Senate rules calendar 2012 March 7

SENATE CONVENES AT 10:00 A.M.

SENATE RULES CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012 THIRTIETH LEGISLATIVE DAY

SB 473 SB 356 SB 364 SB 368 SB 380 SB 411 SB 312 SB 459 SB 460 SB 350 SB 493 SB 432 SB 471

License Plates; veterans awarded Purple Hearts; include persons still serving in the armed services (As Introduced) (Substitute) (VM&HS-15th)
Superior Courts; provide additional judge of the Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit; initial appointment; election and term of office (As Introduced) (Substitute) (JUDY-27th)
Educational Programs; use of standards base grading in grades 4 through 12; prohibit (As Introduced) (Substitute) (ED&Y-3rd)
Nurses; provide for continuing competency requirements; renewal of licenses (As Introduced) (Substitute) (H&HS-1st)
Pharmacist and Pharmacies; change definition of security paper; State Board of Pharmacy; revisions (As Introduced) (Substitute) (H&HS-1st)
Georgia Sheriffs' Cooperative Authority; create (As Introduced) (Substitute) (PUB SAF-25th)
Public Assistance; applicants for food stamps and temporary assistance; require personal growth activities (As Introduced) (Substitute) (H&HS-3rd)
Electric Utilities; consumers may elect not to use smart meters; Public Service Commission may create/regulate a surcharge for consumers who elect not to use smart meters (As Introduced) (RI&U-48th)
Insurance; provide a religious exception; requirement that every health benefit policy provide coverage for contraceptives (As Introduced) (I&L-29th)
Crimes and Offenses; disposition of firearms used in burglaries or armed robberies (As Introduced) (Substitute) (JUDY-9th)
Firearms; authorize persons between the ages of 18 and 21 to carry firearms under certain circumstances (As Introduced) (JUDY-52nd)
Crimes and Offenses; define a certain term; political subdivision shall not enact any ordinance more restrictive of sale/possession of knife than general law (As Introduced) (Substitute) (JUDY-31st)
Insurance; authorize Insurance Commissioner to establish coalition of other states; alternative policy approval process for comprehensive major medical policies (As Introduced) (I&L-32nd)

SB 489 SB 492 SB 506 SR 843 SR 873 SB 501 SB 379 SB 468 SB 438 SB 508 SB 292 SB 469 SB 87 SB 299 SB 348

Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission; report annually; House/Senate Committees on Health and Human Services; outcomes (As Introduced) (H&HS-53rd)
State Purchasing; require state contracts awards for heavy equipment follow certain specific procedures (As Introduced) (Substitute) (TRANS-53rd)
State Government; provide state immunity extend to certain health care providers; engaged in graduate medical programs in GA medical facilities (As Introduced) (GvtO-53rd)
Bert Ward Memorial Bridge; Catoosa County; dedicate (As Introduced) (Substitute) (TRANS-53rd)
Public Property; authorizing the granting of restrictive easements for facilities, utilities 14 counties (As Introduced) (Substitute) (SI&P-51st)
Education; repeal article relating to Georgia Charter Schools Commission; establish Georgia Charter Schools Advisory Commission; membership (As Introduced) (ED&Y-5th)
Pawnbrokers; provide limitations regarding certain fees or taxes; transactions (As Introduced) (Committee amend AM 37 0158) (ECD-16th)
Rules of the Road; bicycles; single file on roadways not specially designated for the use of bicycles (As Introduced) (Substitute) (TRANS-49th)
State Employees' Health Insurance Plan; provide that no health insurance plan for employees of the state shall offer coverage for abortion services (As Introduced) (Substitute) (I&L-28th)
Local Government; public advertisements; provide for certain requirements (As Introduced) (Substitute) (GvtO-32nd)
Social Responsibility and Accountability Act; enact; drug test; temporary assistance for needy families/Medicaid benefits; requirements (As Introduced) (Substitute) (H&HS-56th)
Labor; provide provisions prohibiting mass picketing shall apply to certain private residences (As Introduced) (Substitute) (I&L-9th)
Education; rename to Georgia Educational Freedom Act; expand eligibility for the program; revise requirements relating to qualifications for scholarship (As Introduced) (Substitute) (ED&Y-21st)
Uniform Fraudulent Transfers Act; define certain terms; provide charitable contribution made to a charitable contribution; good faith (As Introduced) (Substitute) (JUDY-22nd)
Civil Practice; personal service of a summons on a corporation; provisions (As Introduced) (Substitute) (S JUDY-10th)

SB 406 SB 465

'Jace Hester Law'; emergency closure of an early care and education program upon death of a minor (As Introduced) (ED&Y-12th)
Crimes and Offenses; increase the punishment for aggravated assault upon a nurse while engaged in his or her official duties (As Introduced) (S JUDY-5th)

Respectfully submitted,
Balfour of the 9th, Chairman Senate Rules Committee