Senate general calendar 2012 March 22

Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration
THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012

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

HB 100 HB 173 HB 250 HB 293 HB 295 HB 308 HB 424 HB 456 HB 463 HB 548 HB 634 HB 635 HB 636 HB 685 HB 692 HB 728 HB 732

Georgia Tax Court; create (Substitute) (JUDY-46th) Peake-137th
Teachers; expungement of records; revise provisions (ED&Y-40th) Coleman-97th
Georgia Judicial Retirement System; revised survivor's benefit option; provisions (RET-54th) Weldon-3rd
Retirement bills; define a certain term (RET-8th) Benton-31st
Georgia State Employees Pension and Savings Plan; transfer of accrued benefit; provide (RET-31st) Maxwell-17th
Public retirement systems; duties of boards of trustees; provide (RET-54th) Maxwell-17th
Superior Court Clerks' Retirement Fund; death benefit for members; provide (RET-8th) Weldon-3rd
Georgia Government Accountability Act; enact (Substitute) (APPROP-32nd) Byrd-20th
Limited licenses; insurance coverage on self-service storage; provide (I&L-54th) Dollar-45th
Workers' compensation; parties to franchise agreement not considered employees; provide (I&L-8th) Martin-47th
Ad valorem tax; population brackets and census; change provisions (Substitute) (FIN-48th) Sheldon-105th
Macon Water Commissioners - Pension Plan; change provisions (RET-18th) Lucas-139th
Brookhaven, City of; provide a charter (Substitute) (SLGO(G)-40th) Jacobs-80th
Dogs; dangerous and vicious; extensively revise provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-30th) Maddox-172nd
Educational professionals; reduce salary if test scores were falsified; provide (ED&Y-56th) Mitchell-88th
Property; covenants; clarify provisions (JUDY-51st) Jasperse-12th
Special license plates; Purple Hearts; include persons serving in armed services (PUB SAF-11th) McBrayer-153rd

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HB 733 HB 746 HB 763 HB 769 HB 792
HB 795 HB 797 HB 817 HB 824 HB 825 HB 844 HB 850 HB 861 HB 865 HB 869 HB 872 HB 898 HB 916

Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration
Family violence; holdover provisions for appointees; add (S JUDY-17th) Hightower-68th
Commissioner of Agriculture; final decision and reconsideration; clarify timing (AG&CA-47th) Maddox-127th
Juries; certain persons ineligible to serve as trial or grand jurors; clarify (JUDY-3rd) Atwood-179th
Consumers' utility counsel division; not necessary to file copies of filings with Public Service Commission; provide (RI&U-47th) Geisinger-48th
Nonpublic Postsecondary Educational Institutions Act of 1990; operate by means of accreditation; provide authorization (Substitute) (H ED-52nd) Casas-103rd
All-terrain vehicles; make definitions consistent with industry standards (PUB SAF-27th) Powell-29th
State chartered special schools; revise funding (Substitute) (ED&Y-16th) Jones-46th
Transportation, Department of; power to contract; amend limitations (TRANS-51st) Nimmer-178th
Quality Basic Education Act; calculating equalization grants; revise method (Substitute) (APPROP-19th) Dudgeon-24th
Education; time frame relative to hearings before administrative law judges; eliminate (ED&Y-28th) Nix-69th
Bonds; certain validation hearing appearance provisions; provide (SLGO(G)-53rd) Martin-47th
Guardian and ward; criminal background checks for persons seeking to become a guardian; provide (H&HS-45th) Harrell-106th
Law enforcement officers; report drug related arrests to Department of Human Services; require (Substitute) (H&HS-56th) Harden-28th
Georgia Motor Common and Contract Carrier Act of 2012; enact (Substitute) (TRANS-9th) Powell-29th
Natural Resources, Board of; rules and regulations; revise certain provisions (NR&E-20th) Lane-167th
Commerce and trade; secondary metals recyclers; provide comprehensive revision of provisions (Substitute) (RI&U-45th) Shaw-176th
Georgia Merchant Acquirer Limited Purpose Bank Act; enact (Substitute) (B&FI-53rd) Ehrhart-36th
Bona fide conservation use property; covenants; change certain qualifications and restrictions (FIN-11th) Knight-126th

