Georgia Sen. Sonya Halpern (D)

GA - Appropriations (Senate)

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Member

GA - Banking and Financial Institutions (Senate)

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Member

GA - Education and Youth (Senate)

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Member

GA - Health and Human Services (Senate)

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Member

GA - Public Safety (Senate)

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Ex-officio

GA - Urban Affairs (Senate)

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Vice Chairman

GA - SB150 Health; functional automated external defibrillator on site; require certain public schools, health clubs, and public sports facilities

GA - SR186 Georgia Federation of Democratic Women Women in Blue Day; recognize February 23, 2023

GA - SR410 Schiphof, Tara; commend

GA - SR296 Senate Study Committee on Excessive Vehicle Noise and Related Crimes; create

GA - SR382 Manous, Carrington; commend

GA - SR889 Metcalfe, Dr. Contessa; recognize

GA - SB234 Motor Vehicles; the enforcement of laws with equipment which produces excessive noise levels using recorded images; provide

GA - SR379 Zhang, Melanie; commend

GA - SB552 General Assembly; Office of Legislative Counsel to prepare demographic notes for certain proposed legislation; require

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

GA - SR294 CPR Training; increasing the survival rate of cardiac arrest and supporting efforts to enhance public awareness; recognize

GA - SR298 Hayes, Sydni; commend

GA - SR742 Pastor Eric Vincent Thomas; celebrate

GA - SR406 Sims-Alvarado, Dr. Karcheik; recognize

GA - SR352 Atlanta Public Schools; commend

GA - SR701 The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; recognize

GA - SR161 Clayton, Xernona; recognize

GA - SR142 Durley, Reverend Dr. Gerald L.; recognize

GA - SR143 Clayton, Xernona; recognize

GA - SR855 Georgia's Own Credit Union; recognize

GA - SR377 Kittila, Audrey; commend

GA - SR67 YMCAs of Georgia; recognize

GA - SR390 National Credit Education Month; recognize March 2023

GA - SR187 CPR training; increasing the survival rate of cardiac arrest and supporting efforts to enhance public awareness; recognize

GA - SR854 Woodward Academy Security Team; honor

GA - SR572 Atlanta Dream; recognizing February 7, 2024

GA - SB279 "Garden of Heroes"; placement of a statue garden in honor of Georgia heroes upon the grounds of the state capitol building; provide

GA - SB536 "Dietitian Licensure Compact"; enter into an interstate compact

GA - SB553 "National Warrior Call Day"; designate the Sunday following Veterans Day each year

GA - SR686 Black Art In America; celebrate

GA - SR548 Georgia Arts Day; recognize February 5, 2024

GA - SR381 Rach, Riley Wolfe; commend

GA - SR392 Seydel, Laura Turner; recognize

GA - SB396 Economic Development; Georgia State-wide Music Office; create

GA - SR666 The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; recognize

GA - SR405 Jack and Jill of America, Inc.; commend

GA - SR351 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Heritage Day; recognize March 20, 2023

GA - SB303 Fulton County; ad valorem taxes for county purposes; seniors have to reapply for such exemption every two years; remove the requirement

GA - SR532 2024 Miss Atlanta Competition; congratulate

GA - SR516 Moses, Edwin; honor

GA - SR311 Pi Day; recognize March 14, 2023

GA - SR846 International Women's Day; recognize

GA - SR685 Eubanks, Christopher; congratulate

GA - SR378 Schipof, Tara; commend

GA - SR626 Spike Lee Day; recognize February 20, 2024

GA - SR876 Rear Admiral Earl L. Gay; recognize

GA - SR585 Raymond IV, Usher; honor

GA - SR723 Small Business Advocacy Day; recognize March 5, 2024

GA - SR804 Pi Day; recognize March 14, 2024

GA - SR740 Jazz 91.9 WCLK; recognize

GA - SB175 Searches with Warrants; additional requirements for the issuance and execution of search warrants and no-knock warrants; provide

GA - SB551 Public Property; priority parking spaces for veterans on state owned properties; provide

GA - SR380 Cline, Mara Eva; commend

GA - SB296 Department of Public Health; appointment of a state surgeon general; provide

GA - SR299 Verner, Dorothy; commend

GA - SB235 "HBCU Innovation and Economic Prosperity Planning Districts Act"; enact

GA - SB556 Education; State Board of Education to establish a three-year pilot robotics program for eligible public schools; provide

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

GA - SR822 Music in our Schools Month; recognize and celebrate March 2024

GA - SR724 Georgia Psychological Association; recognize

GA - SR293 Senate Study Committee on an Equity Impact Tool for Legislation; create

