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Votes at a glance: Key Georgia House floor actions on Feb. 27, 2025
Summary
A roundup of bills the Georgia House voted on Feb. 27, including recorded tallies and short descriptions of each bill's purpose.
The Georgia House took a series of recorded votes on Feb. 27. Below is a concise listing of bills that received floor votes, their outcomes and a one-line description based on the House proceedings.
- Local calendar (uncontested local bills): Passed (yeas 160, nays 0). Third reading and passage of uncontested local bills, including municipal matters and local charters.
- House Bill 143 (water metering for agricultural use): Passed (yeas 165, nays 0). Sponsor described the bill as modifying water-metering requirements for agricultural wells and surface water to increase flexibility while maintaining resource measurement.
- House Bill 113 (procurement and foreign adversaries): Recorded vote 148–17; clerk announced the tally did not reach the requisite constitutional majority and the bill did not pass on the floor. The proposal would have directed the Georgia Technology Authority to publish a federal-based list of products tied to foreign adversaries and limited state purchasing from entities on that list.
- House Bill 428 (codify right to in vitro fertilization): Passed (yeas 172, nays 0). The bill codifies access to IVF in Georgia law; sponsor emphasized the bill does not change current practice and is non-retroactive.
- House Bill 267 (Riley Gaines Act — restroom, locker rooms and sports): Passed (yeas 102, nays 54). The bill requires facilities and athletic teams be designated by biological sex and restricts participation of biological males on female teams where it would reduce roster spots or scholarships; extensive floor debate occurred.
- House Bill 241 (earned wage access / convenience fee): Passed (yeas 160, nays 3). The bill provides regulatory clarity for earned wage access providers and permits a convenience fee for certain advances (up to $5 as read on the floor).
- House Bill 329 (certified nurse practitioners and physician assistants to perform artificial insemination): Passed (yeas 167, nays 0). The bill authorizes NPs and PAs, under physician delegation, to administer artificial insemination.
- House Bill 94 (insurance coverage for fertility preservation related to cancer, lupus, sickle cell): Passed (yeas 162, nays 2). The bill requires insurers to cover harvesting and storage costs up to one year for specified diagnoses; it does not require coverage of IVF itself.
- House Bill 163 (labeling of cell-cultured meat and plant-based alternatives): Passed (yeas 161, nays 3). Requires restaurant menus to disclose lab-grown meat products.
- House Bill 187 (contractor licensing and regulatory updates): Passed (yeas 157, nays 2). Updates certain provisions related to contractors and licensing for trades including electrical and HVAC.
- House Bill 169 (CUVA solar clarification): Passed (yeas 160, nays 0). The bill removes a conservation-use valuation exemption for farmland converted to solar and delays implementation as amended.
- House Bill 227 (rename low-THC oil to 'medical cannabis' and update qualifying conditions): Passed (yeas 164, nays 1). The bill renames low-THC oil and updates qualifying conditions; sponsor described it as a "patients first" measure and added lupus to the qualifying list.
Each recorded vote and bill description above is drawn from the House floor proceedings and the clerk's announced tallies. For bills that passed, sponsors typically adopted the committee substitute on the floor before final passage; for bills that did not reach the requisite threshold, the clerk noted that outcome on the record.
