Georgia Sen. Freddie Powell Sims (D)

GA - Administrative Affairs (Senate)

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Member

GA - Agriculture and Consumer Affairs (Senate)

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Member

GA - Appropriations (Senate)

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Member

GA - Education and Youth (Senate)

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Secretary

GA - Insurance and Labor (Senate)

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Ex-officio

GA - Interstate Cooperation (Senate)

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Vice Chairman

GA - Natural Resources and the Environment (Senate)

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Member

GA - SB473 Sumter County Board of Education and School Superintendent; description of the education districts; change

GA - SB284 Randolph County; board of elections and registration; expand from three to five members

GA - SB570 Sumter County Board of Education and School Superintendent; provide for seven education districts; the description of the education districts; change

GA - SB308 Georgia Emergency Communications Authority; establish a system of language translation services for use by 9-1-1 systems statewide; require

GA - SB129 Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies; certain peace officers be equipped with audio and video recording devices for recording all activities while on duty; require

GA - SR75 Tate, Virginia C. Barnett; condolences

GA - SB186 General Assembly; certain procedures for redistricting of the General Assembly and congressional districts in this state; provide

GA - SB118 Permits for Vehicles; issuance of an annual forest product permit for certain vehicles and loads exceeding weight and dimension maximums; provide

GA - SR634 Richards, LaTonya; congratulate

GA - SR461 Atlanta Branch of the National Association for the Advance of Colored People (NAACP); recognize

GA - SB443 Primaries and Elections; providing food and drink to persons in line to vote at polling places; remove the prohibition

GA - SR549 Tippins, Senator Lindsey; recognize

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

GA - SR493 Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University; recognize

GA - SR460 Career, Technical, and Agriculture Education Month; recognizing February

GA - SB619 Office of Outdoors in the Office of the Governor; establish

GA - SR728 Woodard, Dr. Alma Gibbs; recognize

GA - SR577 Stewart, Hank; commend

GA - SR161 Syed Raian Islam; condolences

GA - SR639 Morris, Armond; recognize

GA - SB56 Fiscal Bills; economic analysis prior to the introduction or amendment of legislation containing tax incentives or modifying or extending existing tax incentives; require

GA - SB344 Carrying and Possessing of Firearms; training to possess a handgun or long gun; require

GA - SB132 Arrest by Law Enforcement Officers; use of force maneuvers that restrict blood or oxygen flow to the brain; prohibit officers

GA - SR815 Smith II, Arch D.; recognize

GA - SR740 Spooner, Roger; condolences

GA - SR244 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Heritage Day; recognize March 16, 2021

GA - SR249 Clayton, William C. "Bill"; recognize

GA - SR250 Carraway, Dr. Sandra; recognize

GA - SR374 Apostolic World Christian Fellowship Leadership Summit 2022 Day; recognizing January 19, 2022

GA - SB138 Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies; standard by which state, county, and local law enforcement agencies engage in vehicular pursuits; provide

GA - SR658 People of Ukraine; crisis caused by the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation; support

GA - SR202 Dargan, Mariette; commend

GA - SR49 US Representative for Georgia's 14th Congressional District, Marjorie Taylor Greene; to resign from the 117th Congress; urge

GA - SR415 University of Georgia 4-H Program, Ms. Jhaycee Barnes, Mr. Arch D. Smith, and the 2020-2021 4-H Leadership Teams; recognize

GA - SR183 Captain Thornell "T.K." King, Cornell L. Harvey, Johnny Robinson, and Clainetta T. Jefferson; recognize

GA - SR568 Delta Day; recognizing March 2, 2022

GA - SB508 "Dual Enrollment Act"; Georgia Student Finance Commission to establish participation and performance targets for the program; require

GA - SB252 Public Officers; the compensation of certain public officials; revise

GA - SB222 State Symbols; pecan as the official state nut; designate

GA - SB342 Insurance; annual reporting regarding mental health parity in healthcare plans; provide

GA - SR241 President Jimmy Carter; recognize

GA - SR379 Georgia Bulldogs; congratulate

GA - SR208 Overdose Awareness Day; recognize August 31, 2021

GA - SB544 State Flag, Seal, and Other Symbols; placement of a public art exhibition in honor of Georgia's wartime veterans; provide

