Senate general calendar 2012 February 28

Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012

SENATE GENERAL CALENDAR TO SET THE RULES CALENDAR FOR THE
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE DAY

SB 13 SB 238 SB 299 SB 328 SB 329 SB 346 SB 348 SB 381 SB 384 SB 403 SB 404 SB 405 SB 406 SB 407

Rules of the Road; driving under influence with a child in a motor vehicle is a felony (Substitute) (S JUDY-2nd)
Handicapped Persons; motorized wheelchair/scooter operated on public ways after dark shall be equipped with reflectors (Substitute) (PUB SAF-35th)
Uniform Fraudulent Transfers Act; define certain terms; provide charitable contribution made to a charitable contribution; good faith (Substitute) (JUDY-22nd)
University System of Georgia; Board of Regents establish process; granting veterans academic credit; previous instruction while in military (Substitute) (VM&HS-15th)
Returning Veterans Task Force; membership; provide duties; recommendations (Substitute) (VM&HS-2nd)
State Board of Pharmacy; prescription drugs by mail/other common carriers; provisions (Substitute) (H&HS-9th)
Civil Practice; personal service of a summons on a corporation; provisions (Substitute) (S JUDY-10th)
Local Government; electronic transmission of budgets; change certain definitions (ED&Y-3rd)
Conservation/Natural Resources; commercial lawn/landscape companies shall not deposit grass trimmings; within 50 meters of storm drain (Substitute) (NR&E-43rd)
Education; school health nurse programs; revise provisions (Amendment) (APPROP-40th)
Education; provide for development of category -level expenditure controls for staff development funds (Substitute) (APPROP-40th)
Student Achievement Office of; private college submit confidential student data to Dept. of Education shall not be liable for breach (Substitute) (ED&Y-49th)
'Jace Hester Law'; emergency closure of an early care and education program upon death of a minor (ED&Y-12th)
Health; repeal creation of the Health Strategies Council, Clinical Laboratory, Blood Bank, and Tissue Bank Committee (H&HS-45th)

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SB 412 SB 421 SB 424 SB 427 SB 429 SB 458 SR 858 HR 1103

Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration
County Boards of Education; homestead option sales and use tax; county sales and use tax for educational purposes; delay effective date of Code section (ED&Y-40th)
Motor Vehicles; add certain persons; authorized to receive motor vehicle registration records (RI&U-52nd)
Foundations of American Law and Government Displays; revise provisions (GvtO-31st)
Administrative Procedure; require agency procedures for timely processing; applications for issuance/renewal of licenses (Substitute) (ECD-20th)
General Assembly; fiscal notes for bills changing compensation; change provisions (Substitute) (ECD-20th)
Government; modify provisions; verification requirements, procedures, and conditions for applicants for public benefits (Substitute) (JUDY-52nd)
U.S.Congress; urge to permit the use of "cellular jammers" for the prevention of illegal cell phone use in prisons, jails, youth detention facilities (PUB SAF-25th)
Deputy James D. Paugh Memorial Highway; Richmond County; dedicate (TRANS-22nd) Sims-119th

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Section 2 Legislation left on current day's Rules Calendar/Calendar and legislation on which final
passage was suspended pursuant to Senate Rule 7-1.6 (b)
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012

SENATE GENERAL CALENDAR TO SET THE RULES CALENDAR FOR THE
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE DAY

SB 340 SB 350

Property; covenants; provisions; adopted prior to the adoption of zoning laws (SLGO(G)-51st)
Crimes and Offenses; disposition of firearms used in burglaries or armed robberies (Substitute) (JUDY-9th)

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Section 3 Legislations left in Sections 1, 2 and 3 of General Calendar and defeated legislation that
will be reconsidered pursuant to Senate Rule 6-7.4
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012

SENATE GENERAL CALENDAR TO SET THE RULES CALENDAR FOR THE
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE DAY

SB 49 SB 77
SB 87
SB 127 SB 137 SB 269 SB 290 SB 321 SB 322 SB 356
SB 373 SB 410
SB 411 SB 428

Education; raise age of mandatory education; adult literacy for purposes of conformity; revise provisions (ED&Y-56th)
Administrative Services; specified preference; qualified business enterprises; disabled veterans; certain types of state contracts (VM&HS-15th)
Education; rename to Georgia Educational Freedom Act; expand eligibility for the program; revise requirements relating to qualifications for scholarship (Substitute) (ED&Y-21st)
Juvenile Proceedings; revise provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-30th)
Retirement; update certain cross-references to Chapter 11 of Title 15; provide for conditions (Substitute) (JUDY-30th)
Water Resources; cooperative efforts for abatement of pollution, order of director, request for hearing; provisions (Substitute) (NR&E-17th)
Georgia Innocence Inquiry Commission; create; provide a purpose; define certain terms; membership and appointment (S JUDY-43rd)
Secondary Metal Recyclers; comprehensive revision of provisions (Substitute) (RI&U-45th)
'Georgia Taxpayer Receipt Act of 2012'; website; with an itemized receipt showing how taxes they pay are utilized (Substitute) (GvtO-6th)
Superior Courts; provide additional judge of the Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit; initial appointment; election and term of office (Substitute) (JUDY-27th)
Counties; provide authority; operate vehicle for hire equipped to transport passengers in wheelchair throughout the state (Substitute) (TRANS-53rd)
Education; provide annual indicators of the quality of learning by students, financial efficiency, and school climate for individual schools/school sys. (Substitute) (ED&Y-19th)
Georgia Sheriffs' Cooperative Authority; create (Substitute) (PUB SAF-25th)
Administrative Procedure; provide for agency reports regarding federal government mandates and duplicate state/federal regulation (Substitute) (ECD-20th)

