House general calendar, 2022 March 11

HB 159 HB 202
HB 203 HB 274 HB 347 HB 397
HB 585 HB 657
HB 689
HB 725 HB 733 HB 839 HB 885 HB 886
HB 895
HB 906
HB 918 HB 925
HB 934
HB 972 HB 997
HB 1004
HB 1010

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2022
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HOUSE BILLS State Cybersecurity Review Board; establish Georgia Driver's Education Commission; violation of traffic laws or ordinance under Joshua's Law; increase additional penalty Special license plates; Tybee Island Historical Society; establish Courts; certain juvenile court judges; provide salary supplement State sexual offender registry; assessment classifications; revise certain risk Labor and industrial relations; specific allocation between a professional employer organization and a coemployer client as to the responsibility to obtain worker's compensation coverage for the employees of the coemployer; require Special license plates; Kappa Alpha Psi, Inc.; establish Employees' Retirement System; certain sworn law enforcement officers to be eligible for regular retirement benefits at the age of 55 years; allow Georgia Crime Information Center; persons who are victims of an offense of trafficking may petition the clerk of court to have sealed certain criminal history record information; provide Council on American Indian Concerns; revise membership Insurance; guaranteed asset protection waiver; revise definition Mableton, City of; incorporate Quality Basic Education Act; military student; revise definition Elections; sealing of ballots and unused security paper in secure containers; provide Criminal procedure; restrictions of the disclosure of personal information of nonsworn employees; provisions Motor vehicles; civil forfeiture of any off-road vehicle operated while driving recklessly or fleeing police; authorize Georgia Rare Disease Advisory Council; provide establishment Georgia Judicial Retirement System; prohibition of granting postretirement benefit adjustments to any individual who became a member on or after July 1, 2009; remove Sales and use tax; special district mass transportation; local government; provisions Professional counselors; licensing requirements; change certain definitions Ad valorem tax; timber equipment and timber products held by timber producers; provide exemption Education; unified campus police forces through agreements entered into by colleges and universities; provide for establishment Georgia Classic Center Authority Act; enact

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HB 1034
HB 1069 HB 1085
HB 1103 HB 1137
HB 1145
HB 1152
HB 1193
HB 1222
HB 1224
HB 1232
HB 1234
HB 1244 HB 1297
HB 1301 HB 1321
HB 1322
HB 1331
HB 1343
HB 1345
HB 1350
HB 1354 HB 1358 HB 1376

Sales and use tax; exemption for sales of admissions to nonrecurring major sporting events; revise Mental health; adult mental health programs; provide licensure Elections; option for municipalities to adopt and use instant runoff voting; provide Motor vehicles; heavy-duty equipment motor vehicle; revise definition State government; remove exemption of administrative review from the Board of Corrections and its penal institutions Georgia State Indemnification Fund; death of public safety officer due to COVID-19 be a death in the line of duty; provide Fair Business Practices Act of 1975; require merchants to accept cash for purchases Funeral directors and embalmers; reinstatement of lapsed license under certain conditions; provide Insurance; uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage maintained by transportation network companies; reduce amount Ad valorem tax; language required to be included in the notices of current assessment; revise Motor vehicles; temporary license plates and operating permits; revise terminology Juvenile proceedings; right to an attorney for any child receiving extended care services from Department of Family and Children Services; provide Fulton County; Board of Commissioners; provide for nonpartisan elections Insurance; discount for property owners who build a new property that better resists tornado and catastrophic windstorm events; provide Landscape Equipment and Agricultural Fairness (LEAF) Act; enact Commerce; litigation bar on governmental entities regarding certain statewide opioid litigation; provide Public utilities and public transportation; deployment of electric vehicle charging equipment; provide State Employment Service and the Employment Security Administration Fund; change certain provisions Military; requirement of adjutant general to publish personal information of commissioned officers of the organized militia; eliminate Military; state sponsored life insurance plan election for Georgia National Guard personnel through National Guard Association; provide Wills, trusts, and administration of estates; executors to send notices to beneficiaries regarding filing of petitions to probate wills; require Wrongful Conviction Compensation Act; enact Chairman John Meadows Act; enact Food, drugs, and cosmetics; food service establishments to serve patrons' pet dogs within designated outdoor areas; authorize

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HB 1378 HB 1379 HB 1382 HB 1384 HB 1387 HB 1388 HB 1391 HB 1400 HB 1405 HB 1409 HB 1421 HB 1424
HB 1428 HB 1433 HB 1435 HB 1436 HB 1438 HB 1441 HB 1443 HB 1448 HB 1452 HB 1453 HB 1461 HB 1478

