As lawmakers and lobbyists shake out the cobwebs from a Crossover Day that ran late into Thursday night, we’re pouring back over what was done and left undone. This special #GoldDomeReport provides a Crossover Day wrap-up of legislation that was considered after the publication of Thursday’s edition. Catch up and get some rest this weekend — the sprint to adjournment Sine Die begins on Monday.
In this Report:
- Floor Action
- New Legislation
- What’s Next
Floor Action
The House took up the following measures after our deadline on Legislative Day 28:
- HB 54 - Health; advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants to order home healthcare services; authorize (Substitute)(Hth-Clark-100th) - PASSED 177-0
- HB 87 - Insurance; require health benefit policy coverage for medically necessary orthotic and prosthetic devices and their materials and components (Substitute)(Hth-Clark-100th) - PASSED 171-2
- HB 127 - Education; number of accumulated sick leave days for teachers and other school personnel; increase from three to five (Ed-Cox-28th) - PASSED 172-3
- HB 217 - Education; make Dual Achievement Program a permanent state-wide program (Substitute)(HEd-Hong-103rd) - PASSED 169-2
- HB 266 - Income tax; exempt income received as personal compensation for full-time duty in the active military service of the United States (Substitute) (W&M-Sainz-180th) - PASSED 171-0
- HB 270 - Eviction Service and Airplane Evictions Act; enact (Substitute) (Judy-Reeves-99th) - PASSED 172-0
- HB 291 - Health; certification of community health workers; provide (Substitute)(P&CH-Taylor-173rd) - PASSED 196-4
- HB 323 - Bridging the Gap for ALS and Chronic Kidney Disease Act of 2025; enact (Hth-Mathiak-82nd) - PASSED 174-2
- HB 328 - Revenue and taxation; increase annual aggregate limit for tax credits available for certain contributions to student scholarship organizations (Substitute)(W&M-Carpenter-4th) - PASSED 98-75
- HB 351 - Board of Natural Resources; modify powers and duties (Substitute) (NR&E-Corbett-174th) - PASSED 175-0
- HB 371 - Quality Basic Education Act; state's maximum authorization of capital outlay funding; provide for an increase (Ed-Corbett-174th) - PASSED 170-2
- HB 384 - Crimes and offenses; uniform oaths to be sworn by all peace officers; provide (Substitute)(JudyNC-Seabaugh-34th) - PASSED 171-0
- HB 397 - Elections; allow municipalities to opt in to providing advance voting on Saturdays for municipal elections (Substitute)(GAff-Fleming-114th) - PASSED 159-13
- HB 429 - Ad valorem tax; exempt vehicles owned by a natural person for which a title was issued before March 1, 2013 (Substitute)(W&M-Wilkerson-38th) - PASSED 166-0
- HB 430 - Sexual Offender Risk Review Board; venue for certain petitions regarding state sexual offender registry; provide (Substitute)(JudyNC-Sainz-180th) - PASSED 168-0
- HB 433 - Human Services, Department of; authorized to access restricted and sealed information to conduct employee oversight in certain circumstances; provide (Substitute)(PS&HS-Ballinger-23rd) - PASSED 177-0
- HB 451 - Quality Basic Education Act; local boards shall be authorized to provide instruction in hunting safety in grades six through 12; provide (Substitute)(GF&P-Cannon-172nd) - PASSED 159-16
- HB 471 - Health; licensed general hospitals and birthing centers make available a water safety education video to parents or guardians of newborn infants; require (Substitute)(P&CH-Cheokas-151st) - PASSED 169-0
- HB 483 Crimes and offenses; protections for inspectors of code enforcement; provide (Substitute)(JudyNC-Prince-132nd) - PASSED 168-5
- HB 506 - Social services; Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments; provide (P&CH-Hilton-48th) - PASSED 142-31
- HB 511 - Insurance; deductions from taxable income for contributions by taxpayers to catastrophe savings accounts and interest earned on such accounts; provide (Substitute)(W&M-Lumsden-12th) - PASSED 177-0
- HB 513 - Local government; criteria for service delivery strategy; revise provisions (GAff-LaHood-175th) - PASSED 169-1
