Senate general calendar 2012 March 7

Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012

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

HB 48 HB 110 HB 175

Ad valorem tax; freeport exemptions; revise and change certain provisions (Substitute) (FIN-21st) Powell-171st
Mortgages and liens; vacant property registry; provisions (Substitute) (B&FI-23rd) Jacobs-80th
Online Clearinghouse Act; enact (Substitute) (ED&Y-21st) Casas-103rd

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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
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012

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

SR 28 SR 322 SR 480
SR 769 SR 819 SR 872 SR 994 SR 999 HB 39 HB 93 HB 130 HB 173 HB 181 HB 237 HB 293 HB 295 HB 297

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)
Education; unexcused absence notices made by United States mail; provide (Substitute) (ED&Y-52nd) Benton-31st
Code enforcement boards; code enforcement officers; change definition (SLGO(G)-56th) Taylor-79th
Career and Technical Education Advisory Commission; meetings; change certain provisions (ED&Y-12th) Maxwell-17th
Teachers; expungement of records; revise provisions (ED&Y-40th) Coleman-97th
Special needs scholarship program; waiver one requirement; provide (Substitute) (ED&Y-40th) Golick-34th
Residential mortgage fraud; mortgage lending process; revise definition (Substitute) (JUDY-30th) Golick-34th
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
Retirement and pensions; public systems prohibited from expending fund for certain purposes; provide (RET-54th) 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 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 514 Distilled spirits; free tastings on premises; authorize (ECD) Kidd-141st

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 729

Revenue and taxation; Internal Revenue and Internal Revenue Code of 1986; define terms (Substitute) (FIN-9th) Knight-126th

HB 760

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

HB 785

Insurance; limitations on licensure requirements for certain health care providers; provide (I&L) Peake-137th

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

HB 886

Banking and finance; credit exposure as a counterparty in derivative transactions; limit certain obligations (B&FI-7th) Williamson-111th

HB 895

Sexual Offender Registration Review Board; gathering information relating to sexual offenders; provide more effective methods (PUB SAF-45th) Carter-175th

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Section 4 Current legislation read for the 2nd time today
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012

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

SB 345

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

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Section 6 Senate legislation which cannot pass the House pursuant to Senate Rule 4-2.10 (a)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012

SENATE GENERAL CALENDAR TO SET THE RULES CALENDAR FOR THE
THIRTY-FIRST 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 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)

SB 487

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

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

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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