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Chuck Payne

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State Senator · District 54 · Georgia · Serving since 2017

Georgia publishes one combined sponsor list for each bill, so introducing a bill and signing on to it can’t be told apart. The bills below are all of this member’s sponsorships, in either role.

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SB 160 - Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty
Georgia State Senate·Last action Jul 1, 2028 — Effective Date
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SB 76 - License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish
Georgia State Senate·Last action Jul 1, 2027 — Effective Date
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SB 524 - License Plates; specialty license plate honoring Girl Scouts of Georgia; establish
Georgia State Senate·Last action Jan 1, 2027 — Effective Date
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SB 406 - "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact
Georgia State Senate·Last action Jan 1, 2027 — Effective Date
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SB 452 - Retirement and Pension; maximum employer contribution to a 401(k) for certain state law enforcement officers; increase
Georgia State Senate·Last action Jul 1, 2026 — Effective Date
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SB 150 - Retirement; permit public school systems to employ certain beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia as classroom teachers; extend the program
Georgia State Senate·Last action Jul 1, 2026 — Effective Date
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SB 552 - "True Patriotism and Universal Student Access (TPUSA) Act"; enact
Georgia State Senate·Last action Jul 1, 2026 — Effective Date
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SB 293 - License Plates for Certain Veterans; the number of free license plates issued to certain veterans; increase
Georgia State Senate·Last action Jul 1, 2026 — Effective Date
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SB 111 - "Georgia Consumer Privacy Protection Act"; enact
Georgia State Senate·Last action Jul 1, 2026 — Effective Date
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SB 435 - Georgia Development Authority; rename as the Georgia Agricultural Development Authority
Georgia State Senate·Last action Jul 1, 2026 — Effective Date
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SB 556 - HOPE Scholarship; the inclusion of advanced placement and international baccalaureate fine arts courses in the calculation of grade point averages; provide
Georgia State Senate·Last action Jul 1, 2026 — Effective Date
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SB 447 - Control of Soil Erosion and Sedimentation; denial or nonacceptance of permits; revise provisions
Georgia State Senate·Last action Jul 1, 2026 — Effective Date
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SB 207 - 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
Georgia State Senate·Last action Jul 1, 2026 — Effective Date
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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
Georgia State Senate·Last action Jul 1, 2026 — Effective Date
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SB 587 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals; the establishment of an animal cruelty database; provide
Georgia State Senate·Last action Jul 1, 2026 — Effective Date
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SB 143 - Georgia Firefighter's Pension Fund; certain members to retire at age 50; provide
Georgia State Senate·Last action Jul 1, 2026 — Effective Date
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SB 216 - Georgia Judicial Retirement System; membership in the system for individuals employed as the director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; provide
Georgia State Senate·Last action Jul 1, 2026 — Effective Date
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SB 489 - Board of Commissioners of the Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia; allow to set monthly dues
Georgia State Senate·Last action Jul 1, 2026 — Effective Date
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SB 403 - Unclaimed Property; property is presumed abandoned; provide for exceptions
Georgia State Senate·Last action Jul 1, 2026 — Effective Date
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SB 542 - Sexual Offenses; clergy members to be charged with certain improper sexual contact offenses; permit
Georgia State Senate·Last action Jul 1, 2026 — Effective Date
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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
Georgia State Senate·Last action Jul 1, 2026 — Effective Date
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SB 470 - "Emergency & Public Safety Signal Protection Act"; enact
Georgia State Senate·Last action Jul 1, 2026 — Effective Date
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SB 3 - Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish
Georgia State Senate·Last action Jun 25, 2026 — Effective Date
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SB 10 - Sales and Use Taxes; any existing special district option sales and use tax (FLOST) cease to be imposed and levied immediately prior to the imposition of any local homestead option sales tax (LHOST); require
Georgia State Senate·Last action Jun 23, 2026 — Senate Read and Referred
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SB 402 - Children and Youth; pilot program provision for screenings, clinical evaluations, training for autism spectrum disorder to children in foster care; establish
Georgia State Senate·Last action May 11, 2026 — Effective Date