Monday, January a2 was the 5th legislative day. The iegisIature was in Session this entire week. Tuesday was established as committee day, with committees beginning first thing in the morning and continuing until 3 PM when the Houses convened. 
Appropriations will hear public testimony on the IT2007Human Resources Budget on 
,Januarypgth, at 2PM or upon adjournment, in 341 CAP. Sign up in Room 245, Capitol. 
Senate Education Committee held hearings on SB lo, Special Needs Scholarship Program on Thursday, J a n u a l y 25th. Stay tuned for more information on this issue. 
 
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Leadership; b/ls~:www.votc-smar-t.~i-gto 1dcn:lfy your 
 
Senate Leadership-Presiding: Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle 
 
Sponsor: Johnson, E, 1st Status: Referred to Education and routh 
i B 12: Budget Act; periodic application of zero-basebudgeting; 
 
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-a-b-a.u4o h, 2. 8th Brown, 26th 
 
Minority Whip: Dabrid Adelman, 42nd 
 
SB 13: Labor; minimum wage law; so as to provide for a sub- 
 
Speaker Pro Tempore: Mark Burkhalter, 50th Majority Leader: Jerry Keen, 179th 
 
mlnlrnum wage law; to provlde for legislative findrngs; to provide for an Increase in the minimum wage; to provide for annual rnini- 
 
Minority Whip: Carolyn Hugley, 133rd 
 
Brown, R, 26th Statusr Prefiled 
 
House A p p r ~ p r i E i t i b ~ rU~C.I I I la1IJII + +urrc 
 
S& 20: Sexual Offenses; relating to sexual offenses, so as to pro- 
 
vlde that le shall be unlawful to have carnal knowledge with a dis- 
 
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a penaIt~es.Sponsors: Hill, 1. 32nd; Thompson, St. 33rd 
 
Status: Referred to 3udiclar-y 
 
HE 9: Electronic recording voting systems; permanent paper re- 
 
1cord. Sponsor: Bearden, T. 68th Status: House Hoawer 
5B 28: Insuring Georgia's Families Act; to comprehensively revise 
 
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relatrng to insurance, so as to provide for the development of consumer drlven health insurance plans by the Comrnlssioner of 
 
ment of Community Health and a health maintenance or other 
 
Z l s t ; Caggans, 6 . 7th; Hudgens. R. 47th; Wfltiams, T. 19th 
 
I - - - . - I Status: Referred ta Insuranceand Labor 
 
bates, fees, cornmiss~ons,or kickbacks received or retalned by thl 
 
I organization. Spansar: Stephens, R. 164th Status: Prefiled 
 
58 59: BudgetJFinanclalArfalrs; relating to management of budg- =.- 
 
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etary and f~nanciaal ffairs by the Office of Planning and Budget, so nrr ~ 4b:eorgla Aavance utrectlve tor nealrn Lare ~ c te;nact 
 
1 - . as to require the creatron of an Internet website on which the 
public can vrew the state budget; to provide for the content and capabilities of such website. Sponsors: Staton, C. 18th; Shafer, 
 
relatrng to health, so as to provide for an advance dtrectlve for 
 
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D. 48th; Rogers, C. Zlst; Tolleson, R. 20th Chapman, 1. 3rd; Schaefer, N. 50th Status: Referred to bpproprrations 
 
I clause for a living will and a durable power of attorney for health care. Sponsor: Turnlln + 5. 38th Status: House Second Readers 
 
SB 39: Charter Systems Act; to provlde for the establlshment of 
charter systems;and other matters. Sponsors: Weber, D.40th; 
Moody, D. 56th; Williams, T. 19th; Tarver, E. 22nd; Carter, 3. 13th; Pearson, C. 5 1st Status: Referred to Educatton and Youth 
 
HB 73: Department of Community Health; emergency transpcrtat ~ o nservices; permits; require the Department of Comrnuntty Health to provide transportation services during a declared state of emergency for the elderly, disabled, and chlldren reslding In 
certa~nstate ltcensed fadlitles. Sponsors: Day, B. 163rd; Home, 
 
SR 4: Electoral Process; right to register and vote; procedures: 
 
B. 71st; Neal, 1. 1st Status: House Second Readers 
 
I I Proposing an amendment to the C ~ n s t i t ~ tSlo~ans to ~ r o v i d ethat cln rnn. Datien+ Dinht w, D;rrtirin=ba I&- rcrIl+inntfi n h u ~ i ~ i - m e 
 
including procedures to verify the identity of electors seeking to 
 
gations and actions against a physician. Sponsors: Keown, M. 
 
vote in a primary or election; to provide for the submission of this 
amendment for ratification or reject~on;Sponsor: Staton, C. 18th 
k. Status: Referred t o State and Local Government Operations 
I I SR 6: State Chfldren's Health Insurance Plan; Urging the Con- 
 
... 173rd: Turnlin,, 5- . 3- 8- t-h:< Fre- e- m-anr. A. 1- 4- 0-t h,: S--e-+-/-i~r,E. 35th; 
Lane, 167th Status:- H.n--l-- .Fl.rct .R.--p..a-.-r l ~ r c 
HI3 133: Educatlon; so as to change certain provisions relatlng to salary increases for persons receivinq certlficatlon from the Na- 
 
gress of the United States to provide funding and ensure reauthoriratlon of the State Children's Health Insurance Plan (SCHIP); and for other purposes. Sponsor: Goggans, E. 7t'h 
Status: Senate Read and Adopted, House Read and Referred 
 
tlonal Board for Professional ~eachlngStandards. Sponsors: 
 
. - - Casas. D. 103rd: Chamb- e- rs-.,I- . 8- 1-s- t- :, J- -arn-i~- -mna .I-.. 7- -8-th:r C---o-rx C-.- 
I'102nd Statusr House Hopper 
 
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HB 137: Low-income mlcroentrepreneurs; grant programs: refat- 
 
SR 10: Taxation; Proposing an amendment to the Constilutlon so I lng to general provisions of the Department of Economic Deverop- 
 
as l o provide for lim1ta":lonson state government taxatton and expenditures; to provir.? for the submission of this amendment 
for rattfi~at~oonr re]e~b.r)n;and for other purposes. Sponsors: Rogers, M. 2Ist; Seab<,ugh, M. 28th; Person, C. Slsl; Wiles, J. 
 
ment, se as to provide for the establishment of a grant program 
' to support training and technical assrstance for low-income micro- 
I I EntePreneurs; Sponsors: Teilhet~R. 40th; Fludd, V. 66th; Davis, 
IH. 122nd; Starr, W. 78th; Marin, P. 96th; Williams, A. 165th 
 
37th; Hill, 1. 32nd; ?4~:~30'-h. ,31st Status: Referred to Flnance 
 
Status: House Hopper 
 
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