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Section 3 Legislations left in Sections 1, 2 and 3 of General Calendar and defeated legislation that
will be reconsidered pursuant to Senate Rule 6-7.4

SB 468

Rules of the Road; bicycles; single file on roadways not specially designated for the use of bicycles (Substitute) (TRANS-49th)

SR 28

Senate State Fair Tax Study Committee; create (Substitute) (FIN-32nd)

SR 322

Daylight Saving Time; commend (40th)

SR 480

Local Board of Education; urged to adopt policies requiring vending machines in schools be stocked with only healthy options (Substitute) (ED&Y-41st)

SR 673

U.S. Congress; making renewed application to call for a convention; proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States (GvtO-46th)

SR 766

U.S. Congress; urged to adopt/submit to states a balanced budget amendment to U.S. Constitution and balance current budget (Substitute) (GvtO-32nd)

SR 769

Fulton Science Academy Charter High School; recognize (ED&Y-56th)

SR 848

Congress; urge to prohibit Environmental Protection Agency from further regulating greenhouse gas emissions; without comprehensive economic and environmental study (Substitute) (NR&E-20th)

SR 873

Public Property; authorizing the granting of restrictive easements for facilities, utilities 14 counties (Substitute) (SI&P-51st)

SR 994

Senate Broadband Availability Study Committee; create (Substitute) (RI&U-29th)

HB 39

Education; unexcused absence notices made by United States mail; provide (Substitute) (ED&Y-52nd) Benton-31st

HB 93

Code enforcement boards; code enforcement officers; change definition (SLGO(G)-56th) Taylor-79th

HB 110

Mortgages and liens; vacant property registry; provisions (Substitute) (B&FI-23rd) Jacobs-80th

HB 130

Career and Technical Education Advisory Commission; meetings; change certain provisions (ED&Y-12th) Maxwell-17th

HB 173

Teachers; expungement of records; revise provisions (ED&Y-40th) Coleman-97th

HB 175 Online Clearinghouse Act; enact (Substitute) (ED&Y-21st) Casas-103rd

HB 181

Special needs scholarship program; waiver one requirement; provide (Substitute) (ED&Y-40th) Golick-34th

HB 237

Residential mortgage fraud; mortgage lending process; revise definition (Substitute) (JUDY-30th) Golick-34th

HB 293 Retirement bills; define a certain term (RET-8th) Benton-31st

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Section 3 Legislations left in Sections 1, 2 and 3 of General Calendar and defeated legislation that
will be reconsidered pursuant to Senate Rule 6-7.4

HB 295

Georgia State Employees Pension and Savings Plan; transfer of accrued benefit; provide (RET-31st) Maxwell-17th

HB 297

Retirement and pensions; public systems prohibited from expending fund for certain purposes; provide (RET-54th) Maxwell-17th

HB 308

Public retirement systems; duties of boards of trustees; provide (RET-54th) Maxwell-17th

HB 371

Insurable interest; state entity; not fund life insurance on public officers or employees; provide (Substitute) (I&L-27th) Maxwell-17th

HB 642

Georgia Services Administration; create; revise several Titles (GvtO-16th) Collins-27th

HB 706

Elementary and secondary education; delete and clarify provisions (Substitute) (ED&Y-37th) Dudgeon-24th

HB 713

Quality Basic Education Act; career and college readiness initiatives; delay implementation (Substitute) (ED&Y-40th) Nix-69th

HB 725

Elections; selection and qualification of candidates and presidential electors; provisions (ETHICS-49th) Hamilton-23rd

HB 760

Elementary and secondary education; capital outlay funds replace exceptional growth program (APPROP-37th) Coleman-97th

HB 805

State Personnel Administration; abolition; make conforming amendments and correct references (GvtO-16th) Collins-27th

HB 832

Vidalia onion trademark; royalty and license fee not exceed a certain amount; eliminate requirement (AG&CA-11th) McCall-30th

HR 1162 General Assembly; state-wide education policy; clarify authority - CA (ED&Y) Jones-46th

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Section 4 Current legislation read for the 2nd time today
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012

SENATE GENERAL CALENDAR TO SET THE RULES CALENDAR FOR THE
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE DAY

SB 229

Searches with warrants; issuance of search warrants by judicial officers; provisions (JUDY-39th)

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Section 4 Current legislation read for the 2nd time today
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