Strong Series of Pro-Business Legislation Secures Full Passage During 2025 Georgia General Assembly Legislative Session 

ATLANTA – Following Sine Die, the final day of the Legislative Session, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce highlighted the strong series of pro-business legislation that secured full passage during the 2025 Georgia General Assembly Legislative Session. Included in that series of bills were SB 68 and SB 69, the two bills comprising Governor Brian Kemp’s tort reform package. Securing tort reform has been the top legislative issue of the Georgia business community for 20 years.

Chris Clark, President & CEO of the Georgia Chamber said:  

“The Georgia Chamber and our tens of thousands of members across the state applaud the Georgia General Assembly and our legislative leaders, in particular Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones and Speaker of the House Jon Burns, for their work passing important pieces of legislation for the Georgia business community. We especially thank the Georgia General Assembly for consistently voting in a bipartisan manner to pass SB 68 and SB 69, the two bills in Governor Brian Kemp’s tort reform package. The legislation passed during the 2025 Legislative Session is critical to keeping Georgia the number one state in the country to do business.” 

Some of the Georgia Chamber-supported bills that secured full passage during the 2025 Georgia General Assembly Legislative Session include:

HB 81 - School Psychologist Interstate Compact  | primary authors: Bethany Ballard, Chris Erwin, Rick Townsend, Holt Persinger, Matt Dubnik, and Matthew Gambill

HB 111 - Personal Income Tax Reduction | primary authors: Soo Hong, Matthew Gambill, Lauren McDonald III, Will Wade, Bruce Williamson, Shaw Blackmon

HB 112 - One-Time Taxpayer Rebate | primary authors: Lauren McDonald III, Soo Hong, Matthew Gambill, Will Wade, Alan Powell, Shaw Blackmon

HB 192 - Top State for Talent Act | primary authors: Matthew Gambill, Soo Hong, Matt Dubnik, Will Wade, Lauren McDonald III

HB 217 - Dual Achievement Program | primary authors: Soo Hong, Chuck Martin, Chris Erwin, Will Wade, Bethany Ballard

HB 339 - Ride Share Liability | primary authors: Rob Leverett, Chuck Efstration, Bruce Williamson, Houston Gaines, Stan Gunter, Demetrius Douglas

HB 475 - Film Tax Credit Administrative Cleanup | primary authors: Matthew Gambill, Will Wade, Soo Hong, Shaw Blackmon, Kasey Carpenter, Lauren McDonald III

HB 579 - Occupational Licensing | primary authors: Matt Reeves, Matt Hatchett, Marcus Wiedower, Brian Prince, Tim Fleming, Sandy Donatucci

SB 12 - Open Records Act | primary authors: Frank Ginn, Randy Robertson, Carden Summers, Clint Dixon, Shawn Still, Bill Cowsert, Ben Watson, Blake Tillery, Bo Hatchett, John Albers, Matt Brass, Kay Kirkpatrick, Russ Goodman, Steve Gooch, Sam Watson, Emanuel Jones, Kenya Wicks, Brandon Beach, Chuck Payne

SB 68 - Tort Reform Omnibus Package | primary authors: John Kennedy, Steve Gooch, Randy Robertson, Jason Anavitarte, Larry Walker, Bill Cowsert, Ben Watson, Drew Echols, Greg Dolezal, Shawn Still, Kay Kirkpatrick, Brandon Beach, Chuck Payne, Frank Ginn, Lee Anderson, Rick Williams, Max Burns, John Albers, Clint Dixon, Ed Setzler, Matt Brass, Russ Goodman, Mike Hodges, Sam Watson, Marty Harbin

SB 69 - Third Party Litigation Funding | primary authors: John Kennedy, Steve Gooch, Randy Robertson, Jason Anavitarte, Bo Hatchett, Bill Cowsert, Ben Watson, Drew Echols, Greg Dolezal, Shawn Still, Kay Kirkpatrick, Brandon Beach, Chuck Payne, Frank Ginn, Lee Anderson, Max Burns, Rick Williams, John Albers, Clint Dixon, Ed Setzler, Matt Brass, Russ Goodman, Mike Hodges, Sam Watson, Larry Walker, Marty Harbin, Billy Hickman

SB 89 language added to HB 136 - Child Care Tax Credit | primary authors: Brian Strickland, Bo Hatchett, Matt Brass, Brandon Beach, Doc Rhett, Elena Parent, Mike Hodges, Ben Watson, Drew Echols, Larry Walker, Bill Cowsert

SB 144 - Crop Protection Labeling | primary authors: Sam Watson, Steve Gooch, John Kennedy, Brandon Beach, Russ Goodman, Drew Echols, Carden Summers, Lee Anderson, Billy Hickman, Marty Harbin, Jason Anavitarte, Max Burns, Matt Brass, Larry Walker, Frank Ginn, Shawn Still, Clint Dixon, Bill Cowsert, Randy Robertson, Timothy Bearden

SB 298 - Interlocutory Appeal | primary author: Randy Robertson

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