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HB 933
HB 942 HB 944 HB 945 HB 946 HB 954 HB 991 HB 997 HB 1026 HB 1051
HB 1052 HB 1080
HB 1089 HB 1115 HB 1166

Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration
Preneed escrow accounts; release funds when a monument is placed into a bonded memorial storage program; provide (Substitute) (RI&U-49th) Rogers-26th
Official Code of Georgia; revise, modernize and correct errors or omissions (JUDY-30th) Willard-49th
Official Code of Georgia; retirement and pensions; revise, modernize, and correct errors or omissions (RET-54th) Willard-49th
Banks and trust companies; issuance of non-cash valued shares with approval; provide (B&FI-27th) Teasley-38th
Mortgage lenders and brokers; certain mortgage activities without a license; prohibit (B&FI-27th) Teasley-38th
Abortion; criminal abortion; change certain provisions (Substitute) (H&HS-19th) McKillip-115th
Sheriffs; how vacancies are filled; change provisions (PUB SAF-27th) Maddox-127th
Crimes and offenses; new crime of false lien statements against public officers; provide (JUDY-56th) Pak-102nd
Municipalities; law enforcement contracts; population brackets and census; change provisions (SLGO(G)-45th) Sheldon-105th
Public transit authorities; suspension of restrictions on use of annual proceeds from sales and use taxes; repeal provisions (Substitute) (TRANS-53rd) Jacobs-80th
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Act of 1965; reconstitute board of directors (Substitute) (TRANS-53rd) Jacobs-80th
Georgia Emergency Telephone Number 9-1-1 Service Act of 1977; eliminate Advisory Committee (Substitute) (VM&HS-56th) Purcell-159th
Local government; zoning proposal review procedures; repeal section and reserve (SLGO(G)-32nd) Carson-43rd
Public utilities and public transportation; telecommunications; revise and update certain provisions (RI&U-52nd) Dudgeon-24th
Insurance; individual health insurance coverage to children through child-only health plans; provide (I&L-3rd) Atwood-179th

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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
THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012

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

HB 130 HB 215 HB 337 HB 371 HB 397 HB 513 HB 542 HB 684
HB 687 HB 707 HB 725 HB 744 HB 776
HB 786 HB 820

Career and Technical Education Advisory Commission; meetings; change certain provisions (ED&Y-12th) Maxwell-17th
Drivers' licenses; convicted of crime against a minor; prohibit certain transport (PUB SAF-51st) Battles-15th
Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia; divorced member option to continue coverage; provisions (RET-12th) Greene-149th
Insurable interest; state entity; not fund life insurance on public officers or employees; provide (Substitute) (I&L-27th) Maxwell-17th
State government; open meetings and records; revise provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-54th) Powell-171st
Life insurance; group life insurance policy to approved groups; allow issuance (I&L-54th) Shaw-176th
Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; transfer service credit; provide (RET-8th) Powell-171st
Natural Resources, Department of; transfer certain responsibilities for state parks to local governing authorities; authorize (Substitute) (NR&E-14th) Buckner-130th
Alarm monitoring service companies; utilize alarm verification; provisions (Substitute) (RI&U-56th) Taylor-79th
Elections; valid student identification card with photograph to vote; provide (ETHICS-21st) Morgan-39th
Elections; selection and qualification of candidates and presidential electors; provisions (ETHICS-49th) Hamilton-23rd
Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act; enact (JUDY-30th) Lindsey-54th
Elections; nonpartisan elections for members of consolidated governments considered county elections; provide (ETHICS-23rd) Sims-119th
Consumers' insurance advocate; not necessary to file insurance rate filings until appropriately funded; provide (I&L-48th) Hembree-67th
Guaranteed asset protection waivers; retail seller's requirements to insure waiver obligations; provide exception (I&L-27th) Maxwell-17th

