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SB366 - "Tax Expenditures Transparency Act of 2024"; enact
Chuck Hufstetler, Blake Tillery, Greg Dolezal
Last updated 5 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the General Assembly, so as to revise provisions related to the adoption and contents of general appropriations bills; to revise provisions for certain economic analyses; to revise the legislative review of taxation; to provide a definition; to establish the Joint Committee on Taxation and Economic Development; to provide for membership, officers, meetings, authority, reports, cooperation, and expenses; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB344 - Sales and Use Taxes; firearms, ammunition, gun safes, and related accessories during an 11 day period each year; exempt
Jason Anavitarte, Steve Gooch, John F. Kennedy
Last updated 5 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
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 firearms, ammunition, gun safes, and related accessories during an 11 day period each year; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB348 - Notification of Suspicious or Unusual Deaths; individual had not been seen by a physician prior to death; revise the period
Ricky A. Williams, Ben Watson, Kay Kirkpatrick
Last updated 5 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-16-24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to notification of suspicious or unusual deaths, court ordered medical examiner's inquiry, and written report of inquiry, so as to revise the period for which an individual had not been seen by a physician prior to death to be considered an unattended death; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB352 - Motor Vehicle Equipment and Inspection; standards for the alteration and operation of motor vehicles with modified suspension systems; provide
Lee Anderson, John Albers, Randy Robertson
Last updated 5 months ago
43 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to motor vehicle equipment and inspection, so as to provide for standards for the alteration and operation of motor vehicles with modified suspension systems; to revise definitions; to prohibit the operation of a motor vehicle with broken suspension system springs; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB369 - Motor Vehicles; issuance of license plates commemorating the United States of America's semiquincentennial; provide
Max Burns, John Albers, Randy Robertson
Last updated 5 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles generally, so as to provide for the issuance of license plates commemorating the United States of America's semiquincentennial; to provide for the selection of the design for such license plate; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to provide for automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB378 - Trafficking of Persons; increased sentences for persons convicted of trafficking a minor or a developmentally disabled person for sexual servitude; provide
Marty H. Harbin, Randy Robertson, Greg Dolezal
Last updated 8 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-5-46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude, so as to provide for increased sentences for persons convicted of trafficking a minor or a developmentally disabled person for sexual servitude; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
SR36 - 4-H Day; recognize February 8, 2023
Larry Walker, Russ Goodman, Clint Dixon
Last updated over 1 year ago
26 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION commending the University of Georgia 4-H Program and Ms. Venya Gunjal, Mrs. Melanie Biersmith, and the 2022-2023 4-H Leadership Teams and recognizing February 8, 2023, as 4-H Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB97 - 'Georgia Cyber Command Act'; Georgia Cyber Command Division under the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; create
Jason Anavitarte, John Albers, Michael B. Dugan
Last updated over 1 year ago
14 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the O.C.G.A., relating to emergency management, so as to create the Georgia Cyber Command Division under the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Engrossed
SR94 - E. Raybon Anderson Highway; Bulloch County; dedicate
Billy Hickman, Max Burns, Randy Robertson
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION honoring the life of Mr. E. Raybon Anderson and dedicating a road in his memory; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
SB46 - Control of Sexually Transmitted Disease; physicians and healthcare providers to test all pregnant women for HIV and syphilis at the first prenatal visit, at 28–32 weeks' gestation, and at delivery; require
Chuck Hufstetler, Gloria Butler, Ben Watson
Last updated over 1 year ago
12 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 17 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of sexually transmitted disease, so as to require physicians and healthcare providers to test all pregnant women for HIV and syphilis at the first prenatal visit, at 28–32 weeks' gestation, and at delivery; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
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Senator from Georgia district SD-001
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Georgia Senate
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