2025 Signed Legislation
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State symbols; Brunswick stew as the official state stew; designate |
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Original 33 Memorial Act; enact |
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Health; codify right to in vitro fertilization for individuals | |
Controlled substances; Schedule I; provide certain provisions |
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Health; reassign licensing and oversight of certain treatments and programs from Departments of Community Health to Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities |
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Rincon, City of; designation of electors; revise provisions | |
Bryan County; State Court; provide for a chief judge and an associate judge |
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Pembroke, City of; mayor and city council members; provide four-year terms |
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Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless; provide for membership |
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Glynn County; levy an excise tax |
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Glynn County; board of commissioners; chairperson and members; change annual salary |
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Savannah Music Commission Act; enact |
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Richmond Hill-Bryan County Airport Authority Act; enact |
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Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; total percentage of funds invested in alternative investments; raise limit |
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Brunswick, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide for a new homestead exemption. |
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Homelessness Prevention Act of Chatham County; enact | |
Long County; Board of Education; provide compensation for members |
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Public Health, Department of; require healthcare providers, facilities, and pharmacies to provide the Maternal Mortality Review Committee with psychiatric or other clinical records |
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Insurance; medically necessary expenses for standard fertility preservation services when a medically necessary treatment for cancer, sickle cell disease, or lupus may directly or indirectly cause an impairment of fertility; require coverage |
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City of Tybee Island; selection of a mayor pro tem; provide |
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Brunswick and Glynn County Development Authority; method of appointing the membership; change |
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"Dignity and Pay Act"; enact | |
"City of Tybee Island Buildings and Public Facilities Authority Act"; enact |
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Education; make Dual Achievement Program a permanent state-wide program |
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Georgia Supporting Living Donor Educators Act; enact |
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Education; safety, health, and well-being of students and school communities; provide |
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Quality Basic Education Act; students significantly at risk of not achieving grade level reading proficiency or with characteristics of dyslexia; include provisions |
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Interstate Compact for School Psychologists; enter into |
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'Fair and Safe Athletic Opportunities Act'; enact |
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Compulsory Attendance; provisions of the state's compulsory school attendance laws; update and revise |
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High Demand Apprenticeship Program; opportunities for apprenticeship sponsors to enter into apprenticeship program contracts with State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; provide |
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State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; establish the adult workforce high school diploma program; authorize |
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"Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025"; enact |
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Civil Practice; substantive and comprehensive revision of provisions regarding civil practice, evidentiary matters, damages, and liability in tort actions; provide |
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"Georgia Courts Access and Consumer Protection Act"; enact | |
Income tax; reduce rate of tax | |
Income tax; one-time tax credit for taxpayers who filed returns for both 2023 and 2024 taxable years; provide | |
"Georgia Religious Freedom Restoration Act"; enact | |
Aviation; adoption of local ordinances, resolution, regulations, or policies that restrict the flight of unmanned aircraft systems over mass public gatherings; authorize | |
Revenue and taxation; postpone date by which local governing authorities can opt out of base year homestead exemption |
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Supplemental appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025 | |
Cedartown, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum | |
Public Officials; bail bond business; modify provisions |