SENATE CONVENES AT 10:00 A.M. 
 
SENATE RULES CALENDAR TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2018 THIRTY-NINTH LEGISLATIVE DAY 
 
HB 815 HB 834 HB 818 HB 301 HB 808 HR 1103 HR 238 
HB 332 HB 699 HB 697 HB 190 HB 59 HB 761 
 
Special license plates; Georgia Masonic Charities; establish (PUB SAF-56th) Martin-49th 
Landlord and tenant; termination of a rental or lease agreement under circumstances involving family violence; provide (Substitute) (Senate floor amendment 1) (JUDY-23rd) Ballinger-23rd 
Insurance; health care provider shall choose the method of reimbursement by insurer; provide (I&L-53rd) Hawkins-27th 
Income tax; certain physicians; delete deduction to create new credit; provisions (Substitute) (H&HS-45th) Lott-122nd 
Courts; term of court in certain counties in the Waycross Circuit; change (JUDY-7th) Nimmer-178th 
Property; conveyance of certain state owned real property; authorize (Substitute) (SI&P-15th) Greene-151st 
Sales and use tax; annual allocation of 75 percent of revenue from sale of outdoor recreation equipment for protection and preservation of conservation land; provide - CA (Substitute) (APPROP-51st) Watson-172nd 
Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Act; enact (Substitute) (APPROP-51st) Watson-172nd 
Firefighter certification; military firefighter training may be accepted as required basic training; provide (Substitute) (PUB SAF-30th) Belton-112th 
Sales and use tax; sale or use of tangible personal property to certain nonprofit health centers; extend exemption for five additional years (FIN-8th) Taylor-173rd 
Domestic relations; marriage articles and antenuptial agreements; change provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-19th) Hanson-80th 
Revenue and taxation; tax credits for rehabilitation of historic structures; revise procedures, conditions, and limitations (Substitute) (FIN-40th) Stephens-164th 
Motor vehicles; filing of certificates of title by dealers; provide (PUB SAF-53rd) Ridley-6th 
 
 HB 714 
HB 703 HB 809 
HB 787 HB 189 HB 992 HB 327 HR 993 HB 185 HB 871 HB 938 HB 973 
HB 929 HB 357 HB 713 
HR 444 HB 538 
 
Motor vehicles; reference date to federal regulations regarding the safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles; update (PUB SAF-7th) Rogers-10th 
Governor's Office of Public Safety Support; create (Substitute) (PUB SAF-56th) Hitchens-161st 
Motor vehicles; Georgia State Patrol motor vehicles for traffic law enforcement may be a solid color; provide (PUB SAF-7th) Hitchens-161st 
Education; certain provisions relative to charter schools; revise (Substitute) (ED&Y-40th) Hilton-95th 
Contract Cancellation Act; enact (Substitute) (SLGO(G)-54th) Nelson-125th 
Health; use of automated external defibrillators; eliminate certain requirements (Substitute) (PUB SAF-50th) Lott-122nd 
Alternative ad valorem tax; motor vehicles; change manner for determining fair market value (Substitute) (FIN-56th) Blackmon-146th 
Business court; state-wide jurisdiction; create - CA (Substitute) (JUDY-17th) Efstration-104th 
Probate court; associate judges; change provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-23rd) Coomer-14th 
Sales and use tax; 50 percent of the sales price of manufactured homes; create exemption (Substitute) (FIN-28th) LaRiccia-169th 
Insurance; limited credit insurance agency license; provide (I&L-25th) Taylor-173rd 
Ethics in government; lobbyists shall acknowledge and agree to abide by sexual harassment policy of General Assembly; provisions (Substitute) (ETHICS-29th) Jones-47th 
Water and sewer projects and costs tax (MOST); additional renewals of tax; allow (FIN-49th) Efstration-104th 
Georgia Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act; enact (Substitute) (FIN-49th) Stephens-164th 
Postsecondary education; HOPE and Zell Miller eligibility requirements relative to students who graduated from an ineligible high school; provide (Substitute) (H ED-16th) Chandler-105th 
Willie Thomas Murray Memorial Bridge; Lincoln County; dedicate (Substitute) (TRANS-21st) McCall-33rd 
Fulton County; Board of Education; pension and retirement pay to teachers and employees; create system (RET-56th) Willard-51st 
 
 HB 647 
HB 635 
HB 657 HB 803 HB 757 
HB 887 HB 161 HB 61 HB 811 
HB 717 HB 749 
HB 982 HB 673 HB 999 HB 785 HB 867 HB 795 
 
