Georgia Sen. Bill Cowsert (R)

GA - Finance (Senate)

Title:

Ex-officio

GA - Insurance and Labor (Senate)

Title:

Member

GA - Judiciary (Senate)

Title:

Vice Chairman

GA - Reapportionment and Redistricting (Senate)

Title:

Secretary

GA - Regulated Industries and Utilities (Senate)

Title:

Chairman

GA - Rules (Senate)

Title:

Secretary

GA - SB172 State Government; regulation and taxation of sports betting in this state; authorize and provide

GA - SB520 Domestic Relations; provisions relating to income withholding orders; change and clarify

GA - SR579 Sports Betting; Georgia General Assembly to provide by general law for sports betting in this state; authorize -CA

GA - SB134 Evidence; that a child witness be deemed competent to testify without taking the oath; provide

GA - SR558 Georgia Lineworker Appreciation Day; recognize April 8, 2024

GA - SR356 Spectrum Autism Support Group's 25th Anniversary; celebrate

GA - SB200 "Civil Practice Act"; high ranking government or corporate officer of whom a deposition is sought to seek a protective order; provide

GA - SB490 Motor Vehicles and Traffic; felony offense of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; provide

GA - SB433 Nonprofit Corporations; enact "Donor Intent Protection Act"; provide definitions; charitable organizations from violating the terms of charitable contributions; prohibit

GA - SR238 Georgia Lineman Appreciation Day; recognize April 10, 2023

GA - SR140 Georgia General Assembly; general law for sports betting in this state; provide- CA

GA - HB196 Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission; subject to Administrative Procedure Act and laws governing open meetings and records; provide

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

GA - HB300 Solar Technology Trust Fund; fund within state treasury; establish

GA - HB349 Barbers and cosmetologists; repeal Chapter 10 and enact a new chapter that reorganizes, modernizes, and clarifies current regulation

GA - HB530 Civil practice; protective orders for certain high-ranking officers; provide

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

GA - HB843 Alcoholic beverages; Sunday sales for consumption on the premises in locally designated special entertainment districts; provide

GA - HB926 Second Chance Workforce Act; enact

GA - HB1033 Utility Worker Protection Act; enact

GA - HB1255 The Terry Act; enact

GA - HB1339 Health; certificate of need; revise

GA - SB3 "Reducing Barriers to State Employment Act of 2023"; enact

GA - SB19 Courts; collection of passport application and processing fees by clerks of superior courts and probate court judges; provide

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

GA - SB58 Education; certain provisions for alternative charter schools; repeal

GA - SB65 Commissioner of Insurance; general provisions; establishing an advisory committee; provisions; authorize

GA - SB68 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations; offense of dogfighting as racketeering activity; include

GA - SB69 Honorable Clarence Thomas; placement of a monument in his honor within the capitol building or grounds; provide

GA - SB73 Telephone Services; class action suits and for damages against certain persons for violating provisions relating to telephone solicitations; provide

GA - SB77 "Coleman-Baker Act"; enact

GA - SB91 Workers' Compensation; the time period for the dissolution of the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund; extend

GA - SB92 Prosecuting Attorneys Oversight Commission; create

GA - SB93 Information Technology; use of certain social media platforms on state equipment; restrict

GA - SB99 Certificate of Need Requirements; exemption for acute care hospitals established in rural counties that meet certain criteria; provide

GA - 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

GA - SB131 Permanent Guardianship; service by publication; provide

GA - SB142 Dog Ownership; the definition of dangerous dog; revise

GA - SB146 Georgia Public Service Commission; regulation and taxation of the provision of certain electricity used as a motor fuel in electric vehicles; provide

GA - SB162 Health; certificate of need requirements for all health care facilities except certain long-term care facilities and services; eliminate

GA - SB165 Dimensions and Weight of Vehicles and Loads; allowable variance for weight limitations upon a vehicle or load; provide

GA - SB169 Public Schools; extension of hearing dates for student discipline tribunals; provide for limits

GA - SB170 "Students and Teachers SPEAK Act"; enact

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

GA - SB186 "Georgia Landowners Protection Act"; enact

GA - SB191 Motor Vehicles and Traffic; authorizing joinder of motor carriers and their insurance carriers in tort and contract causes of action; provisions; repeal

