Georgia Sen. Shelly Echols (R)

GA - Administrative Affairs (Senate)

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Member

GA - Agriculture and Consumer Affairs (Senate)

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Ex-officio

GA - Education and Youth (Senate)

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Member

GA - Finance (Senate)

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Member

GA - Health and Human Services (Senate)

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Member

GA - Reapportionment and Redistricting (Senate)

Title:

Chairman

GA - Economic Development and Tourism (Senate)

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Member

GA - SB383 Sales and Use Tax; special district mass transportation; requirements for intergovernmental agreements between counties; revise

GA - SB109 Department of Community Health; include continuous glucose monitors as a pharmacy benefit for Medicaid recipients; require

GA - SR415 Justus, Hudson; commend

GA - SB120 Motor Carriers; the reference date to federal regulations regarding the safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles; update

GA - SR522 Tymchuk, Mary Eloise; recognize

GA - SR746 Lakeview Academy Boys Basketball Team; congratulate

GA - SB399 Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; to enter into and amend existing agreements with the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; encourage and state expectations

GA - SR253 Whitmire, Wayne Gerald; condolences

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

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

GA - SR596 Georgia Center for Civic Engagement and Engage Club Programs; recognize

GA - SR745 Lakeview Academy Girls Basketball Team; congratulate

GA - HB143 Community Health, Department of; include continuous glucose monitors as a pharmacy benefit for Medicaid recipients; require

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

GA - HB318 Education; reestablishment of Office of Charter School Compliance under State Charter Schools Commission

GA - HB497 Health; use of certified medication aides in penal institutions; authorize

GA - HB946 Special district mass transportation sales and use tax; intergovernmental agreements; revise requirements

GA - HB1125 Labor and industrial relations; phase out payment of subminimum wage to persons with disabilities

GA - HB1314 Health; designate emergency medical services, including ambulance service, as an essential service

GA - SB1 State Government; automatic repealer on the prohibition on state and local governments from requiring proof of COVID vaccination for government services; remove

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

GA - SB16 "Georgia EMS Reform Act"; enact

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

GA - SB20 "Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act,"; ensure consumer access to quality healthcare by setting adequacy standards for network plans offered by an insurer

GA - SB21 Georgia Veterans Service Foundation, Inc.; revise operations

GA - SB23 O.C.G.A.; various titles; revise a committee name; relating to inactive boards, panels, authorities, centers, commissions, committees, councils, task forces, and other such bodies; provisions; repeal

GA - SB36 Pimping and Pandering; penalty provisions; increase

GA - SB37 Sheriffs; qualification requirements for the office of sheriff; revise

GA - SB42 Human Trafficking Hotline Information; model notice requirements; increase the fine for failure to comply

GA - SB47 Offenses Against Public Health And Morals; vaping in restricted areas is a misdemeanor punishable by fine; provide

GA - SB50 Education; local boards of education which operate a school with grades nine through 12 may provide instruction in lifeguarding and aquatic safety; provide

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

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

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

GA - SB95 Solid Waste Trust Fund; specify the manner in which funds appropriated shall be used

GA - SB97 'Georgia Cyber Command Act'; Georgia Cyber Command Division under the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; create

GA - SB98 Local Boards of Education; local board of education members from discussing individual personnel matters with school officials; prohibit

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 - SB105 Public School Employees Retirement System; the minimum and maximum allowable benefit multiplier for current and future retirees; revise

GA - SB106 "Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Act"; enact

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 - SB132 Agriculture; the acquisition of possessory interest in certain land by certain nonresident aliens; prohibit

GA - SB133 Juvenile Code; a uniform process to assume custody of children as a result of disposition orders; create

GA - SB141 Professions and Businesses; health care providers from performing specified practices on minors relating to altering a person's appearance relating to gender; prohibit

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

GA - SB145 "Landscape Equipment and Agricultural Fairness (LEAF) Act"; enact

GA - SB154 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 - SB161 Counties and Municipal Corporations; cyber attacks directed at contractors and suppliers by requiring certain provisions in county and municipal contracts; ensure counties and municipalities are protected

