law · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Juvenile Code; revise and correct errors or omissions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 and Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Juvenile Code and schedules, offenses, and penalties, respectively, so as to revise and correct errors or omissions in furtherance of the work of the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform to recommend legislation; to amend Code Section 19-7-1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to in whom parental power lies and how such power may be lost, so as to correct a cross-reference; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law Apr 28, 2014 0 co-sponsors
Primary SR 415
Signed into law · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Taxes; increase in state income tax rate prohibited -CA

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to prohibit raising the rate of state income taxes currently in effect; to provide for submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

Signed into law Apr 22, 2014 0 co-sponsors
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