Senate general calendar, 2024 February 9

SENATE GENERAL CALENDAR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 09, 2024
EIGHTEENTH 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 341
SB 363 SB 370 SB 375 SB 376 SB 378
SB 381 SB 385

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 (RET-16th)
"Helping Firefighters Beat Cancer Act"; enact (I&L-56th)
Sales and Use Taxes; firearm safes and firearm safety devices; exempt (FIN-32nd)
Official Code of Georgia Annotated; relating to inactive boards, panels, authorities, centers, commissions, committees, councils, task forces, and other such bodies and certain procedures of the General Assembly; repeal (Substitute) (GvtO-32nd)
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)
"Assuring Quality in Government Act"; enact (Substitute) (GvtO-16th)
Georgia Military College; legislative intent language regarding certain postsecondary study beyond the second year level; revise (VM&HS-25th)

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SB 387 SB 393 SB 396 SB 398 SB 400 SB 402 SB 411 SB 426 SB 430 SB 436 SB 443 SR 122

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)
County Boards of Health; requirements to qualify as a soil classifier to conduct soil investigations and prepare soil reports; change (SLGO(G)45th)
Economic Development; Georgia State-wide Music Office; create (ED&T-39th)
Georgia Joint Defense Commission; commission's operations; revise (VM&HS-32nd)
Special License Plates; supporting the advocacy and promotion of strict interpretation of the United States Constitution with a portion of funds collected; establish (Substitute) (PUB SAF-48th)
Instruction Permits; restrictions upon the operation of Class C motor vehicles by Class D license holders with certain passengers in the vehicle; revise (PUB SAF-47th)
Elections; preferential treatment during advance voting to voters accompanied by children five years of age or under; provide (ETHICS25th)
Motor Vehicles and Traffic; requirements for joining of a motor carrier and motor carrier's insurer to a cause of action; revise (JUDY-19th)
COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety; provisions for rebuttable presumptions of risk by claimants in certain COVID-19 liability claims; revise (ED&T-27th)
Farm Use Vehicles; define a term (AG&CA-11th)
Abatement of Nuisances; inclusion of claims against promoters and organizers for costs incurred by local governments due to unpermitted events: provide (PUB SAF-1st)
"The Veteran Anthem"; official song of Georgia service members, veterans, and their families; designate (RULES-15th)

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SR 189 SR 352 SR 454 SR 470 SR 471 SR 482 SR 487 HB 82
HB 181 HB 269
HB 279
HB 285 HB 290 HB 306

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 the Preservation of Georgia's Farmlands; create (AG&CA-4th)
Senate Study Committee on Access to Affordable Child Care; create (C&F-56th)
Sergiy Samchynskyy and Yuliya Basarab; honor (RULES-47th)
Taiwan; its relations with the United States and the State of Georgia; commend (RULES-33rd)
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
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

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HB 362 HB 434 HB 498 HB 500 HB 502 HB 524

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
Georgia Cosmetic Laser Services Act; revise a definition; revise a provision (H&HS-32nd) Silcox-53rd
Motor vehicles; issuance of Class C driver's license to operators of certain three-wheeled motor vehicles; provide (TRANS-32nd) Ridley22nd

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