GA - SB193 Broadband Services; Department of Community Affairs to determine locations that are eligible for state or federal funding programs administered by the state; provide

GA - SB196 Safety Belts; failure to wear safety restraints for children as admissible evidence in civil actions; provide

GA - SB202 Public School Property and Facilities; outdoor learning spaces pilot program; provide

GA - SB203 "Trucking Opportunity Act of 2023"; enact

GA - SB204 Education Accountability; recognition of certain accrediting agencies as evaluators of the quality of education offered in public schools in this state; provide

GA - SB205 Funeral Directors and Embalmers; reinstatement of a lapsed funeral director's license; change provisions

GA - SB211 Georgia Council on Literacy; establish

GA - SB228 Department of Natural Resources; position of director of outdoor recreation; establish

GA - SB247 Removal of Improperly Parked Cars; a towing and storage firm from placing an instrument designed to restrict movement of a motor vehicle; prohibit

GA - SB258 Georgia Child Advocate for the Protection of Children Act; additional duties regarding legal representation of children and parents; provide

GA - SB323 Special Districts for Fire Protection Services; create

GA - SB330 Dogs; protections for dogs kept outdoors; provide

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

GA - SB337 Georgia Colonel; appoint honorary title for life; authorize the Governor

GA - SB346 Department of Administrative Services; companies owned or operated by Iran to bid on or submit a proposal for a state contract; prohibit

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

GA - SB352 Motor Vehicle Equipment and Inspection; standards for the alteration and operation of motor vehicles with modified suspension systems; provide

GA - SB363 Georgia Public Safety Training Center law enforcement unit; establishment; provide

GA - SB365 Education; notification to parents and legal guardians of public school students of the right to receive email notification each time their child obtains school library materials; provide

GA - SB369 Motor Vehicles; issuance of license plates commemorating the United States of America's semiquincentennial; provide

GA - SB406 First Responder Building Mapping Information System; grant program to fund the creation of school mapping data; establish

GA - SB412 Professions and Businesses; administrative and civil sanctions against charitable organizations, paid solicitors, and solicitor agents for certain violations; change provisions

GA - SB420 Agriculture; acquisition of possessory interest in certain land by certain foreign persons and entities; prohibit

GA - SB429 "Small Business Protection Act of 2024"; enact

GA - SB442 State Health Planning and Development; after a certain date, certificate of need requirements shall not apply to institutional health services; provide

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

GA - SB488 Property Tax Exemptions; state-wide exemption from all ad valorem taxes for aircraft used exclusively for the aerial application of fertilizers, pesticides; provide

GA - SB489 State Symbols; blueberry as the official state berry; designate

GA - SB505 Hospitals and Related Institutions; required publication by hospital of certain financial documents on its website; provisions; revise

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

GA - SB511 "Combating Threats from China Act of 2024 - Higher Education"; enact

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

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

GA - SB574 Alcovy Judicial Circuit; counties that make up said judicial circuit to provide additional investigators to the district attorney; authorize

GA - SR7 Browning, Susan; recognize

GA - SR8 Murphy, Judge Harold Lloyd; condolences

GA - SR19 Family and Consumer Sciences; recognize

GA - SR36 4-H Day; recognize February 8, 2023

GA - SR58 Studstill, Jay; recognize

GA - SR70 Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week; recognizing February 7 to 14, 2023

GA - SR72 Law Enforcement Appreciation Day; recognizing February 8, 2023

GA - SR82 Tax Commissioner; waive certain delinquent ad valorem property taxes; procedures and conditions; provide- CA

GA - SR91 Donatucci, Noah M.; commend

GA - SR101 Visiting Nurse Health System; honoring

GA - SR102 Kornacki, Sean; condolences

GA - SR105 Crowe, Ronald Anthony "Tony"; condolences

GA - SR107 Public Library Day; recognize February 8, 2023

GA - SR111 Morris, Clayton and Shirley; condolences

GA - SR127 Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II; condolences

GA - SR150 State Restaurant Day; recognize February 22, 2023

GA - SR151 Landreth, Mrs. Barbara Andrews; commend

GA - SR195 Carlson, Ronald L.; recognize

GA - SR205 Farris, Master Sergeant (Ret.) Endya Arnez; recognize

GA - SR218 University of Georgia Archway Partnership; congratulate

GA - SR219 New Americans Day; recognize February 14, 2023

GA - SR256 McFall, Macy; recognize

GA - SR266 Spelman College Day; recognize March 8, 2023

GA - SR279 Senate Study Committee on Certificate of Need Reform; create

GA - SR289 Glanville, Courtenay; recognize

GA - SR314 Senate Study Committee on the Benefits of Solar Energy in Georgia; create

GA - SR338 Georgia SERVES Day; recognize March 15, 2023

GA - SR339 AmeriCorps Week Georgia; recognize March 12-18, 2023

GA - SR345 World Down Syndrome Day; recognize March 21, 2023

GA - SR354 Senate Study Committee on the Effects of Cannabis Use; create

GA - SR360 Cephas, Fred; recognize

GA - SR394 Senate Study Committee on the Creation of a Robust Wagering Ecosystem in the State of Georgia; create

GA - SR428 Rogers, Keenan; recognize

GA - SR437 Tillery, Jeffery Scott "Scotty"; condolences

GA - SR440 Bremer, Karen; commend

GA - SR457 Lewis, Haley; recognize

GA - SR465 Senate Special Committee on Investigations; create

GA - SR471 Senate Study Committee on Access to Affordable Child Care; create

GA - SR477 Gwinnett Chamber Day; recognize February 6, 2024

GA - SR482 Sergiy Samchynskyy and Yuliya Basarab; honor

GA - SR485 University of North Georgia Women's Softball Team; congratulate

GA - SR490 Minix, Deputy Eric Anthony; condolences

GA - SR491 Georgia's Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists; recognize

GA - SR492 Self-Direction Day; recognize February 15, 2024

GA - SR506 Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Day; recognize January 29, 2024

GA - SR511 Georgia Wine Month; recognize March 2024

GA - SR515 Keep Georgia Beautiful Day; recognize February 8, 2024

GA - SR526 McGee, Dell; recognize

GA - SR534 Johnston, Vickie Renee; condolences

GA - SR537 Perimeter College at Georgia State University; recognize

GA - SR542 Colorectal Cancer Screenings; change of the minimum age; encourage

GA - SR543 America's Borders; increased protections; support

GA - SR554 Lions Day; recognize February 8, 2024

GA - SR562 Read Aloud Day; recognize February 7, 2024

GA - SR577 Sgt. Kennedy Ladon Sanders; condolences

GA - SR615 Association of Georgia General Aviation Airports; recognize

GA - SR617 Tarver, Ed; condolences

GA - SR623 Dept of Natural Resources, Dept. of Economic Dev., and Dept. of Community Affairs; cooperate in crafting strategies to promote outdoor recreation; encourage

GA - SR634 United States Government; oppose further enabling the World Health Organization; urge

GA - SR644 Georgia's All Funeral Professionals Recognition Day; designation of February 27, 2024; express support

GA - SR655 Tim Howard Bridge; Murray County; dedicate

GA - SR659 Nurses Day; recognize March 7, 2024

GA - SR747 Historic Rural Church Trail; local governments and regional commissions for Regions 5, 7, and 12; establishment; urge

GA - SR748 National Groundwater Awareness Week in Georgia; recognize March 10-16, 2024

GA - SR750 Resolving to End the Persecution and Discrimination against the Jewish community; condemn Jew-hatred

GA - SR756 Riley, Laken Hope; condolences

GA - SR760 Golf Day; recognize March 13, 2024

GA - SR767 Ali's Cookies; recognize

GA - SR769 Senator Gloria Butler; recognize

GA - SR775 Senator Valencia Seay; recognize

GA - SR801 Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and its members; recognize

GA - SR817 Senator Horacena Tate; recognize

GA - SR836 United States Department of Energy; ensure the feasibility of tankless water heaters; urge

GA - SR850 Rhoades, Carol Lynne Manross; honor

GA - SR856 Rockmart High School Wrestling Team; congratulate

GA - SR857 Rockmart High School Weightlifting Team; congratulate