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SR769 - Senator Gloria Butler; recognize
Nan Grogan Orrock, David E. Lucas, John F. Kennedy
Last updated 8 months ago
53 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Senator Gloria Butler for her outstanding public service; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB1231 - Postsecondary education; allow academically successful students to use the full number of hours of HOPE scholarship eligibility
Scott M. Holcomb, Brandon Beach
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-519.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility requirements for a HOPE scholarship and award amount, to allow academically successful students who are concurrently seeking a baccalaureate degree and a first professional degree to use the full number of hours of HOPE scholarship eligibility; to allow academically successful students who commence a graduate program at an eligible postsecondary institution within 18 months of earning a baccalaureate degree to use the full number of hours of HOPE scholarship eligibility; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Vetoed
SR817 - Senator Horacena Tate; recognize
Gail Paulette Davenport, Tonya P. Anderson, Freddie Powell Sims
Last updated 8 months ago
46 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Senator Horacena Tate for her outstanding public service; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SR572 - Atlanta Dream; recognizing February 7, 2024
Sonya Halpern, Gloria Butler, Nan Grogan Orrock
Last updated 9 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the Atlanta Dream and recognizing February 7, 2024, as National Girls and Women in Sports Day; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB465 - Homicide; the felony offense of aggravated involuntary manslaughter; provide
Russ Goodman, Bo Hatchett, Blake Tillery
Last updated 7 months ago
29 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to homicide, so as to provide for the felony offense of aggravated involuntary manslaughter; to provide for definitions; to provide for elements of the offense; to provide for penalties; to prohibit the sentencing court from suspending, probating, deferring, or withholding any portion of the mandatory minimum term of imprisonment; to prohibit merger; to provide for an exception; to provide for burden of proof; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB388 - Cherokee County School District; full value exemption for senior and disabled residents; provide
Kay Kirkpatrick, John Albers, Brandon Beach
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Cherokee County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for the full value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who have annual incomes not exceeding $16,000.00 and who are 62 years of age or over, approved March 10, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 3677), as amended, so as to provide for a full value exemption for senior and disabled residents; to provide for a residency requirement and grandfathering of certain residents; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB466 - Obscenity and Related Offenses; limitations of defense that a sexually exploitive visual medium is digitally altered; provide
Bo Hatchett, Chuck Payne, Shawn Still
Last updated 9 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to obscenity and related offenses, so as to provide for limitations of defense that a sexually exploitive visual medium is digitally altered for the offense of sexual exploitation of children; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
SB471 - Professions and Businesses; certain licenses and certificates issued by certain professional licensing boards; change the expiration and renewal dates
Ricky A. Williams, Lee Anderson, Larry Walker
Last updated 9 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
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 the expiration and renewal dates for certain licenses and certificates issued by certain professional licensing boards; to provide for exceptions and for applicability; to provide for the division director within the office of the Secretary of State to adopt rules and regulations to effectuate such provisions; to conform a cross-reference; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
SR577 - Sgt. Kennedy Ladon Sanders; condolences
Russ Goodman, Mike Hodges, Shelly Echols
Last updated 9 months ago
39 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Sgt. Kennedy Ladon Sanders; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB473 - "Georgia Consumer Privacy Protection Act"; consumer personal data in this state; protect the privacy
John Albers, Randy Robertson, Jason Anavitarte
Last updated 9 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to commerce and trade, so as to enact the "Georgia Consumer Privacy Protection Act"; to protect the privacy of consumer personal data in this state; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Engrossed
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Senator from Georgia district SD-021
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