GA - SB182 Stalking; the offense of doxxing; provide

GA - SB101 Elections and Primaries; application for an absentee ballot in a primary or election shall also be an automatic application for an absentee ballot in a runoff resulting from such primary or election; provide

GA - HB643 Georgia Judicial Retirement System; certain state court judges of Fulton County participating in other retirement systems; repeal prohibitions

GA - HB1048 State symbols; cornbread as official state bread; designate

GA - SB9 "Kathleen Cominski Act"; enact

GA - SB10 Offenses Against Public Order And Motor Vehicles and Traffic; knowingly attending and facilitating an illegal drag race or a laying drags exhibition; punishment; provide

GA - SB15 "Reproductive Freedom Act"; enact

GA - SB24 Medical Assistance; authorization of appropriations for the purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments to providers of Medicaid expansion; provide

GA - SB25 Minimum Wage; provisions regarding the minimum wage law; revise

GA - SB27 Unfair Trade Practices; health care insurer from requiring an ophthalmologist or optometrist to extend any discounts on services that are not covered eye care services; prohibit

GA - SB28 Board of Commissioners of Counties; an Act fixing the compensation of counties with a population in excess of 500,000, according to the 1970 United States Census; repeal

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

GA - SB32 "Alyssa's Law"

GA - SB57 'Georgia Sports Betting Integrity Act'; regulation and taxation of sports betting in this state; authorize and provide

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

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

GA - SB76 State Employees' Health Insurance Plan; state health benefit plans to cover insulin medication at a reduced rate; provide

GA - SB79 Holidays and Observances; the holidays observed in Georgia; revise

GA - SB81 'Georgia Community Midwife Act'

GA - SB82 "Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act"; enact

GA - SB87 General Assembly; procedures for redistricting of the General Assembly and congressional districts in this state; provide

GA - SB89 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 - SB96 Professional Standards Commission; the commission's standards and procedures for certification programs shall be neutral; provide

GA - SB103 Unclaimed Property; handling of certain wills; provide

GA - SB112 "Workforce EXCELeration Act"; enact

GA - SB118 "Georgia Work and Family Credit Act"; enact

GA - SB119 Crimes and Offenses; persons convicted of misdemeanor crimes of family violence from receiving, possessing, or transporting a firearm; prohibit

GA - SB123 Educational Programs; state funded administration of a nationally recognized career and college readiness assessment and an assessment leading to a nationally recognized workforce credential; require

GA - SB126 "Consumer Inflation Reduction and Tax Fairness Act"; enact

GA - SB135 Paternity; Uniform Parentage Act of 2017; align evidentiary medical and genetic testing

GA - SB151 "First Responders Appreciation Day"; designate September 11 of each year

GA - SB152 General Assembly; cardiopulmonary training to be offered to members and staff of the General Assembly and members of the Capitol Police Division; provide

GA - SB163 Alcoholic Beverages; regulation of the manufacture, distribution, and sale of malt beverages; provide

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

GA - SB166 Public Officers and Employees; public employees to self-organize or to be represented by a labor organization; authorize

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

GA - SB174 "Georgia Lottery for Education Act"; administrative procedures and actions; bona fide coin operated amusement machines shall be subject to Chapter 13 of Title 50; provide

GA - SB176 Inspection of Public Records; the personal phone numbers, personal or governmental issued cell phone numbers, and home addresses; protect

GA - SB179 Electors; restrictions of voting rights for judicially incompetent persons; provide

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

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

GA - SB207 Education; the minimum base salary for certificated professional personnel with bachelor's degrees; revise

GA - SB210 "The Georgia Homegrown Solar Act of 2023"; enact

GA - SB211 Georgia Council on Literacy; establish

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

GA - SB223 Health; reimbursement of patient incurred expenses related to participation in a cancer clinical trial; authorize

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

GA - SB243 Selling and other Trade Practices; manufacturer to provide certain items necessary for the diagnosis or repair of a digital electronic product; require

GA - SB251 Ad Valorem Taxation of Property; additional method of proposing and adopting millage rates; provide

GA - SB264 University System; noncitizen students with certain refugee, special immigrant, or humanitarian parolee status under federal law are classified as in-state for tuition purposes; provide

GA - SB267 Surgical or Diagnostic Procedures; certain examinations on an anesthetized or unconscious patient without prior informed consent; prohibit

GA - SB272 Courts; supplement the duties of administrative judges; Criminal Case Data Exchange Board; reestablish