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

GA - SB168 Hospitals and Nursing Homes; chiropractic practice to have a lien on a cause of action accruing to an injured person; allow

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

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

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

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 - SB199 State's Employee Benefit Plan Council; council to establish health savings accounts; require

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 - SB206 Social Security Coverage for Employees of the State; coverage for all employees of a political subdivision who are members of the Public School Employees Retirement System; require

GA - SB209 Funeral Directors and Establishments; licensed funeral directors do not have to be licensed embalmers; provide

GA - SB211 Georgia Council on Literacy; establish

GA - SB220 'Georgia Farmland Conservation Act'; historic preservation

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

GA - SB230 Programs and Protection for Children; foster parents bill of rights; revise provisions

GA - SB261 Education; postsecondary educational institutions, local school systems; prohibit the use of political litmus tests

GA - SB282 Labor and Industrial Relations; private employers from preventing an employee from engaging in certain protected activities; prohibit

GA - SB283 "Pregnancy Protection Act"; enact

GA - SB318 Education; minimum salaries of special education teachers who meet certain criteria shall be 110 percent of the minimum salary; provide

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

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

GA - SB344 Sales and Use Taxes; firearms, ammunition, gun safes, and related accessories during an 11 day period each year; exempt

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 - SB348 Notification of Suspicious or Unusual Deaths; individual had not been seen by a physician prior to death; revise the period

GA - SB349 Ad Valorem Taxation of Property; setting of millage rates; revise provisions

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 - SB361 Meetings Open to the Public; authorized nonemergency teleconference meetings in which members of nonstatewide agencies participate; increase the number

GA - SB362 State Government; employee representation by a labor organization for employers to receive certain economic development incentives from the state; provide requirements

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 - SB394 "Restricting Explicit and Adult-designated Educational Resources (READER) Act"; enact

GA - SB402 Instruction Permits; restrictions upon the operation of Class C motor vehicles by Class D license holders with certain passengers in the vehicle; revise

GA - SB403 Ad Valorem Taxation of Property; language required to be included in the notices of current assessment; revise

GA - SB405 "Completion Special Schools Act"; certain students to be enrolled in a completion special school; lower the age of eligibility

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

GA - SB413 Elections; provisions relating to dates for certain special elections related to sales and use taxes; revise

GA - SB414 "Personal Privacy Protection Act"; enact

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

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

GA - SB423 Education; maintenance and placement of one or more automated external defibrillators in certain public schools; provide

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

GA - SB459 "Civics Education and Portraits in Patriotism Act"; enact

GA - SB464 School Supplies for Teachers Program; establish

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 - SB469 "College Success 529 Expansion Act"; enact

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

GA - SB480 Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; student loan repayment for mental health and substance use professionals serving in certain capacities; provide

GA - SB481 Georgia Health Care Professionals Data System; establishment; definitions; collaboration with state licensing boards; 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 - SB493 Sexual Offender Risk Review Board; additional penalties for registered sexual offenders; provide

GA - SB496 Ad Valorem Taxation of Property; extension of preferential assessment periods for certain historic properties; provide

GA - SB501 "Foundations of Law Act"; enact

GA - SB508 Administrative Office of the Courts; accessibility of certain personal information of state and federal judges, justices, and spouses thereof; provide

GA - SB515 Emergency Medical Services; two-year pilot program to provide additional ambulances to certain areas of this state; provide

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

GA - SB555 Sales and Use Taxes; sales of clothing and school related supplies during the second week of August each year; exempt

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

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

GA - SB578 Regulated Reasonable Use of Ground Water; revocation of permits for conversion to solar farms and reallocation of ground water capacity; provide

GA - SR7 Browning, Susan; recognize

GA - SR8 Murphy, Judge Harold Lloyd; condolences

GA - SR9 Together Georgia; recognize

GA - SR10 Easterseals Georgia; recognize

GA - SR18 FFA Day; recognizing February 21, 2023

GA - SR20 University of North Georgia; recognize

GA - SR21 Yellow Creek Baptist Church; recognize

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

GA - SR42 Self-Direction Day; recognize February 22, 2023

GA - SR68 4-H Day; recognizing February 8, 2023

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

GA - SR75 Graziano, Louis; recognize

GA - SR76 Training Program; high-risk athletic activities for children 14 and under on property owned by the state of Georgia; covering important safety information for prevention and treatment of injuries to our young athletes; encourage

