John Kennedy
State Senator · Georgia Senate District 18
Bills introduced (47)
Peach County; ad valorem taxes for county purposes; provide a homestead exemption
Effective Date 2025-05-14 · May 14, 2025
Magistrate Court of Crawford County; the assessment and collection of a technology fee; authorize
Effective Date 2025-04-30 · April 30, 2025
Probate Court of Crawford County; assessment and collection of a technology fee; authorize
Effective Date 2025-04-30 · April 30, 2025
Compulsory Attendance; provisions of the state's compulsory school attendance laws; update and revise
Effective Date 2025-07-01 · April 28, 2025
Civil Practice; substantive and comprehensive revision of provisions regarding civil practice, evidentiary matters, damages, and liability in tort actions; provide
Effective Date 2025-04-21 · April 21, 2025
"Georgia Courts Access and Consumer Protection Act"; enact
Effective Date 2026-01-01 · April 21, 2025
Boggs, Chief Justice Michael P.; recognize
Senate Read and Adopted · April 4, 2025
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesNotaries Public; notarial acts to be performed using electronic means when certain requirements are satisfied; provide
Senate Read and Referred · April 4, 2025
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesSenate Study Committee on Combating Chronic Absenteeism in Schools; create
Senate Passed/Adopted · April 2, 2025
Colt's Manufacturing Company; commend
Senate Read and Adopted · March 28, 2025
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesDeputy Daryl Smallwood Memorial Bridge; Peach County; dedicate
Senate Read and Referred · March 20, 2025
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesSgt. Patrick Sondron Memorial Bridge; Peach County; dedicate
Senate Read and Referred · March 20, 2025
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesShowing the 12 most recently active.
Recent votes
| Bill | Vote on | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| SR5 Senate Special Committee on Investigations; reauthorizing | Senate · Adoption: Senate Vote #7 January 13, 2025 | Yes |
| SB207 Professions and Businesses; a preclearance process in the licensing of individuals with criminal records who make application to or are investigated by certain licensing boards and commissions; create | Senate · Agree To House Substitute As Amended: Senate Vote #488 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB491 Game and fish; remove an exception for use of air guns to hunt wildlife | Senate · Agree To House Amendment To Senate Amendment: Senate Vote #487 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB819 Jasper County; levy an excise tax | Senate · Local Consent Calendar: Senate Vote #446 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB820 Jasper County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | Senate · Local Consent Calendar: Senate Vote #446 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB709 Demorest, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum | Senate · Local Consent Calendar: Senate Vote #446 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| SB298 Judgements and Rulings; certain appellate procedures regarding the denial of sovereign and any other immunity available to the state; provide | Senate · Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #477 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB849 Randolph County Airport Authority Act; enact | Senate · Local Consent Calendar: Senate Vote #446 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB296 Motor vehicles; presentation of a driver's license in a certain electronic format; provisions | Senate · Passage As Amended: Senate Vote #483 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB296 Motor vehicles; presentation of a driver's license in a certain electronic format; provisions | Senate · Adoption Of Amendment #2 By The Senator From The 46th: Senate Vote #482 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB296 Motor vehicles; presentation of a driver's license in a certain electronic format; provisions | Senate · Adoption Of Amendment #1 By The Senator From The 42nd: Senate Vote #481 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB399 Property; require certain residential landlords to have in-state staff to manage tenant communications | Senate · Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #464 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB155 Local government; selection and objection to arbitrators; revise procedures | Senate · Agree To House Amendment To Senate Substitute As Amended By Am #2: Senate Vote #468 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| SB99 Crimes and Offenses; definition of law enforcement officer; provide | Senate · Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #475 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB235 Georgia Supporting Living Donor Educators Act; enact | Senate · Passage: Senate Vote #459 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| SB20 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 | Senate · Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #450 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| SB201 Consumer Transactions; increased consumer protection for homeowners entering into contracts with contractors following natural disasters; provide | Senate · Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #447 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| SR231 Officer Jeremy Labonte Memorial Interchange; Fulton County; dedicate | Senate · Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #466 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB136 Income tax; contributions to foster child support organizations; expand tax credit | Senate · Agree To House Amendment To Senate Substitute: Senate Vote #449 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| SB5 Private Review Agents; health insurers to implement and maintain a program that allows for the selective application of reductions in prior authorization requirements; provide | Senate · Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #478 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| SB291 Special License Plates; establish an "America First" specialty license plate | Senate · Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #472 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB172 Veterinary education; limits on student loan forgiveness program; provide | Senate · Passage: Senate Vote #457 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB422 State employees' health insurance; include high deductible health plans | Senate · Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #461 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB860 Gordon County; school district ad valorem tax; increase homestead exemption for certain residents | Senate · Local Consent Calendar: Senate Vote #446 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB838 Newnan, City of; change corporate limits | Senate · Local Consent Calendar: Senate Vote #446 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| SR8 Deputy Brandon Cunningham Memorial Intersection; Paulding County; dedicate | Senate · Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #465 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| SB101 Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; testing in the newborn screening system; require | Senate · Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #489 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB222 Criminal procedure; inclusion of certain contact information on bonds and recognizances; require | Senate · Passage: Senate Vote #458 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| SB255 General Assembly; authorization of statutory investigatory powers to certain committees of the General Assembly; codify a process | Senate · Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #451 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB225 Motor vehicles; enforcement of speeding violations in school zones through automated traffic enforcement safety devices; repeal all laws | Senate · Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #455 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB651 Motor vehicles; use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices in school zones; revise provisions | Senate · Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #454 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB651 Motor vehicles; use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices in school zones; revise provisions | Senate · Adoption Of Amendment #1 By The Senator From The 44th: Senate Vote #453 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB68 General appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026 | Senate · Adopt Conference Committee Report: Senate Vote #456 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB360 Revenue and taxation; rehabilitation of historic structures; revise tax credit | Senate · Passage As Amended: Senate Vote #460 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| SB82 "Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025"; enact | Senate · Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #479 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| SB63 "Quality Basic Education Act"; local school systems offer certain exams to home study students; require | Senate · Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #448 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB238 Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; create and maintain an at-risk adult training course focusing on officer response to individuals with Alzheimer's disease or dementia | Senate · Passage: Senate Vote #463 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB652 Motor fuel tax; electricity delivered by certain electric vehicle charging stations; provide exception | Senate · Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #485 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| SB331 City of Winder and the County of Barrow; creating and establishing a joint airport authority; repeal | Senate · Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #473 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB836 Coweta County; School District ad valorem tax; raise homestead exemption amounts | Senate · Local Consent Calendar: Senate Vote #446 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB516 State government; authorize county and regional library boards to conduct meetings via teleconference | Senate · Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #480 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| SB125 Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors; decouple the sequential order of experience and examination requirements | Senate · Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #470 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| SB193 State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; establish the adult workforce high school diploma program; authorize | Senate · Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #474 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| SB85 Grants for Foster Children; a grant program to provide grants to former foster youth who meet eligibility requirements, subject to specific appropriations; establish | Senate · Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #452 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB352 Georgia Gestational Diabetes Management Act; enact | Senate · Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #462 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| SB207 Professions and Businesses; a preclearance process in the licensing of individuals with criminal records who make application to or are investigated by certain licensing boards and commissions; create | Senate · Agree To House Amendment To Senate Amendment: Senate Vote #487 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB443 Game and fish; fees for reef and migratory fish endorsements; provide | Senate · Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #486 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| SB105 Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians; licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to practice veterinary teleadvice; authorize | Senate · Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #476 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| SB12 Inspection of Public Records; documents and records in the possession of private persons or entities; revise provisions | Senate · Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #490 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB224 Highways, bridges, and ferries; construction or maintenance of roads upon military bases or installations paid for by the United States Department of Defense or other entities; authorize | Senate · Passage: Senate Vote #484 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HR7 George C. Trulock, Jr. Memorial Highway; Grady County; dedicate | Senate · Agree To House Amendment To Senate Substitute: Senate Vote #467 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| SB244 Criminal Proceedings; the award of reasonable attorney's fees and costs in a criminal case to the defendant upon such defendant making a successful motion to disqualify the prosecuting attorney for misconduct in connection with the case; provide | Senate · Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #471 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| SB132 Insanity and Mental Incapacity; hearing before a court orders an evaluation of the mental competency of an accused person to stand trial; require | Senate · Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #469 April 4, 2025 | Yes |
| HB127 Education; number of accumulated sick leave days for teachers and other school personnel; increase from three to five | Senate · Motion For Reconsideration: Senate Vote #443 April 3, 2025 | No |
| HB127 Education; number of accumulated sick leave days for teachers and other school personnel; increase from three to five | Senate · Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #442 April 2, 2025 | Yes |
| HB127 Education; number of accumulated sick leave days for teachers and other school personnel; increase from three to five | Senate · Motion To Table: Senate Vote #441 April 2, 2025 | No |
| HB127 Education; number of accumulated sick leave days for teachers and other school personnel; increase from three to five | Senate · Motion To Reconsider The Motion To Resolve Debate: Senate Vote #440 April 2, 2025 | No |
| HB127 Education; number of accumulated sick leave days for teachers and other school personnel; increase from three to five | Senate · Shall The Ruling Of The Chair Be Sustained: Senate Vote #439 April 2, 2025 | Yes |
| HB127 Education; number of accumulated sick leave days for teachers and other school personnel; increase from three to five | Senate · Motion To Resolve Debate: Senate Vote #438 April 2, 2025 | Yes |
| HB127 Education; number of accumulated sick leave days for teachers and other school personnel; increase from three to five | Senate · Shall The Ruling Of The Chair Be Sustained: Senate Vote #437 April 2, 2025 | Yes |