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R Georgia Senate · District 51

Sen. Steve Gooch

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Total votes
4,130
all sessions
Attendance
92%
327 missed
Higher than 81% of chamber peers
With party
96%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
2%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
1,942
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
12
assignments
1,942 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
1,942
Primary
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Primary SR 4EX
Passed · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Hines, Honorable P. Harris; condolences

A RESOLUTION honoring and remembering the life of the Honorable P. Harris Hines, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia; and for other purposes.

Passed Nov 13, 2018 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 350
Signed into law · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Notice of Information Practices By Institution or Agent; policy renewal to comport with federal law; update notice practices requirements

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-39-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to transactions requiring notice of information practices, form and content of notice, abbreviated notice, and satisfaction of obligations by another institution or agent, so as to update notice practices requirements by an insurance institution or agent to applicants or policyholders in the case of policy renewal to comport with federal law; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law Jul 1, 2018 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 369
Signed into law · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Revenues Collected from Fines and Fees; payments to Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund; fees collected in criminal and quasi-criminal cases prior to adjudication of guilt; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 17 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to revenues collected from fines and fees, so as to provide for payments to the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund from fees collected in criminal and quasi-criminal cases prior to adjudication of guilt; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law Jul 1, 2018 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 404
Signed into law · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Public Water Systems; charging or assessing a separate fee for standby water service for fire sprinkler system connections; prohibit county, municipal and other public water systems

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 5 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public water systems, so as to prohibit county, municipal, and other public water systems from charging or assessing a separate fee for standby water service for fire sprinkler system connections; to provide for a purpose; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law Jul 1, 2018 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 458
Signed into law · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Ad Valorem Taxation; conditions; family owned farmed entities; discontinue a qualifying use of bona fide conservation use property; 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 the conditions upon which family owned farmed entities may elect to discontinue a qualifying use of bona fide conservation use property while incurring reduced penalties; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law Jul 1, 2018 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 445
Signed into law · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Department of Transportation; standards for contracts; contract bidding process and award procedure; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to highways, bridges, and ferries, so as to provide for standards for contracts entered into by the Department of Transportation; to provide for a contract bidding process and award procedure; to prohibit camping on portions of the state highway system or property owned by the department; to provide for a definition; to declare property used for camping purposes in violation of such prohibition as contraband; to provide for forfeiture of such property; to provide for applicability; to provide for a penalty; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law Jul 1, 2018 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 409
Signed into law · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Railroad Crossings; persons driving vehicles shall exercise due care and caution for other on-track equipment; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to negotiating railroad crossings and entering highways from private driveways, so as to require that persons driving vehicles shall exercise due care and caution for other on-track equipment, as for trains, at railroad grade crossings; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law Jul 1, 2018 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 425
Signed into law · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Professional Land Surveyors; provisions; change

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to change provisions relating to professional land surveyors; to change and add certain defined terms; to provide for land surveyor interns; to change certain educational and examination requirements; to provide certain exceptions; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law Jul 1, 2018 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 338
Signed into law · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Administrative Procedure; agency rule making; modify requirements

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 13 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for administrative procedure, so as to modify requirements for agency rule making; to modify legislative objections to and staying of proposed agency rules; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law May 8, 2018 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 365
Signed into law · Georgia Senate · Lead sponsor
Code Revision Commission; statutory portion of said Code; revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions in and reenact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, so as to revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions in, and reenact the statutory portion of said Code, as amended, in furtherance of the work of the Code Revision Commission; to repeal portions of said Code, or Acts in amendment thereof, which have become obsolete, have been declared to be unconstitutional, or have been preempted or superseded by subsequent laws; to codify principles of law derived from decisions of the state Supreme Court; to provide for other matters relating to revision, reenactment, and publication of said Code; to provide for effect in event of conflicts; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Signed into law May 8, 2018 0 co-sponsors
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