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 - 1 - 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 - 2 - 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 - 3 - 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 - 1 - 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 - 2 - 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 - 3 - Section 4 Current legislation read for the 2nd time today THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012 SENATE GENERAL CALENDAR TO SET THE RULES CALENDAR FOR THE 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 - 1 - 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 - 2 - 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) - 1 - 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) - 1 - 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) - 2 - 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) - 3 - Section 6 Senate legislation which cannot pass the House pursuant to Senate Rule 4-2.10 (a) - 4 -