Georgia State Senator

Ben Watson 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 3)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB100

Introduced

2/5/25

Refer

2/6/25

Report Pass

2/18/25

Engrossed

3/6/25

Report Pass

3/18/25

Enrolled

4/10/25

Chaptered

5/13/25

Passed

5/13/25

"Andee's Law"; enact

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB109

Introduced

2/5/25

Refer

2/6/25

Report Pass

2/26/25

Engrossed

3/6/25

Report Pass

3/13/25

Enrolled

4/7/25

Chaptered

5/9/25

Passed

5/9/25

Life Insurance; a policy of group life insurance from excluding or restricting liability for certain deaths occurring while an individual is an active duty service member; prohibit

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB123

Introduced

2/6/25

Refer

2/10/25

Report Pass

2/18/25

Engrossed

2/26/25

Report Pass

3/21/25

Enrolled

4/7/25

Chaptered

4/28/25

Passed

4/28/25

Compulsory Attendance; provisions of the state's compulsory school attendance laws; update and revise

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB131

Introduced

2/10/25

Refer

2/11/25

Report Pass

2/19/25

Engrossed

2/27/25

Report Pass

3/18/25

Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; Georgia Health Care Professionals Data System; establishment

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB130

Introduced

2/10/25

Refer

2/11/25

Report Pass

2/20/25

Engrossed

2/26/25

Report Pass

3/20/25

Enrolled

4/7/25

Chaptered

5/13/25

Passed

5/13/25

Health; medical education funding and the service cancelable loan program; expand

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB132

Introduced

2/10/25

Refer

2/11/25

Report Pass

2/28/25

Engrossed

3/6/25

Report Pass

3/28/25

Enrolled

4/10/25

Chaptered

5/14/25

Passed

5/14/25

Insanity and Mental Incapacity; hearing before a court orders an evaluation of the mental competency of an accused person to stand trial; require

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SR8

Introduced

1/13/25

Refer

1/14/25

Report Pass

2/27/25

Enrolled

3/4/25

Passed

3/4/25

Report Pass

4/2/25

Enrolled

4/2/25

Passed

4/2/25

Enrolled

4/10/25

Chaptered

5/14/25

Passed

5/14/25

Deputy Brandon Cunningham Memorial Intersection; Paulding County; dedicate

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB3

Introduced

1/13/25

Refer

1/14/25

Prosecuting Attorneys; convictions for district attorneys, assistant district attorneys, deputy district attorneys; provide additional qualifications

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SR12

Introduced

1/14/25

Enrolled

1/15/25

Passed

1/15/25

Thompson, Bruce A.; condolences

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB6

Introduced

1/14/25

Refer

1/15/25

Report Pass

2/4/25

Engrossed

2/10/25

Report Pass

3/11/25

Enrolled

4/7/25

Chaptered

5/12/25

Passed

5/12/25

Controlled Substances; determine whether a controlled substance has been adulterated; authorize the use of testing equipment

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SR23

Introduced

1/16/25

Refer

1/17/25

Report Pass

2/6/25

Enrolled

2/20/25

Passed

2/20/25

Report Pass

3/18/26

US Congress; limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected; apply to call a convention

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB24

Introduced

1/17/25

Refer

1/27/25

Report Pass

2/3/25

Ad Valorem Taxation of Property; extension of preferential assessment periods for certain historic properties; provide

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB129

Introduced

2/10/25

Refer

2/11/25

Report Pass

2/20/25

Engrossed

3/6/25

"Georgia Supporting those Who Sacrificed for Service Act"; enact

Joint Sponsor of Legislation

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia House Bill HB56

Introduced

1/14/25

Report Pass

2/13/25

Report Pass

2/27/25

Engrossed

3/6/25

Refer

3/10/25

Report Pass

3/27/25

Education; grants to spouses of law enforcement officers, firefighters, and prison guards who are killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty; provide

Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia House Bill HB36

Introduced

1/14/25

Report Pass

1/29/25

Engrossed

2/13/25

Refer

2/18/25

Report Pass

3/28/25

Enrolled

4/9/25

Chaptered

5/12/25

Passed

5/12/25

Guardian and ward; revise list of providers who are authorized to participate in the processes for appointment of a guardian for an adult

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