House general calendar, 2021 March 8

HB 1 HB 7
HB 48
HB 56 HB 60 HB 76
HB 86 HB 109 HB 114 HB 117
HB 120 HB 122
HB 138
HB 148
HB 159 HB 160
HB 164 HB 173
HB 194
HB 231
HB 236
HB 247
HB 255

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR MONDAY, MARCH 08, 2021
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HOUSE BILLS Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act; enact Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act; enact State flag, seal, and other symbols; monument to honor the Original 33; provide Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit; superior court; provide additional judge Georgia Educational Scholarship Act; enact Public utilities and public transportation; percentage limitation as to the amount of the investments an electric membership corporation may make and maintain in a gas affiliate; modify Georgia Lottery Mobile Sports Wagering Integrity Act; enact Child Victim Protection Act of 2021; enact Income tax; adoption of foster children; revise tax credit Low THC Oil Patient Registry; ulcerative colitis as a condition for which low THC oil may be used for treatment; add Georgia Resident In-State Tuition Act; enact Revenue and taxation; manufacturers' sales tax exemption for concrete mixers; extend sunset Property; certain landlords shall provide certain notices to existing and prospective tenants with regard to certain crimes occurring on the premises being leased; provide Local government; taxpaying business owners to be appointed to development authorities; provide State Cybersecurity Review Board; establish Revenue and taxation; water and sewer projects and costs tax (MOST); provide for audits of tax by state auditor under certain conditions Prescription Drug Consumer Financial Protection Act; enact Retirement and pensions; eligible large retirement system's assets that may be invested in alternative investments; increase percentage Criminal procedure; term of probation shall follow mandatory term of imprisonment for persons convicted of a sexual offense; clarify Crimes and offenses; victims of stalking; expand applicability of protective orders Domestic relations; additional monitoring of victim after granting of a temporary protective order; provide Uniform rules of the road; commission of an offense of distracted driving; provide for penalties Sexual Assault Reform Act of 2021; enact

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HB 258
HB 270 HB 272
HB 274 HB 290
HB 291
HB 317
HB 327 HB 343
HB 346 HB 347 HB 358
HB 377
HB 383 HB 389
HB 411 HB 428 HB 435
HB 454
HB 464
HB 465
HB 468
HB 469 HB 479 HB 495

Crimes and offenses; response to State v. Williams, 2020 Ga. LEXIS 85; provisions Elections; mailing and issuance of absentee ballots; provide time periods Juvenile Code; juvenile court to include children who are under 18 years of age; change jurisdiction Courts; certain juvenile court judges; provide salary supplement Hospitals and nursing homes; policy during a declared public health emergency that limits patients' abilities to be visited by designated family members and friends; provisions Education; tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities; expand definition of approved school Excise tax; revise definition of innkeeper to include marketplace facilitators; provisions Organized Retail Crime Prevention Act; enact Game and fish; rebuttable presumption of violation by individuals in possession of hunting paraphernalia while on others' lands; provide Jarom's Act; enact State sexual offender registry; assessment classifications; revise certain risk Emergency Management Act; provide when a declaration of a state of emergency or disaster by the Governor shall expire Georgia Women's Care (Child Care Alternatives, Resources, and Education) Act; enact State government; certain contracts; Israel; provisions Employment security; change definition of employment to include services performed by an individual for wages Prosecuting Attorneys Oversight Commission; create Sales and use tax; change certain definitions Local government; exempt certain contracts competitively procured by the state or cooperative purchasing organizations (Reconsidered) Insurance; certain coverage requirements concerning providers that become out-of-network during a plan year; provide Guardian and ward; petition for appointment of temporary guardian of minor filed in probate court may be transferred to juvenile court; provide Local government; imposing civil penalties upon an alarm systems contractor for a false alarm that occurs through no fault of alarm systems contractor; prohibit Governor; continued operation of businesses during a public health state of emergency if they comply with certain health and safety measures; provide Income tax; rehabilitation of historic structures; revise tax credits Criminal procedure; revise certain arrest powers; provisions Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Sexual Offender Registration Review Board; revise duties

