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Votes at a glance: key outcomes from the March 3, 2025 Georgia Senate session
Summary
The Senate voted on a range of bills March 3; below are floor outcomes and vote tallies reported on the chamber record. Items include health, budget, local government, criminal‑justice, and administrative bills.
The Georgia Senate recorded floor votes on several bills on March 3, 2025. Below are the items that received roll‑call outcomes on the chamber record during that day’s session. If the transcript did not list a numeric tally for an item, the outcome is recorded but the tally is noted as “not specified.”
Votes at a glance (floor outcomes reported in the transcript):
- SB 20 (Veterinarian loan repayment / shelter medicine) — Passed by substitute; recorded passage: Yeas 54, Nays 2. - SB 31 (Exemption of military retirement income from state income tax) — Passed: Yeas 53, Nays 1. - SB 46 (State government service delivery coordinator / GTA) — Passed: Yeas 51, Nays 4 (floor record: “ASR 51 and ASR 4” read as yeas/nays reported on the machine). - SB 30 (Ban on puberty blockers for minors) — Passed: Yeas 34, Nays 19 (amendment to grandfather current patients failed 20–34). - SB 31 (engr. motion earlier) — engrossed and passed as above. - Bills sent/engrossed by motion (examples recorded on floor): SB 31 and SB 175 were ordered for engrossment per floor motion (clerk record). - HB 67 (Amended budget / House amendment agreement) — Senate agreed to House position: Yeas 55, Nays 1. - SB 51 (Qualification‑based selection process for architects/engineers by local governments) — Passed: Yeas 54, Nays 1. - SB 55 (Dignity Pay Act — phase out subminimum wages for persons with disabilities) — Passed: Yeas 51, Nays 3. - SB 139 (City of Mulberry annexation / local bill) — Passed by substitute: Yeas 31, Nays 22. - SB 74 (Libraries / harmful materials exception changes) — Passed: Yeas 32, Nays 23. - SB 85 (Postsecondary grants for former foster youth) — Passed: Yeas 53, Nays 0. - SB 185 (Prohibition on state funds for certain transgender treatments for inmates) — Passed: Yeas 37, Nays 15 (amendment to allow continued therapy failed). - SB 111 (Georgia Consumer Privacy Protection Act) — Passed: Yeas 53 (no recorded nays on the transcript block where final result was read). - SB 151 (Joint development authority of North Fulton) — Passed: Yeas 32, Nays 23. - SB 175 (Ban on ranked‑choice voting) — Passed: Yeas 36, Nays 19. - SB 195 (Authorize pharmacists to dispense PrEP/PEP under training) — Passed as amended: Yeas 55, Nays 0. - SB 29 (DNA sampling at booking for serious violent felonies) — Passed as amended: Yeas 44, Nays 11. - SB 56 (Indemnification/annuity authority for COVID‑related public safety officer deaths) — Passed by substitute: Yeas 54, Nays 1.
Notes: Vote tallies are reported exactly as read on the Senate floor transcript. Several other bills and committee reports were announced or placed on calendars; those committee reports were reported to the chamber but did not have a floor roll‑call recorded in the transcript excerpt provided here.
Ending: The session adjourned with a motion to stand adjourned to the next convening; senators scheduled to reconvene per the chamber calendar.