GA - SB276 Campaign Contributions; leadership committees; abolish

GA - SB317 Atlanta Board of Education; qualifications for membership on said board related to working for other boards of education; remove limitations

GA - SB325 Dispensing Opticians; employee of a licensed physician or optometrist who is under the direct or real-time supervision of a licensed optician; exempt from licensure

GA - SB329 "Law Enforcement Unit Accreditation Act" enact

GA - SB340 Sales and Use Taxes; firearm safes and firearm safety devices; exempt

GA - SB341 Official Code of Georgia Annotated; relating to inactive boards, panels, authorities, centers, commissions, committees, councils, task forces, and other such bodies and certain procedures of the General Assembly; repeal

GA - SB372 Sales and Use Taxes; certain goods designed and customarily used for child-rearing; exempt

GA - SB373 Licensure in Marriage and Family Therapy; issuance of expedited licenses by endorsement for marriage and family therapists; provide

GA - SB374 "Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Act of 2021"; land surveyor interns and professional land surveyors; change provisions

GA - SB384 Public Officers and Employees; development and administration of the State of Georgia as a Model Employer (GAME) Program; provide

GA - SB385 Georgia Military College; legislative intent language regarding certain postsecondary study beyond the second year level; revise

GA - SB386 State Government; regulation and taxation of sports betting in this state; authorize and provide

GA - SB395 Education; the possession of opioid antagonists in schools; authorize

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 - 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 - SB419 Nurses; provision relating to the administration of anesthesia by certified registered nurse anesthetists; revise

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

GA - SB439 City of Atlanta; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide

GA - SB440 'Accelerated Career Diploma Program'; ACE Grants pilot program; establish and provide

GA - SB441 Controlled Substances; notification requirements for prescribers prescribing opioids; revise

GA - SB458 Libraries; board of regents to adopt the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights; require

GA - SB463 Retirement and Pensions; Peach Save plan; creation

GA - SB469 "College Success 529 Expansion Act"; enact

GA - SB470 Proceedings Against Intruders; notice of vacancy; create

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

GA - SB477 Retirement and Pensions; creation of the Peach Save plan, a defined contribution retirement plan; provide

GA - SB497 Education; High-demand Career Initiatives Program as the High Demand Apprenticeship Program; redesignate

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

GA - SB521 Labor and Industrial Relations; protections for freelance workers; provide

GA - SB527 Sales and Use Taxes; sales of clothing and school related supplies for limited periods of time; exempt

GA - SB529 Physicians; certain licensure for qualifying foreign medical graduates; provide

GA - SB583 City of Atlanta; operation of automated transit vehicle lane monitoring devices for the enforcement of traffic; provide

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

GA - SR39 "Rosa Parks Day"; recognize February 6, 2023

GA - SR46 Governor; to study whether the state can, either directly or indirectly, produce low-cost insulin products in the state; urge

GA - SR62 Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education; recognize

GA - SR69 Georgia Chapter of NOBLE Day; recognizing January 24, 2023

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

GA - SR75 Graziano, Louis; recognize

GA - SR89 Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment; independent nonpartisan commission instead of the General Assembly; provide - CA

GA - SR95 Multi-Agency Alliance for Children; honoring

GA - SR96 Wilson, Bobby; recognize

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

GA - SR101 Visiting Nurse Health System; honoring

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

GA - SR114 Flemming, Charlie; recognize

GA - SR121 Senate Helping Georgia Students Overcome COVID-19 Related Learning Loss Study Committee; create

GA - SR124 League of Women Voters of Georgia; commend

GA - SR127 Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II; condolences

GA - SR136 Right to Reproductive Freedom; provide -CA

GA - SR138 Human Rights Day; recognize March 15, 2023

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

GA - SR148 Right to Register and Vote; conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude; remove as an exception -CA

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

GA - SR151 Landreth, Mrs. Barbara Andrews; commend

GA - SR163 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. Day; recognizing February 20, 2023

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

GA - SR170 Nelson, Sherry; congratulate

GA - SR171 Dillard, Professor William C.; recognize

GA - SR185 Dicks, Reverend Terence Alton; condolences

GA - SR198 Kelley, Dr. Susan J.; recognize

GA - SR199 Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Day; recognize March 2, 2023

GA - SR202 U.S. Congress Members; enact federal legislation granting statehood to the people of Washington, D.C.; urge

