The bill creates a board of elections and registration for Ware County.


HB422

Ware County Board of Elections

The bill creates a board of elections and registration for Cherokee County.


HB642

 Cherokee County Board of Elections

The bill proposes that all costs and expenses related to election administration should be paid with lawfully appropriate public funds. It prohibits certain local governments, government employees, and election officials from soliciting or accepting donations or gifts to support election administration, with exceptions for voting location donations, voluntary services, and goods of nominal value. 

SB222

Election Expenses Funding

This bill requires health benefit policy coverage for biomarker testing if supported by medical and scientific evidence.


HB85

Insurance; require health benefit policy coverage for biomarker testing if supported by medical and scientific evidence

No agency shall require proof of COVID-19 vaccination of any person as a  condition of providing any service or access to any facility, issuing any license, permit,  or other type of authorization, or performing any duty of such agency.

Vaccine Freedom Act

This bill prohibits deceptive or misleading terms or false representations by health care practitioners in advertisements and representations; to prohibit the misappropriation of medical or medical specialty titles by health care practitioners in advertisements and representations


SB197

Health Care Practitioners Truth and Transparency Act

A bill relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for a school safety and anti-gang endorsement for eligible certificated professional personnel issued by the Professional Standards Commission; to require school safety plans to be submitted to the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; to require intruder alert drills in all public schools in this state; to require public schools to report completion of such drills to the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; to provide for parents and guardians to opt their children out of such drills.

HB147

Safe Schools Act

A Bill relating to the conditions of employment in elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for daily duty-free planning periods for teachers in grades six through 12


HB340

The Daily Duty Free Planning Period Act

The bill relates to definitions regarding racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations.

SB68

Including Dogfighting as Racketeering Activity

Richmond County and the City of Augusta the mayor shall be a full voting member of the commission.

SB231

Richmond County and the City of Augusta; mayor

This Bill provides that the text portions or machine marks of  ballots produced by ballot marking devices shall be counted for vote tabulation and recount purposes instead of any machine coding.

SB189

Counting Text not Machine Coding on Ballots

This bill prohibits the use of   ranked-choice voting; to provide for certain exceptions; to repeal conflicting laws; and for   other purposes.

SB355

Prohibit Ranked Choice Voting

This Bill removes the secretary of states from the State Election Board.  This bill also authorizes the State Election Board to investigate the Secretary of State.   It also requires the Secretary of State to cooperate with certain investigations.

SB358

Secretary of State Accountability Act

A RESOLUTION appointing Rick Jeffares to the State Election Board

SR443

State Election Board Appointment

To exempt sales of firearms, ammunition, gun safes, and related accessories from taxes during a 5 day period each year


SB344

Firearm Tax Exemption, 5 Days

Allows for immigration status verification before issuing a citation instead of making an immediate arrest. This bill requires local agencies to assist federal agencies with enforcement of immigration laws.

HB1105

Verification of Immigration Status

Provides a homestead exemption from Lamar County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $7,000 to residents 70 years and over.

HB865

Lamar County Homestead Tax Exemption

This bill creates a tax exemption for data center equipment in the State of Georgia from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2026. This bill also creates a special commission on Special Commission on Data Center Energy Planning. The commission is set to expire on June 30, 2026.

HB1192

Data Center Equipment Tax Exemption

This Bill promotes safe and responsible social media usage for children. It establishes social media policies in public schools, requires social media platforms to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent for minors, and mandates social media platforms to provide certain information to parents upon request.

GA SB351

Protecting Georgia's Children on Social Media Act of 2024

This Bill will expand Public access to prescription drugs by Increasing the number of pharmacy technicians supervised by pharmacists. This bill also requires reversed drug distributors to make diligent efforts to donate drugs rather than destroy them.

HB1072

Provides a definition of antisemitism in the state of Georgia. 


HB30

Defining Antisemitism

Changes the rules for bail. If a person on bail does not show up for trial, they will be arrested. Under this bill, judges will be required to look at the suspect's criminal history before making a decision on bail. Lastly, this bill limits how many times a citizen can pay cash bail.

SB63

Limiting How Many Times a Citizen May Pay Cash Bail

This bill states pretense in GA to preserve religious freedom. This bill states: “Government shall not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability”

SB180

Freedom of Religion in Georgia

Establishes promise scholarship accounts funded by the state at $6,500 per school year per student.  This scholarship is available to GA residents who are not receiving any other scholarships or benefits and apply with a parental agreement saying they will use the scholarship funds only for qualified education expenses.  

SB233

Promise Scholarship Accounts

This bill aims to strengthen regulations on state contracts to ensure integrity and to make sure they are not offered to companies with ties to foreign adversaries. This bill also regulates who state agencies can contract  for marketing services.

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