Crimes and offenses; remove places of worship from unauthorized locations a weapon or long gun may be carried Georgia Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Commission; establish Local government; require directors to do yearly continuing education Buildings and housing; amend Georgia state minimum standard codes to authorize certain uses of ungraded lumber; require Motor vehicles and traffic; suspension for failure to pay a civil penalty for a violation of overtaking a school bus or speeding in a school zone; provide Civil practice; alternative procedure for designation of official legal organ; provide Criminal procedure; compensation for public defenders and assistant public defenders; revise Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission; subject to state procurement laws; provide The Zoning Procedures Law; revise Labor and industrial relations; workers' compensation benefits; change certain provisions Conservation and natural resources; Hazardous Waste Trust Fund; dedicate the proceeds of certain hazardous waste fees Georgia Lottery for Education Act; administrative procedures regarding coin operated amusement machines shall be subject to Chapter 13 of Title 50; provide Code Revision Commission; revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions Criminal Justice Coordinating Council; revise and update composition of advisory board Education; needs based financial aid program; include eligibility for students with a financial aid gap Long-term Care Ombudsman Program; long-term care facilities post certain notice on their websites; require Transportation, Department of; meetings for election of board members; amend notice provisions Professions and businesses; exempt a certified peace officer employed as an independent contractor from certain requirements Mobile food service establishments; operate in county of origin or other counties without an additional permit; provide Motor vehicles and traffic; enforcement of laws regarding expired, revoked, canceled, or suspended registration by civil monetary penalty; provide Domestic relations; dating violence protective orders; revise a definition Crimes and offenses; access to medical cannabis; revise provisions Local government; annexation of territory; revise provisions relating to dispute resolution Motor vehicles and traffic; electronic submission of certificates of title to Department of Revenue by motor vehicle dealers; provide

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HB 1481 HB 1494
HB 1499 HB 1520
HR 467
HR 579 HR 594
HR 595
HR 627 HR 629 HR 630
HR 650 HR 686 HR 707 HR 732
HR 768
SB 87 SB 157
SB 211 SB 226
SB 256 SB 326
SB 331 SB 346

Motor vehicles; standards for issuance of dealer license plates; provide Public utilities and transportation; certain disclosures prior to sale or lease of distributed energy generation systems; require Gwinnett County; State Court; provide additional judge Georgia Council on Addressing Health Care Workforce Challenges; create
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS Georgia Department of Transportation; study potential costs and benefits of extending Interstate 185 and extending and expanding Georgia 300; urge Georgia Commission on Sustainability and Economic Opportunity; create County and municipal governing authorities; grant temporary tax relief to properties severely damaged or destroyed as a result of a disaster and located within a nationally declared disaster area; provide - CA (Reconsidered) Georgia Building Authority; plan for sustainable materials management and safe drinking water on the capitol campus properties; urge House Study Committee on Bureaucratic Hindrances to Businesses; create House State Health Benefit Plan Study Committee; create Joint Study Committee for Consolidation of County Governments and School Systems; create House Study Committee on Literacy Instruction; create Ad valorem tax; rate reduction for sale or harvest of timber; provide - CA House Study Committee on Homicide Cold Case Resources; create Local government; date temporary loans are payable from end of calendar year to fiscal year; change - CA House Study Committee on Expanding Long-Term Care Options; create
SENATE BILLS "Senator Jack Hill Veterans' Act"; enact "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975"; deceptive practice of musical performance groups advertising; prohibit Probate Court of Crisp County; office of judge; future elections; provide Sale or Distribution of Harmful Materials to Minors; provisions of Code Section 16-12-103 shall be applicable to libraries operated by schools; provide County Boards of Health; comprehensive reorganization; provide State Flag, Seal, Symbols; placement of a monument in honor of the Honorable Clarence Thomas within the capitol building or grounds; provide "Protecting Georgia Businesses and Workers Act"; enact Department of Administrative Services; companies owned or operated by China to bid on or submit a proposal for a state contract; prohibit

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SB 358 SB 396

Georgia Public Safety Training Center; reimbursement of certain costs incurred by active duty, retired, or honorably discharged members of the US armed forces who are attending basic law enforcement training; provide Georgia State Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); rename such program the Georgia Grown Farm to Food Bank Program (F2FB)

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