House general calendar, 2024 February 27

HB 17 HB 56 HB 98 HB 127 HB 149
HB 174
HB 267 HB 284 HB 363 HB 368 HB 403 HB 425 HB 426 HB 441 HB 447 HB 451
HB 464 HB 473
HB 486 HB 499 HB 549

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2024 TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HOUSE BILLS Elections; sealing of ballots in secure containers; provide Education; grants to children of law enforcement officers, firefighters, and prison guards killed in the line of duty; provisions Ad valorem tax; property; change certain definitions State Board of Education; establish rules and regulations for local school system outreach efforts regarding ESOL program; require Fair Business Practices Act of 1975; require cash overpayments to be remitted by merchants in the form of store credit under certain circumstances Education, Department of; provide parents and guardians of students entering sixth grade information regarding adolescent vaccinations in print and electronic form Income tax; failure of employers to comply with revenue provisions regarding employees; authorize private causes of action for equitable relief Insurance; health care sharing ministry; change definition; provisions Health; eligibility to receive tax credits; revise a definition; provisions Banks County; Superior Court; move from Piedmont Judicial Circuit to Mountain Judicial Circuit Revenue and taxation; tax credit for certain geothermal machinery installations at residential dwellings; provide Penal institutions; state sexual offender registry; revise certain risk assessment classifications Elections; retention and preservation of ballots and other election documents; revise provisions Professions; authorize and regulate teledentistry by licensed dentists pursuant to permits issued by Georgia Board of Dentistry Georgia Secure Automated Vehicle Enforcement (SAVE) Act; enact Public officers and employees; supplemental, illness-specific insurance for certain first responders with occupational post-traumatic stress disorder; require provision Income tax; revise rates of taxation on income Crimes and offenses; local governments operate bingo based games to offset reduced tax collections resulting from state-owned forest lands; authorize Burial Purchaser Protection Act; enact Domestic relations; authorize child support and insurance policies for certain disabled children; provisions Georgia State-wide Music Office Act; enact

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HB 565 HB 583 HB 589 HB 590 HB 598 HB 617 HB 625 HB 628 HB 643 HB 738 HB 745 HB 820 HB 822 HB 844 HB 846
HB 880 HB 910
HB 924
HB 940 HB 941
HB 971 HB 974

Social services; temporary assistance for needy families; increase access to benefits Food, drugs, and cosmetics; authorize production and sale of homemade food items with certain exemptions, requirements, and disclosures Audits and Accounts, Department of; require certain financial disclosures from entities performing work related to fiscal notes Crimes and offenses; online menacing of a peace officer; provide for offense Professions and businesses; certain boxing, wrestling, and martial art associations and federations; change certain provisions Highways, bridges, and ferries; development and maintenance of a statewide freight and logistics implementation plan; provide Coroners; full-time county employees; provide Property; revise exemption for a debtor's aggregate interest in real property or personal property; provisions Georgia Judicial Retirement System; certain state court judges of Fulton County participating in other retirement systems; repeal prohibitions Task Force on Workforce and Safety Net Integration; create Health; provide requirements for nurse staffing in hospitals; provisions Board of Natural Resources; repeal a minimum and maximum allowable fee for motor vehicle emissions inspections Quality Basic Education Act; prescribed course of study in sex education and HIV prevention is age appropriate and medically accurate; provide Practice of Nutrition and Dietetics Act; enact Education; require local school systems to annually notify employees whether social security taxes will be withheld from their pay and eligibility of certain benefits Professions and businesses; military spouses to use an existing license in good standing from another state; allow Minors; civil remedy for damages against commercial entities that distribute material harmful to minors without performing age verification; create Insurance; discriminating against certain healthcare facilities and providers in connection with the administration of provider administered drugs; prohibit insurers Fair Business Practices Act of 1975; require retail stores to accept cash for purchases Education; capital outlay funds may be used for educational facilities for voluntary pre-kindergarten programs provided by the school system; provide Firearm Safe Handling and Secure Storage Tax Credit Act; enact Secretary of State; establish and maintain a state-wide system for the posting of scanned paper ballots; require

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HB 978 HB 996 HB 1017 HB 1018 HB 1023 HB 1027 HB 1031 HB 1050 HB 1052 HB 1053 HB 1081 HB 1093 HB 1096
HB 1099
HB 1104 HB 1112 HB 1113 HB 1115 HB 1116 HB 1122 HB 1123 HB 1125 HB 1126

