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Votes at a glance: Georgia House passes a package of bills on Feb. 25, 2025
Summary
The Georgia House approved a set of bills Feb. 25, 2025, covering natural resources, veterans’ life insurance language, Medicaid glucose monitor coverage for gestational diabetes, pension investment rules, an interstate massage compact, manufacturing tax exemptions, foster-support tax credits, truck weight rules, and a licensing tracking system.
The Georgia House approved a group of bills on Feb. 25, 2025, covering a range of policy areas. Below are the key outcomes, sponsors and brief descriptions. Vote counts are taken from the official roll calls recorded on the floor.
- House Bill 287 (Environment / DNR updates). Presenter: Chairman Rhodes. The bill updates code references and amendments to the Environmental Protection Division, clarifies courtesy hunting and fishing license definitions (expands disabled courtesy licenses to include more residents and nonresidents), standardizes a youth age category to 16, and adjusts shellfish master-harvester license pricing (packages of up to 10 for $200; unlimited at $400). House passage recorded: yeas 171, nays 0. (Committee: Game, Fish and Parks.)
- House Bill 182 (Group life insurance for service members). Presenter: Representative Lumsden. A Department of Insurance bill clarifying that being on active duty alone is not a valid reason to deny group life insurance claims; sponsors noted that only a minority of military personnel see combat and sought to prevent inappropriate claim denials. House passage recorded: yeas 171, nays 0.…
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