Judiciary

GA - Senator Brian Strickland (R)

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Chairman

GA - Senator Bill Cowsert (R)

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Vice Chairman

GA - Senator Mike Hodges (R)

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Secretary

GA - Senator Steve Gooch (R)

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Ex-officio

GA - Senator Bo Hatchett (R)

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Member

GA - Senator Harold Jones II (D)

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Member

GA - Senator John F. Kennedy (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 Ed Setzler (R)

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Member

GA - Senator Ben Watson (R)

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Member

GA - SB2 Torts; certain immunities from liability claims regarding COVID-19; provisions; revise

GA - HB30 State government; definition of antisemitism; provide

GA - SB5 Superior Court of the Augusta Judicial Circuit; appointment of additional judge by the Governor; provide

GA - SB7 Firearm or Knife; commission of or attempt to commit certain crimes; minimum mandatory terms for certain crimes; provide

GA - SB12 "Protecting Victims and Dismantling Georgia Street Gangs Act"; enact

GA - SB13 Public Sales; tax levies and executions; authorize online

GA - SB14 "Modernizing Georgia's Evidence and Proceedings Act"; enact

GA - SR32 Attorney General; negotiate with the State of Alabama terms of a reciprocal immunity agreement for officials; urge

GA - SB15 "Reproductive Freedom Act"; enact

GA - HB77 Dougherty Judicial Circuit; superior court; provide for a fourth judge

GA - HB80 Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act; enact

GA - HB88 Coleman-Baker Act; enact

GA - HB91 Wills, trusts and administration of estates; notices to beneficiaries regarding issuance of letters testamentary; require

GA - SB29 Property Owners' Associations; certificates of good standing for payment of annual assessments; provide

GA - SB30 Controlled Substances; possession of certain quantities of marijuana constitute a misdemeanor; provide

GA - SB31 Prosecuting Attorneys; the reimbursement of expenses incurred by the Attorney General in prosecuting a criminal case or cases due to the failure of a district attorney to prosecute such criminal case or cases; provide

GA - SB33 Georgia Crime Information Center; 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 - HB126 Appeal and error; judgments deemed directly appealable; change a provision

GA - HB139 Criminal procedure; restrictions of disclosure of personal information of nonsworn employees; provisions

GA - SB40 Firearms; unlawful possession of firearm parts; provide

GA - SB44 Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act; mandatory minimum penalties for violations; provide

GA - SR55 Proposed Amendment to the United States Constitution; ratify -CA

GA - HB158 Courts; change name of Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit to DeKalb Judicial Circuit

GA - HB166 Courts; provide for qualification of constables

GA - HB176 Courts; increase amount of court reporters' monthly contingent expense and travel allowance

GA - SB59 Governor; Office of the Inspector General; establish

GA - SB60 Secondary Metals Recyclers; it shall be illegal for certain persons to purchase, possess, obtain, or sell or attempt to purchase, possess, obtain, or sell; provide

GA - HB182 Property; curing defective deeds and other instruments; revise provisions

GA - HB186 Appeal and error; filing of petitions for review in reviewing courts from lower judicatories; revise an exception

GA - SB66 Superior Courts; Atlantic Judicial Circuit; additional judge; provide

GA - SB67 'Second Amendment Preservation Act'; enact

GA - SB70 Secondary Metals Recyclers; it shall be illegal for certain persons to purchase, possess, obtain, or sell or attempt to purchase, possess, obtain, or sell; provide

GA - SB74 Commerce and Trade, Courts, and Torts; the disclosure of the nature and practices of businesses that provide legal services; require

GA - SB75 Fireams; the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child; establish

GA - HB204 Georgia Municipal Court Clerks' Council; create

GA - HB218 Evidence; sexual assault hearsay for disabled adults and 17 year olds; provide

GA - HB219 Banking and finance; venue for offense of money laundering; provide

GA - HB220 Property; means of enforcement of condominium and property owners' association instruments, rules, and regulations; provide

GA - HB227 Crimes and offenses; offense of criminal interference with critical infrastructure; provide