GA - SR79 Key, Brent; recognize

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

GA - SR84 Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Cherokee Nation, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians and All Tribes; commend

GA - SR85 Senate Occupational Licensing Study Committee; create

GA - SR91 Donatucci, Noah M.; commend

GA - SR95 Multi-Agency Alliance for Children; honoring

GA - SR98 Georgia's Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists; recognize

GA - SR99 Girl Scout Day; recognize February 7, 2023

GA - SR101 Visiting Nurse Health System; honoring

GA - SR102 Kornacki, Sean; condolences

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

GA - SR111 Morris, Clayton and Shirley; condolences

GA - SR124 League of Women Voters of Georgia; commend

GA - SR125 Indian community in the State of Georgia; recognize

GA - SR127 Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II; condolences

GA - SR133 Red Cross Month in Georgia; recognize March 2023

GA - SR134 Garcia, Lisa; Community Supervision Officer; recognize

GA - SR135 Moore, Donna; recognize

GA - SR139 Dental Hygienists Appreciation Day; recognize February 9, 2023

GA - SR144 Senate Expanding Early Childhood Education Study Committee; create

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

GA - SR151 Landreth, Mrs. Barbara Andrews; commend

GA - SR153 Burson, Buffie; congratulate

GA - SR155 Senate Truck Driver Shortages Study Committee; create

GA - SR156 Technical College System of Georgia; licensed truck drivers; provide streamlined training for commercial motor vehicle operation; urge

GA - SR165 Georgia Commission on Women Champions for Change Day; recognize February 23, 2023

GA - SR173 Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Association; recognize

GA - SR174 Georgia Academy of Audiology; recognize

GA - SR175 Joint Study Committee on Dual Enrollment for Highly Skilled Talent at Younger Ages; create

GA - SR201 King, Major General John F. King; recognize

GA - SR206 Brunswick-Golden Isles Day; recognize February 21, 2023

GA - SR207 30 Fallen Patriots of Thiokol; memorialize

GA - SR208 McNeill, Senator Sheila M.; recognize

GA - SR209 Black, Gary W.; recognize

GA - SR210 Goodloe, Kimberly A.; recognize

GA - SR212 Latin American Chamber of Commerce of Georgia; commend

GA - SR215 GHCC Day; recognize March 7, 2023

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

GA - SR221 Joint Study Committee on Run-off Elections; create

GA - SR223 Emergency Medical Services Recognition Day; recognize March 2, 2023

GA - SR237 Craver III, Dr. Hasco William; recognize

GA - SR241 Purdue, Starr Hutchings; recognize

GA - SR242 Boy Scouts of America in Georgia; recognize

GA - SR256 McFall, Macy; recognize

GA - SR259 Georgia Pre-K Week; recognize October 2-6, 2023

GA - SR276 National Water Safety Month; recognize May 2023

GA - SR281 State of Israel; commend

GA - SR289 Glanville, Courtenay; recognize

GA - SR300 Public Service Commission; pursue actions to protect 2,700,000 electricity customers from unjustly paying; urge

GA - SR322 Clark, Mr. David Robert; commend

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

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

GA - SR349 Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; recognize March 2023

GA - SR391 Farmworker Awareness Week; recognize March 25-31, 2023

GA - SR396 Jacobs, President Bonita; recognize

GA - SR398 Hooks, Jones; Executive Director of Jekyll Island Authority; recognize

GA - SR440 Bremer, Karen; commend

GA - SR443 State Election Board; appoint Rick Jeffares

GA - SR450 Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Association; recognize

