Senate general calendar 2014 March 7

Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2014

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

HB 60 HB 215 HB 292
HB 495
HB 513 HB 766 HB 770 HB 778 HB 838
HB 843 HB 898 HB 911 HB 985

Firearms; certain laws regarding carrying and possession by retired judges; provide exemption (Substitute) (JUDYNC-43rd) Holt-112th
Superior courts; filings in the clerk's office; change provisions (JUDY-29th) Benton-31st
Magistrates Retirement Fund of Georgia; maximum average final monthly compensation calculated in determining benefits; establish (RET-43rd) Battles-15th
State Properties Code; conveyance of state property and consideration of conveyances by General Assembly; modify provisions (SI&P-25th) Hill-22nd
Education; Georgia Medical Center Authority; abolish (Substitute) (H&HS-13th) Houston-170th
Work Based Learning Act; enact (Substitute) (ED&Y-50th) Lumsden-12th
Crimes and offenses; crime of home invasion; create (Substitute) (JUDYNC-6th) Efstration-104th
Food service establishments; certain nonprofit charitable entities from regulation; exempt (AG&CA-50th) Pezold-133rd
Invasions of privacy; transmission of photography or video depicting nudity or sexually explicit conduct of an adult under certain circumstances; prohibit (Substitute) (JUDYNC-45th) Tanner-9th
Retirement and pensions; ensure compliance with federal laws and regulations; change certain provisions (RET-54th) Riley-50th
Interstate Compact for Juveniles; enact (I COOP-23rd) Pak-108th
Crimes and offenses; strangulation as aggravated assault; add provisions (JUDYNC-30th) Ballinger-23rd
Crimes and offenses; filing false liens or encumbrances against public employees; change provisions (JUDYNC-46th) Kirby-114th

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Section 2 Legislation read for the 2nd time today
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2014

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

SR 693 SR 1099 HB 477 HB 794 HB 825
HB 863 HB 930 HB 1051

City of Fort Oglethorpe Charter Study Committee; create (Substitute) (RULES-53rd)
Alcoholic Beverage Retail Licensing and "Tied House" Laws; create senate study committee (RI&U-27th)
Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; Georgia Judicial Retirement System; transfer service credit (RET-11th) Powell-171st
Compact for a Balanced Budget; adopt (RULES-6th) Braddock-19th
Alcoholic beverages; fruit growers licensed as farm wineries obtain license authorizing production of distilled spirits and fortified wines pursuant to certain conditions; permit (AG&CA-11th) Houston-170th
Crimes and offenses; cruelty to animals and aggravated cruelty to animals; change provisions (Substitute) (JUDYNC-23rd) Golick-40th
General Assembly; adopt standards and instructions for Article V convention delegates; provisions (RULES-46th) Barr-103rd
Lawful presence verification; professional licensing board; change certain provisions (Substitute) (RI&U-47th) Dickson-6th

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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
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2014

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

SR 820 SR 881 SR 953 SR 986 SR 1053 HB 3 HB 296 HB 365
HB 405
HB 511
HB 536
HB 537 HB 540
HB 737

Senate Entrepreneur in Residence Study Committee; create (ECD-32nd)
Senate Senior Technology Gap Study Committee; create (S&T-34th)
Senate Mold and Mildew Remediation Contractor Study Committee; create (RI&U-35th)
Senate Unified Courts Technology Study Committee; create (S&T-29th)
Court of Appeals Workload; Senate Study Committee; create (JUDY-29th)
Evidence; professional forestry; Department of Public Health; AIDS; provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-29th) Willard-51st
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) Hitchens161st
Elementary and secondary education; members of governing boards of nonprofit organizations which are charter petitioners and charter schools to participate in governance training; require (Substitute) (ED&Y-12th) Mayo-84th
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
County law libraries; receipt and disbursement of funds by counties having a population of 950,000; repeal and reserve Code section (SLGO(G)-3rd) Sims-169th
Local boards of education; population provision prohibiting certain members from holding other offices; repeal (SLGO(G)-3rd) Sims-169th
Board of education; pension board recompute pension to teachers and employees who retired prior to April 1, 1955 and who had been awarded a pension for 20 years service in counties of 500,000 population (SLGO(G)-3rd) Sims-169th
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

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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 783

Game and fish; provisions relating to rules and regulations used to establish criminal violations; update (NR&E-7th) Hitchens-161st

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 826

Crimes and offenses; carrying weapons within certain school safety zones and at school functions; change provisions (ED&Y-37th) Setzler-35th

HB 829

Certified process servers; change sunset and legislative review provisions (JUDY-23rd) Willard-51st

HB 978

Georgia International and Maritime Trade Center Authority; change provisions relating to membership (Floor Substitute) (SLGO-2nd) Stephens-164th

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Section 6 Senate legislation which cannot pass the House pursuant to Senate Rule 4-2.10 (a)
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2014

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

SB 166 SB 214
SB 323 SB 334 SB 335 SB 351 SB 354 SB 360 SB 369 SB 377 SB 379 SB 399 SB 404
SB 406
SB 409

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)
Driver's Licenses; authorize Department of Driver Services to conduct certain tests of license applicants (Substitute) (PUB SAF-6th)
"The Georgia Health Care Freedom and ACA Noncompliance Act" (Substitute) (I&L-1st)
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)
"Georgia Civil Practice Act"; governing discovery general provisions; electronically stored information (Substitute) (JUDY-46th)
Hospitals; prohibit certain conduct relating to physicians; provide definitions (Substitute) (H&HS-52nd)
Motor Vehicles; create a new class of motor vehicles; autonomous vehicles; definitions; requirements to operate (S&T-29th)
"Preservation of Religious Freedom Act" (Substitute) (JUDY-29th)
Motor Vehicles; failure to use safety belts may be considered evidence of causation and negligence (I&L-32nd)
Elections; revise a timeline relating to compliance with reducing a local board to seven members (ED&Y-55th)
Motor Vehicle; remove evidence of approved deferred action status from the list of available documents; temporary driver's license or permit (JUDYNC-31st)
Administrative Services, Department of; contracting with companies having business operations in Sudan; provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-29th)
"Blind Persons' Braille Literacy Rights and Education Act"; enact; blind or visually impaired child; determine need for Braille instruction (ED&Y-2nd)

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

SB 412

Income Tax; increase the amount of the basic skills education program tax credit (Substitute) (FIN-51st)

SB 415

"Quality Basic Education Act"; deferments on certain assessments for limited-English proficient students (Substitute) (ED&Y-43rd)

SR 99

"Health Care Freedom of Choice Constitutional Amendment" -CA (H&HS-32nd)

SR 1031 State of Georgia; English as official language (RULES-9th)

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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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