GA - HB231 Prosecuting Attorneys Oversight Commission; create

GA - SB77 "Coleman-Baker Act"; enact

GA - SB83 Stalking; eligibility for restraining orders; revise

GA - SB92 Prosecuting Attorneys Oversight Commission; create

GA - HB243 Coweta Judicial Circuit; superior court; provide eighth judge

GA - SB100 Unsecured Judicial Release; limitation of unsecured judicial release in certain circumstances where the accused has a prior conviction for the offense of bail jumping or failure to appear; provide

GA - SR109 Recognition of Marriage; only the union of man and woman; repeal- CA

GA - HB298 Courts; exemption or deferment from jury service for natural or adoptive mothers of children six months of age or younger; provide

GA - HB302 Crimes and offenses; issuance of a temporary or permanent protective order by the court; provide

GA - HB327 Crimes and offenses; incest; include step-grandparent and step-grandchild relationship

GA - SB148 Nonprofit Corporations; comprehensively revise, simplify, and modernize said chapter

GA - HB375 Guardian and ward; authority of conservator and cooperation with guardian or other interested parties; define gross settlement

GA - SB157 Professions and Businesses; preclearance process in the licensing of individuals with criminal records who make an application to or are investigated by certain licensing boards and commissions; create

GA - HB404 Safe at Home Act; enact

GA - SB180 "Georgia Religious Freedom Restoration Act"; enact

GA - SB182 Stalking; the offense of doxxing; provide

GA - HB444 Property; revise when an action may operate as a lis pendens

GA - SB185 Assistant District Attorneys; appointment of additional assistant district attorneys in judicial circuits with multiple detention facilities; provide

GA - SB192 Torts; employers and insurance providers of commercial motor vehicle operators based upon history of driving incidents; limit liability

GA - SB201 Torts; revival of claims for damages available to victims of human trafficking; provide

GA - HB456 Local government; increase term for municipal court judges from one year to two years; provisions

GA - HB462 Raise the Age Act; enact

GA - HB470 Georgia Candor Act; enact

GA - HB475 Code Revision Commission; revise, modernize and correct errors in omissions

GA - HB500 Crimes and offenses; offense of arson of law enforcement vehicle; provide

GA - HB505 Crimes and offenses; riot; provide for a felony penalty

GA - HB508 Crimes and offenses; orders be served on a respondent within 24 hours of the court's issuance of such order; provide

GA - SB219 Firearm or Knife; exception to the definition of firearm in relation to possession during commission of or attempt to commit certain crimes and Brady Law regulations; provide

GA - HB543 Courts; six-person jury trials in civil actions; revise an exception

GA - HB563 Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978; hearing before an administrative law judge; provide

GA - SB232 Courts; provide for probate court fees; funding of the State Children's Trust Fund; requirement of permit for conduct of fireworks display; amend

GA - SB239 Landlord and Tenant; landlords to provide carbon monoxide detectors in rental units; require

GA - SB242 Statute of Frauds; agreements with a value in excess of $10,000.00 shall be in writing; provide

GA - SB245 Proceedings in Criminal Trials; legislative intent; exceptions to rulings or orders of the court; provide

GA - SB249 Grand Juries; secrecy and protection from unauthorized disclosure of grand jury proceedings, including special grand jury proceedings; require

GA - SB253 Firearms; subject to the NICS; transfer or purchase of a firearm in proximity to a mental health care facility; prohibit

GA - SB265 Notaries Public; electronic notarization of certain notarial acts using real time audio-video communication technology; provide

GA - SB271 Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority; in-person electronic execution of notarial certificates; authorize

GA - SB278 Residential Rental Property; investigations or inspections when there is a reasonable suspicion of a code violation; provide

GA - SB280 "Georgia Residential Tenant Safety Bill"; enact

GA - SB283 "Pregnancy Protection Act"; enact

GA - SB319 State Civil Rights Law; protecting individuals from discrimination in housing, public accommodations, and employment; provide

GA - SB320 Sentencing and Imposition of Punishment; time frames for HIV testing; provide

GA - HR598 Georgia Tax Tribunal; vest judicial power; provide for venue and jurisdiction - CA

