Sam Watson
Georgia
Record ID: GA-Senate-11-WATSON-S
- 302-A CLOB Atlanta GA 30334
- (404) 656-0065
- sam.watson@senate.ga.gov
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Legislation
Sponsored Bills
| Bill | Title | Status | Session |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 478 | Outdoor Stewardship; provide for a sunset | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 489 | Board of Commissioners of the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia; allow to set monthly dues | passed_upper | 1033 |
| SB 214 | Elections and Primaries; electors to cast physical absentee on-request ballots as an alternative to using other authorized means of casting in-person votes; authorize | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 551 | Standard, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food; eggs; repeal provisions | passed_upper | 1033 |
| SR 800 | Joint Study Committee on the Generational Sustainability of Family Farms; create | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 177 | Government Transparency and Campaign Finance; transparency in foreign funded political activities within the state; provide | passed_upper | 1033 |
| SB 435 | Georgia Development Authority; rename as the Georgia Agricultural Development Authority | passed_upper | 1033 |
| SR 947 | Miss Georgia Peach Scholarship Pageant; commend; the 2025 Georgia Peach Queens; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 59 | Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; a limitation on leased property; remove | passed_upper | 1033 |
| SB 423 | Government Transparency; campaign committees, independent committees, political action committees, and leadership committees from accepting contributions or donations from non-Georgia persons that exceed 50 percent of all contributions received; prohibit | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 929 | Georgia Forestry Commission's Telfair/Wheeler County Unit and the Emanuel/Candler Unit; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 437 | State Building, Plumbing, and Electrical Codes; acknowledgement of an applicant's use of a private professional provider to conduct a plan review or inspection; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 668 | General Assembly; the assessment of property taxes on property; electronic equipment primarily used to process, store, or transmit digital information and data; authorize | failed | 1033 |
| SB 278 | Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food; corn masa flour and wet corn masa products to contain certain amounts of folic acid; require | failed | 1033 |
| SR 891 | Georgia Wildlife Federation; honor | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 880 | Derrick Dove & The Peacekeepers; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 608 | Administration of Estates; summary administration of certain estates; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 577 | "Coordinated PFAS Remediation Act""; enact" | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 339 | Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; semiannual postretirement benefit adjustments for all beneficiaries; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 828 | Eason, Darvin; condolences | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 801 | Georgia Alpha Gamma Rho Day; recognize March 18, 2026 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 818 | Rabon, Commissioner Walter; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 780 | Statesboro-Bulloch County Day; recognize February 18, 2026 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 772 | Sheriff Randall Johnson Intersection; Fayette County; dedicate | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 773 | Georgia Donor Week; recognize February 9 to 13, 2026 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 776 | Zanders, Ms. Versie; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 512 | "Consumer Inflation Reduction and Tax Fairness Act""; enact" | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 749 | Georgia Peanut Month; recognizing March 2026 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 741 | New Americans Day; recognize February 12, 2026 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 467 | Minors; procedures to validate the age of certain persons using any app; require | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 713 | Perry, Jr., Schley Louis; condolences | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 696 | Lanier County High School Lady Bulldogs Fast Pitch Softball Team; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 422 | Elections and Primaries; the date of most municipal elections shall be in even-numbered years; a one-year extension to the terms of office of most municipal officers; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 453 | "Rural Incentive Act""; enact" | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 670 | McDowell, Cornelius "Tobey""; congratulate" | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 563 | Georgia Secretary of State; request of the United States Department of Justice to securely produce Georgia's voter registration list; urge | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 651 | 2025-2026 4-H Leadership Teams and Award Recipients; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 653 | Keep Georgia Beautiful Day; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 654 | Carden, Lieutenant General Thomas M.; recognize | passed_lower | 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 630 | Georgia Farm Bureau Federation Day; recognize February 10, 2026 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 631 | Pierce County High School Cheerleading Team; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 636 | Civil Air Patrol; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 640 | Family and Consumer Sciences; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 415 | Advertising and Sale of Meat; prohibit any person from producing, selling, trading, distributing for human consumption any lab-grown meat | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 588 | Strolling Thunder Day; recognize January 29, 2026 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 596 | Big Brothers Big Sisters Agencies across Georgia; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 597 | Craft, Danah; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 408 | State Sales and Use Taxes; data center equipment sales and use tax exemption; advance the sunset date | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 576 | Harden, Nicholas "Big Nick""; recognize" | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 365 | "Georgia Meat and Organic Produce Transparency and Safety Act""; enact" | failed | 1033 |
| SB 182 | "Georgia Music Office and Music Ready Communities Act""; enact" | failed | 1033 |
| SB 199 | State Ethics Commission; shall not accept or reject complaints made against candidates 60 days prior to an election; provide | enacted | 1033 |
