# Georgia HB 235: Georgia Supporting Living Donor Educators Act; enact

Georgia HB 235, Georgia Supporting Living Donor Educators Act; enact, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Lynn Heffner (Democrat), Mitchell Horner (Republican), Todd Jones (Republican) and 3 others; status signed, last action 2025-07-01 (Effective Date); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia HB 235
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Georgia Supporting Living Donor Educators Act; enact
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-04
- Last action: 2025-07-01, Effective Date
- Sponsors: Lynn Heffner (Democrat), Mitchell Horner (Republican), Todd Jones (Republican), Mark Newton (Republican), Alan Powell (Republican), Rick Townsend (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Education, Education and Youth, General Bill
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (227 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Paid donor leave for Georgia education workers: benefit, medium. Georgia public school teachers and employees get paid leave to donate bone marrow or an organ for transplant. Eligible University System of Georgia and Technical College System of Georgia employees also qualify. Those system employees must work at least half time; emergency and temporary employees…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Lynn Heffner (Democrat), House
- Sponsor: Mitchell Horner (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Todd Jones (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Mark Newton (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Alan Powell (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Rick Townsend (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mike Hodges (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-04 | Senate | PASSAGE | pass | 54 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-04 | House | PASSAGE | pass | 173 | 0 | 3 |

## Actions (17)

- 2025-07-01: Effective Date
- 2025-04-28: House Date Signed by Governor (House)
- 2025-04-28: Act 14
- 2025-04-09: House Sent to Governor (House)
- 2025-04-04: Senate Taken from Table (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: Senate Third Read (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Senate Tabled (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: House Third Readers (House)
- 2025-03-04: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute (House)
- 2025-02-28: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (House)
- 2025-02-06: House Second Readers (House)
- 2025-02-05: House First Readers (House)
- 2025-02-04: House Hopper (House)

## Bill text

- HB 235/AP* (v6): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/239290)

## Related bills

- SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty (signed)
- SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide (signed)
- SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed)
- SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed)
- HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish (signed)
- HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (signed)

## Sources
- [HB 235/AP* (v6) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/239290)

## Related
- [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026)
- [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026)
- [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026)
- [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026)
- [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026)
- [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB235-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).