House general calendar, 2024 February 29

HB 17 HB 56 HB 98 HB 127 HB 149
HB 174
HB 218 HB 267 HB 284 HB 349 HB 363 HB 368 HB 389 HB 403 HB 425 HB 426 HB 441 HB 447 HB 464 HB 473
HB 486

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2024 TWENTY-EIGHTH 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 Evidence; sexual assault hearsay for disabled adults and 17 year olds; provide 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 Barbers and cosmetologists; repeal Chapter 10 and enact a new chapter that reorganizes, modernizes, and clarifies current regulation Health; eligibility to receive tax credits; revise a definition; provisions Banks County; Superior Court; move from Piedmont Judicial Circuit to Mountain Judicial Circuit Property; condominiums; revise maximum amount of insurance deductibles payable by unit owners 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 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

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HB 499 HB 549 HB 559 HB 565 HB 583 HB 589 HB 590 HB 617 HB 625 HB 628 HB 663 HB 738 HB 745 HB 820 HB 822 HB 839 HB 844 HB 846
HB 882 HB 910
HB 924
HB 926 HB 928 HB 935

Domestic relations; authorize child support and insurance policies for certain disabled children; provisions Georgia State-wide Music Office Act; enact Elections; preferential treatment during advance voting to voters accompanied by children five years of age or under; provide 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 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 No Patient Left Alone Act; enact 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 Social Work Licensure Compact Act; enact 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 Law enforcement officers and agencies; prohibit posting of booking photograph until individual is convicted 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 Second Chance Workforce Act; enact Courts; private attorney appointed to act as district attorney pro tempore; revise compensation Motor vehicles; standards for a conviction through the use of speed devices; provide

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HB 939 HB 940 HB 941
HB 978 HB 1005
HB 1017 HB 1023 HB 1027 HB 1031 HB 1038 HB 1046 HB 1050 HB 1052 HB 1053 HB 1081 HB 1093 HB 1096
HB 1099
HB 1104 HB 1105 HB 1112 HB 1113

Motor vehicles; submission of proof of completion of certain courses by certain applicants to obtain limited driving permits; require 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 Uniform rules of the road; operators of bicycles to treat stop signs as yield signs; authorize Insurance; every health benefit policy shall provide coverage for rabies immune globulin and vaccinations administered after potential exposure to rabies; require Georgia Squatter Reform 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 Crimes and offenses; offense of reproductive battery; provide Health; advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants to order home healthcare services; authorize 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 The Georgia Criminal Alien Track and Report Act of 2024; enact Elections; remove Secretary of State from State Election Board; attach to State Accounting Office Personal Privacy Protection Act; enact

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HB 1116 HB 1122 HB 1123 HB 1125 HB 1126 HB 1131 HB 1146
HB 1149 HB 1151 HB 1153 HB 1167
HB 1175 HB 1180 HB 1184 HB 1186 HB 1190 HB 1195 HB 1197 HB 1201 HB 1204
HB 1206

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 Education; evidence based suicide awareness and training programs; provide 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 Evidence; privilege for participation in victim centered programs; provide Education Coordinating Council; school and school system ratings; provisions Secretary of State; division director to issue licenses in certain instances ; authorize 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

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HB 1210
HB 1220
HB 1221
HB 1223 HB 1224 HB 1225
HB 1231
HB 1233
HB 1234
HB 1239
HB 1253
HB 1255 HB 1259
HB 1266 HB 1274 HB 1283 HB 1284 HB 1286 HB 1288
HB 1292
HB 1293
HB 1294
HB 1302
HB 1312
HB 1314

Community Affairs, Department of; authorize creation of data base to make certain information available about multifamily complexes Public Service Commission; subject certain companies providing water service to regulation by the commission 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 Motor vehicles; conditions, procedures, and limitations for issuance of temporary operating permits; provide Motor vehicles; operation of miniature on-road vehicles on certain highways; provide Community Affairs, Department of; revise composition of governing council for regional commissions The Terry Act; enact Trademarks; streaming services to comply with certain provisions of federal copyright law; provide Community Housing Options Increase Cost Efficiency Act; enact State veterinary education; student loan forgiveness program; provide limits Juvenile code; use of deadly weapon; revise provisions Education; establishment of school bus routes; provide suggested standards 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 Medical assistance; mandatory maternal mental health screening for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders for Medicaid recipients; provide Agriculture, Department of; regulation and taxation of electricity used as motor fuel and electric vehicle charging stations; extend effective date of provisions Health; designate emergency medical services, including ambulance service, as an essential service

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HB 1318 HB 1323 HB 1326 HB 1329 HB 1335 HB 1336
HB 1338 HB 1340 HB 1341 HB 1344 HB 1358
HB 1359 HB 1361 HB 1363 HB 1366 HB 1370 HB 1407 HB 1408 HB 1409 HB 1410
HR 302

Georgia Rail Passenger Authority Overview Committee; repeal Chapter 10 of Title 28 Fair Business Practices Act; veterans and other eligible persons applying for military benefits; provide certain protections Crimes and offenses; Schedule I, Schedule III, and Schedule IV controlled substances; provide certain provisions State government; regulation and taxation of fantasy contests; authorize and provide Health; personal care homes, assisted living communities, and memory care centers; revise staffing requirements Insurance; plan sponsor of health benefit plan to consent on behalf of a covered person to the electronic transmittal or electronic posting of such plan; allow Georgia Surface Mining Act of 1968; three-year moratorium on acceptance of applications for new permits; provisions Professions and businesses; credentialing of qualified behavior analysts and qualified autism services practitioner-supervisors; provide State symbols; white shrimp as official state crustacean; designate 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 Ad valorem tax; refund for loss of property value or expenses due to failure of local governments to enforce certain laws; provisions Crimes and offenses; distribution of computer generated obscene material depicting a child; prohibit State employees' health insurance plan; drugs dispensed for selfadministration; provisions State holidays; month of April as Black Women's History Month; designate Elections; superintendents determine number of voting booths; provisions Local government; establishing service delivery strategies; revise provisions Low THC Oil Patient Registry; add ulcerative colitis as a condition for treatment Torts; mental health care providers; limit liability under certain circumstances State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless Act; enact
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS
General Assembly; appropriation of funds received from certain legal judgments or settlements; provide - CA

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HR 303
HR 473 HR 565 HR 780 HR 854 HR 901 HR 902 HR 1021
HR 1041 HR 1042 HR 1066 HR 1115 HR 1133 HR 1164 HR 1215 HR 1229
SB 19 SB 76 SB 110 SB 144
SB 203 SB 254

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 House Study Committee on Motor Vehicle Dealer License Plates and Temporary Operating Permits; create 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; 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 Iranian people; desire for a democratic, secular, and non-nuclear Republic of Iran; express support 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 United States Department of Veterans Affairs; additional resources for elder care, nursing home access, and expanded disabled residential programs; urge; provide
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 '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

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SB 334 SB 348 SB 352 SB 362
SB 369 SB 375 SB 377 SB 389 SB 410 SB 443

"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 Behavioral Health Coordinating Council; add commissioner of veterans service 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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