- HB 521 - Local government; deannexation of certain properties; revise procedures (Substitute)(GAff-Anderson-10th) (Rules Committee Substitute LC 47 3531S) - PASSED 165-10
- HB 529 - Georgia Online Automatic Renewal Transparency Act; enact (Substitute)(A&CA-Barrett-24th) (Rules Committee Substitute LC 55 0589S) - PASSED 169-2
- HB 531 - Appeal and error; certain appellate procedures regarding the denial of sovereign and any other immunity available to the state or a city or county in this state; provide (Substitute)(Judy-Reeves-99th) - PASSED 161-13
- HB 535 - Penal institutions; credit for time served regarding probation revocation sentencing; provide (JudyNC-Smith-18th) - PASSED 178-0
- HB 567 - Professions and businesses; authorize and regulate teledentistry by licensed dentists (Substitute)(Hth-Dempsey-13th) - PASSED 174-2
- HB 571 - Professions and businesses; licensing of radiologist assistants; provide (Substitute)(Hth-Hawkins-27th) - PASSED 162-11
- HB 577 - Georgia Nicotine Vapor Products Directory Act; enact (Substitute) (W&M-Gaines-120th) - PASSED 159-12
- HB 582 - Georgia Survivor Justice Act; enact (Substitute)(JudyNC-Gunter-8th) - PASSED 166-2
- HB 586 - Revenue and taxation; intangible recording tax; revise notes (W&M-Williamson-112th) - PASSED 170-1
- HB 593 - Baker County; probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections (IGC-Greene-154th) - PASSED 150-20
- HB 618 - Property; require any seller of real property to make certain disclosures regarding flood damage to such real property (Judy-Campbell-171st) - PASSED 170-2
- HB 627 - Courts; juvenile proceedings; use of a deadly weapon; revise a provision (Substitute)(JudyNC-Persinger-119th) - PASSED 156-2
- HB 630 - State Board of Registration; remove used car division and the used parts division; provisions (Substitute)(RegI-Wiedower-121st) - PASSED 165-3
- HB 646 - Coroners; provide minimum salaries (Substitute)(PS&HS-Stinson-150th) - PASSED 170-4
- HB 635 - State Licensing Board for Residential and Commercial General Contractors; revise provisions (RegI-Wiedower-121st) - PASSED 171-2
- HB 645 - Health; COVID-19 testing of staff members in long term-care facilities; repeal certain provisions (HumR-LaHood-175th) - PASSED 123-49
- HB 652 - Motor fuel tax; electricity delivered by certain electric vehicle charging stations; provide exception (Substitute)(T&II-Jones-25th) - PASSED 167-4
- HB 677 - Health; certain placement procedures for children upon discharge from a hospital or psychiatric residential treatment facility; provide (Substitute)(Hth-Dempsey-13th) - PASSED 173-1
- HB 718 - Women's Golf Week; first week of April each year; provide (SRules-Jones-60th) - PASSED 174-1
- HR 128 - Watkins, Mr. Joseph Samuel; compensate (App-Dempsey-13th) (Rules Committee Substitute LC 60 0127S) - PASSED 151-12
The Senate took up the following measures after our deadline on Legislative Day 28:
- SB 27 - Stalking; offense of doxxing; penalties; protective order; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-56th) - PASSED 52-1
- SB 57 - "Freedom of Speech and Belief Act"; enact (Substitute) (JUDY-19th) - FAILED 13-43
- SB 82 - "Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025"; enact (Substitute) (ED&Y-45th) - PASSED 44-9
- SB 93 - "Georgia Early Literacy Act"; the three-cuing system from inclusion in high-quality instructional materials or structured literacy; prohibit (Substitute) (ED&Y-38th) - PASSED 50-3
- SB 100 - "Andee's Law"; enact (C&F-29th) - PASSED 55-0
- SB 119 - Manufactured or Mobile Homes; limited exceptions to circumstances under which a manufactured home shall become real property; provide (B&FI-8th) - PASSED 53-0
- SB 121 - Uninsured Motorist Coverage; minimum required under motor vehicle liability policies for a individual convicted of driving under the influence or reckless driving; increase (Substitute) (I&L-16th) - PASSED 53-2
- SB 129 - "Georgia Supporting those Who Sacrificed for Service Act"; enact (Substitute) (FIN-56th) - PASSED 56-0