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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 827

Traffic offenses; fleeing or attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle; modify provisions (PUB SAF-25th) Hembree-67th

HB 871

Violations of traffic laws; additional penalty to be assessed for driver education purposes; extend expiration date (PUB SAF-51st) Battles-15th

HB 875

Natural Resources, Department of; privacy of certain records and personal information; provide (NR&E-11th) Knight-126th

HB 880

Professions and businesses; real estate professionals; change certain provisions (RI&U-3rd) Powell-29th

HB 928

Peace Officer's Annuity and Benefit Fund; board of trustees authorized to employ a hearing officer; provide (RET-54th) Riley-50th

HB 929

Judicial circuits; assistant district attorney for certain populations; repeal office (SLGO(G)-20th) O`Neal-146th

HB 930

Judicial circuits; superior court judge for certain populations; repeal supplemental expense allowance (SLGO(G)-20th) O`Neal-146th

HB 931

Insurance; state domestic farmers' mutual fire insurance companies; update provisions (I&L-8th) Shaw-176th

HB 932

Taxation; nonresident subcontractor withholding payments; change required percentage (FIN-22nd) Williams-4th

HB 955

Georgia Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association; provide comprehensive revision of the provisions (I&L-54th) Hembree-67th

HB 971

Workers' compensation; awards and benefits; change certain provisions (Substitute) (I&L-54th) Hembree-67th

HB 986

Insurance; dispute or complaint involving material not in English, the English version shall control the resolution; provide (I&L-54th) Hembree-67th

HB 987

Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund; member who ceases to be employed shall notify the retirement fund immediately; provide (RET-54th) Riley-50th

HB 990

Municipal corporations; control over parks and fire stations; change certain provisions (SLGO(G)-56th) Jones-46th

HB 1024 Budget commission; certain counties; population and census application; revise and change (Substitute) (SLGO(G)-49th) Rice-51st

HB 1049

Georgia Emergency Telephone Number 9-1-1 Service Act of 1977; change applicability and requirements; change certain definitions (Substitute) (RI&U-47th) Willard-49th

HB 1071 Excise tax; certain tobacco products; change certain provisions (Substitute) (FIN-37th) Houston-170th

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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 1117

Local government; approval of bonded debt by election; population brackets and the census; change certain provisions (SLGO(G)-9th) Clark-104th

HB 1123 Annexation; unincorporated islands; repeal Article 6 (SLGO(G)-20th) O`Neal-146th

HB 1165 Taxation; unreturned property; eliminate population provisions; provide penalties (Substitute) (FIN-48th) Clark-98th

HB 1178

Education, Department of; ten-year projection of costs for bills to create a program or funding category having impact on revenues or expenditures; require (APPROP-54th) Dickson-6th

HR 1151 Joint Human Trafficking Study Commission; create (Substitute) (H&HS-45th) Brockway-101st

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Section 4 Current legislation read for the 2nd time today
THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012

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THIRTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE DAY

