SENATE CONVENES AT 10:00 A.M. 
 
SENATE RULES CALENDAR FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 2019 
THIRTY-NINTH LEGISLATIVE DAY 
 
HB 101 HB 187 
HB 193 
HB 444 HB 324 HB 276 HB 242 HB 218 HB 224 
HR 239 HB 456 HB 352 
HB 424 HB 472 
 
Ad valorem tax; all-terrain vehicles; revise definitions (FIN-7th) Ridley-6th 
Community Health, Department of; pilot program to provide coverage for the treatment and management of obesity and related conditions; provide (H&HS-11th) Dempsey-13th 
Banking and finance; banks and credit unions to offer savings promotion raffle accounts in which deposits to a savings account enter a depositor in a raffle; allow (B&FI-9th) Dunahoo-30th 
Dual Enrollment Act; enact (Substitute) (H ED-37th) Reeves-34th 
Georgia's Hope Act; enact (Substitute) (RI&U-28th) Gravley-67th 
Sales and use tax; certain persons that facilitate certain retail sales; require collection of tax (Substitute) (RULES-52nd) Harrell-106th 
Professions and businesses; regulation of massage therapy educational programs; provide (Substitute) (RI&U-53rd) Hawkins-27th 
Education; eligibility requirements to receive the HOPE Scholarship as a Zell Miller Scholarship Scholar; provide (H ED-54th) Williams-145th 
Income tax; credit for new purchases and acquisitions of qualified investment property shall be earnable for mining and mining facilities and allowed against a taxpayer's payroll withholding; provide (Substitute) (RULES-56th) Williamson-115th 
Savannah Logistics Technology Innovation Corridor; designate (S&T-1st) Stephens-164th 
Local government; elect an annual report in lieu of a biennial audit; increase expenditure amount (GvtO-7th) Tankersley-160th 
Sales and use tax; exemption for competitive projects of regional significance; change sunset provision (Substitute) (RULES-17th) Reeves-34th 
Crimes and offenses; include certain sex crimes into the definition of criminal gang activity (Substitute) (JUDY-18th) Silcox-52nd 
Juvenile Code; procedures concerning removal considerations; revise (Substitute) (RULES-19th) Reeves-34th 
 
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 HB 12 
HB 33 
HB 540 HR 346 HB 201 
HB 220 HB 118 HB 134 
HB 182 HB 277 HB 478 HB 288 
HB 290 HR 37 HB 296 HB 307 
 
Quality Basic Education Act; post sign containing telephone number to receive reports of child abuse; require every public school (ED&Y-28th) Williams-145th 
Weapons carry license; extension of time for the renewal of a license for certain service members serving on active duty outside of the state; provide (VM&HS-13th) Lumsden-12th 
Housing tax credit; add to the list of tax categories eligible for an offset (Substitute) (FIN-52nd) Rhodes-120th 
Georgia Southern Nursing Angels Memorial Bridge; Bryan County; dedicate (Substitute) (TRANS-21st) Tankersley-160th 
Board of Natural Resources; promulgate rules and regulations regarding anchoring certain vessels within estuarine areas; authorize (NR&E-3rd) Hogan-179th 
Solid waste management; certain solid waste disposal surcharges; extend sunset date (Substitute) (FIN-19th) Rogers-10th 
Crimes and offenses; transmitting a false alarm; revise offense (Substitute) (JUDY-27th) Morris-26th 
County law libraries; repeal a population provision regarding the disposition of law library funds in certain counties (SJUDY-23rd) Rich97th 
Sales and use tax; lower threshold amount for certain dealers (FIN-52nd) Harrell-106th 
Insurance; allow good will from insurer acquisitions to be treated as an asset (Substitute) (I&L-9th) Carson-46th 
Social services; improvements to the operation of the child abuse registry; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-42nd) Ballinger-23rd 
Superior courts; revise the sums that the clerks are entitled to charge and collect for filing documents and instruments pertaining to real estate or personal property (JUDY-3rd) Powell-32nd 
Health; pilot program to provide preexposure assistance to persons at risk of HIV infection; establish (H&HS-32nd) Cooper-43rd 
Georgia Commission on Freight and Logistics; create (TRANS-21st) Tanner-9th 
Superior Court of Hall County in the Northeastern Circuit; revise term of court (JUDY-49th) Hawkins-27th 
Abandoned Motor Vehicle Act; enact (Substitute) (JUDY-23rd) Powell-32nd 
 
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 HB 319 
HB 349 HB 379 HB 345 HB 381 HB 406 
HB 454 HB 470 
HB 490 HB 492 HB 499 HB 282 HB 76 
HB 70 HB 553 
 
Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; member's benefits payable after death shall be paid to his or her estate when such member failed to designate a beneficiary or his or her designated beneficiaries are deceased; provide (RET-52nd) Williams-148th 
Local government; counties to exercise powers in incorporated areas; authorize (SLGO(G)-14th) Martin-49th 
Revenue and taxation; projects and purposes using SPLOST funds; revise annual reporting requirements (GvtO-48th) Moore-95th 
Penal institutions; pregnant female inmates or a female inmate who is in the immediate postpartum period; provide prohibited practices (Substitute) (H&HS-45th) Cooper-43rd 
Child support; defined terms and terminology, grammar, and punctuation; revise and correct (Substitute) (JUDY-23rd) Efstration-104th 
Local government; joint authorities to furnish certain information necessary for the state auditor to determine the net impact of their activities on associated tax digests; require (FIN-46th) Williamson115th 
Motor vehicles; operation of motorized mobility devices; provide (Substitute) (PUB SAF-51st) Tanner-9th 
Law enforcement officers and agencies; analysis and collection of DNA for individuals charged with a felony offense but sentenced as a first offender or under conditional discharge; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-3rd) Sainz-180th 
Banking and finance; payment of large deposits of deceased intestate depositors and the deposit of sums held for deceased intestate residents; make changes (B&FI-25th) Ridley-6th 
Property; dispossessory proceedings; require applications for execution of a writ of possession be made within 30 days of issuance of the writ unless good cause is shown (Substitute) (SJUDY-23rd) Rich-97th 
Public utilities and public transportation; use of electric easements for broadband services; permit (Substitute) (RI&U-46th) Kelley-16th 
Criminal procedure; increase amount of time that law enforcement agencies are required to preserve certain evidence of sexual assault (Substitute) (JUDY-45th) Holcomb-81st 
Alcoholic beverages; counties and municipalities may regulate alcohol licenses as to certain distances in a manner that is less but not more restrictive than those distances specified by the state; provisions (Substitute) (RI&U-46th) Stephens-164th 
Guardian and ward; guardian and conservators of minors and adults; revise provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-23rd) Efstration-104th 
State Victim Services Commission; bill of rights for foster parents; delete references to an obsolete entity (I COOP-28th) Dempsey-13th 
 
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 HB 502 HB 543 HR 51 HB 239 HB 365 
 
Civil practice; continuances for members of the Board of Regents and the Attorney General; revise (Substitute) (RULES-6th) Welch-110th 
Domestic relations; equitable caregivers; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-29th) Efstration-104th 
Joint Georgia-North Carolina and Georgia-Tennessee Boundary Line Commission; create (I COOP-27th) Morris-26th 
Georgia Business Court; establish (Substitute) (JUDY-23rd) Efstration-104th 
Alternative ad valorem tax; motor vehicles; lower tax rate imposed (Substitute) (FIN-52nd) Blackmon-146th 
 
Respectfully submitted, 
Mullis of the 53rd, Chairman Senate Rules Committee 
 
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