Senate general calendar 2014 February 24

Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014

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

SB 93 SB 167 SB 282 SB 331 SB 343
SB 364 SB 365
SB 372 SB 374 SB 384 SB 386
SB 397 SR 747 SR 875 SR 920

Wildlife; authorize the use of suppressors on hunting firearms under certain circumstances (NR&E-31st)
Education; declare certain actions void ab initio relating to adoption of certain curricula (Substitute) (ED&Y-3rd)
Georgia Child Support Commission; enact provisions; relating to child support and enforcement of child support orders (JUDY-52nd)
Superior Court; provide additional judge of the Waycross Judicial Circuit (JUDY-7th)
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)
Juvenile Code; revise and correct errors or omissions (JUDYNC-23rd)
Fair Business Practices Act; enact offender reentry reforms as recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform (JUDYNC-23rd)
HOPE Scholarship; require local school systems to calculate; provide grade point average; eligibility (ED&Y-29th)
"Urban Redevelopment Law"; revise terminology from "slums" to "pockets of blight" (SLGO(G)-46th)
"America's Founding Philosophy and Principle Act"; require a course of study (Substitute) (ED&Y-40th)
Civil Practice; prohibit public disclosure; social security numbers, taxpayers identification numbers; court documents (Substitute) (JUDY-56th)
Autism; provide for certain insurance coverage of autism spectrum disorders; definitions; limitations; premium cap (Substitute) (I&L-8th)
Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012; encourage the repeal or amendment (I&L-3rd)
Property Tax Digest Impact on Education Funding; create Joint Study Committee (ED&Y-4th)
Thomas Watson Cullars Memorial Highway; Lincoln County; dedicate (TRANS-24th)

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HB 176

Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration
Mobile Broadband Infrastructure Leads to Development (BILD) Act; enact (RI&U-49th) Parsons-44th

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Section 2 Legislation read for the 2nd time today
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014

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

SB 98 SB 334
SB 363
SB 377 HB 824

"Federal Abortion Mandate Opt-out Act" (Substitute) (I&L-32nd)
"The Georgia Health Care Freedom and ACA Noncompliance Act" (Substitute) (I&L-1st)
Miscellaneous Liens; create a contractor's cause of action for unpaid work (Substitute) (B&FI-37th)
"Preservation of Religious Freedom Act" (Substitute) (JUDY-29th)
Banking and finance; term "interest" does not include certain fees agreed upon by financial institution and depositor in written agreement between parties; clarify (Substitute) (B&FI-23rd) Smith-134th

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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
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014

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

SB 166 SB 214
SB 270 SB 318
SB 323 SB 335 SB 351 SB 353 SB 361 SR 783 SR 820 SR 881 HB 3 HB 135 HB 215 HB 229

Selling/Other Trade Practices; motor vehicles; custom design specifications; modify provisions (Substitute) (PUB SAF-49th)
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)
Driver's Licenses; authorize Department of Driver Services to conduct certain tests of license applicants (Substitute) (PUB SAF-6th)
Alcoholic Beverages; provide that local governing authorities may authorize retail dealers to conduct tasting events (RI&U-25th)
State Soil and Water Conservation Commission; assign to Department of Agriculture for administrative purposes (AG&CA-17th)
Development Authorities; change a definition; revision of public purpose; changes to general powers (Substitute) (ECD-21st)
Georgia Geospatial Advisory Council; create (NR&E-1st)
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

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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 296

Motor vehicles; authorized to receive registration records; add certain persons (Substitute) (JUDY-53rd) Powell-32nd

HB 365

Safety belts; definition of the term "passenger vehicle" to which the safety belt law applies; modify (Substitute) (PUB SAF-1st) Hitchens-161st

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 719

Sales and use tax; continuation of joint county municipal tax; provide (FIN-51st) Tanner-9th

HB 737

Alcoholic beverages; malt beverages produced in private residences to be transported to other locations and consumed by the producer and other individuals; allow (Substitute) (RI&U-27th) Harrell-106th

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

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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
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