SR 1211 SR 1213 HB 91 HB 149 HB 198 HB 247
HB 342 HB 351 HB 419 HB 541 HB 641 HB 665 HB 681 HB 745
HB 766
HB 822

Transportation Dept.; urge to seek alternative options to alleviate motor vehicle congestion throughout Metro Atlanta (TRANS-45th)
Senate Complete Streets Study Committee; create (TRANS-49th)
Drivers' licenses; felony offense demarcated on license; provisions (Substitute) (PUB SAF) Bearden-68th
Magistrates; termination under certain circumstances; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-46th) Bearden-68th
Superior court clerks; real estate or personal property filing fees; extend sunset dates (Substitute) (JUDY-13th) Rice-51st
Community Health, Department of; fingerprint and investigate emergency medical services personnel; require (Substitute) (H&HS-53rd) Neal-1st
Stalking; family violence order; define (JUDY-23rd) McKillip-115th
Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia; probate court fines and fees; provide (RET-54th) Maxwell-17th
Foreclosure; time of delivery of notice of proceedings; change (B&FI-26th) Mitchell-88th
Obstruction of public administration; threaten or intimidate officer or official; provide for offense (Substitute) (JUDY-18th) Epps-140th
Courts; juvenile proceedings; substantially revise provisions (Substitute) (JUDY) Willard-49th
Clerk of superior court offices; modernize provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-54th) Maddox-127th
Food sales and service establishments; revise definitions; exempt certain activities (Substitute) (AG&CA-9th) Dickerson-95th
Public Health, Department of; study pulse oximetry screening for newborns to detect congenital heart defects; require (Substitute) (H&HS-17th) Welch-110th
Archives and History, Division of; law regarding Foundation of American Law and Government displays; revise provisions (GvtO-31st) Benton-31st
Georgia Taxpayer Protection False Claims Act; enact (Substitute) (H&HS-3rd) Lindsey-54th

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HB 899 HB 972 HB 1048 HB 1069 HB 1093
HB 1102
HB 1110 HB 1114 HB 1198 HR 1177

Section 4 Current legislation read for the 2nd time today
Primaries and elections; dates of nonpartisan elections; provide (Substitute) (RULES) Brockway-101st
Georgia Pain Management Clinic Act; enact (Substitute) (H&HS-1st) Weldon-3rd
Civil practice; who may serve process; change provisions (JUDY-54th) Willard-49th
Pharmacists and pharmacies; revise definition of security paper (Substitute) (H&HS-1st) Weldon-3rd
Crimes and offenses; removal of shopping carts and required posting of Code section in stores and markets; change provisions (JUDY-30th) Braddock-19th
Georgia hazardous site reuse and redevelopment; 30 day grace period for buyers of qualifying property to seek limitation of liability; provide (Substitute) (NR&E) Smith-70th
Health; penalties relative to owning or operating of unlicensed personal care homes; revise provisions (H&HS-45th) Cooper-41st
Homicide; offering to assist in commission of suicide; repeal certain provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-3rd) Setzler-35th
Parent and child; grandparent visitation rights; modify provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-54th) Meadows-5th
Veterans Memorial Highway; Oglethorpe County; dedicate (TRANS-53rd) Williams-113th

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Section 5 Legislation held by the Rules Committee
THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012

SENATE GENERAL CALENDAR TO SET THE RULES CALENDAR FOR THE
THIRTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY

SR 28 SR 322 SR 480
SR 769 SR 819 SR 872 SR 994 SR 999 SR 1061

Senate State Fair Tax Study Committee; create (Substitute) (FIN-32nd)
Daylight Saving Time; commend (40th)
Local Board of Education; urged to adopt policies requiring vending machines in schools be stocked with only healthy options (Substitute) (ED&Y-41st)
Fulton Science Academy Charter High School; recognize (ED&Y-56th)
Senate Alternative Sustainable Transportation Study Committee; create (TRANS-22nd)
Senate Homeless and Female Veterans Assistance Study Committee; create (VM&HS-15th)
Senate Broadband Availability Study Committee; create (Substitute) (RI&U-29th)
State Board of Education; urge to provide a course; stop teen dating violence (ED&Y-35th)
U.S. Dept. of Labor; urge to recall proposed policies (AG&CA-11th)

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Section 6 Senate legislation which cannot pass the House pursuant to Senate Rule 4-2.10 (a)
THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012

