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 - 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 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 - 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 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 - 2 - 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) - 1 - 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) - 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 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) - 2 - 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) - 3 - Section 6 Senate legislation which cannot pass the House pursuant to Senate Rule 4-2.10 (a) - 4 -