GA - SR451 Rockmart Yellowjackets Football Team; congratulate

GA - SR452 Lions Day; recognize February 7, 2024

GA - SR465 Senate Special Committee on Investigations; create

GA - SR473 4-H Day; recognize February 14, 2024

GA - SR475 Easterseals and its Georgia Chapters; recognize

GA - SR478 Weizenecker, Dr. Richard; condolences

GA - SR479 Cedartown High School Game Day Cheerleaders; congratulate

GA - SR481 YMCAs of Georgia; recognize

GA - SR483 Pape, Sierra; recognize

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

GA - SR488 Saint Joseph's Mercy Care Services; commend

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

GA - SR516 Moses, Edwin; honor

GA - SR519 Georgia Farm Bureau Federation Day; recognize February 13, 2024

GA - SR524 Dyslexia Day; recognize January 31, 2024

GA - SR534 Johnston, Vickie Renee; condolences

GA - SR536 Georgia Hearing Day; recognize February 20, 2024

GA - SR540 Harlem High School Bulldogs Baseball Team; congratulate

GA - SR541 Lewis, Jimmie; recognize

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

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

GA - SR549 Girl Scout Day; recognize February 6, 2024

GA - SR554 Lions Day; recognize February 8, 2024

GA - SR555 FFA Day; recognize February 20, 2024

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

GA - SR566 Perry High School Panthers Football Team; congratulate

GA - SR573 Miss Georgia Peach Scholarship Pageant; commend

GA - SR577 Sgt. Kennedy Ladon Sanders; condolences

GA - SR580 Air Evac Lifeteam; recognize

GA - SR588 Georgia's Animal Shelters; recognize

GA - SR590 Boy Scouts of America in Georgia; recognize

GA - SR591 NFIB's Small Business Day; recognize February 13, 2024

GA - SR592 Fielding, Ashley; recognize

GA - SR595 Georgia Green Industry Association; recognize

GA - SR601 Dawson, Jonathan Ezra; celebrate the birth

GA - SR605 CASA Day; recognize February 15, 2024

GA - SR610 Law Enforcement Appreciation Day; recognize February 22, 2024

GA - SR611 Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts; recognize

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 - SR636 Georgia Association of Broadcasters Day; recognize February 28, 2024

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

GA - SR677 Senate Credit Card Fees on State Sales and Excise Tax and Their Impact on Georgia Merchants and Consumers Study Committee; create

GA - SR692 Senate Transporting Students Safely Study Committee; create

GA - SR693 Georgia Peanut Month; recognize March 2024

GA - SR694 Georgia Department of Agriculture; recognize

GA - SR703 Federal Government; regulatory overreach impacting the chemical industry and reevaluate proposed restrictions; urge

GA - SR711 Pace Day; recognize March 11, 2024

GA - SR714 White, Ronald G.; recognize

GA - SR715 Weizenecker, Dr. Richard; condolences

GA - SR719 Resolving to end the persecution and discrimination against the Jewish community; condemn Jew-hatred

GA - SR720 Cobb, Dave; recognize

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

GA - SR731 McDuffie/Warren County Unit; Georgia Forestry Commission 2023 North Georgia Unit of the Year; recognize

GA - SR735 Collins, Tammie; recognize

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 - SR749 Forbes, John; recognize

GA - SR769 Senator Gloria Butler; recognize

GA - SR775 Senator Valencia Seay; recognize

GA - SR781 Carson Farist and Taylor Schiesser; recognize

GA - SR791 Georgia High School Association Student Athlete Advisory Council; recognize

GA - SR792 Diwali Day; recognize November 1, 2024

GA - SR817 Senator Horacena Tate; recognize

GA - SR829 2024 Senate Aides and Senate Academic Aides; commend

GA - SR830 King, William "Ross"; recognize

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

GA - SR839 Jennings, Danny; condolences

GA - SR840 Tippins, Scarlett Kay Asbury; celebrate the birth

GA - SR841 Midway Elementary School; commend

GA - SR843 Commissioner Bruce Thompson; honor

GA - SR847 Senate Study Committee on Universal Design Incorporation Within State Buildings; create

GA - SR850 Rhoades, Carol Lynne Manross; honor

GA - SR851 Corbitt, Emily Charlotte; celebrate birth

GA - SR880 Rogers, Keenan; recognize