SENATE CONVENES AT 10:00 A.M. 
 
SENATE RULES CALENDAR TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2013 THIRTY-NINTH LEGISLATIVE DAY 
 
HB 232 HB 289 HB 437 HB 441 HB 143 HB 407 
HB 207 
HB 475 
HB 34 HB 59 HB 70 HB 71 
HB 78 HB 79 
 
Regents Retirement Plan; level of employee participation; change (RET-40th) Battles-15th 
Funds transfers; Uniform Commercial Code and federal law; clarify certain provisions (B&FI-49th) Kelley-16th 
Atlanta Judicial Circuit; provide for selection of chief judge (JUDY-13th) Willard-51st 
Fulton County Superior Court; administrator shall have oversight of budget; provide (JUDY-29th) Willard-51st 
Campaign contributions; disclosure reports; change certain provisions (Substitute) (RULES-53rd) Ralston-7th 
Drivers' licenses; mandatory use of ignition interlock devices following second conviction for driving under influence of alcohol or drugs; modify and extend provisions (Substitute) (PUB SAF-49th) Powell-32nd 
Licenses; issuance of a special turkey-hunting permit for young and mobility impaired hunters; authorize (Substitute) (NR&E-7th) Shaw-176th 
Drivers' licenses; commissioner to enter into reciprocal agreements on behalf of Georgia for recognition of licenses issued by foreign territories; authorize (PUB SAF-48th) Pak-108th 
Income tax credit; clean energy property; include certain commercial geothermal heat pumps (FIN-29th) Parsons-44th 
Alarm monitoring services; licensed persons and companies to utilize alarm verification; require (PUB SAF-40th) Taylor-79th 
Special needs students; waiver of one of the scholarship requirements under certain conditions; provide (Substitute) (ED&Y-37th) Golick-40th 
Georgia Municipal Employees Benefit System; total percentage of investments permissible in real estate investments; increase (RET-54th) Riley-50th 
Crimes and offenses; protection of disabled adults and elder persons; change provisions (Substitute) (JUDYNC-45th) Willard-51st 
Official Code of Georgia; revise, modernize and correct errors or omissions (JUDY-29th) Willard-51st 
 
 HB 87 HB 99 HB 104 HB 132 
HB 139 HB 463 HB 156 
HB 160 HB 177 HB 179 HB 182 HB 188 
HB 189 
HB 199 HB 215 HB 226 HB 240 
 
Elections; use of the boundaries of a gated community as the boundaries of a precinct; authorize (Substitute) (ETHICS-30th) Hightower-68th 
Malt beverages; amount produced by a person in his or her private residence; change (RI&U-27th) Spencer-180th 
Special license plates; supporting the Appalachian Trail Conservancy; add (PUB SAF-7th) Carson-46th 
Georgia Board of Pharmacy and Georgia Board of Dentistry; administratively attached to Department of Community Health; provide (RI&U-49th) Hawkins-27th 
Sheriffs; general qualification requirements; revise (Substitute) (ETHICS-27th) Hamilton-24th 
Motor vehicle licenses; registration rates under International Registration Plan for apportioned vehicles; change (Substitute) (FIN-6th) Rice-95th 
Electronic pornography; certain acts amounting to unlawfully seducing or enticing a child through use of computer online service; clarify (Substitute) (JUDYNC-23rd) Neal-2nd 
Mortgages; vacant and foreclosed real property registries; revise provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-23rd) Jacobs-80th 
Oconee River Greenway Authority; change the membership (NR&E-25th) Wilkinson-52nd 
Pharmacies; The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights; change certain provisions (I&L-52nd) Welch-110th 
Juvenile court administration; hearing on the order of an associate court judge; delete provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-23rd) Weldon-3rd 
Professions and businesses; certain military certifications entitle persons to obtain certain professional licenses in this state; provide (RI&U-6th) Coomer-14th 
Natural Resources, Department of; notify local governing authorities before making certain significant changes in park service; require (NR&E-29th) Buckner-137th 
Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; expand Georgia Reservoir Fund (NR&E-17th) Lindsey-54th 
Superior courts; filings in the clerk's office; change provisions (JUDY-29th) Benton-31st 
Solid waste management; tire transportation, storage, and disposal; revise certain requirements (Substitute) (NR&E-20th) Nix-69th 
Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids; certain speech-language pathology; require reimbursement (I&L-49th) Carson-46th 
 
 HB 244 HB 250 HB 276 
HB 284 HB 296 HB 302 HB 323 HB 324 
HB 320 
HB 332 HB 337 
HB 338 HB 365 HB 366 
HB 381 HB 382 
HB 393 
 