GA - SR414 4-H Day; recognize February 9, 2022

GA - SB469 Watercraft; certain watercraft to have day and night visual distress signals on board when on coastal waters of Georgia; require

GA - SB444 Primaries and Elections; the number of absentee ballot drop boxes which may be utilized in a primary or election; remove the limitation

GA - SB81 Office of College and Career Transitions; change name to the Office of College and Career Academies

GA - SR655 Baker, Head Coach Cedric; commend

GA - SB486 Agricultural Commodity Commission for Propane; full or partial remote communication with regard to public hearings; provide

GA - SR399 Girl Scout Day; recognize February 1, 2022

GA - SR616 Morehouse College; recognize

GA - SR875 Jordan, Senator Jen; recognize

GA - SR874 Jackson III, Dr. Lester G.; recognize

GA - SR105 Public Education; free public education prior to college or postsecondary level; support by taxation -CA

GA - SR824 Senator Jeff Mullis Intersection; Walker County; dedicate

GA - SB35 Elections and Primaries; qualifications of poll officers; revise

GA - SB50 Medical Assistance; program of premium assistance to enable eligible individuals to obtain health care coverage; provide

GA - SR724 Lane, Damien; commend

GA - SB506 "PROTECT Children Act of 2022"; enact

GA - SR436 Thompson, Jessie Will; recognize

GA - SR681 Mullis, Senator Jeff; commend

GA - SR543 Steve and Marjorie Harvey Foundation; honoring

GA - SB39 Qualifications of Electors; convictions for offenses involving the purchase, possession, or control of certain controlled substances shall not prevent persons from registering, remaining registered, or voting; provide

GA - SB108 Commission for the Blind and the Visually Impaired; create

GA - SB487 Insurance; diagnostic breast examinations shall not be treated less favorably than screening mammography for breast cancer with respect to cost-sharing requirements; provide

GA - SB24 Minimum Wage Law; provisions; revise

GA - SB509 "Dual Enrollment Act"; Technical College System of Georgia and the University System of Georgia to provide the Georgia Student Finance Commission with a course transfer chart; require

GA - SB355 Identification Cards; issuance of identification cards to persons completing a term of incarceration; provide

GA - SB134 Motor Vehicles and Traffic; policies that prohibit law enforcement officers from using race or ethnicity in determining whether to stop a motor vehicle; require

GA - SR99 Lunar New Year Celebration; recognize

GA - SB309 Brady Law Regulations; five-day waiting period for the purchase or transfer of certain firearms; require

GA - SR737 England, Representative Terry; recognize

GA - SB537 "Georgia Food Insecurity Eradication Act"; enact

GA - SB341 Healthcare Services; guidelines for the prior authorization of a prescribed medication for chronic conditions requiring ongoing medication therapy; provide

GA - SB57 Fiscal Bills; economic analyses to be conducted by the state auditor for certain tax benefits upon request by the chairpersons of the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Finance Committee; provide

GA - SB88 Education; Georgia Teacher of the Year shall be invited to serve as as advisor ex officio to the State Board of Education; provide

GA - SB452 Education; administration of a nationally recognized college entrance exam to public school students in grade 11 who choose to participate; require

GA - SR454 Family and Consumer Sciences; recognize

GA - SB441 Courts; reestablishment of the Criminal Case Data Exchange Board as an advisory board to The Council of Superior Court Clerks of Georgia; provide

GA - SB106 Education; multi-tiered system of supports; include wraparound services to be provided prior to expelling or assigning a student in preschool through third grade to out-of-school suspension for more than five consecutive or cumulative days

GA - SB55 'Georgia Family Medical Leave Act'; enact

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

GA - SB269 Elections and Primaries; the manner of selection of the members of the State Election Board; change

GA - SB396 Georgia State Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); rename such program the Georgia Grown Farm to Food Bank Program (F2FB)

GA - SR138 Henry "Hank" Louis Aaron Memorial Highway; Fulton County; dedicate

GA - SB172 Medical Assistance; authorization of appropriations for the purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments to providers of Medicaid expansion; provide

GA - SR594 Garnett, Ludell; congratulate

GA - SB208 Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities; fully funded services to individuals on the New Options Waiver (NOW) or Comprehensive Supports Waiver (COMP) waiting list; require