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

SB 13 SB 49 SB 77
SB 127 SB 137 SB 229 SB 269 SB 290 SB 320
SB 322 SB 327
SB 328
SB 329 SB 340 SB 341

Rules of the Road; driving under influence with a child in a motor vehicle is a felony (Substitute) (S JUDY-2nd)
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)
Juvenile Proceedings; revise provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-30th)
Retirement; update certain cross-references to Chapter 11 of Title 15; provide for conditions (Substitute) (JUDY-30th)
Searches with warrants; issuance of search warrants by judicial officers; provisions (JUDY-39th)
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)
State Gov't; no state agency shall enter into a contract with private entity; provision of services; outside the geographical boundaries of the U.S. (Substitute) (GvtO-36th)
'Georgia Taxpayer Receipt Act of 2012'; website; with an itemized receipt showing how taxes they pay are utilized (Substitute) (GvtO-6th)
University System of Georgia; provide Board of Regents establish process; veterans receiving educational benefits (Substitute) (VM&HS-15th)
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)
Property; covenants; provisions; adopted prior to the adoption of zoning laws (SLGO(G)-51st)
Juvenile Proceedings; clarify the definition of the term "designated felony"; increase the max. detention period for children adjudicated for delinquent acts (Substitute) (JUDY-2nd)

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Section 6 Senate legislation which cannot pass the House pursuant to Senate Rule 4-2.10 (a)

SB 344

"Georgia Emergency Telephone Number 9-1-1 Service Act"; eliminate the 9-1-1 Advisory Committee (VM&HS-56th)

SB 345

Georgia Emergency Management Agency; eliminate the licensing of nongovernmental rescue organizations (VM&HS-56th)

SB 374

Water Resources; exempt water withdrawals; Tennessee River basin restrictions on transfers of water (NR&E-53rd)

SB 376

Nurses; add mandatory reporting provisions (Substitute) (H&HS-1st)

SB 384

Conservation/Natural Resources; commercial lawn/landscape companies shall not deposit grass trimmings; within 50 meters of storm drain (Substitute) (NR&E-43rd)

SB 400

Law Enforcement; mandate certain conduct when a person is reported missing (Substitute) (PUB SAF-44th)

SB 421

Motor Vehicles; add certain persons; authorized to receive motor vehicle registration records (RI&U-52nd)

SB 434

"Federal Abortion Mandate Opt-out Act"; opt out of funding certain abortions through certain qualified health plans (Substitute) (I&L-32nd)

SB 444

Motor Vehicles; provide for definitions; notification of the use of speed detection and enforcement devices (Substitute) (TRANS-53rd)

SB 449

DNA Analysis; provide for DNA analysis of persons arrested for felony offenses; time and procedure for withdrawal of blood samples; prov. (Substitute) (JUDY-29th)

SB 450

Insurance; provide in event of dispute arising involving material not in English; the English version shall control the resolution of the dispute (Substitute) (I&L-48th)

SB 452

Local Boards of Education; members; suspension and removal; revise provisions (Substitute) (ED&Y-1st)

SB 453

Georgia Composite Medical Board; provide for additional powers; enact the "Georgia Pain Management Clinic Act"; require licensure (Substitute) (RI&U-1st)

SB 457

Elections; provide all offices in this state shall be elected on a partisan basis; exceptions; referendums and procedures (Substitute) (SLGO(G)53rd)

SB 478

Education; provide authorization to operate by means of accreditation for nonpublic postsecondary institutions; certain requirements (Substitute) (H ED-52nd)

SB 484

Torts; limit liability for a governing authority of a school that enters into a recreational joint-use agreement with a public/private entity (Substitute) (H&HS-29th)

SB 485

Patient Right to Know; administrative remedies; prior to inmate filing a complaint; Georgia Composite Medical Board (Substitute) (SI&P-25th)

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Section 6 Senate legislation which cannot pass the House pursuant to Senate Rule 4-2.10 (a)

SB 487

Elections; provide elected municipal court judges shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis (ETHICS-29th)

SB 498

Local Govt. & Public Property; require certain procedures; leasing public property to private entity for nongovernmental purposes (Substitute) (SLGO(G)-42nd)

SB 503

Life Insurance; provide for insurers to offer wellness endorsements or riders under certain circumstances (I&L-8th)

SR 719

Tourism Promotion Joint Study Commission; create (Substitute) (ECD-56th)

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Section 6 Senate legislation which cannot pass the House pursuant to Senate Rule 4-2.10 (a)
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