Senate general calendar, 2024 February 8

SENATE GENERAL CALENDAR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2024 SEVENTEENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY

SB 10
SB 41 SB 117
SB 143 SB 147 SB 171 SB 198 SB 208 SB 212 SB 232
SB 255

Offenses Against Public Order And Motor Vehicles and Traffic; knowingly attending and facilitating an illegal drag race or a laying drags exhibition; punishment; provide (Substitute) (PUB SAF-10th)
Watercraft; completion of a boater education course for registration of a watercraft; require (Substitute) (PUB SAF-25th)
State Employees' Assurance Department; the assignment of certain group term life insurance benefits to pay for funeral services of a deceased individual who was a member; provide (RET-25th)
Appellate Court Judges; eligibility for retirement benefits; decrease the age (RET-17th)
"Boundless Opportunities for Georgia Students Act"; enact (Substitute) (ED&Y-48th)
Development Authorities; the length of a director's hold-over period following expiration of term of office; limit (Substitute) (ED&T-23rd)
Georgians with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Innovation Commission; create (Substitute) (H&HS-40th)
'Georgia Development Impact Fee Act'; provide for fees for education (ED&Y-27th)
Probate Court Judges; relating to elections; end activities and duties (Substitute) (ETHICS-23rd)
Courts; provide for probate court fees; funding of the State Children's Trust Fund; requirement of permit for conduct of fireworks display; amend (Substitute) (JUDY-18th)
Gambling; provisions relative to dogfighting; revise (PUB SAF-54th)

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SB 307
SB 308
SB 334 SB 340 SB 363 SB 370 SB 375 SB 376 SB 378
SB 385 SB 387
SB 389 SB 393

Private Review Agents; health insurers to implement and maintain a program that allows for the selective application of reductions; provide (Substitute) (I&L-32nd)
Georgia Legislative Retirement System; retirement benefit amounts payable to former legislators upon retirement and to currently retired legislators (RET16th)
"Helping Firefighters Beat Cancer Act"; enact (I&L-56th)
Sales and Use Taxes; firearm safes and firearm safety devices; exempt (FIN32nd)
Georgia Public Safety Training Center law enforcement unit; establishment; provide (Substitute) (PUB SAF-56th)
Human Trafficking Hotline Information; certain establishments to post human trafficking hotline information; require (RI&U-3rd)
Behavioral Health Coordinating Council; add commissioner of veterans service (VM&HS-17th)
Juvenile Code; improve timely permanent placement of a child removed from their home; clarify requirements (Substitute) (C&F-19th)
Trafficking of Persons; increased sentences for persons convicted of trafficking a minor or a developmentally disabled person for sexual servitude; provide (JUDY-16th)
Georgia Military College; legislative intent language regarding certain postsecondary study beyond the second year level; revise (VM&HS-25th)
Identification Cards; certain applicants who are either homeless or in the legal custody of the Division of Family and Children Services do not require signatures; provide (C&F-32nd)
Georgia National Guard; adjutant general to be the official sponsor of the state sponsored life insurance program; provide (I&L-54th)
County Boards of Health; requirements to qualify as a soil classifier to conduct soil investigations and prepare soil reports; change (SLGO(G)-45th)

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SB 396 SB 398 SB 411 SB 412
SB 424 SB 426 SR 122 SR 189 SR 352 SR 454 SR 471 HB 63
HB 82 HB 181

Economic Development; Georgia State-wide Music Office; create (ED&T39th)
Georgia Joint Defense Commission; commission's operations; revise (VM&HS-32nd)
Elections; preferential treatment during advance voting to voters accompanied by children five years of age or under; provide (ETHICS-25th)
Professions and Businesses; administrative and civil sanctions against charitable organizations, paid solicitors, and solicitor agents for certain violations; change provisions (RI&U-18th)
West Georgia Judicial Circuit; create (JUDY-29th)
Motor Vehicles and Traffic; requirements for joining of a motor carrier and motor carrier's insurer to a cause of action; revise (JUDY-19th)
"The Veteran Anthem"; official song of Georgia service members, veterans, and their families; designate (RULES-15th)
General Assembly; development impact fees for educational purposes; provide -CA (ED&Y-27th)
Atlanta Public Schools; commend (RULES-39th)
Right to Register and Vote; clarify (CA) (ETHICS-25th)
Senate Study Committee on Access to Affordable Child Care; create (C&F56th)
Insurance; insurers providing policies for groups of 20 or more to furnish claims experience at the request of a group policyholder; require (Substitute) (I&L-20th) Williams-148th
Income tax; limit eligibility for rural physician tax credit to physicians who qualify on or before December 31, 2023 (Substitute) (FIN-23rd) Jackson-128th
Controlled Substances; mitragynine and hydroxymitragynine are Schedule I; provide (Substitute) (H&HS-28th) Townsend-179th

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HB 206
HB 269
HB 279
HB 285 HB 290 HB 306 HB 362 HB 434 HB 498 HB 500 HB 524

Local government; creation of Commercial Property Assessed Conservation, Energy, and Resiliency Development Authorities; provide (Substitute) (SLGO(G)) Sainz-180th
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; authorize local workforce development boards to conduct meetings via teleconference (GvtO-20th) Blackmon-146th
Insurance; discount for property owners who build a new property that better resists tornado, hurricane, or other catastrophic windstorm events; provide (Substitute) (I&L-29th) Gambill-15th
Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; total percentage of funds invested in alternative investments; raise limit (RET-16th) Franklin-160th
Revenue and taxation; county tax commissioner duties; revise provisions (Substitute) (FIN-52nd) Scoggins-14th
Education; energy cost savings measures; revise definition (Substitute) (ED&Y-45th) Fleming-114th
Insurance; benefit provider to disclose certain payments to a treating healthcare provider; provide (I&L-9th) Mathiak-74th
Georgia Composite Medical Board; licensing for radiologist assistants; provide (Substitute) (RI&U-56th) Hawkins-27th
Funeral directors and embalmers; reinstatement of lapsed license; change certain provisions (RI&U-25th) Mathis-149th
Crimes and offenses; offense of arson of law enforcement vehicle; provide (JUDY-56th) Silcox-53rd
Motor vehicles; issuance of Class C driver's license to operators of certain three-wheeled motor vehicles; provide (TRANS-32nd) Ridley-22nd

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