GA - SB324 State Printing and Documents; a victim centered address confidentiality program; provide

GA - HB827 Crimes and offenses; livestock theft; increased penalties; provide

GA - SB332 Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; promulgate standards of conduct and rules for the commission's governance; provide (PF)

GA - HB873 Courts; juvenile treatment court divisions; create

GA - SB335 "Safeguarding Adopted Children from Sexual Violence Act"; enact

GA - HB881 Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; standards of conduct and rules; provisions

GA - HB884 Douglas Judicial Circuit; provide for a fourth judge

GA - SB343 West Georgia Judicial Circuit; new judicial for the State of Georgia; create

GA - HB896 Domestic relations; process by which individuals may change their married surname to previous surname following divorce; provide

GA - HB906 Tifton Judicial Circuit; provide for a third judge

GA - HB909 Georgia Bureau of Investigation; restriction and seal of First Offenders Act; provide

GA - HB910 Minors; civil remedy for damages against commercial entities that distribute material harmful to minors without performing age verification; create

GA - SB347 Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit; additional judge of the superior courts; provide

GA - SB350 Sale of Consumable Hemp Products; individuals under the age of 21 years; prohibit

GA - HB926 Second Chance Workforce Act; enact

GA - HB934 Self-service storage facilities; enforcement of unsigned rental agreements under certain circumstances; provide

GA - SB356 Specialized Land Transactions; protections of homeowners in community associations; provide

GA - SB359 "Protecting Georgians Act"; enact

GA - HB986 Elections; election interference with a deep fake; establish criminal offense

GA - SB371 "Daniel D. Podsiadly, Jr. Act"; enact

GA - HB992 Houston Judicial Circuit; provide for fourth judge

GA - HB993 Crimes and offenses; grooming a minor for indecent purposes; provide for offense

GA - HB996 Penal institutions; provide jailers with arrest powers

GA - SB378 Trafficking of Persons; increased sentences for persons convicted of trafficking a minor or a developmentally disabled person for sexual servitude; provide

GA - HB1017 Georgia Squatter Reform Act; enact

GA - HB1022 Colton-McNeill Act; enact

GA - SB391 Health, Local Government, and Property; regulations and protections of cemeteries and burial grounds; provide

GA - SB392 Elections; criminal offense of election interference with a deep fake and solicitation; establish

GA - HB1033 Utility Worker Protection Act; enact

GA - SB407 Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies; documenting of certain information in incidents of family violence; require

GA - HB1054 Motor vehicles; issuance of refusal to sign citation; provide

GA - HB1075 Notaries public; state agencies shall accept certain notarial acts performed in another state; provide

GA - SB414 "Personal Privacy Protection Act"; enact

GA - SB415 "Police Registration Oversight for Tracking Enforcement and Capture Technology (PROTECT) Act"; enact

GA - SB416 Racketeering; prosecution when the charging instrument alleges violation of certain offenses; prohibit

GA - SB417 Reporting of Accidents; timing and documentation of such reports; provide

GA - SB421 Obstruction of Public Administration; offense of transmitting a false public alarm; enhance penalties

GA - SB424 West Georgia Judicial Circuit; create

GA - SB425 Notaries Public; modernization of certain legal, notarial, and court services using electronic means; provide

GA - SB426 Motor Vehicles and Traffic; requirements for joining of a motor carrier and motor carrier's insurer to a cause of action; revise

GA - SB427 Commerce and Trade; disclosure requirements for advertisements for legal services and for drugs; provide

GA - SB428 Torts; a cap on damages recoverable against foster parents in personal injury actions involving the use of a motor vehicle by a child; provide

GA - HB1099 Crimes and offenses; knowing entry upon land or premises of another that has been marked with purple paint; provide for the crime of criminal trespass

GA - HB1123 Handicapped persons; require establishment of an Adult Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Multidisciplinary Team in each judicial circuit

GA - SB448 Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions in, and reenact the statutory portion of said Code, as amended, in furtherance of the work of the Code Revision Commission

GA - SB450 Courts; neither superior court nor a state court shall have appellate jurisdiction pursuant to Chapter 3 of Title 5; clarify

