Georgia Sen. Nikki Merritt (D)

GA - Government Oversight (Senate)

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Member

GA - Insurance and Labor (Senate)

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Member

GA - Natural Resources and the Environment (Senate)

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Member

GA - Special Judiciary (Senate)

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Member

GA - SR157 Prljaca, Lejla; recognize

GA - SR209 Gordon, Bridgett; recognize

GA - SB524 Department of Economic Development; civil penalties and benefit recapture from employers that move call centers from this state; provide

GA - SR211 Dhanani, Aziz; recognize

GA - SR630 Drake, Laura; recognize

GA - SB515 Emergency Medical Services; provide emergency transport or care to a police dog injured while on duty in certain instances; authorize ambulance service providers and first responders

GA - SR158 Elder, Matthew; recognize

GA - SB563 "Quality Basic Education Act"; a campus program to support military students and their families; provide

GA - SR455 Cervical Health Awareness Month; recognizing January 2022

GA - SR629 Reid, Hank; recognize

GA - SB564 Petroleum Products; security measures on gasoline pumps; require

GA - SB278 Employment Security; protections for employees against retaliation for reporting violations of law; provide

GA - SR210 Rahim Shah Akhunkhail; recognize

GA - SB523 Ethics in Government; child care and other caregiving services associated with a candidate's campaign constitute ordinary and necessary expenses of a campaign; provide

GA - SR159 Barclay, Andrea; commend

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

GA - SB366 Board of Commissioners of Gwinnett County; commissioner district boundaries; revise

GA - SB477 Local Boards of Education; nonbinding advisory referendum; local boards of education be elected on a nonpartisan basis without party designation on the ballot; provide

GA - SB128 Georgia Law Enforcement Citizen Review Council; create

GA - SB376 Board of Education of Gwinnett County; education district boundaries; revise

GA - SB571 Controlled Substances; notification requirements for prescribers prescribing opioids; revise

GA - SB253 Elections and Primaries; notice when polling places are relocated; 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 - SR838 Greater Eastside Chamber of Commerce; commend

GA - SR443 Baldwin, Dr. Beauty P.; recognize

GA - SR552 Joint Achievement Gap for Boys Study Committee; create

GA - SB11 "Senator Jack Hill Veterans Act"; enact (PF)

GA - SB14 Employment Security Benefits; applicants to obtain their personnel files when their claims are contested by their former employers; allow (PF)

GA - SB15 Coursework in the Founding Philosophy and Principles of the USA; new category of coursework dealing with the history of Black people and their contributions to American society; create (PF)

GA - SB16 Georgia Commission on Women; Georgia Commission on Black Women and Girls; create (PF)

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

GA - SB23 State and Other Flags; local governments may relocate, remove, conceal, obscure, or alter certain monuments; provide

GA - SB24 Minimum Wage Law; provisions; revise

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 - SB26 Elections and Primaries; absentee ballot drop boxes at every advance voting location; provide

GA - SB27 Professional Licenses; extend the time a member of the military has to qualify for the issuance of a license; electrical contractor, plumber;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

GA - SB83 Public Assistance; Medicaid public option program to provide healthcare coverage to individuals not eligible for Medicare, Medicaid, or the PeachCare for Kids Program; provide

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

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

GA - SB110 "After School Recess Act"; enact

GA - SB111 Health; licensure and regulation of community midwives; 'Georgia Community Midwife Act'

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

GA - SB122 "Quality Basic Education Act,"; scheduled recess periods of 30 minutes each school day for students in kindergarten through grade eight; provide

GA - SB123 "Permanent Classroom Act"; enact

GA - SB124 Arrest by Law Enforcement Officers; the duty to intervene; provide

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

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

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

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 - SB130 Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies; possession of certain property from the United States Department of Defense by certain local law enforcement agencies; prohibit

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

GA - SB158 Stone Mountain Memorial Association; creation and erection of the "Let Freedom Ring Monument"; provide

GA - SB161 Inmate Policies; inmates receive an identification card upon release; require

GA - SB167 Retirement; semiannual postretirement benefit adjustments for all beneficiaries of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; provide

GA - SB170 Insurance; health benefit policies to provide coverage for expenses incurred in home childbirth; require

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 - SB173 Medicaid Coverage for Lactation and Postpartum Care; Department of Community Health to allow mothers giving birth to retain Medicaid eligibility for one year; require

