Strong Series of Pro-Business Legislation Secures Full Passage During 2025 Legislative Session
Monday, April 7th, 2025
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 primary authors: Bethany Ballard, Chris Erwin, Rick Townsend, Holt Persinger, Matt Dubnik, and Matthew Gambill
HB 111 primary authors: Soo Hong, Matthew Gambill, Lauren McDonald III, Will Wade, Bruce Williamson, Shaw Blackmon
HB 112 primary authors: Lauren McDonald III, Soo Hong, Matthew Gambill, Will Wade, Alan Powell, Shaw Blackmon
HB 192 primary authors: Matthew Gambill, Soo Hong, Matt Dubnik, Will Wade, Lauren McDonald III
HB 217 primary authors: Soo Hong, Chuck Martin, Chris Erwin, Will Wade, Bethany Ballard
HB 339 primary authors: Rob Leverett, Chuck Efstration, Bruce Williamson, Houston Gaines, Stan Gunter, Demetrius Douglas
HB 475 primary authors: Matthew Gambill, Will Wade, Soo Hong, Shaw Blackmon, Kasey Carpenter, Lauren McDonald III
HB 579 primary authors: Matt Reeves, Matt Hatchett, Marcus Wiedower, Brian Prince, Tim Fleming, Sandy Donatucci
SB 12 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 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 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 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 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 primary author: Randy Robertson