GA - HB1150 Motor vehicles; fingerprints shall not be obtained for offenses relating window tinting; provide

GA - HB1165 Criminal Justice Coordinating Council; replace chairperson of the Governor's Office of Children and Families with the commissioner of the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

GA - SB454 Alimony and Child Support; guidelines for child support award calculations; provide

GA - HB1172 Water rights; public trust doctrine; remove references

GA - SB465 Homicide; the felony offense of aggravated involuntary manslaughter; provide

GA - SB466 Obscenity and Related Offenses; limitations of defense that a sexually exploitive visual medium is digitally altered; provide

GA - HB1201 Criminal procedure; vacating of sentences of victims of trafficking; provisions

GA - HB1203 Dispossessory proceedings; authorize landlords to use certain off-duty sheriffs, constables, or marshals to execute writs of possession; provisions

GA - SB474 Unsolicited Inquiries; notices of solicitation including monetary offers; penalty; provide

GA - HB1218 Wills, trusts and administration of estates; notice to beneficiaries of a testate estate; provide

GA - SB485 Trial upon Accusation; certain offenses be charged by accusation of the district attorney; allow

GA - HB1240 Uniform Commercial Code Modernization Act of 2024; enact

GA - HB1247 Property; provide for transfer-on-death deeds

GA - HB1251 The Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia; duties related to review and approval for travel expenses; transfer from state auditor

GA - HB1255 The Terry Act; enact

GA - SB493 Sexual Offender Risk Review Board; additional penalties for registered sexual offenders; provide

GA - HB1267 Georgia Tax Court Act of 2025; enact

GA - HR1133 Congress; pass Kidney PATIENT Act of 2023; urge

GA - HB1283 Juvenile code; use of deadly weapon; revise provisions

GA - HB1292 Property; clerks of superior courts obtain photographic identification cards of individuals who present deeds or other instruments for recording; require

GA - SB506 Pleadings and Motions; movants to file notices of uncontested motions in superior courts and state courts; authorize

GA - SB517 Criminal Prosecutions; immunity from certain criminal prosecutions against law enforcement officers whose threat or use of force is justified or otherwise lawful; provide

GA - SB523 Offenses Against Public Order and Safety; criminal offenses related to material support of terrorism; provide

GA - SB533 Proceedings; jail-based competency restoration programs; provide

GA - SB540 "The Community Services in Multifamily Housing Act"; enact

GA - SB541 Department of Banking and Finance; financial Institutions; separate bidding for certain ad valorem tax foreclosure sales; provide

GA - HB1361 Crimes and offenses; distribution of computer generated obscene material depicting a child; prohibit

GA - HB1371 Torts; clarify liability regarding third-party criminal activity; provisions

GA - SB545 Child Custody Proceedings; judicial discretion in determining the right of a surviving parent to custody of a child; provide

GA - HB1409 Torts; mental health care providers; limit liability under certain circumstances

GA - SB559 Counties, Municipal Corporations, and other Governmental Entities; sovereign and governmental immunities for violation on the prohibition on immigration sanctuary policies; waive

GA - SB563 Aggravated Assault; term of imprisonment and fine for commission of aggravated assault upon a public safety officer; increase the minimum

GA - SB568 Sentencing and Imposition of Punishment; making determinations with respect to probation and suspension of sentences; provide

GA - SB569 Criminal Procedure; requirements for bail hearings for illegal aliens and removable or inadmissible aliens charged with a felony; provide

GA - SR721 General Assembly; prohibit parole for illegal aliens or to prescribe the terms and conditions of parole; authorize -CA

GA - SB570 Simple Assault; the intent required for certain offenses of simple assault; articulate

GA - SB581 Firearms; election by a postsecondary education institution to allow concealed handguns upon campus; provide

GA - SB585 Waiver of Sovereign Immunity; claims against state officers and employees whose acts or omissions violate the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act; provide

GA - SB586 Grants of Pardons, Paroles, and Other Relief; procedures when a person is denied parole after completing certain prerequisites; provide

GA - SB587 Trafficking in Cocaine and Illegal Drugs; provide for the offense; mandatory minimum penalties; provide