Votes at a glance: key bills the Senate passed on Crossover Day

The Georgia Senate acted on scores of bills during Crossover Day. Key floor outcomes included:

- SB542 (clergy misconduct): Passed by substitute (55–0). The measure expands prosecutable offenses involving clergy who misuse spiritual authority.

- SB410 (data‑center contract and tax language): Passed by substitute (32–21) after extended floor debate over utility contracts, PSC authority and fiscal exposure.

- SB442 (commercial driver's licenses for non‑citizens): Passed (41–14); the bill changes testing and expiration rules for certain non‑citizen CDL holders and requires testing on transfer to Georgia.

- SR838 (voter eligibility constitutional amendment): Failed to reach the two‑thirds threshold required for a constitutional amendment (32–23); debate highlighted concerns about redundancy with existing constitutional text and possible effects on voter access.

- Selected other passed bills reported on the floor included items spanning tax credits, charter‑school facility financing, veterans’ home admissions, and public safety reforms. Examples recorded on the floor: • Local consent calendar (passage recorded ayes 49, nays 0). • SB587 (animal cruelty database): Passed (54–0). • SB594 (digital identity fraud): Passed (50–1).

Votes and formal actions were taken on engrossment, committee substitute adoption, and final passage for many of the items reported; several bills were removed from the table and scheduled for further action in the next legislative day when appropriate.

For reporters: check individual captions and committee substitutes for precise statutory language and next steps; floor tallies are recorded in official minutes and by the secretary’s desk.

Provenance: Collated from multiple floor actions and votes recorded across the session (see combined transcript segments covering bill captions, debate, committee substitute adoption, and roll‑call tallies).