GA - SR620 Statewide Clean Energy Transition; efforts to invest; support

GA - SR764 Newton County School System Public Relations Department; congratulate

GA - SR232 Levin, Elaine Ruth; condolences

GA - SR428 Senate Food Delivery App Study Committee; create

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

GA - SB42 Education; school climate rating does not include discipline data; provide

GA - SR393 Elections; free and equal elections; provide -CA

GA - SB568 State Flag, Seal, and Other Symbols; placement of a monument to honor Coretta Scott King; provide

GA - SR618 Johnson, Dr. Joyce Finch; celebrate

GA - SR873 Au, Senator Michelle; recognize

GA - SR683 Taylor, Elana Meyers; recognize

GA - SR370 Easterseals Georgia and Champions for Children Program; recognize

GA - SR87 Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta; recognize

GA - SR650 Senate Study Committee to Review Education Funding Mechanisms; create

GA - SB338 Medicaid; postpartum coverage under Medicaid from six months to one year following birth; increase

GA - SR42 Family Medical Leave Fund; create

GA - SB609 Medical Cannabis; the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission is subject to state procurement laws; provide

GA - SB491 Revenue and Taxation; a qualified down payment savings program to be implemented by the Department of Revenue; create

GA - SB626 Public School Disciplinary Tribunals; creation of antibullying coordinator positions and antibullying specialists positions within local school systems; provide

GA - SB474 Property Tax Exemptions; state-wide exemption; ad valorem taxes for aircraft used for the aerial application of fertilizers or other agricultural products; provide

GA - SB498 Education Accountability; recognition of certain accrediting agencies as reliable authorities as to the quality of education offered in secondary schools; provide

GA - SR584 Maternal Mental Health Day; recognize May 4, 2022

GA - SB397 General Educational Development (GED) Diplomas; update and replace terminology; state approved high school equivalency (HSE) diplomas; provide

GA - SR312 Davenport, Helen Odessa Dixon; honor

GA - SB36 Elections and Primaries; development of a pilot program; rural counties; establishing and funding the operation of advance voting location in such counties; provide

GA - SR251 Spelman College Day; recognize March 1, 2021

GA - SR542 Women Veterans Day; recognizing first Tuesday in March of every year

GA - SB37 Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; enact

GA - SR132 Locke, Ryan; commend

GA - SR203 Senate Outdoor Learning Study Committee; create

GA - SB600 Office of Legislative Counsel; prepare demographic notes for certain proposed legislation that outline the potential effects of such legislation on disparities within the state; require

GA - SR570 McNeill, Senator Sheila M.; recognize

GA - SB127 Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; basic and in-service training courses on post-traumatic stress disorder; establish

GA - SB38 Primaries and Elections; permanent absentee voter list; provide

GA - SR297 Heath, Senator Bill; recognize

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

GA - SR459 Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA-PBL) week; recognizing February 13-19, 2022

GA - SR231 2021 Senate Aides and Senate Academic Aides; commend

GA - SR679 Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; recognizing March

GA - SR663 Johnson, Sukari; commend

GA - SB149 Primaries and Elections; same day registration and voting; provide

GA - SB440 Dam Safety; revise the definition of a dam

GA - SR774 Rozier, Pastor Cecil J.; recognize

GA - SR842 Senate Rosenwald Schools Study Committee; create

GA - SB250 Georgia Legislative Retirement System; retirement allowance; increase

GA - SB128 Georgia Law Enforcement Citizen Review Council; create

GA - SB148 2021 Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness for Georgians and the Special Joint Committee on Georgia Revenue Structure; create

GA - SB58 Income Taxes; refundable earned income tax credit; rules and regulations; provide

GA - SB442 Primaries and Elections; electors may choose to permanently receive absentee ballots; provide

GA - SR322 Georgia's African American Farmers; recognize

GA - SR321 Crisp County Sheriff's Office and the Georgia State Patrol Post 30 Troopers; recognize

GA - SR564 Senate Rules; amend

GA - SB216 Early Care and Learning; early child care scholarship program subject to appropriations by the General Assembly; establish