- SB 132 - Insanity and Mental Incapacity; hearing before a court orders an evaluation of the mental competency of an accused person to stand trial; require (Substitute) (JUDY-42nd) - PASSED 55-0
- SB 140 - Optometrists; doctors of optometry to dispense and sell pharmaceutical agents to patients under certain conditions; provide (H&HS-27th) - PASSED 54-1
- SB 147 - Correctional Institutions of State and Counties; consent for the release of certain criminal history, vocational, and educational information for inmates upon release; provide (PUB SAF-33rd) - PASSED 55-0
- SB 148 - Public School Property and Facilities; outdoor learning spaces pilot program; provide (Substitute) (ED&Y-50th) - PASSED 53-1
- SB 162 - Georgia Composite Medical Board; implement an automated credentialing system for healthcare providers in this state; provide (Substitute) (RULES-52nd) - PASSED 53-0
- SB 170 - Georgia Interagency Council for the Homeless; create (Substitute) (GvtO-41st) - PASSED 50-2
- SB 173 - Pleadings and Motions; movants to file notices of uncontested motions in superior courts and state courts; authorize (JUDY-14th) - PASSED 49-5
- SB 191 - Employment Security; certain notice provisions relating to benefits and appeals; revise (I&L-48th) - PASSED 38-16
- SB 204 - Criminal Procedure; offenses that are not serious violent felonies, sexual felonies, or other certain offenses to be charged by accusation of the district attorney; allow (JUDY-22nd) - PASSED 51-4
- SB 212 - "Quality Basic Education Act,"; disclosure of public student directory information to political candidates or persons or groups acting on their behalf; prohibit (ETHICS-48th) - PASSED 33-19
- SB 213 - "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975," commercial cheating services that target students and examinees seeking a professional license as an unlawful, unfair, and deceptive trade practice; ban (RI&U-32nd) - PASSED 53-1
- SB 236 - "Quality Basic Education Act,"; certain students whose parents or guardians are on active duty are eligible for enrollment in the public school of the attendance zone in which they intend to reside; provide (Substitute) (VM&HS-34th) - PASSED 54-1
- SB 244 - Criminal Proceedings; the award of reasonable attorney's fees and costs in a criminal case to the defendant upon such defendant making a successful motion to disqualify the prosecuting attorney for misconduct in connection with the case; provide (JUDY-21st) - PASSED 55-0
- SB 245 - Grandparents; include within the category of persons who may seek to revoke or amend an existing grandparent visitation order (C&F-3rd) - PASSED 56-0
- SB 252 - Real and Personal Property; conveyance of municipal property interests to independent school systems; provide (SLGO(G)-39th) - PASSED 56-0
- SB 256 - Electric Membership Corporation; disclose certain acquisitions and other information to its members within a certain time frame; require (Substitute) (RI&U-46th) - PASSED 51-2
- SB 260 - Central State Hospital Redevelopment Authority; create (Substitute) (SLGO(G)-25th) - PASSED 52-1
- SB 268 - Offenses Against Public Order; crime of interference with a first responder; provide (JUDY-29th) - PASSED 38-17
- SB 284 - "Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008,"; issuance of orders by the Commissioner of Securities directing persons who have violated certain securities provisions to return; authorize (I&L-20th) - PASSED 54-1
- SB 291 - Special License Plates; establish an "America First" specialty license plate (Substitute) (PUB SAF-51st) - PASSED 33-23
- SB 293 - License Plates for Certain Veterans; the number of free license plates issued to certain veterans; increase (PUB SAF-24th) - PASSED 56-0
- SB 298 - Judgements and Rulings; certain appellate procedures regarding the denial of sovereign and any other immunity available to the state; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-29th) - PASSED 54-2
New Legislation
The following new legislation of interest has been introduced in the House
The following new legislation of interest has been introduced in the Senate:
