"Georgia Religious Freedom Restoration Act"; enact
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to provide for the preservation of religious freedom;” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
Senate Hopper · Jan 27, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Jan 28, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 28, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 3, 2025
Senate Third Read · Mar 4, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted · Mar 4, 2025
House First Readers · Mar 6, 2025
House Second Readers · Mar 10, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 27, 2025
House Third Readers · Apr 2, 2025
House Passed/Adopted · Apr 2, 2025
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 3, 2025
Senate Date Signed by Governor · Apr 4, 2025
Act 6 · Apr 4, 2025
Effective Date · Apr 4, 2025
The numbers
34
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Setzler, EdBrass, MattAnavitarte, JasonWilliams, RickHickman, BillyDixon, ClintGooch, SteveAlbers, JohnEchols, DrewRobertson, RandyAnderson, LeeBearden, TimothyBurns, MaxHarbin, MartySummers, CardenTillery, BlakeStill, ShawnDolezal, GregKirkpatrick, KayWalker, III, LarryGinn, FrankKennedy, John F.Hatchett, BoHufstetler, ChuckMoore, ColtonBearden, TimothyHodges, MikeWatson, BenWatson, SamBeach, BrandonCowsert, BillStrickland, BrianGoodman, RussSmith, Tyler Paul
Recorded votes
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-04-02 · yea 96, nay 70, notVoting 2, excused 12
PASSAGESenate · 2025-03-04 · yea 32, nay 23, notVoting 0, excused 1
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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