GA - SR748 Bridges, Dr. David; recognize

GA - SR313 Sarcoidosis Awareness Month; recognize April 2021

GA - SR314 Harrison, Allie B.; recognize

GA - SR569 Georgia Peanut Month; recognizing March 2022

GA - SB312 "Georgia Restoring Justice Act"; enact

GA - SB87 "Senator Jack Hill Veterans' Act"; enact

GA - SR408 Berry III, Frank W.; commend

GA - SB267 Teachers Retirement System of Georgia; retired member who elected an optional retirement allowance; eligible to change any of such named beneficiaries; provide

GA - SR567 Smyre, Representative Calvin; United States ambassador to the Dominican Republic; recognize

GA - SR656 Savannah State Women's Basketball Team; congratulate

GA - SR769 Jones, Senator Emanuel D.; recognize

GA - SR245 McGill, Frank; condolences

GA - SR721 Jackson III, Dr. Lester G; recognize

GA - SR619 Founders' Week at Clark Atlanta University; recognizing March 14-18, 2022

GA - SR814 Campbell, Dr. Mary Schmidt; recognize

GA - SR727 Underwood, Soror Ophelia Spencer; congratulate

GA - SR720 Jordan, Jen; recognize

GA - SR500 Georgia State University College of Law; congratulate

GA - SR719 Au, Senator Michelle; recognize

GA - SB507 Sentence and Punishment Relative to Criminal Procedure; a conviction integrity unit; provide

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

GA - SR494 Marshall, Deborah Bailey; condolences

GA - SR445 Robinson, Miller Peterson "Pete"; condolences

GA - SR166 Members of United States Congress; enact federal legislation granting statehood to people of Washington, D.C; urge

GA - SR771 School Board Appreciation Week; recognize the week of March 14-18, 2022

GA - SR654 White, Sieda Haleema; commend

GA - SR617 Georgia Music Educators Association; commend

GA - SB264 Health; Low THC Oil Patient Registry; repeal; 'Controlled Substances Therapeutic Act'

GA - SR725 Jenkins, Jabez Jenkins and Christopher; recognize

GA - SR607 Spelman College Day; recognizing March 3, 2022

GA - SB61 Labor and Industrial Relations; fair employment practices; discrimination based on hairstyles associated with race, color, or national origin; prohibit

GA - SB64 Holidays and Observances; holidays observed in Georgia; revise

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

GA - SB311 Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; training in certain languages other than English; require

GA - SR133 Georgia Forestry Commission; recognize

GA - SB251 Georgia Legislative Retirement System; define certain terms; provisions

GA - SR825 William Alfred Fountain High School; recognize

GA - SR603 Russian Government; illegally and immorally invading Ukraine; condemn

GA - SR123 Delta Day; recognize March 11, 2021

GA - SB40 Elections and Primaries; the time and method for opening and tabulating absentee ballots; revise

GA - SR678 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Heritage Day; recognize March 16, 2022

GA - SB25 Income Tax; tax credit based on the federal tax credit for certain child and dependent care expenses to 100 percent of such federal tax credit; increase the value

GA - SR129 Senate Retirement Security for Georgians Study Committee; create

GA - SB125 Arrest by Law Enforcement Officers; kinetic impact projectiles in the use of force; prohibit officers from using

GA - SB150 Elections and Primaries; automatic voter registration in certain circumstances; provide

GA - SB314 Primaries and Elections; registered voters to cast a ballot at any polling place; provide

GA - SR294 National Council of Negro Women DeKalb; congratulate

GA - SR190 Congress; allow individuals to retain the right to use their image and likeness and shield them from copyright infringement; urge

GA - SB80 "Ensuring Transparency in Prior Authorization Act"; enact

GA - SR165 Marijuana; General Assembly to provide by law for the legalization and regulation; authorize -CA

GA - SR113 Shaheed Dibosh and International Mother Language Day; recognize February 21, 2021

GA - SR155 Be The Match Day; recognize March 4, 2021

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

GA - SB204 Education; State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia to award high school diplomas; provide

GA - SR92 Aaron, Hank; condolences

GA - SR230 National Groundwater Awareness Week in Georgia; recognize March 7-13

GA - SR359 United Negro College Fund; recognize

GA - SB137 Penal Institutions; no private corporation shall operate a detention facility; provide

GA - SB247 Agricultural Commodity Commissions; public hearings with online public comment opportunities; replace