| SB 105 | Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians; licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teleadvice; authorize | enacted | 1033 |
| SB 119 | Manufactured or Mobile Homes; limited exceptions to circumstances under which a manufactured home shall become real property; provide | enacted | 1033 |
| SB 144 | Fertilizers or Pesticides; a manufacturer cannot be held liable for failing to warn consumers of health risks above those required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency; clarify | enacted | 1033 |
| SB 201 | Consumer Transactions; increased consumer protection for homeowners entering into contracts with contractors following natural disasters; provide | enacted | 1033 |
| SB 44 | Equalization Grants, Annual Calculations, and Allocation; the definition of the term "qualified local school system"" by reducing the minimum required millage rate; revise" | enacted | 1033 |
| SR 538 | PCOM Georgia and PCOM South Georgia; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 10 | Superior Courts of the Alapaha Judicial Circuit; additional judge; provide | passed_upper | 1033 |
| SR 515 | Grogan, Larry Wayne; condolences | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 323 | Senate Study Committee on Making Georgia the No. 1 State for Tourism; create | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 427 | Senate Study Committee on Intoxicating Cannabinoids in Consumable Hemp Products; create | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 487 | Ray City Community Library; membership in state-supported public library services; support | failed | 1033 |
| SB 366 | Controlled Substances and Pharmacists and Pharmacies; ivermectin as an over-the-counter medication in this state; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 488 | Battles, Mr. Jim; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 357 | Elections and Primaries; challenge the qualifications of a person applying to register to vote or any person whose name appears on the list of electors; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 406 | Leger, Charles M. "Buddy""; condolences" | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 407 | Massey, Mr. Abit; condolences | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 383 | City of Thomasville Day; recognize March 27, 2025 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 384 | Futch, Mrs. Becky; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 33 | "Georgia Hemp Farming Act""; total THC concentration of consumable hemp products; provide limits" | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 353 | Valdosta State University Football Team; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 364 | Jordan, Denise; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 326 | Rotary Club of Forsyth, The Lanier Forsyth Rotary Club, The South Forsyth Rotary Club, and the North Forsyth Rotary Club; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 327 | Lowndes County; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 329 | Georgia Forestry Commission; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 315 | Georgia Peanut Month; recognize March 2025 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 293 | Pierce County Girls Golf Team; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 294 | Pierce County High School Competition Cheerleading Team; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 295 | Lowndes County High School Baseball Team; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 304 | Ad Valorem Taxation; direct payments to property owners whose property was damaged or destroyed as a result of a certain natural disaster; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 262 | Insurance; health benefit policies to cover preventive services; provide | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 270 | Elections and Primaries; rules or regulations adopted by the State Election Board prior to a general primary, general election, or runoff thereof; limit the effective date | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 249 | Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 257 | Charter Schools Day; recognize February 26, 2025 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 56 | Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation; increase -CA | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 229 | Alcoholic Beverages; the issuance of wholesale consumable hemp licenses to wholesale dealers of alcoholic beverages; prohibit | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 231 | Firearms; activities relating to such that occur at a sport shooting range; negligent acts of a third party involving the use of a weapon, firearm; limit liability of a weapons, firearms, or ammunition manufacturer, trade assoc. | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 45 | Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; the maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation; increase | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 205 | Insurance; pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders; require coverage for healthcare services | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 210 | Hamilton, Kent Todd; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 211 | Hall Jr., Charles Tamlin; condolences | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SB 172 | Speed Detection Devices; all laws relative to enforcement of speeding violations in school zones through the use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices; repeal | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 95 | "Sonny Perdue Legislative Center""; naming the forthcoming new legislative office complex" | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 114 | Clifton, Gregory "Greg"" Cecil; condolences" | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 115 | Lanier County High School Lady Bulldogs; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 116 | Lanier County High School Baseball Team; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 69 | FFA Day; recognize February 18, 2025 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 70 | University of Georgia Block and Bridle Club; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 74 | Interfaith Organizations and Volunteers; recognize | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 76 | Strother, Robert L.; congratulate | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 38 | 4-H Day; recognize February 25, 2025 | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 45 | Georgia Young Farmer Teacher Program; commend | passed_lower | 1033 |
| SR 55 | Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation; increase -CA | in_committee | 1033 |
| SB 43 | Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; the maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation; increase | in_committee | 1033 |
| SR 25 | Fallin, William G.; condolences | passed_lower | 1033 |