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Votes at a Glance: Selected House Bills and Local Measures Passed by the Georgia Senate
Summary
On Friday the Senate passed multiple House bills and local measures on varied topics including unmanned aircraft restrictions, housing finance bond limits and animal‑protection measures. Tally highlights below reflect recorded floor votes in the session transcript.
The Georgia State Senate took final floor action Friday on several House bills and local measures. Below are selected items from the floor with the outcome recorded in the transcript.
House Bill 58 (Unmanned Aircraft/Drone operations near ticketed events): The Senate adopted a committee substitute restricting certain unmanned aircraft systems from flying within 400 feet of a ticketed entertainment event, with exceptions for FAA‑authorized operations and explicit consent. The bill passed the Senate by substitute, recorded as ayes 53, nays 2.
House Bill 159 (Georgia Housing Finance Authority bond limit increase for Georgia Dream program): The Senate approved a measure to raise the outstanding bond limit used to fund the Georgia Dream homeownership program (mortgage revenue bonds) to $6 billion to allow the authority to continue mortgage assistance. The recorded vote on the floor was ayes 49, nays 6.
House Bill 331 (Animal protections; certain transfers prohibited): The Senate passed the House substitute; the on‑floor tally recorded in the transcript was ayes 53, nays 1.
Other local home‑rule and homestead exemptions (examples): The Senate agreed to House or committee substitutes for a number of local homestead exemption bills and local consent calendar items; many passed by voice consensus or recorded unanimous consent on the floor (transcript indicates multiple local bills were approved with no objections and some unanimous recorded tallies).
What to watch next: For each passed bill, the official enrolled text and certified vote totals in the Senate journal and the Secretary of the Senate’s enrolled bills list should be consulted for final counts, effective dates and any contingent provisions. Several of these items passed with committee substitutes adopted on the floor.
Ending: The Senate adjourned the session at the close of floor business and scheduled committee meetings and further floor business according to the posted calendar.
