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Votes at a glance

- House Bill 579 (professional licensing modernization): Passed, yeas 158, nays 2. Presenter: Representative Matt Reeves.
- House Bill 549 (reimbursement for peace officer training expenses): Passed, yeas 164, nays 0. Presenter: Representative Seebaugh.
- House Bill 150 (higher education reporting on funding from foreign countries of concern): Passed, yeas 145, nays 22. Presenter: Representative Tim Fleming.
- House Bill 288 (protections for law enforcement officers on Giglio/Brady lists): Passed, yeas 146, nays 20. Presenter: Representative Houston Gaines.
- House Bill 583 (veterans license plates; second free plate for certain disabled veterans): Passed, yeas 171, nays 0. Presenter: Representative Glaze.
- House Bill 484 (digitization and electronic publication of Georgia laws): Passed, yeas 173, nays 0. Presenter: Representative Yerter.
- House Bill 530 (electronic filings in probate court): Passed, yeas 174, nays 0. Presenter: Representative Leverett.
- House Bill 53530 (authorizing electronic filing in probate civil cases — floor shorthand): Passed, yeas 174, nays 0. Presenter: Representative Leverett (maiden presentation).
- House Bill 460 (attorney-client privilege for clients in penal institutions): Passed (clerk announced passage; tally recorded as passed in transcript).
- House Bill 647 (Mulberry annexation): Passed, yeas 98, nays 76 — separate coverage provided for extended debate on this bill.
- House Bill 370 (property tax bill disclosure when a school district opts out of homestead exemption; reserve funds disclosure): Passed, yeas 96, nays 77. Presenter: Representative Gaines.
- House Bill 360 (historic rehabilitation tax credit for downtown Atlanta development): Passed, yeas 168, nays 3. Presenter: Representative Vestration.
- House Bill 494 (moped insurance requirement, minimum financial responsibility): Passed, yeas 160, nays 14. Presenter: Representative Dewey McClain.
- House Bill 638 (allow MARTA to enforce bus rapid transit lanes with bus-mounted cameras; phased warnings then citations): Passed, yeas 145, nays 22. Presenter: Representative Deborah Silcox.
- House Bill 445 (property assessment notices and appeal process changes): Passed, yeas 167, nays 0. Presenter: Representative Chuck Martin.
- House Bill 466 (designate Marsh Tacky as official Georgia heritage horse breed): Passed, yeas 168, nays 1. Presenter: Representative Mike Cameron.
- House Bill 491 (hunting with air guns extension and fishing clarifications): Passed, yeas 171, nays 3. Presenter: Representative Johnny Chastain.
- House Bill 331 (prohibit certain transfers of domestic animals at parking lots/flea markets etc.): Passed, yeas 161, nays 13. Presenter: Representative Beth Camp.
- House Bill 451 (authorize hunter safety instruction in grades 6-12 by DNR-certified instructors): Passed, yeas 159, nays 16. Presenter: Representative Chaz Cannon.
- House Bill 593 (make future probate judge elections in Baker County nonpartisan): Passed, yeas 150, nays 20. Presenter: Representative Gerald Greene.
- House Bill 535 (clarification for counting time served in probation revocation cases): Passed, yeas 178, nays 0. Presenter: Representative Tyler Paul Smith.
- House Bill 521 (municipal de-annexation and process clarifications, including county shapefile provision): Passed, yeas 165, nays 10. Presenter: Representative Anderson.
- House Bill 433 (allow DHS access to certain restricted GCIC information for child welfare/employee oversight): Passed, yeas 177, nays 0. Presenter: Representative Ballinger.
- House Bill 54 (allow physician assistants to order home health services): Passed, yeas 177, nays 0. Presenter: Representative David Clark.
- House Bill 511 (catastrophic savings account income-tax adjustment for homeowners after declared disasters): Passed, yeas 177, nays 0. Presenter: Representative Lumsden.
- House Bill 718 (women's golf week designation): Passed, yeas 174, nays 1. Presenter: Representative Sheila Jones.
- House Bill 571 (licensing for radiologist assistants): Passed, yeas 162, nays 11. Presenter: Representative Hawkins.

What this roundup covers and limits

This summary lists measures the House placed on final passage during the session and the vote tallies recorded in the House transcript. It does not describe subsequent Senate action, local implementing rules, fiscal notes, or detailed bill text; the transcript frequently records only the caption, a brief floor presentation, and the roll-call result. For bills where the transcript recorded extended debate or notable dissent, separate coverage has been prepared (for example, House Bill 6 47, annexation into Mulberry). If a bill was recommitted to rules or otherwise withdrawn from final passage (for example a motion to recommit House Bill 529 was ordered), that action is noted in the transcript but those measures are not listed above as passed.

