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Votes at a glance: Key House votes Feb. 27, 2025
Summary
A roundup of major bills taken up and final recorded votes during the Feb. 27 Georgia House session. Includes bills passed with vote tallies and brief descriptions of subject matter.
The Georgia House recorded final passage votes on several bills during its Feb. 27 session. This roundup lists each bill the House debated to a final vote in that sitting, the outcome, and a brief description drawn from the chamber record.
Votes and outcomes
- House Bill 143 — Agricultural water metering reforms: Passed (yeas 165, nays 0). Sponsor said the bill, developed with the Environmental Protection Division and farmers, streamlines water‑meter installation rules for agriculture and preserves data collection for watershed management; supporters estimated state and farmer savings. (Caption read Feb. 27; committee substitute adopted and bill passed.)
- House Bill 113 — Restrictions on state purchases from foreign adversaries: Passed (yeas 148, nays 17). The bill directs the Georgia Technology Authority to maintain a list of companies/products defined by federal foreign‑adversary criteria and limits state procurement from entities on that list; it creates civil penalties and uses federal definitions rather than naming countries in statute. (Caption read Feb. 27; committee substitute adopted and bill passed.)
- House Bill 428 — Codify right to in vitro fertilization: Passed (yeas 172, nays 0). See separate article for fuller coverage. (Caption read Feb. 27; passed after sponsor and bipartisan floor support.)
- Local calendar (multiple uncontested local bills): Passed as a group (yeas 160, nays 0). Included local charter and municipal matters listed on the local calendar. (Local calendar read and passed; recorded vote announced by clerk.)
- House Bill 267 — The Riley Gaines Act (restrooms, locker rooms, athletics): Passed (yeas 102, nays 54). See separate article for full coverage. (Caption read Feb. 27; lengthy floor debate; committee substitute adopted.)
- House Bill 254 — Revolutionary War patriots marker on the Capitol grounds: Passed (yeas 166, nays 0). Sponsor said the marker will be donated and placed after proper review; no state cost was reported.
- House Bill 329 — Authorize certified nurse practitioners and physician assistants to perform artificial insemination (IUI): Passed (yeas 167, nays 0). Sponsor described the measure as streamlining family‑building services and lowering costs for patients seeking intrauterine insemination.
- House Bill 169 — CUVA/solar rule clarification: Passed (yeas 160, nays 0). The bill removes an existing conservation‑use valuation exemption for land converted to a solar facility while preserving solar as a potential option for landowners; committee amendment delayed implementation by a year.
- House Bill 241 — Convenience fee and earned wage access (EWA) regulatory clarity: Passed (yeas 160, nays 3). The bill allows EWA providers structured as lenders to fall under existing statutes and permits a convenience fee of up to $5 for certain advances.
- House Bill 94 — Insurance coverage for fertility preservation prior to medical treatment: Passed (yeas 162, nays 2). The bill requires insurers to cover harvesting and storage costs (up to one year) for tissue needed for future IVF where diagnosis or treatment (e.g., cancer, lupus, sickle cell) may cause infertility; it does not require insurers to cover the IVF procedure itself.
- House Bill 163 — Labeling of cell‑cultured (lab‑grown) meat: Passed (yeas 161, nays 3). Sponsors said the measure requires restaurants to disclose lab‑grown meat on menus for consumer transparency after USDA approvals.
- House Bill 187 — Contractor licensing and related regulatory adjustments: Passed (yeas 157, nays 2). The bill updates definitions and licensing provisions for several contractor classes (electrical, plumbing, HVAC, low‑voltage, utilities) to streamline regulation.
- House Bill 227 — Rename low‑THC oil program to “medical cannabis,” add lupus to qualifying conditions, remove “severe/end‑stage” language: Passed (yeas 164, nays 1). Sponsor described three narrow changes: rename, add education/clarity provisions, and update qualifying conditions; supporters framed it as a patients‑first update.
Notes on procedure and next steps
- Committee substitutes were used on multiple bills; the House voted to adopt substitutes on the floor before final passage votes. - Where the clerk announced only a tally (yeas/nays) but not individual roll‑call names, we record the reported totals. If additional House roll‑call records are published later, those will provide member‑level vote records. - Bills that passed the House now move to the Senate for consideration unless they are local or procedural measures.
If you want a single‑bill deep dive beyond the two articles above (IVF and HB 267), tell us which bill to prioritize; the transcript contains sponsors’ remarks, question‑and‑answer exchanges, and the clerk’s recorded totals for each passage.
