Senate general calendar 2013 March 1

Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration
FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2013

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

SB 13 SB 76 SB 85 SB 94 SB 96
SB 101 SB 155 SB 156 SB 160
SB 168 SB 178 SB 179
SB 185 SB 193 SB 194 SB 195

Nurses; require mandatory reporting (Substitute) (H&HS-1st)
Returning Veterans Task Force; create; membership (VM&HS-2nd)
Physicians; authorize the administration of vaccines by pharmacists or nurses; vaccine protocol agreements (Substitute) (H&HS-54th)
Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; delegation of authority to order radiographic imaging tests; revise prov. (H&HS-40th)
State Courts, Solicitors-General of; part-time solicitor-general; engage in private practice of law; not represent defendants in criminal matters in such solicitor-general's state court (SJUDY-53rd)
Firearms; regulate the sale, use and possession in this state (Substitute) (JUDYNC-47th)
Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation; change membership to accommodate Fourteenth Congressional District (H ED-51st)
Surface Mining; revise a definition (NR&E-20th)
Public Employers; provide annual report relative to compliance with certain laws; provide for certain report to Dept. of Audits and Accounts (Substitute) (SLGO(G)-47th)
Public Contracts; contracting and bidding requirements (Substitute) (SLGO(G)-37th)
Georgia Legislative Retirement System; define a certain term; broaden certain provision (Substitute) (RET-40th)
Public Contracts; if sealed competitive proposal requested/price or project cost not a selection factor; no bid bond shall be required (SLGO(G)-6th)
Banking; secured transactions; change/provide for definitions; electronic chattel paper; provisions (JUDY-23rd)
'Uniform Interstate Family Support Act'; update (JUDY-46th)
Natural Resources Dept.; include an exemption for restoration of certain barns; promote Georgia tourist destinations (NR&E-53rd)
Education; authorize public/private schools to stock a supply of autoinjectable epinephrine (H&HS-52nd)

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SB 204 SB 209 SB 218 HB 202 HB 234 HB 414

Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration
Appeal and Error; limit the scope of judgments/orders; child custody cases; direct appeal (Substitute) (JUDY-46th)
Electronic Transactions; provide that no entity shall be prohibited from making self-help documents; not a substitute for advice of a professional (AG&CA-50th)
Highways, Bridges and Ferries; annual commercial wrecker emergency tow permits; qualifications for issuance (TRANS-51st)
Highways, bridges, and ferries; performing value engineering studies; provide requirements (Substitute) (TRANS-52nd) Epps-144th
Contracts; new chapter that provides for notice of automatic renewal provisions in service contracts; enact (Substitute) (AG&CA-7th) Smith70th
Columbus, City of; "Redevelopment Powers Law"; provide referendum (SLGO-15th) Smyre-135th

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Section 2 Legislation read for the 2nd time today
FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2013

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

SB 116 SB 127
SB 145 SB 197
SR 59

Homicide by Vehicle; increase the penalty (JUDYNC-5th)
Limited Liability of Certain Property Owners; revise definition of recreational purposes (JUDY-31st)
Agritourism; add farm weddings to the definition (Substitute) (FIN-31st)
Firearms; provide that information relating to persons issued weapons carry licenses shall be confidential (JUDYNC-31st)
State Board of Pardon and Paroles; urged to issue a Certificate of Restoration of Voting Rights; completion of criminal sentence (JUDYNC-43rd)

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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
FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2013

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

SB 60 SB 74 SB 92 SB 93 SB 95 SB 99 SB 119 SB 121 SB 138 SB 158 SB 163 SB 187 SB 189 SR 72 HB 101 HB 154 HR 4

General Assembly; all official communications; officers, members, or employees; electronic format (Amendment) (SJUDY-31st)
Firearms; authorize persons between the ages of 18 and 21 to carry under certain circumstances; provide issuance of a permit (PUB SAF-14th)
Taxation/Revenue; add public transit to authorized purposes for proceeds of excise taxes (UAff-39th)
Wildlife; authorize the use of suppressors on hunting firearms under certain circumstances (NR&E-31st)
Elections; counties utilize a chief executive officer/county commission form of government; nonpartisan elections (Amendment) (ETHICS-40th)
Taxation/Revenue; allow such taxes to be imposed at a rate of less than 1 percent (FIN-32nd)
"Stevenson-Gibson Act"; definitions (Substitute) (PUB SAF-5th)
License Plates; retired members of the General Assembly (PUB SAF-43rd)
"Elementary School Protection Act"; enact (Substitute) (PUB SAF-43rd)
Temporary Medical Consent Guardianship; Physician Order for Lifesustaining Treatment; change certain signatures (H&HS-36th)
Community Health Dept.; required to study and identify options for Medicaid reform (H&HS-3rd)
State Government; provide exemption for the board of commissioners of Georgia Student Finance Commission; board of directors (JUDY-32nd)
Education; permit proprietary institutions of higher education to participate in establishing college/career academies (ED&Y-40th)
Senate State FairTax Study Committee; create (FIN-32nd)
Nonprofit organizations; exclude certain events from "food service establishment" definition (Substitute) (AG&CA-50th) Epps-144th
Worker's compensation; awards and benefits; change certain provisions (I&L-8th) Hamilton-24th
Georgia and Tennessee; boundary dispute; propose settlement (JUDY-48th) Geisinger-48th

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Section 4 Resolutions expressing the will of the Senate
FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2013

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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE DAY

SR 228 SR 245 SR 348

Health Insurance; requesting the repeal of the $100 billion federal sales tax imposed by Affordable Care Act (RULES-48th)
U.S. Congress; request to adopt a resolution proposing a balance budget amendment (RULES-32nd)
Georgia Program Integrity Joint Study Committee; create (RULES-32nd)

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SB 4 SB 5 SB 6 SB 8 SB 9 SB 54

Section 5 Legislation held by the Rules Committee
FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2013
SENATE GENERAL CALENDAR TO SET THE RULES CALENDAR FOR THE
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
Elections and Primaries; nonpartisan elections of clerks of superior court (ETHICS-1st)
Elections and Primaries; nonpartisan elections; district attorneys (ETHICS-1st)
Elections and Primaries; nonpartisan elections; sheriffs (ETHICS-1st)
Elections and Primaries; nonpartisan elections; tax commissioners, tax receivers, and tax collectors (ETHICS-1st)
Elections and Primaries; nonpartisan elections; solicitors-general (ETHICS-1st)
Elections; provide for nonpartisan election of coroners; qualifying (ETHICS-1st)

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Section 5 Legislation held by the Rules Committee
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