Uniform rules of the road; operators of bicycles to treat stop signs as yield signs; authorize Penal institutions; provide jailers with arrest powers Georgia Squatter Reform Act; enact Georgia Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination Act; enact Income tax; match tax rate imposed on corporations to that imposed on individual taxpayers Quality Basic Education Act; half-credit computer science course shall be a high school graduation requirement; require in 2026-2027 school year Ad valorem tax; property; provide mandatory reappraisal of parcels Professions and businesses; licensure as a professional counselor or associate professional counselor; change certain education requirements Revenue and taxation; limitation on leased property as to certain entities; remove State government; prohibit governmental agencies from using central bank digital currency as payment Health; provide mandatory preeclampsia biomarker testing for pregnant women during their first prenatal visit Agriculture; prohibit acquisition of possessory interest in certain land by certain foreign persons and entities Professional licensing boards; continuing education tracking solution to monitor compliance of licensees with applicable continuing education requirements; establish Crimes and offenses; knowing entry upon land or premises of another that has been marked with purple paint; provide for the crime of criminal trespass Quality Basic Education Act; address mental health risks for student athletes Elections; remove Secretary of State from State Election Board; attach to State Accounting Office Personal Privacy Protection Act; enact Sales and use tax; revise provisions for maximum allowable tax rate; remove prohibition of simultaneously levying a LOST and a HOST Income tax credit; rehabilitation of historic structures; home portion; extend sunset date Education; provide for funding requirements to apply to local agencies; charter schools; provisions Handicapped persons; require establishment of an Adult Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Multidisciplinary Team in each judicial circuit Labor and industrial relations; phase out payment of subminimum wage to persons with disabilities Motor vehicles; enforcement of speeding in school zones through automated traffic enforcement safety devices; repeal all law

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HB 1127 HB 1131 HB 1138 HB 1146
HB 1149 HB 1151 HB 1153 HB 1167
HB 1175 HB 1180 HB 1181 HB 1182 HB 1184 HB 1185 HB 1186 HB 1188 HB 1192 HB 1195 HB 1197 HB 1201 HB 1204
HB 1206 HB 1220

Agriculture, Department of; enforce certain criminal laws; authorize Education; evidence based suicide awareness and training programs; provide Invest Georgia Fund; provide additional factor that the fund administrator shall consider in the selection of venture capital funds Natural Resources, Department of; EPD to issue water permits to private companies in areas where no public service can be provided within a period of 12 months; require Local government; require local constitutional officers to annually report audits of discretionary funds to the General Assembly Special license plates; Southern University Alumni; establish Homeowners Protection Act; enact Georgia Foundation for Public Education; prioritizing low-performing schools applicable to the award of grants to public schools by a nonprofit corporation; remove a provision Physical therapists; granting licenses and disciplining licensees; revise provisions Income tax credit; film, gaming, video, or digital production; revise a definition Income tax; limit carry-forward periods of certain income tax credits Income tax; low-income housing tax credits; revise Evidence; privilege for participation in victim centered programs; provide Revenue and taxation; statewide homestead exemption from ad valorem taxes when current year assessed value exceeds the inflation rate; provide Education Coordinating Council; school and school system ratings; provisions Peace officers; extend time frame for which reimbursement of total training expenses by a subsequent employer may be sought Sales and use tax; certain high-technology data center equipment; prohibit issuance of new certificates of exemption Income tax; workforce-ready graduates employed in high-tech full-time jobs in rural counties; provide tax credit Income tax; expand revitalization zone tax credits to include rehabilitation of historic residential structures Criminal procedure; vacating of sentences of victims of trafficking; provisions Insurance; medically necessary expenses for standard fertility preservation services when a medically necessary treatment for cancer, sickle cell disease, or lupus may directly or indirectly cause iatrogenic infertility; require coverage Commerce and trade; form executed via electronic signature; provisions Public Service Commission; subject certain companies providing water service to regulation by the commission

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HB 1221
HB 1223 HB 1224 HB 1225
HB 1231
HB 1233
HB 1251
HB 1253
HB 1255 HB 1266 HB 1267 HB 1274 HB 1283 HB 1286 HB 1288
HB 1292
HB 1293
HB 1294
HB 1303 HB 1312
HB 1335
HB 1338
HB 1339 HB 1344
HB 1358

