Chuck Payne
Georgia
Record ID: GA-Senate-54-PAYNE-C
- 432 State Capitol Atlanta GA 30334
- (404) 656-5080
- chuck.payne@senate.ga.gov
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Legislation
Sponsored Bills
| Bill | Title | Status | Session |
|---|---|---|---|
| SR 977 | Georgia Pre-K Week; recognize October 5-9, 2026 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 983 | Harbison, Senator Ed; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 985 | Thomas "Tommy's"" Barber Shop; congratulate" | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 990 | FSGS Awareness Day; recognize June 9, 2026 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 400 | Education; unaccredited institutions from offering degrees; prohibit | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 470 | "Emergency & Public Safety Signal Protection Act""; enact" | passed_upper | 1033 |
| SB 499 | Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices; prohibition on possessing a silencer; repeal | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 268 | Offenses Against Public Order; crime of interference with a first responder; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 553 | Professions and Businesses; repeal Chapter 14, relating to electrical contractors, plumbers, conditioned air contractors, low voltage contractors, and utility contractors and enact a new Chapter 14 | passed_upper | 1033 |
| SB 427 | Physicians; limited provisional licenses and a pathway to licensure for certain internationally trained physicians; provide | passed_upper | 1033 |
| SB 485 | Professional Counselors; applicants for a license in social work enrolled in a master's degree program to take the master's social work licensing examination in their final semester of the program; authorize | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 501 | Office of the Safety Fire Commissioner; update provisions | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 293 | License Plates for Certain Veterans; the number of free license plates issued to certain veterans; increase | passed_upper | 1033 |
| SB 555 | War Veterans Home; the admission of eligible nonveteran residents to a Georgia War Veterans' Home under certain circumstances; authorize | failed | 1033 |
| SB 524 | License Plates; specialty license plate honoring Girl Scouts of Georgia; establish | passed_upper | 1033 |
| SR 697 | Colbert, Jason; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 698 | Mirzakulova, Dr. Ekaterina; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 116 | DNA Sampling; the collection of DNA samples from any individual in a detention facility charged with a misdemeanor or felony who is subject to an immigration detainer notice; require | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 475 | Charter School Funding; local boards of education to treat local charter schools no less favorably than other local schools; expenditure of the proceeds of a special purpose local option sales tax; require | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 931 | Qcells Day; recognize March 10, 2026 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 515 | "Quality Basic Education Act""; grants for educational programs; provisions relative to the teacher recruitment and retention tax credit program; revise" | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 11 | Retirement; creditable service for certain military service; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 556 | HOPE Scholarship; the inclusion of advanced placement and international baccalaureate fine arts courses in the calculation of grade point averages; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 299 | Notaries Public; members of the armed forces on active duty to use online notaries public for certain matters; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 882 | Department of Community Affairs; to refrain from adopting the 2024 International Energy Conservation Code in order to protect housing affordability and maintain the current energy code framework of this state; urge | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 888 | Senate Parent Accountability for Student Success Study Committee; create | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 171 | Quality Basic Education Act; State Board of Education to develop an advanced mathematics pathway; require | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 874 | Johnson, Rita Celeste; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 622 | Joint Study Committee on Evaluating Escalating Costs in Georgia's Foster Care System; create | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 577 | "Coordinated PFAS Remediation Act""; enact" | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 848 | Georgia Purebred Dog Day; recognize May 1, 2026 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 849 | Longgrear, Colonel (Ret.) Paul; honor | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 554 | Early Care and Learning; a grant program to expand access to child care and preschool programs; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 557 | Education; various provisions regarding student discipline and working conditions of teachers and other school personnel; revise | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 823 | White, Colonel Rick; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 824 | 68th Annual Southeast District Conference of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc.; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 825 | The Robert "Bob"" Barr Community Band; recognize" | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 826 | Our Community Salutes; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 819 | Rogers, Heather; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 821 | Georgia Reads Day; recognize March 3, 2026 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 537 | Education; schools that receive state funds from displaying any flag other than the flag of the United States or the flag, coat of arms, or state emblem of the State of Georgia; prohibit | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 539 | Sales and Use Taxes; certain baby products and feminine hygiene products from taxation; exempt | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 799 | Georgia Reads Day; recognize March 3, 2026 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 802 | Executive Function Day; recognize March 25, 2026 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 143 | Georgia Firefighter's Pension Fund; certain members to retire at age 50; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 809 | Association of Georgia General Aviation Airports; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 487 | Education Workforce Data Governance Advisory Committee; within the Office of Student Achievement; establish | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 787 | Sons of Atlanta Vietnam War Memorial Project; celebrate dedication on March 29, 2026 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 519 | Education; provisions relating to the conditions of employment for employees of local school systems and other public schools; revise | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 763 | Donor Day; recognize February 20, 2026 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 764 | Gale, Eden June; celebrate the birth | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 768 | Red Star Foundation; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 773 | Georgia Donor Week; recognize February 9 to 13, 2026 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 774 | Charter Schools Day; recognize February 25, 2026 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 150 | Retirement; permit public school systems to employ certain beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia as classroom teachers; extend the program | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 431 | Education; enrollment of foster care students within two school days of a request for enrollment by such student's parent or legal custodian; require | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 728 | Peterson, Mr. Erik L. Peterson and Mrs. Karen K.; celebrate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 734 | Mirzakulova, Dr. Ekaterina; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 735 | Colbert, Jason; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 742 | Knight, Ms. Janice; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 715 | FFA Day; recognize February 24, 2026 | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 718 | Mayhan, Sam R.; condolences | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 725 | Edward Crook Jr. Gymnasium; celebrate dedication | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 726 | Crook, Jr., Edward "Eddie""; condolences" | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 711 | Spectrum News Georgia; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 459 | "Georgia Early Literacy Act of 2026""; enact" | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 699 | Sargento, Noelia; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 700 | Mabray, Stacey; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 701 | National Guard Day; recognize February 11, 2026 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 702 | PAGE Day; recognize February 17, 2026 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 681 | Spry, Special Agent Marvin O. "Dell""; commend" | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 438 | Education; the beginning age for compulsory school attendance from six years to five years; reduce | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 412 | Education; accumulated sick leave days teachers and other school personnel may take each school year for personal or professional reasons; increase | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 627 | Lowndes County High School Esports Team; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 628 | Pierce County High School Boys Tennis Team; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 629 | Lanier County High School Baseball Team; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 631 | Pierce County High School Cheerleading Team; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 607 | Firefighters Recognition Day; recognize February 3, 2026 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 9 | "Ensuring Accountability for Illegal AI Activities Act""; enact" | failed | 1033 |
| SR 588 | Strolling Thunder Day; recognize January 29, 2026 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 573 | Flat Creek Baptist Church; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 568 | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's facility dogs and their Canines For Kids Program; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 569 | Ballinger, Mandi L.; condolences | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 117 | Public Officers and Employees; a misdemeanor offense for violations regarding complaints by public employees; provide | failed | 1033 |
| SB 243 | Back the Blue Fund; authorized use of money; revise | failed | 1033 |
| SB 7 | Jails; certain municipal corporations make municipal detention facilities or jails available for use by a sheriff; require | failed | 1033 |
| SB 264 | Emergency Management; creation of the Georgia Resilience Office under the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; provide | failed | 1033 |
| SB 26 | State Income Taxes; with regard to military retirement income, to determine and apply a cost-of-living adjustment to the amount of allowable retirement pay; require the state revenue commissioner | failed | 1033 |
| SB 20 | Veterinarians; student loan repayment; who practice shelter medicine and in nonprofit pet sterilization clinics; provide; create the State Veterinary Education Board for Shelter Medicine and Pet Sterilization | enacted | 1033 |
| SB 96 | Official Code of Georgia Annotated; provisions creating certain boards, panels, authorities, centers, commissions, committees, councils, task forces, and other such bodies; update and modernize | enacted | 1033 |
| SB 109 | Life Insurance; a policy of group life insurance from excluding or restricting liability for certain deaths occurring while an individual is an active duty service member; prohibit | enacted | 1033 |