Community Health, Department of; pilot program to provide coverage for treatment and management of obesity; provide (Substitute) (H&HS-1st) Dempsey-13th 
Disabled Adults and Elder Persons Protection Act; at-risk adult protection investigative/coordinating teams; provide establishment (H&HS-45th) Cooper-43rd 
Firearms; providing to person on probation as a felony first offender; make unlawful (Substitute) (JUDY-1st) Petrea-166th 
Crimes and offenses; trafficking a disabled adult, elder person, or resident; prohibit (H&HS-32nd) Willard-51st 
Local government; regulatory powers of cities and counties with certificate of public necessity and convenience; provisions (Substitute) (RI&U-49th) Powell-32nd 
Georgia Communications Services Tax Act; enact (Substitute) (RI&U-51st) Powell-171st 
Drug related objects; employees of harm reduction organizations are not subject to certain offenses; provide (Substitute) (H&HS-45th) Price-48th 
Sales and use tax; certain retailers to either collect and remit or notify purchaser and state; require (Substitute) (FIN-52nd) Powell-171st 
Revenue, Department of; authorized to share tax information that assists in the identification of noncompliant taxpayers; provide(FIN-52nd) Powell-171st 
Motor vehicles; applicability of certain consumer protection laws to autonomous vehicles; provide (TRANS-51st) Kelley-16th 
Income tax; retirement income is applicable as a retirement benefit from noncivilian service in the United States armed forces; clarify an exemption (FIN-56th) Blackmon-146th 
Courts; relative searches conducted by DFCS; change provisions (Substitute) (H&HS-19th) Nimmer-178th 
Motor vehicles; prohibit actions which distract a driver while operating a motor vehicle; provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-9th) Carson-46th 
Weapons; carry license; inpatient hospitalization; provisions (JUDY-17th) Coomer-14th 
Solid waste management; certain definitions; modify and enact (Substitute) (NR&E-7th) Nix-69th 
Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; quorum for transaction of business; revise (PUB SAF-7th) Hitchens-161st 
Labor, Department of; authorize Commissioner of Labor to perform certain functions; provisions (I&L-9th) Gravley-67th 
 
 HB 605 HB 890 HB 723 HB 849 HB 791 
HB 214 
HB 783 
HB 743 SR 539 SR 1058 HR 943 HB 636 HB 664 HB 840 
HB 118 HB 951 HB 253 
HB 827 
 
Hidden Predator Act of 2018; enact (Substitute) (JUDY-13th) Spencer-180th 
Crimes and offenses; make it unlawful to use an emergency exit after having shoplifted (JUDY-23rd) Fleming-121st 
Sales and use tax; certain veterinary diagnostic and disease monitoring services; create exemption(FIN-50th) Watson-172nd 
Income tax; reporting of federal partnership adjustments; provisions (FIN-52nd) Peake-141st 
State government; limited waiver of the state's sovereign immunity for declaratory or injunctive relief under certain circumstance; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-17th) Efstration-104th 
Crimes and offenses; consistent punishment for the unlawful manufacture, sale or distribution of a proof of insurance document; provide (Substitute) (I&L-14th) Golick-40th 
Administrative procedure; provisions creating inactive boards, panels, authorities and other such bodies; repeal (Substitute) (GvtO-56th) Caldwell-20th 
Jeremy Nelson and Nick Blakely Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act; enact (ED&Y-21st) Clark-98th 
Richards, Jon; recognize (RULES-45th) 
US Congress; halt the transfer of current and former military personnel's health care costs from federal government to the states; urge (I&L-43rd) 
Joint Georgia-North Carolina and Georgia-Tennessee Boundary Line Commission; create (RULES-49th) Morris-26th 
Genetic Counselors Act; enact (RI&U-47th) Silcox-52nd 
Income tax; deduction from income for contributions to savings trust accounts; revise (FIN-56th) Teasley-37th 
Revenue and taxation; penalties and interest in the event of military service in a combat zone; provide exemption(VM&HS-32nd) Hitchens-161st 
Fantasy Contests Act; enact (Substitute) (RI&U-45th) Kelley-16th 
Education; establish Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation; provisions (ED&T-19th) Shaw-176th 
Special license plates; dog and cat reproductive sterilization support program; increase the proportion of moneys derived from the sale (PUB SAF-40th) Willard-51st 
Income tax; increase value of rural hospital organization tax credit to 100 percent; provisions (Substitute) (FIN-56th) Kelley-16th 
 
 HB 195 HB 624 HB 789 HB 668 HB 775 HB 853 HB 879 HB 729 HB 978 HB 972 HB 64 HB 917 HB 956 HR 898 
 
Taxation; certain for profit corporations to participate in the indirect ownership of a home for the mentally disabled for primarily financing purposes; allow (Substitute) (FIN-36th) Harrell-106th 
Georgia Legislative Retirement System; define certain terms; change certain provisions (RET-8th) Battles-15th 
Labor and industrial relations; marketplace contractors to be treated as independent contractors under state and local laws; provisions (Substitute) (I&L-14th) Fleming-121st 
Guardian and ward; petitions for appointment of a guardian under certain circumstances; provisions (JUDY-29th) Price-48th 
Professions and businesses; real estate management companies; provisions (RI&U-47th) Powell-32nd 
Quality Basic Education Act; children placed in psychiatric residential treatment facilities may not be charged tuition; provide (Substitute) (ED&Y-28th) Dempsey-13th 
Water resources; notice to local governing authorities prior to the dewatering of coal combustion residual surface impoundments; provide (NR&E-25th) Jones-167th 
Ad valorem tax; property; repeal certain provisions (Substitute) (FIN-56th) Harrell-106th 
Motor vehicles; automated traffic enforcement safety devices in school zones; provisions (Substitute) (PUB SAF-21st) Nimmer-178th 
Human Services, Department of; Division of Family and Children Services to offer extended care youth services under certain circumstances; allow (Substitute) (H&HS-32nd) Willard-51st 
Protection and Guarantee of Service for Health Insurance Consumers Act; enact (Substitute) (I&L-9th) Blackmon-146th 
Crimes and offenses; restitution; update terminology and change provisions (JUDY-19th) Dollar-45th 
Georgia Veterinary Practice Act; enact (Substitute) (AG&CA-8th) Pirkle-155th 
Joint Study Committee on the Establishment of a State Accreditation Process; create (ED&Y-37th) Coleman-97th 
 
Respectfully submitted, 
Mullis of the 53rd, Chairman Senate Rules Committee