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SB211 - Georgia Council on Literacy; establish
Billy Hickman, Clint Dixon, John F. Kennedy
Last updated over 1 year ago
25 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to establish the Georgia Council on Literacy; to provide for consultation with subject matter experts; to provide for automatic repeal; to require local school systems to develop and implement five-year literacy plans for such school system and individual literacy plans for students in kindergarten through grade five; to replace the Education Coordinating Council with the Alliance of Education Agency Heads; to provide for related matters; to make conforming changes; to provide for legislative findings; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB121 - Counties and Municipal Corporations; local governments from denying the drilling, servicing, or repair of new or existing water wells on single-family residential and farm properties; prohibit
Lee Anderson, Frank Ginn, Steve Gooch
Last updated over 1 year ago
39 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to prohibit local governments from denying the drilling, servicing, or repair of new or existing water wells on single-family residential and farm properties; to prohibit local governments from precluding or denying the installation of new water wells on single-family residential and farm properties situated on one acre of property or more; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SR357 - Truth and Union Lodge #594; commend
Gloria Butler, Elena C. Parent, Horacena Tate
Last updated over 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION commending Truth and Union Lodge #594; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SR173 - Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Association; recognize
Matt Brass, John F. Kennedy, Steve Gooch
Last updated over 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION recognizing the Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Association; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB73 - Telephone Services; class action suits and for damages against certain persons for violating provisions relating to telephone solicitations; provide
Blake Tillery, Matt Brass, Bo Hatchett
Last updated 6 months ago
54 Co-Sponsors
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.
STATUS
Passed
SB160 - Employment Security; provisions
Shawn Still, Chuck Hufstetler, Randy Robertson
Last updated over 1 year ago
17 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to labor and industrial relations, so as to change certain provisions relating to employment security; to extend certain provisions relating to the rate of employer contributions and variations from the standard rate; to provide for administrative assessments on wages; to provide for additional assessments for new or newly covered employers; to authorize the collection of administrative assessments; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB196 - Safety Belts; failure to wear safety restraints for children as admissible evidence in civil actions; provide
Ben Watson, John F. Kennedy, Steve Gooch
Last updated almost 2 years ago
26 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 4 of Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to horns, exhaust systems, mirrors, windshields, tires, safety belts, and energy absorption systems, so as to provide for the failure to wear a safety belt or safety restraints for children as admissible evidence in civil actions; to provide for legislative declaration and intent; to prohibit the failure to wear a safety belt or safety restraints for children as a basis for cancellation of insurance coverage; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
SR314 - Senate Study Committee on the Benefits of Solar Energy in Georgia; create
Jason Anavitarte, Steve Gooch, Lee Anderson
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A RESOLUTION creating the Senate Study Committee on the Benefits of Solar Energy in Georgia; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
SB203 - "Trucking Opportunity Act of 2023"; enact
Jason Anavitarte, John F. Kennedy, Steve Gooch
Last updated 6 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to industry services training program, so as to provide for tuition-free programs that relate to the operation of a commercial motor vehicle for veterans; to amend Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to repeal provisions authorizing joinder of motor carriers and their insurance carriers in tort and contract causes of action; to provide for standards of service hours for motor carriers operating solely intrastate; to provide for hiring standards for commercial driver's license holders; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Vetoed
SB171 - Development Authorities; the length of a director's hold-over period following expiration of term of office; limit
Max Burns, Steve Gooch, Michael A. Rhett
Last updated 7 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 62 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to development authorities, so as to limit the length of a director's hold-over period following expiration of term of office; to amend Code Section 36-62A-21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to required training on development and redevelopment programs, so as to require directors to do yearly continuing education; to amend Part 3 of Article 8 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to mechanics and materialmen liens, so as to provide that such liens may attach to the usufruct interest of properties owned by or titled in a development authority or downtown development authority; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
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Senator from Georgia district SD-051
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