GA - SR203 Senate Safe Firearm Storage Study Committee; create

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

GA - SR225 Adams, Sergeant Sondra Sharp; recognize

GA - SR226 Izzard, Dr. Laklieshia; congratulate

GA - SR256 McFall, Macy; recognize

GA - SR258 5th Annual Greater Atlanta HBCU College Fair; commend

GA - SR281 State of Israel; commend

GA - SR286 Senate Minority Business Enterprises, Women Owned Businesses, and Veteran Owned Businesses in State Contracting Study Committee; create

GA - SR291 Balogun, Ayodeji Ibrahim; recognize

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

GA - SR301 Tomlinson, Reverend Eddie J.; condolences

GA - SR302 Conyers Cherry Blossom Festival; commend

GA - SR312 Nurses Day; recognize March 16, 2023

GA - SR313 Bailey Jr., Roland "Champ"; recognize

GA - SR315 GALEO; congratulate

GA - SR317 Muslim American Heritage Month; recognize July 2023

GA - SR323 Senate Study Committee on Improving Family Caregiver Services; create

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

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

GA - SR355 Senate American Korean Friendship Caucus; commend

GA - SR359 Johnson, Cora; condolences

GA - SR383 Senate Study Committee on Railway Safety; create

GA - SR407 Oli, Zoe; recognize

GA - SR408 National Council of Negro Women; recognize

GA - SR435 Acuña Jr., Ronald; recognize

GA - SR440 Bremer, Karen; commend

GA - SR481 YMCAs of Georgia; recognize

GA - SR483 Pape, Sierra; recognize

GA - SR489 Black Maternal Health Statistics; recognize

GA - SR500 Wear Red Day; recognize February 1, 2024

GA - SR501 Delta Day; recognize January 29, 2024

GA - SR502 Gibeling Jr., Robert "Bob" Walter; condolences

GA - SR503 Jenkins, Clemmie C.; recognize

GA - SR504 Darden, Bertha Mae Newkirt; condolences

GA - SR513 Greenbriar Children's Center; recognize

GA - SR514 Ruby Freeman and Wandrea "Shaye" Moss; commend

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

GA - SR520 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. Day; recognize February 12, 2024

GA - SR521 Williams, Joseph; recognize

GA - SR522 Tymchuk, Mary Eloise; recognize

GA - SR524 Dyslexia Day; recognize January 31, 2024

GA - SR531 Smith, Mitchell; recognize

GA - SR537 Perimeter College at Georgia State University; recognize

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

GA - SR546 Senate Colorectal Cancer Study Committee; create

GA - SR547 Todd, Christy; commend

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

GA - SR561 Clark Atlanta University Day (CAU); recognize February 2, 2024

GA - SR563 Teague, Reverend Duncan; recognize

GA - SR575 Sales Tax; educational purposes; provide - CA

GA - SR577 Sgt. Kennedy Ladon Sanders; condolences

GA - SR578 National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day; support

GA - SR599 Pattillo, Dr. Roland A.; condolences

GA - SR600 Clark Atlanta University Day (CAU); recognize February 20, 2024

GA - SR603 Georgia State University Athletic Department; recognize

GA - SR604 State Restaurant Day; recognize February 21, 2024

GA - SR620 King, Dexter Scott; honor

GA - SR621 PAGE Day; recognize February 20, 2024

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 - SR625 Outstanding Atlanta Day; recognize February 27, 2024

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

GA - SR657 Peer Support and the Associated Certified Peer Specialists Workforce; recognize

GA - SR658 Minority Health Month; recognize April

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

GA - SR699 Greenbrier High School Girls' Golf Team; congratulate

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

GA - SR722 Georgia Airports Association Day; recognize March 7, 2024

GA - SR725 A.G. Rhodes; congratulate

GA - SR727 Georgia's Creative Economy Senate Study Committee; create

GA - SR730 Kyle, Susie; congratulate

GA - SR732 Augusta-Richmond County Branch of the NAACP; recognize

GA - SR763 Islamic Holy Month of Ramadan; recognize

GA - SR766 Palm, Angela; recognize

GA - SR767 Ali's Cookies; recognize

GA - SR768 Georgia Advancing Communities Together, Inc.; recognize

GA - SR769 Senator Gloria Butler; recognize

GA - SR773 Navroz, the month of Ramadan, and the Shia Ismaili Muslim community; recognize

GA - SR775 Senator Valencia Seay; recognize

GA - SR813 Henry Louis Aaron Day; recognize April 8, 2024

GA - SR816 Spelman College Day; recognize March 20, 2024

GA - SR845 Members of the US Congress; enact federal legislation granting statehood to the people of Washington, D.C.; urge

GA - SR850 Rhoades, Carol Lynne Manross; honor

GA - SR865 Harris, David E.; condolences