Proposed Senate first readers, 2021 February 8

SB 91. SB 92. SB 93. SB 94.

PROPOSED SENATE FIRST READERS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2021
THIRTEENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
By Senator James of the 35th:
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to require local boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products to students at no charge to the students; to authorize the Department of Education to promulgate model policies and guidance for local boards of education; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
By Senators Robertson of the 29th, Anderson of the 24th, Albers of the 56th, Mullis of the 53rd and Payne of the 54th:
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to schedules, offenses, and penalties regarding the regulation of controlled substances, so as to prohibit the sale to and by minors of drug products containing dextromethorphan; to provide for definitions; to provide for proper identification; to provide for a list of finished drug products; to provide for penalties; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for state regulation; to provide for limited liability; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
By Senators Robertson of the 29th, Anderson of the 24th, Mullis of the 53rd, Harbin of the 16th, Thompson of the 14th and others:
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to provide for the use of portable and movable polling facilities in certain circumstances; to provide for standards for such facilities; to provide for certain approvals; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
By Senators Ginn of the 47th, Mullis of the 53rd, Dugan of the 30th, Butler of the 55th, Anderson of the 24th and others:
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 5 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to rivers and river basins relative to dam safety, so as to prohibit the building of structures capable of being occupied in the inundation zone of a category II dam or a dam not classified pursuant to Code Section 12-5-375 without prior certification from a licensed engineer; to provide for definitions; to provide for licensed professional to perform and certify a breach of the inundation zone of a category II dam or a dam not classified pursuant to Code Section 12-5-375; to provide for filing of the certified breach analysis; to provide for liability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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SB 95. SB 96. SB 97. SB 98.

By Senators Ginn of the 47th, Beach of the 21st, Albers of the 56th, Anavitarte of the 31st, Kirkpatrick of the 32nd and others:
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to provide conditions for meetings and public hearings to be held by teleconference in emergency conditions; to provide conditions for certain agency members to participate in nonemergency meetings by teleconference; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
By Senators Jackson of the 2nd, Harbison of the 15th, Jones of the 10th and Rahman of the 5th:
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 17 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to notaries public, so as to provide that the identification of persons for whom notaries perform notarial acts shall be evidenced satisfactorily by a valid Veterans Health Identification Card issued by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
By Senators Jackson of the 2nd, Harbison of the 15th, Jones of the 10th, Rahman of the 5th and Jones II of the 22nd:
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-66 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to determination of in-state resident status of students for tuition or fees, so as to codify the university system policy of out-of-state tuition differential waivers; to require that a certain percentage of such waivers be allowed for certain institutions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
By Senators Beach of the 21st, Jones of the 25th, Gooch of the 51st, Ginn of the 47th and Watson of the 1st:
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 32 of the O.C.G.A., relating to highways, bridges, and ferries, so as to provide for eligible expenditures for the Georgia Freight Railroad Program of the Georgia Department of Transportation; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations for public and private financing of projects; to revise definitions; to amend Code Section 52-2-5 of the O.C.G.A., relating to composition of the Georgia Ports Authority; appointment, terms, and qualifications of members generally; filling of vacancies; election of chairperson, vice chairperson, and secretary-treasurer; and quorum, so as to add the commissioner of transportation as an ex officio member of the Georgia Ports Authority; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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SB 99. SB 100. SB 101. SB 102.

By Senators Parent of the 42nd, Butler of the 55th, Harrell of the 40th, Anderson of the 43rd, Jackson of the 41st and others:
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to provide that all advance voting locations shall be open and available for voting on the day of a primary, election, or runoff for any elector of the county to vote; to provide for procedures and requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
By Senators Watson of the 1st, Dugan of the 30th, Kennedy of the 18th, Miller of the 49th, Au of the 48th and others:
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to state government, so as to provide that this state shall observe standard time year round until such time as Congress authorizes the states to observe daylight savings time; to provide for contingent effectiveness; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
By Senators Parent of the 42nd and Jones II of the 22nd:
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 35-3-34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to disclosure and dissemination of criminal records to private persons and businesses, resulting responsibility and liability of the Georgia Crime Information Center, and provision of certain information to the FBI in conjunction with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, so as to provide for a judicial procedure for purging a person's involuntary hospitalization information received by the center for the purpose of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System under certain circumstances; to change provisions relating to the retention of a person's involuntary hospitalization information; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
By Senators Kennedy of the 18th, Dugan of the 30th, Brass of the 28th, Mullis of the 53rd, Gooch of the 51st and others:
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public utilities and public transportation, so as to prohibit governmental entities from adopting any policy that prohibits the connection or reconnection of any utility service based upon the type or source of energy or fuel; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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SB 103.
SR 67. SR 68. SR 69. SR 70. SR 71. SR 72. SR 73.

By Senators James of the 35th, Rhett of the 33rd, Butler of the 55th and Orrock of the 36th:
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to provide that diagnostic examinations for breast cancer shall not be treated less favorably than screening examinations for breast cancer with respect to cost-sharing requirements and treatment limitations; to provide for definitions; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
By Senator James of the 35th:
A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Linda Gayle Porter; and for other purposes.
By Senators Hickman of the 4th, Burns of the 23rd, Robertson of the 29th, Dugan of the 30th, Walker III of the 20th and others:
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending SFC Brad Colbert; and for other purposes.
By Senators Burns of the 23rd, Anderson of the 24th, Ginn of the 47th and Jones II of the 22nd:
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending McDuffie County upon the grand occasion of its 150th anniversary; and for other purposes.
By Senators Rhett of the 33rd, Jones II of the 22nd and Parent of the 42nd:
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Reverend John H. and First Lady Maudriella Mason; and for other purposes.
By Senators Tillery of the 19th, Goodman of the 8th, Harper of the 7th, Summers of the 13th, McNeill of the 3rd and others:
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Robin Nail upon the grand occasion of her retirement; and for other purposes.
By Senators Hickman of the 4th, McNeill of the 3rd, Watson of the 1st, Dugan of the 30th, Kirkpatrick of the 32nd and others:
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the 75th anniversary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Swainsboro, Georgia; and for other purposes.
By Senators Anavitarte of the 31st, Albers of the 56th, Ginn of the 47th, Payne of the 54th, Dugan of the 30th and others:
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Kim Cobb on her outstanding service as a Paulding County Board of Education member; and for other purposes.
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SR 74. SR 75. SR 76. SR 77.

By Senators Parent of the 42nd, Butler of the 55th, Halpern of the 39th, Harrell of the 40th, Hufstetler of the 52nd and others:
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Francine Moore on her outstanding public service; and for other purposes.
By Senators Butler of the 55th, Parent of the 42nd, Jones II of the 22nd, Davenport of the 44th, Jackson of the 41st and others:
A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Virginia C. Barnett Tate; and for other purposes.
By Senator Jackson of the 2nd:
A RESOLUTION creating the Senate Study Committee on Employee Misclassification; and for other purposes.
By Senator James of the 35th:
A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Pastor Creflo Dollar and Pastor Taffi Dollar; and for other purposes.

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