Freddie Sims

Sponsored bills

• SB0009: Sumter County; ad valorem taxes; homestead property determined annually for the special district based upon the proceeds of a new Local Homestead Option Sales Tax (LHOST); provide homestead exemption (primary sponsor)
• SB0008: City of Plains; ad valorem taxes; homestead property determined annually for the special district based upon the proceeds of a new Local Homestead Option Sales Tax (LHOST); provide homestead exemption (primary sponsor)
• SB0007: Webster County; ad valorem taxes; homestead property determined annually for the special district based upon the proceeds of a new Local Homestead Option Sales Tax (LHOST); provide homestead exemption (primary sponsor)
• SR0005: Juneteenth; the history and meaning of the Juneteenth holiday; commemorate and recognize
• SB0472: Local Boards of Education; audit findings or findings by the state auditor of financial mismanagement or misconduct; provide for the suspension of members
• SB0406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact
• SB0220: "Putting Georgia's Patients First Act"; enact
• SB0556: HOPE Scholarship; the inclusion of advanced placement and international baccalaureate fine arts courses in the calculation of grade point averages; provide
• SB0293: License Plates for Certain Veterans; the number of free license plates issued to certain veterans; increase
• SB0435: Georgia Development Authority; rename as the Georgia Agricultural Development Authority
• SB0513: "Every Day Counts Act"; enact
• SB0052: "Timberlands Recovery, Exemption, and Earnings Stability (TREES) Act"; enact
• SB0039: Employees' Insurance and Benefits Plans; expenses for gender-affirming care under the state health benefit plan or with any state funds; prohibit coverage
• SR0952: Senate Rosenwald Schools Study Committee; create
• SR0927: Senate Pharmacy Benefits Managers and Consumer Access to Prescription Medications Study Committee; create
• SR0925: Senate Study Committee on a Museum of African American History and Culture of Georgia; create
• SR0545: Senate Paid Student Teaching Study Committee; create
• SR0834: Bangladeshi Peacekeepers in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations; recognize
• SR0998: 2026 Senate Aides and Senate Academic Aides; commend
• SR0989: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE); to reinstate and fully fund radiological and water quality protections for the Savannah River and surrounding communities; urge