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HB 498
HB 514
HB 517
HB 520
HB 532 HB 534
HB 536
HB 544
HB 545 HB 556 HB 562
HB 567 HB 575
HB 579 HB 582 HB 589 HB 611 HB 617
HB 619
HB 624
HB 631
HB 640
HB 653 HB 675
HB 676

Ad valorem tax; property; expand an exemption for agricultural equipment and certain farm products Insurance; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; update references Education; calculation of minimum revenue obligations for scholarships and tuition grants; provide for the inclusion of earned interest State government; promotion and deployment of broadband services; revise a definition Labor, Department of; employment security; change certain provisions Crimes and offenses; promoting illegal drag racing and laying drags; provide for offense Emergency management; limitation on Governor's power to control the practice of any religion during an emergency; provide State government; composition of the board of directors of the lottery; change Equal Opportunity for Access in Education Act; enact Criminal procedure; revise authority for trial upon accusations Criminal procedure; add DFCS case managers to people for whom arrest warrants may be issued only by certain judicial officers Newborn Screening and Genetics Advisory Committee; create Ad valorem tax; authorize on premises processing and marketing of agricultural products as a qualifying conservation use Public Safety and Judicial Facilities Act; enact Cherokee County; probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections The Georgia Civics Renewal Act; enact State government; definition of small business; change Postsecondary education; student athletes may receive compensation for use of name, image, or likeness; provide Heritage trust program; sale of Patrick's Fishing Paradise to a private entity; authorize South Georgia Judicial Circuit; additional judge of the superior court; provide Georgia Crime Information Center; develop a system to collect information on an individual's ability to communicate with law enforcement or emergency responders; provisions Crimes and offenses; firearms and the carrying and possession of firearms and other weapons; revise various laws Georgia Pharmacy Practice Act; pharmacy care; revise definition General Assembly; members and officers; revise compensation, expenses, and allowances Georgia Farmers' Market and Produce Terminal Development Authority Act; enact

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HB 681
HB 691
HB 693 HB 697
HB 714
HR 11
HR 14 HR 24 HR 25 HR 26 HR 29 HR 52 HR 120 HR 129
HR 144 HR 183 HR 188
HR 204
HR 248 HR 282
SB 4
SB 9
SB 60

Education; course of study in financial literacy for students in tenth or eleventh grade; provide Economic Development, Department of; define innovation, innovative product or service, and startup Motor vehicles; operation of farm tractors on interstate highways; prohibit Health care data collection; hospitals maintain certain technology; provisions Georgia Civil Practice Act; revise and provide for new requirements
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS House Study Committee on Innovative Ways to Maximize Global Talent; create National Statuary Hall Collection Replacement Committee; create Lucci, Dominic Brian; compensate Jones, Mark Jason; compensate Gardiner, Kenneth Eric; compensate Robinson, Mr. Jakeith Bendray, Sr.; compensate Joint Study Committee on Childhood Lead Exposure; create House Study Committee on Motor Vehicle Crimes; create General Assembly; provide for net proceeds of one or more lottery games to support economic development purposes and programs; authorize - CA Katie Poff Memorial Interchange; Baldwin County; dedicate Congress; pass Recovering America's Wildlife Act; urge State Workgroup to Increase Chronic Disease Information and Screenings in Communities of Color; creation; support Judge Willie J. Lovett, Jr. Juvenile Justice Center; City of Savannah; dedicate Savannah Logistics Technology Innovation Corridor; designate Sydnie Grace Jones Memorial Intersection; dedicate
SENATE BILLS Drug Abuse Treatment and Education Programs; patient brokering; prohibit; definitions; exceptions; penalties; provide Courts; the Columbia Judicial Circuit and to be composed of Columbia County; create a new judicial circuit for the State of Georgia Georgia State Indemnification Fund; shall be paid in instances of a heart attack, stroke; public safety officer; revise

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