Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2014 SENATE GENERAL CALENDAR TO SET THE RULES CALENDAR FOR THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATIVE DAY SB 235 SB 299 SB 332 SB 339 SB 343 SB 351 SB 356 SR 847 HB 809 Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; change the definition of the term "firefighter"; creditable service (Substitute) (RET-56th) Natural Resources; provide flexibility for establishing watershed protection standards (Substitute) (NR&E-51st) Magistrate Courts; increase the fine amount for contempt of court (JUDY-23rd) Retirement and Pension; revise, modernize, correct errors/omissions in said title; Code Revision Commission (RET-23rd) Education; provide no high school which receives funding under the "Quality Basic Education Act"; shall participate in sponsor interscholastic sport events conducted by any athletic association (Substitute) (ED&Y-53rd) State Soil and Water Conservation Commission; assign to Department of Agriculture for administrative purposes (AG&CA-17th) Georgians of Great Character Month; declare September (ED&Y-37th) Heritage Preserve; dedicated real property located in Rockdale and Henry Counties; authorize the change of use (SI&P-17th) Commerce and trade; bad faith assertions of patent infringement; prohibit (Substitute) (B&FI-49th) Williamson-115th - 1 - Section 2 Legislation read for the 2nd time today THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2014 SENATE GENERAL CALENDAR TO SET THE RULES CALENDAR FOR THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATIVE DAY SB 361 SB 372 SR 875 Georgia Geospatial Advisory Council; create (NR&E-1st) HOPE Scholarship; require local school systems to calculate; provide grade point average; eligibility (ED&Y-29th) Property Tax Digest Impact on Education Funding; create Joint Study Committee (ED&Y-4th) - 1 - Section 3 Legislation left in Sections 1, 2 and 3 of General Calendar and defeated legislation that will be reconsidered pursuant to Senate Rule 6-7.5 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2014 SENATE GENERAL CALENDAR TO SET THE RULES CALENDAR FOR THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATIVE DAY SB 93 SB 214 SB 270 SB 318 SB 331 SB 353 SR 415 SR 783 SR 820 SR 881 HB 3 HB 135 HB 215 HB 229 HB 296 HB 365 Wildlife; authorize the use of suppressors on hunting firearms under certain circumstances (NR&E-31st) Lottery for Education; allow winner of lottery prize to remain anonymous; 25 percent of prize to Lottery for Education Account (Substitute) (H ED-29th) Lakeside, City of; DeKalb County; incorporate (Substitute) (SLGO(G)-40th) Alcoholic Beverages; allow for local authorization/regulation of sale for consumption on the premises on Sundays; celebration of St. Patrick's Day (Floor Amendment) (RI&U-2nd) Superior Court; provide additional judge of the Waycross Judicial Circuit (JUDY-7th) Development Authorities; change a definition; revision of public purpose; changes to general powers (Substitute) (ECD-21st) Taxes; increase in state income tax rate prohibited -CA (FIN-48th) Ad Valorem Taxes; prohibit the levy of state ad valorem taxes -CA (FIN-31st) Senate Entrepreneur in Residence Study Committee; create (ECD-32nd) Senate Senior Technology Gap Study Committee; create (S&T-34th) Evidence; professional forestry; Department of Public Health; AIDS; provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-29th) Willard-51st Municipalities; ante litem notice; the amount of damages sought; provide (JUDY-29th) Welch-110th Superior courts; filings in the clerk's office; change provisions (JUDY-29th) Benton-31st Insurance; removing the insurer annual publication requirement; provide (I&L-25th) Teasley-37th Motor vehicles; authorized to receive registration records; add certain persons (Substitute) (JUDY-53rd) Powell-32nd Safety belts; definition of the term "passenger vehicle" to which the safety belt law applies; modify (Substitute) (PUB SAF-1st) Hitchens-161st - 1 - Section 3 Legislation left in Sections 1, 2 and 3 of General Calendar and defeated legislation that will be reconsidered pursuant to Senate Rule 6-7.5 HB 375 Insurance; cancellations under certain circumstances relating to policy terms that permit an audit or rate investigation and noncompliance by insured; provide (Substitute) (I&L-25th) Williamson-115th HB 511 State employees' health insurance plan; pilot program to provide coverage for bariatric surgical procedures for treatment and management of obesity; provide (Substitute) (H&HS-45th) Dempsey-13th HB 513 Education; Georgia Medical Center Authority; abolish (Substitute) (H&HS-13th) Houston-170th HB 774 Highways, bridges and ferries; require annual submission of State-wide Strategic Transportation progress report; provisions (Substitute) (TRANS-51st) Watson-172nd HB 784 Alcoholic beverages; local authorization and regulation of sale of alcohol for consumption on the premises on Sundays during the St. Patrick's Day holiday period; allow (RI&U-2nd) Stephens-164th HB 829 Certified process servers; change sunset and legislative review provisions (JUDY-23rd) Willard-51st - 2 - Section 3 Legislation left in Sections 1, 2 and 3 of General Calendar and defeated legislation that will be reconsidered pursuant to Senate Rule 6-7.5 - 3 -