If you need full text, committee reports, or fiscal notes for any bill listed above, those items are held in legislative records and committee files; the House transcript does not always record those documents in full.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Session Day 28: 03.06.25 (PM 1)","oneSentenceSummary","During a long floor session the Georgia House passed a wide slate of bills spanning professional licensing, education transparency, public safety, transportation and local governance. This roundup lists bills the House put on final passage and the recorded vote tallies.","taxTitle","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Committees, Legislative, Georgia","taxId",15505,"location","Georgia","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6647463,"Gwinnett delegation splits as House approves annexation expanding Mulberry by roughly 45 parcels",986,3670420,4657375,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2522263-ccf18e1542797a6f6c3048cba64b009e&start=3670&end=4657","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2522263-ccf18e1542797a6f6c3048cba64b009e/thumbnail_3670420.jpg","/articles/6647463/Georgia/Gwinnett-delegation-splits-as-House-approves-annexation-expanding-Mulberry-by-roughly-45-parcels","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6647463-8ef9cead2abbc0c9b97c85be1b5f5aa5/orig.mp4?Expires=1771108163&Signature=OSvRcT40kRTDTBW25O2uX0Y8ph5Ckz22ddM-5WrtOmu4QkJYMCMxXKPCtVnQUu-kQW89~rdPFUE9vG19L9BMtsiwW0CPsyCXvbk3vFu4jgPjl8TjVLH-baljArVbDq3-04wLAeRRHxL73x0EKw1atH4ZM2UwC2rO7YxZ-VyVHojaPkNOPKCsy0ufmQWAmNDbARu9BnnznDqS0RbBc8trcx5EdWOejx2FDgY9h8oq0EQENHCDjFFkwRGyXUGw0WEIrMYRK1P-ZFTlB74EF4BtVAYZ3-uT2E-V07E2QJmH5fKjQ2nwNGjCkPw0w0SlwLuteCcRZ6JagU0Qry461UFUmw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Georgia House on a close vote approved legislation to annex roughly 45 parcels into the city of Mulberry, a newly formed municipality in Gwinnett County, after a lengthy floor debate about local control and procedure.

Representative Deborah Donatucci, whose district contains the affected properties, introduced House Bill 6 47, saying the annexation “simply allows the city of Mulberry to expand into my district adding roughly 45 parcels to the city limits.” Donatucci told colleagues the parcels include “a mix of residential dwellings, commercial properties, and undeveloped land primarily located along one road on the north end of my district,” and said moving the parcels into the city would give residents “a greater local voice over how this land is developed.”

The bill’s sponsor framed the change as a response to constituent concerns about high-density growth and local infrastructure, and described the measure as giving citizens more direct control through a locally elected council rather than county commissioners.

Opponents, including Representative Jasmine Clark, the chair of the Gwinnett delegation, urged members to resist what they called an end-run around a long-standing county delegation process. “House Bill 6 47 is a hyper local bill that annexes certain county properties into the city of Mulberry,” Clark said. She reminded members that the cityhood of Mulberry had been expedited last year and argued the local delegation process — which calls for negotiation between city and county and notification to delegation members — had been bypassed. “A vote for yes on this bill is a vote against local control and local government,” Clark said, asking members to protect the delegation’s rules.

Representative Sam Park also spoke in opposition, framing his remarks around property rights and due process for affected residents. Park asked whether property owners had been consulted, whether notice had been provided, and whether residents would be left to face new taxes or zoning restrictions without an opportunity to weigh in. “This bill proposes to annex numerous parcels of land and we must ask, have all affected property owners been consulted?” Park said, warning of litigation and long-term consequences if this precedent were set.

Supporters, including Donatucci and several colleagues who questioned the speed of past local processes, said annexation would allow more local control and was responsive to constituents who asked for city governance to manage development. During floor questioning, members also asked light-hearted questions about the city’s name and local history; Donatucci answered that Mulberry was created by residents seeking local planning authority.

After debate, the House ordered the previous question and the bill passed on final passage by a margin of 98 yeas to 76 nays. The sponsor’s presentation and subsequent questions and speeches occupied a substantial portion of the afternoon’s legislative time, with multiple Gwinnett delegation members speaking on both sides.

The vote does not itself change zoning, tax rates, or immediate land use; it changes municipal boundaries and allows the city of Mulberry to apply municipal planning, zoning and services to parcels inside its corporate limits. The transcript record shows repeated appeals by opponents for fuller local negotiation and for a delegation process that involves both city and county leaders.

Next steps: because the House approved the bill, it will go to the Senate for consideration. The transcript does not record any contingent implementation schedule or immediate changes to tax rates or zoning; those matters are commonly handled later through local ordinances and the city’s planning process.

For readers: the controversy centers on process as much as policy — whether state-level action should move forward when local delegation procedures designed to mediate annexation disputes were not followed, and whether property owners had adequate notice and opportunity to participate.

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House clears dozens of bills in afternoon votes; summary of passage and tallies

Gwinnett delegation splits as House approves annexation expanding Mulberry by roughly 45 parcels