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Ben Watson 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 17)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SR592

Introduced
1/22/26  
Enrolled
1/27/26  
Georgia PlanFirst communities; honoring
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SR609

Introduced
1/27/26  
Physician Anesthesiologists Week; recognize January 25-31
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB403

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Report Pass
2/3/26  
Engrossed
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/25/26  
Enrolled
4/10/26  
Chaptered
5/5/26  
Unclaimed Property; property is presumed abandoned; provide for exceptions
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB411

Introduced
1/16/26  
Refer
1/27/26  
Report Pass
2/3/26  
Engrossed
2/9/26  
Report Pass
3/10/26  
Professions and Businesses; dry needling to be performed by certain licensed professionals; provide
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SR576

Introduced
1/15/26  
Enrolled
1/16/26  
Harden, Nicholas "Big Nick"; recognize
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB427

Introduced
1/27/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/5/26  
Engrossed
2/20/26  
Report Pass
3/10/26  
Physicians; limited provisional licenses and a pathway to licensure for certain internationally trained physicians; provide
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB432

Introduced
1/28/26  
Refer
1/29/26  
Report Pass
2/12/26  
Engrossed
2/18/26  
Report Pass
3/12/26  
Education; nonlapsing revenue of institutions of the University System of Georgia and units of the Technical College System of Georgia; extend automatic repeals
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SR637

Introduced
1/28/26  
Enrolled
1/29/26  
Girl Scout Day; recognize February 3, 2026
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SR642

Introduced
1/28/26  
Enrolled
1/29/26  
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week; recognize February 7-14, 2026
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SR634

Introduced
1/28/26  
Enrolled
1/29/26  
Lung Cancer; recognize burden in the United States and State of Georgia; support prevention, early detection, and timely intervention to improve patient outcomes
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SR607

Introduced
1/27/26  
Enrolled
1/28/26  
Firefighters Recognition Day; recognize February 3, 2026
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SR611

Introduced
1/27/26  
Enrolled
1/28/26  
Georgia Association of Community Care Providers; recognize
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SR621

Introduced
1/27/26  
Enrolled
1/28/26  
Wakefield, Ronald 'Ron' F.; recognize
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB428

Introduced
1/27/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/19/26  
Engrossed
2/24/26  
Report Pass
3/10/26  
Medical Assistance; Department of Community Health to submit a waiver request to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; direct
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SR652

Introduced
1/29/26  
Enrolled
2/2/26  
Physician's Day; recognize February 4, 2026