| SB 42 | Penalties for violating Code Sections 16-6-9 through 16-6-12; certain penalty provisions for the offense of prostitution, keeping a place of prostitution, pimping, and pandering; repeal | enacted | 1033 |
| SB 101 | Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; testing in the newborn screening system; require | enacted | 1033 |
| SB 234 | City of Dalton; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption | enacted | 1033 |
| SB 235 | Whitfield County; school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption | enacted | 1033 |
| SB 82 | "Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025""; enact" | enacted | 1033 |
| SB 102 | Dogfighting; revise provisions | failed | 1033 |
| SR 540 | Beach, Senator Brandon; appointment as United States Treasurer in the current Trump Administration; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 236 | "Quality Basic Education Act | failed | 1033 |
| SR 429 | Senate Addressing Felony Disenfranchisement in Georgia's Constitution Study Committee; create | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 237 | Professional Standards Commission; provide recommendations to support the state's K-12 education workforce and teacher and school leader pipeline; urge | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 495 | Green, Judge Reuben; condolences | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 504 | Edwards, William; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 488 | Battles, Mr. Jim; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 111 | "Georgia Consumer Privacy Protection Act""; enact" | failed | 1033 |
| SR 460 | Veterans of Foreign Wars; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 443 | Camp Glisson; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 446 | Veterans Month; recognize November 2025 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 84 | Special License Plates; specialty license plate honoring the Shepherd Center; establish | passed_upper | 1033 |
| SR 404 | Emory Healthcare Veterans Program; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 411 | Johnson, Jr., Handy; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 419 | Tippins, Ella Catherine Branch; celebrate birth | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 129 | "Georgia Supporting those Who Sacrificed for Service Act""; enact" | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 369 | Georgia Pre-K Week; recognize October 6-10, 2025 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 124 | Education; State School Superintendent and the Department of Education to take all steps reasonably necessary to implement guidance documents from a federal agency; require | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 126 | Completion Special Schools Act; certain students to be enrolled; lower the age of eligibility from 18 to 16 | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 340 | Georgia State University; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 345 | 2025 Senate Aides and Senate Academic Aides; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 264 | Emergency Medical Services Recognition Day; recognize February 28, 2025 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 287 | Georgia Festival of Trees; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 263 | Law Enforcement Powers of School Security; include a specified area surrounding school property; expand jurisdictional authority | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 258 | Georgia Airports Association Day; recognize February 27, 2025 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 161 | Gordon County; school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 248 | Georgia Council on Library Materials Standards; establish and provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 241 | Georgia Military College; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 235 | Georgia Beverage Association; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 221 | Believe Greater Dalton; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 200 | HOPE AACR (Animal-Assisted Crisis Response); recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 203 | Rutland Jr., Guy Jehue; condolences | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 76 | License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 151 | Self-Direction Day; recognize February 26, 2025 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 152 | Georgia Academy of Audiology; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 145 | Minister Berry Vernon Wren; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 133 | Georgia EMC Day; recognize February 10, 2025 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 136 | Georgia Addiction Counselors Association; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 87 | Communities in Schools; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 89 | Brown, Ms. Patria; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 90 | Brashear, Ms. Rhea; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 91 | Rucker, Mr. Nicholas; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 92 | County Marshals' Day; recognize March 11, 2025 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 93 | Coen, John; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 94 | Ferber, David Escott "Scotty""; commend" | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 99 | Farley, Mr. Sharoko; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 73 | "Safeguarding American Veteran Empowerment Act' or ""SAVE Act""; enact" | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 75 | Harlem High School Bulldogs Baseball Team; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 81 | Dalton State College Mens Golf Team; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 82 | National Guard Day; recognize February 6, 2025 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 64 | Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week; recognize February 7 to 14, 2025 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 66 | Hemophilia of Georgia; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 39 | Georgia Career and Technical Student Organizations Day; February 5, 2025; recognize February 2025 as Career and Technical Education Month | passed_lower | 1033 |