GA - SB179 Brady Law Regulations; universal background checks in all manners of firearm transfers and purchases; require

GA - SB181 Insurance; out-of-pocket cost of consumers requiring insulin; reduce

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

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

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

GA - SB205 Commerce and Trade; charging covered establishments certain fees on food and beverage deliveries; prohibit third party food delivery platforms

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

GA - SB229 Carrying Weapons Within School Safety Zones; carrying and possession of handguns in certain manners; property owned or leased by public institutions of postsecondary education; repeal authorization

GA - SB230 Solid Waste Management; conditions for the issuance of a permit for solid waste or special waste handling for a coal combustion unit or landfill; provide

GA - SB236 Alcoholic Beverages; food service establishments to sell mixed drinks for off-premises consumption in approved containers under certain conditions; allow

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

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

GA - SB263 Retail Marijuana; regulation; provide; 'Georgia Retail Marijuana Code'

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

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

GA - SB270 Health; pilot program to fund rural birthing centers associated with hospitals with emergency departments; provide

GA - SB279 State Flag, Seal, and Other Symbols; placement of a monument to honor the Original 33; provide

GA - SB288 Education; testing of drinking water in child care learning centers and schools for lead contamination; require

GA - SB291 COVID-19; include within the meaning of occupational disease for essential workers

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

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

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

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

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

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

GA - SB363 "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975,"; class action suits and for damages for violating the requirements for solicitations for corporate filings; provide

GA - SB364 Telephone Service; class action suits and for damages against certain persons for violating provisions relating to telephone solicitations; provide

GA - SB378 Reckless Conduct; definition of hazing; expand

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

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

GA - SB403 "Georgia Behavioral Health and Peace Officer Co-Responder Act"; enact

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

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

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 - SB459 Education; establishment of unified campus police forces through agreements entered into by colleges and universities; provide

GA - SB460 Education; noncitizen students who have received a grant of deferred action for childhood arrivals; qualify for in-state classification; may be extended same consideration as citizens of the United States

GA - SB461 Bails, Bonds; human trafficking as a bailable offense; add the offense

GA - SB467 General Assembly; determination of the residences of incarcerated individuals for purposes of reapportionment; provide

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

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

GA - SB492 Public Utilities and Transportation; the deployment of electric vehicle charging equipment; provide

GA - SB502 Employment Security; definition of employment to include services performed by an individual for wages; change

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

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

GA - SB545 Core Curriculum; schools to provide training in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the use of an automated external defibrillator for students in grades nine or ten; require

GA - SB594 Assistance for Needy Families; the definition of "cash assistance"; revise

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

GA - SR8 Jim Galloway; recognize

GA - SR20 Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment; independent nonpartisan commission instead of the General Assembly; provide - CA

GA - SR42 Family Medical Leave Fund; create

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

GA - SR61 School Social Workers Association of Georgia; recognize

GA - SR75 Tate, Virginia C. Barnett; condolences

GA - SR87 Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta; recognize

GA - SR92 Aaron, Hank; condolences

GA - SR95 Dyslexia Day; recognize February 23, 2021

GA - SR99 Lunar New Year Celebration; recognize

GA - SR106 General Assembly; allocation of certain funds; the creation of a continuing fund; provide -CA

GA - SR107 Senate Comprehensive Approach to Family Leave Policies within State Government Study Committee; create

GA - SR108 Thompson II, Curt Blackburn; recognize

GA - SR109 University System of Georgia Employees; express support

GA - SR110 State Restaurant Day; recognize February 17, 2021

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

GA - SR123 Delta Day; recognize March 11, 2021

GA - SR124 Almon, Sharon; recognize

GA - SR125 Georgia Companies and Institutions; equitable and diverse gender representation on the boards and in the senior management; encourage

GA - SR126 John Lewis Freedom Bridge; Chatham County; dedicate

GA - SR127 Department of Public Health Workers; recognize

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

GA - SR132 Locke, Ryan; commend

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

GA - SR144 Georgia Caregivers Day; recognize February 19, 2021

GA - SR154 Joint Study Committee for Strengthening Georgia's Future Workforce; create

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

GA - SR161 Syed Raian Islam; condolences

GA - SR162 Warlick, Benjamin; recognize

GA - SR163 Mothers Against Drunk Driving Georgia; recognize

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

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

GA - SR168 Amendment to the United States Constitution; ratify

GA - SR169 Senate Shoreline Protection Study Committee; create

GA - SR172 Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Day; recognize March 28, 2021

