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Georgia State Senator

Sam Watson

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Georgia State Senator

Sam Watson 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 5)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB39

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Report Pass
2/5/25  
Engrossed
2/11/25  
Employees' Insurance and Benefits Plans; expenses for gender-affirming care under the state health benefit plan or with any state funds; prohibit coverage
GA

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB4

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/14/25  
Report Pass
2/21/25  
Education; fundamental roles of local boards of education and local school superintendents; revise provisions
GA

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB43

Introduced
1/28/25  
Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; the maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation; increase
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB44

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Report Pass
2/5/25  
Report Pass
2/11/25  
Engrossed
2/13/25  
Report Pass
3/18/25  
Enrolled
4/7/25  
Chaptered
5/14/25  
Equalization Grants, Annual Calculations, and Allocation; the definition of the term "qualified local school system" by reducing the minimum required millage rate; revise
GA

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB45

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Report Pass
2/13/25  
Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; the maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation; increase
GA

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB46

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Report Pass
2/13/25  
Engrossed
3/3/25  
Report Pass
3/20/25  
Enrolled
4/10/25  
Vetoed
5/14/25  
"Government Serves the People Act"; enact
GA

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB47

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Report Pass
2/6/25  
Sales and Use Taxes; sales of firearms, ammunition, gun safes, and related accessories during an 11 day period each year; exempt
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB50

Introduced
1/28/25  
"PeachCare Plus Act of 2025"; enact
GA

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB52

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Report Pass
2/11/25  
"Timberlands Recovery, Exemption, and Earnings Stability (TREES) Act"; enact
GA

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB56

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Report Pass
2/19/25  
Engrossed
3/3/25  
Report Pass
3/20/25  
Enrolled
4/7/25  
Chaptered
5/14/25  
Georgia State Indemnification Fund; the Department of Administrative Services to purchase annuities for the payment of indemnification claims; authorize
GA

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB58

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Report Pass
2/6/25  
Engrossed
2/18/25  
Report Pass
3/11/25  
Enrolled
4/7/25  
Chaptered
5/9/25  
"Georgia Transporting Life-Saving Organs and Personnel Act"; enact
GA

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB59

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Report Pass
2/13/25  
Engrossed
2/19/25  
Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; a limitation on leased property; remove
GA

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB61

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Report Pass
3/3/25  
Delinquency; additional offenses over which superior courts are authorized to exercise exclusive original jurisdiction; provide
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB63

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Report Pass
2/28/25  
Engrossed
3/4/25  
Report Pass
3/21/25  
Enrolled
4/10/25  
Chaptered
5/14/25  
"Quality Basic Education Act"; local school systems offer certain exams to home study students; require
GA

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB64

Introduced
1/29/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Report Pass
2/6/25  
Local Government and State Government; certain transactions between government entities and certain foreign persons; prohibit