Legislators convened Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday this week for Legislative Days 35 through 37, and Wednesday served as a committee work day. Lawmakers are almost out of time to get their bills across the finish line for the 2025 Legislative Session. House and Senate members will be back in session next week Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for the final three days of the session—Sine Die is set for next Friday, April 4.
Any measure that successfully makes it through both chambers by the time the This week members of the General Assembly were in session Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for Legislative Days 32 through 34, and Wednesday served as a committee work day. This week was one of the busiest for committee work, with House and Senate committees convening as early as 6 AM and working late into the evening. This week legislators considered everything from a measure to make Brunswick stew the official stew of Georgia to Governor Kemp’s tort reform legislation.
Lawmakers are quickly running out of After gaveling out for Crossover Day last Thursday night, House and Senate members were back in session this week Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday for Legislative Days 29 through 31, and Wednesday served as a committee work day for legislators. The several legislative days immediately following Crossover Day are typically much slower. While committees convened throughout the week to consider the opposite chamber’s measures, the House and Senate each only voted on a handful of measures on the floor this This week legislators were in session Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday for Legislative Days 26 through 28. Thursday was Crossover Day, which is the deadline for a bill to successfully move out of its chamber of origin to stay alive this session. Any bill that did not make it out of at least one chamber by the time the legislature adjourned on Thursday night is effectively dead this session unless the bill’s language is successfully attached to a related bill later this year.
Both the House and Senate Legislative Update: Week 6 - Feb 17-21, 2025
After being out for Presidents’ Day on Monday, legislators were in session Tuesday through Friday this week for Legislative Days 18 through 21. Dozens of bills were introduced this week, and dozens more were considered and debated in committee. This week legislators considered everything from Governor Kemp’s tort reform bill on the Senate floor to a measure to designate cornbread as the official state bread in the House Special Rules Committee.
Members will Legislators were in session Monday through Thursday this week for Legislative Days 14 through 17. The Senate took up a handful of contentious bills this week, which made for several long days of debate on the floor, but at this point in the session, most bills are still making their way through the committee process. Several committees held hours-long meetings to consider legislation, including the Senate Judiciary Committee, which debated Governor Kemp’s tort reform measures for more than five This week legislators were back under the Gold Dome Monday through Thursday for Legislative Days 10 through 13. Committee activity picked up considerably this week, and the House and Senate both considered a handful of bills on the floor, including the Amended Fiscal Year 2025 budget. House and Senate members will be back in session next week Monday through Thursday for Legislative Days 14 through 17. Amended Fiscal Year 2025 BudgetOn Thursday morning the House passed its version of the Amended Fiscal Legislators were in session Monday through Thursday this week for Legislative Days 6 through 9. They will be back under the Gold Dome next week Monday through Thursday for Legislative Days 10 through 13. Tort ReformFlanked by dozens of small business leaders from across the state, legislators, and other state leaders on Thursday morning, Governor Kemp announced details of his comprehensive tort reform package. He reemphasized the importance of passing meaningful tort reform this session, again suggesting Legislative Update: Week 1 - Jan 13-17, 2025 Legislators from all corners of the state were back under the Gold Dome this week to be sworn in for the first session of the 158th Georgia General Assembly, including almost two dozen new House and Senate members. Lawmakers were in session Monday through Friday this week for Legislative Days 1 through 5. As they have done in recent years, House and Senate leaders came to an agreement on an adjournment resolution and released a calendar for the entire 2025
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