Judiciary

GA - Senator Brian Strickland (R)

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Chairman

GA - Senator Bill Cowsert (R)

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Vice Chairman

GA - Senator John Kennedy (R)

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Secretary

GA - Senator Bo Hatchett (R)

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Member

GA - Senator Harold Jones II (D)

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Member

GA - Senator Kay Kirkpatrick (R)

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Member

GA - Senator Elena Parent (D)

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Member

GA - Senator Michael 'Doc' Rhett (D)

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Member

GA - Senator Blake Tillery (R)

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Member

GA - Senator Ben Watson (R)

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Member

GA - SB9 Courts; the Columbia Judicial Circuit and to be composed of Columbia County; create a new judicial circuit for the State of Georgia

GA - SB10 "Jaye Mize Law"; promoting illegal drag racing and laying drags; provide for an offense

GA - SB18 Limitations on Prosecution; offenses of rape, aggravated sodomy, and aggravated sexual battery; revise the statute of limitations

GA - HB112 Torts; provide certain immunities from liability claims regarding COVID-19; extend applicability for one year

GA - HB154 Domestic relations; protection of children; strengthen, clarify, and update provisions

GA - SB28 Juvenile Code and Domestic Relations; provisions relating to the protection of children; strengthen, clarify and update

GA - SB32 Public Disclosure; certain personal records of state and federal employees; exempt

GA - SB33 Torts; cause of action against perpetrators for victims of human trafficking; provide

GA - SB34 Domestic Relations; name change; victims of human trafficking may petition; provide

GA - SB54 Child Custody Proceedings; judicial discretion in determining the right of a surviving parent; when such surviving parent is criminally charged with the murder or voluntary manslaughter of the other parent; provide

GA - SB75 Termination of Residential Lease; victims of stalking; provide

GA - SB77 Controlled Substances; possession of certain quantities of marijuana constitutes a misdemeanor; provide

GA - SB78 Invasion of Privacy; prohibition on electronically transmitting or posting nude or sexually explicit photographs or videos for purposes of harassing the depicted person; revise

GA - SB79 Registration of Voters; felonies involving moral turpitude; shall not register to, remain registered to, or vote

GA - SB85 "Max Gruver Act"; enact

GA - HB306 Corporations, partnership, and associations; corporations may hold shareholders' meetings by means of remote communication; provide

GA - SB92 Controlled Substances; sale to and by minors of drug products containing dextromethorphan; prohibit

GA - SB101 Criminal Records; a judicial procedure for purging a person's involuntary hospitalization information received by the center for the purpose of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System under certain circumstances; provide

GA - SB105 State-Wide Probation System; conditions and procedures under which probation may be terminated early; revise

GA - SB114 Professions and Businesses; grounds for refusing to grant or revoking a license; revise

GA - SB117 Department of Human Services; offenses of improper sexual contact by employee or agent in the first and second degrees; revise

GA - SB121 Perjury; false statements made in police reports by law enforcement officers; expand the offense of perjury

GA - SB126 State Tort Claims; certain immunities from the actions of certain law enforcement officers; remove

GA - SB131 Prosecuting Attorneys; appointment of a prosecuting attorney when the accused is a law enforcement officer charged with a felony or an act of family violence; provide

GA - SB133 Searches with Warrants; use of no-knock search warrant in certain circumstances; prohibit

GA - SB135 Grand Jury, Crimes and Offenses, Procedure for Indictment; provision regarding no duty to retreat prior to the use of force; repeal

GA - SB136 Arrest by Private Persons; repeal the article in its entirety

GA - SB139 Uniform Civil Forfeiture Procedure Act; seizure of property subject to civil forfeiture only upon a criminal conviction; authorize

GA - SB143 Mechanics and Materialmen; waiver of lien and labor or material bond rights; conform a reference within a statutory form

GA - SB151 "Organized Retail Crime Prevention Act"; enact

GA - HB442 Domestic relations; management of social media in parenting plans; provide

GA - SB154 Property Owners' Associations; cap on assessments by property owners' associations for certain lots relative to mortgage costs; provide

GA - SB155 Safety Belts; failure to wear a safety belt or safety restraints for children as admissible evidence in civil actions; provide

GA - SB160 Civil Practice; trolling of limitations for tort actions while criminal prosecution is pending; provisions; change

GA - SB162 Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit; additional judge of the superior court; provide

GA - SB163 Judicial Emergency; suspension of statutory speedy trial requirements; provide

GA - SB164 HIV Tests; modernization of HIV related laws to align with science; provide

GA - SB168 Meetings; corporation may hold annual shareholders' meetings and special shareholders' meetings by means of remote communication; provide

GA - SB171 "Safe Communities Act of 2021; enact

GA - SB185 Revenue and Taxation; all questions of law decided by a court; matters from state board of equalization and refunds and appeals be decided without deference; require

GA - SB189 Civil Practice; separate trials for issues of liability and damage under certain circumstances; provide

GA - SB190 Torts; recovery and admissibility of special damages for medical and health care expenses; provide

GA - SB194 Penalties for Theft in Violation; code sections 16-8-2 through 16-8-9; monetary value of certain stolen property; revise

GA - SB196 Sexual Offenses; offenses of improper sexual contact by employee or agent in the first and second degrees; revise

GA - SB197 Stalking; the definition of "place or places"; revise

GA - SB206 Landlord and Tenant; prospective tenant shall not be refused a rental based on previous eviction during COVID-19 public health emergency; provide

GA - SB214 Governor's Emergency Powers; matters pertaining to firearms and other weapons; restrict use of emergency powers

GA - SB226 Sale or Distribution of Harmful Materials to Minors; provisions of Code Section 16-12-103 shall be applicable to libraries operated by schools; provide

GA - SB227 Eminent Domain; alternative process for a county, municipality, or consolidated government to condemn certain blighted properties; provide

GA - SB234 "Georgia Uniform Mediation Act"; enact

GA - SB238 Code Of Georgia; enactment of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise provisions

GA - SB242 Grand Juries; state grand jury; creation, selection, composition, compensation, procedures, and term; provide

GA - SB243 Sexual Offenses; improper sexual contact by employee, agent, or foster parent; revise the offense

GA - SB244 Crimes and Offenses; domestic relations; persons convicted of misdemeanor crimes of family violence from receiving, possessing, transporting a firearm; prohibit

GA - SB248 Sentence and Punishment; no court shall impose a period of probation that exceeds 60 months; provide

GA - SB249 Newton County; new judicial circuit; create; Alcovy Judicial Circuit; composition and terms of court; revise

GA - SB254 Crimes and Offenses; comprehensive revisions regarding justification and the use of force; provide

GA - SB257 Georgia Crime Information Center; criminal history record restrictions for certain persons cited with or convicted of certain criminal offenses; provide

GA - SB268 "Second Amendment Preservation Act"; enact