GA - SR175 Becker, Dr. Mark P.; recognize

GA - SR182 Lupus Advocacy Day; recognize March 11, 2021

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

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

GA - SR191 Georgia Beer Day; recognize March 6, 2021

GA - SR196 Moore, Dorothy; congratulate

GA - SR197 Georgia National Association for Advancement of Colored People; recognize

GA - SR198 Woodall, Reverend James; recognize

GA - SR203 Senate Outdoor Learning Study Committee; create

GA - SR212 Strong, Crystal; commend

GA - SR213 Greenlee, Bill; condolences

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

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

GA - SR233 Arona, Dr. Audrey; recognize

GA - SR241 President Jimmy Carter; recognize

GA - SR246 Harjee, Dr. Gulshan; congratulate

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

GA - SR265 US Congress; abolish the practice of involuntary sterilization of women in custody of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency; urge

GA - SR267 Congress; support the creation of a National Infrastructure Bank; call to pass HR 6422

GA - SR270 Johnson Jr., Judge Horace J.; condolences

GA - SR314 Harrison, Allie B.; recognize

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

GA - SR322 Georgia's African American Farmers; recognize

GA - SR326 Pakistan Day; recognize March 23, 2021

GA - SR327 Wong, Lani; recognize

GA - SR332 Croone, Bishop-Elect Arthur James; recognize

GA - SR348 Keith, Dr. Lois; recognize

GA - SR349 Mayfield, Myrtle; recognize

GA - SR350 Coleman, Willie W.; recognize

GA - SR351 Cole, Phyllis Lane; recognize

GA - SR357 Oatts, Dr. Terry; pandemic leadership; acknowledge

GA - SR358 Carter, Shermanetta; commend

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

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

GA - SR403 "Rosa Parks Day"; recognize February 4, 2022

GA - SR418 Georgia State University Men's Soccer Team; commend

GA - SR434 Georgia State University Football Team; recognize

GA - SR435 Oliver, Commissioner Tyrone; recognize

GA - SR436 Thompson, Jessie Will; recognize

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

GA - SR448 American Heart Month; February 2022; recognize

GA - SR453 New Americans Day; recognize February 10, 2022

GA - SR454 Family and Consumer Sciences; recognize

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

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

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

GA - SR507 Coleman-Benton, Kerri; recognize

GA - SR508 Hud-Kirk, Jamilah; recognize

GA - SR523 Pu, Mr. William; recognize

GA - SR524 Home First Gwinnett; recognize

GA - SR526 Arab American Heritage Month; recognizing April 2022

GA - SR533 Phillips, Walker; condolences

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

GA - SR543 Steve and Marjorie Harvey Foundation; honoring

GA - SR548 National Black McDonald's Operators Association; recognize

GA - SR551 Lesko, Dylan; recognize

GA - SR553 Georgia Association of Educators; congratulate

GA - SR564 Senate Rules; amend

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

GA - SR568 Delta Day; recognizing March 2, 2022

GA - SR570 McNeill, Senator Sheila M.; recognize

GA - SR577 Stewart, Hank; commend

GA - SR581 City of Rockmart; congratulate

GA - SR582 Smith-Lockwood Inc.; congratulate

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

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

GA - SR634 Richards, LaTonya; congratulate

GA - SR635 Jordan, Troy H.; recognize

GA - SR657 Mabry, Dorothy; congratulate

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

GA - SR681 Mullis, Senator Jeff; commend

GA - SR719 Au, Senator Michelle; recognize

GA - SR720 Jordan, Jen; recognize

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

GA - SR724 Lane, Damien; commend

GA - SR725 Jenkins, Jabez Jenkins and Christopher; recognize

GA - SR727 Underwood, Soror Ophelia Spencer; congratulate

GA - SR728 Woodard, Dr. Alma Gibbs; recognize

GA - SR744 Pakistan Day; recognize March 23, 2022

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

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

GA - SR772 Kinney, Anna Rose Collins; condolences

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

GA - SR855 Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated; honoring

GA - SR873 Au, Senator Michelle; recognize

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

GA - SR875 Jordan, Senator Jen; recognize

GA - SR877 Ramadan; recognize