State Board of Education; procedures for student transfers between local school systems; provide Georgia Soil Amendment Act of 1976; provide for a new prohibited act Postsecondary education; revise definition of approved school; provisions Sales and use tax; joint county and municipal sales and use tax (LOST); negotiations for the distribution of tax proceeds; revise provisions Postsecondary education; allow academically successful students to use the full number of hours of HOPE scholarship eligibility Fire departments; authorize levy and collection of extraterritorial taxes and fees The Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia; duties related to review and approval for travel expenses; transfer from state auditor Community Affairs, Department of; revise composition of governing council for regional commissions The Terry Act; enact Community Housing Options Increase Cost Efficiency Act; enact Georgia Tax Court Act of 2025; enact State veterinary education; student loan forgiveness program; provide limits Juvenile code; use of deadly weapon; revise provisions Georgia Hemp Farming Act; regulate hemp products Local government; prohibit municipal courts from holding proceedings on the Juneteenth state holiday Property; clerks of superior courts obtain photographic identification cards of individuals who present deeds or other instruments for recording; require Office of Planning and Budget; web-based applications for tax receipts and a state budget simulator; provide for creation Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; finance and perform certain duties for projects relating to natural gas facilities; authorize Special license plates; Shepherd Center; establish Agriculture, Department of; regulation and taxation of electricity used as motor fuel and electric vehicle charging stations; extend effective date of provisions Health; personal care homes, assisted living communities, and memory care centers; revise staffing requirements Georgia Surface Mining Act of 1968; three-year moratorium on acceptance of applications for new permits; provisions Health; certificate of need; revise Behavioral Health Coordinating Council; allow for certain officials on to be represented by a delegate or agent Atlanta-Region Transit Link "ATL" Authority and Georgia Regional Transportation Authority; abolish and transfer all assets to State Road and Tollway Authority

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HB 1359 HB 1363 HB 1370
HR 302 HR 303
HR 473 HR 598 HR 780 HR 854 HR 901 HR 902 HR 1021
HR 1022
HR 1041 HR 1042 HR 1115 HR 1133 HR 1164 HR 1215
SB 19 SB 76

Ad valorem tax; refund for loss of property value or expenses due to failure of local governments to enforce certain laws; provisions State employees' health insurance plan; drugs dispensed for selfadministration; provisions Elections; superintendents determine number of voting booths; provisions
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS General Assembly; appropriation of funds received from certain legal judgments or settlements; provide - CA General Assembly; authorize local boards of education to impose, levy, and collect development impact fees for educational facilities costs; provide CA House Study Committee on Safety and Consumer Protection in the Tree Care Industry; create Georgia Tax Tribunal; vest judicial power; provide for venue and jurisdiction - CA Only citizens of the United States have right to vote in elections in Georgia; clarify - CA Keith Jackson Memorial Intersection "Whoa Nellie"; Carroll County; dedicate Clark, Mr. Darrell Lee; compensate Watkins, Mr. Joseph Samuel; compensate Local government; option to offer a state-wide homestead exemption from ad valorem taxes when current year assessed value exceeds base year value; provide - CA Local government; option to offer a state-wide homestead exemption from ad valorem taxes when current year assessed value exceeds the inflation rate; provide - CA Local government; adopt an alternative method of appraisal and assessment of real property located within the county for taxation; provide - CA Joint Study Committee on Judicial System Compensation; create Ad valorem tax; qualified low-income building projects may be classified as a separate class of property; provide - CA Congress; pass Kidney PATIENT Act of 2023; urge Honorable Richard H. Smith Memorial Interchange; Muscogee County; dedicate Speaker David E. Ralston Interstate Connector; Fannin County; dedicate
SENATE BILLS Courts; collection of passport application and processing fees by clerks of superior courts and probate court judges; provide State Employees' Health Insurance Plan; state health benefit plans to cover insulin medication at a reduced rate; provide

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SB 110 SB 144
SB 203 SB 254 SB 334 SB 348 SB 352 SB 362
SB 369 SB 377 SB 389 SB 410 SB 443

'Back the Blue Act'; enact Adjutant General; include a roster of all commissioned officers in the organized militia in the annual report to the Governor; remove the requirement "Trucking Opportunity Act of 2023"; enact Selling and other Trade Practices; requirements for earned wage access services; provide "Helping Firefighters Beat Cancer Act"; enact Notification of Suspicious or Unusual Deaths; individual had not been seen by a physician prior to death; revise the period Motor Vehicle Equipment and Inspection; standards for the alteration and operation of motor vehicles with modified suspension systems; provide State Government; employee representation by a labor organization for employers to receive certain economic development incentives from the state; provide requirements Motor Vehicles; issuance of license plates commemorating the United States of America's semiquincentennial; provide Courts and Social Services; licensing of qualified residential treatment programs; provide Georgia National Guard; adjutant general to be the official sponsor of the state sponsored life insurance program; provide Licensing of Veterinarians; certain sterilization services performed by outof-state veterinarians from licensing requirements; exempt Abatement of Nuisances; inclusion of claims against promoters and organizers for costs incurred by local governments due to unpermitted events: provide

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