Elementary and secondary education; annual performance evaluations; revise certain provisions (ED&Y-37th) Nix-69th 
Local excise tax; sale or use of energy; revise certain provisions (FIN-6th) Rice-95th 
Hazardous site response; appropriations to Department of Natural Resources and Georgia Hazardous Waste Management Authority; change certain procedures (Substitute) (NR&E-17th) Nimmer-178th 
Return to Play Act of 2013; enact (ED&Y-37th) Pruett-149th 
Motor vehicles; authorized to receive registration records; add certain persons (Substitute) (JUDY-53rd) Powell-32nd 
Controlled substances; substances included under Schedule I and III; add (Substitute) (H&HS-1st) Broadrick-4th 
Motor vehicles; age for operation of certain commercial motor vehicle operators; modify (Substitute) (PUB SAF-7th) Powell-32nd 
Georgia Student Finance Commission; board of commissioners; Georgia Student Finance Authority; board of directors; verification of lawful presence; provide exemptions (H ED-32nd) Dollar-45th 
Solid waste management; currently existing and compliant inert waste landfill operations from regulatory permitting; exempt(Substitute) (NR&E-20th) Harden-148th 
Georgia Board of Nursing; reconstitute; provisions (H&HS-45th) Williamson-115th 
Elementary and secondary education; public and private schools to stock supply of auto-injectable epinephrine; authorize (ED&Y-52nd) Fleming-121st 
Georgia Council for the Arts; role of arts in economic development and other vital functions to the state; clarify (ECD-6th) Wilkinson-52nd 
Safety belts; definition of the term "passenger vehicle" to which the safety belt law applies; modify (PUB SAF-1st) Hitchens-161st 
Peace officers; disciplining certified officers and requirements for certification; clarify application of provisions (PUB SAF-1st) Hitchens-161st 
Natural Resources, Department of; department creation and operation of a nonprofit corporation; revise provisions (NR&E-17th) Hatchett-150th 
Torts; governing authority of school that enters into recreational joint-use agreement with public or private entity; limit liability (Substitute) (JUDY-29th) Powell-171st 
Georgia Workforce Investment Board; provide for powers and duties; provisions (I&L-21st) Hamilton-24th 
 
 HB 434 HB 446 
HB 451 HB 480 HB 482 HB 486 HB 497 HB 499 HB 506 HB 517 HB 511 HB 238 HB 211 HB 21 HR 73 HB 399 HR 411 
 
Liens; mechanics and materialmen; special liens include amount due and interest on such amount; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-27th) Weldon-3rd 
Guardian and ward; proposed ward who resided in another state prior to submission of guardianship or conservatorship petition for such proposed ward; provide certain additional notice requirements (JUDY-54th) Peake-141st 
Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit; provide for additional judge (JUDY-29th) Smyre-135th 
Crimes and offenses; list of persons who may be present in courtroom when person under age of 16 testifies concerning a sex offense; add victim assistance personnel (JUDYNC-23rd) Ballinger-23rd 
Corrections, Department of; employees serving as certified peace officers may retain their weapons under certain circumstances; provide (PUB SAF-53rd) Neal-2nd 
Weight of vehicles; issuance of annual commercial wrecker emergency tow permits; provide qualifications (TRANS-51st) Roberts-155th 
Georgia Boat Safety Act; numbering and registration of vessels; revise provisions (Substitute) (NR&E-51st) Tanner-9th 
Torts; payor guidelines and criteria under federal law shall not establish legal basis for negligence or standard of care for medical malpractice; provide (JUDY-29th) Sheldon-104th 
Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit; provide for selection of chief judge (JUDY-29th) Smyre-135th 
Alcohol; local control of distance requirements of grocery stores and other licensees for retail sale of wine and malt beverages near college campuses; provide (Substitute) (RI&U-47th) Williams-119th 
State employees' health insurance plan; pilot program to provide coverage for bariatric surgical procedures for treatment and management of obesity; provide (Substitute) (H&HS-45th) Dempsey-13th 
Public School Employees Retirement System; limitation on maximum level of benefits; clarify certain provisions (RET-12th) Maxwell-17th 
Motor fuel excise tax; public school systems under certain circumstances; exempt (FIN-22nd) Benton-31st 
Adoption; postadoption contact agreements; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-29th) Oliver-82nd 
Word, Mr. Lathan Rydell; compensate (APPROP-38th) Hugley-136th 
Ad valorem tax; types of interests in real property may be subject to taxation; clarify (FIN-18th) Knight-130th 
Trooper Lieutenant Joseph "Joey" Keith Boatright Memorial Bridge; Carroll County; dedicate (TRANS-51st) Hightower-68th 
 
 HR 603 
 
Community Health, Department of; collect and report certain data relating to bariatric surgical procedures; direct (H&HS-45th) Dempsey-13th 
 
Respectfully submitted, 
Mullis of the 53rd, Chairman Senate Rules Committee