Georgia State Senator

Steve Gooch 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 SB181

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Education; public schools and public postsecondary institutions shall not accept funding from or enter into contracts with foreign adversaries; provide
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB185

Introduced
2/18/25  
Refer
2/19/25  
Report Pass
2/26/25  
Engrossed
3/3/25  
Report Pass
4/2/25  
Enrolled
4/10/25  
Chaptered
5/8/25  
Correctional Institutions of State and Counties; use of state funds or resources for certain treatments for state inmates; prohibit
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB199

Introduced
2/19/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Report Pass
2/26/25  
Engrossed
3/4/25  
Report Pass
3/20/25  
Enrolled
4/7/25  
Chaptered
5/14/25  
State Ethics Commission; shall not accept or reject complaints made against candidates 60 days prior to an election; provide
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SR217

Introduced
2/19/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Report Pass
2/28/25  
Enrolled
4/2/25  
Senate Study Committee on Combating Chronic Absenteeism in Schools; create
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB218

Introduced
2/19/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Report Pass
2/26/25  
Engrossed
3/6/25  
Report Pass
4/2/25  
Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; shall be assigned for administrative purposes only to the Administrative Office of the Courts; provide
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB201

Introduced
2/19/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Report Pass
2/28/25  
Engrossed
3/4/25  
Report Pass
3/20/25  
Enrolled
4/10/25  
Chaptered
5/8/25  
Consumer Transactions; increased consumer protection for homeowners entering into contracts with contractors following natural disasters; provide
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB213

Introduced
2/19/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Report Pass
2/28/25  
Engrossed
3/6/25  
Report Pass
3/20/25  
Enrolled
4/7/25  
Chaptered
5/14/25  
"Fair Business Practices Act of 1975" commercial cheating services that target students and examinees seeking a professional license as an unlawful, unfair, and deceptive trade practice; ban
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB215

Introduced
2/19/25  
State Bar of Georgia; responsibilities of the administrative arm of the Supreme Court relative to the practice of law in this state; provide
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB214

Introduced
2/19/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Report Pass
3/27/25  
Engrossed
4/2/25  
Elections and Primaries; electors to cast physical absentee on-request ballots as an alternative to using other authorized means of casting in-person votes; authorize
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SR216

Introduced
2/19/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Report Pass
3/3/25  
Enrolled
4/2/25  
Senate Study Committee on Vulnerable Roadway Users; create
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SR229

Introduced
2/20/25  
Enrolled
2/21/25  
Bowen, Rudy; recognize
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SR231

Introduced
2/20/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
Report Pass
2/27/25  
Enrolled
3/4/25  
Passed
3/4/25  
Report Pass
3/21/25  
Report Pass
4/2/25  
Enrolled
4/2/25  
Passed
4/2/25  
Enrolled
4/10/25  
Chaptered
5/14/25  
Officer Jeremy Labonte Memorial Interchange; Fulton County; dedicate
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SR237

Introduced
2/20/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
Report Pass
3/21/25  
Enrolled
4/2/25  
Professional Standards Commission; provide recommendations to support the state's K-12 education workforce and teacher and school leader pipeline; urge
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB231

Introduced
2/20/25  
Firearms; activities relating to such that occur at a sport shooting range; negligent acts of a third party involving the use of a weapon, firearm; limit liability of a weapons, firearms, or ammunition manufacturer, trade assoc.
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Georgia 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SR247

Introduced
2/21/25  
Refer
2/24/25  
Report Pass
2/26/25  
Enrolled
2/28/25  
Loeffler, Kelly; commend