Senate general calendar 2015 March 23

Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration
MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2015

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

HB 1 HB 57
HB 62
HB 85
HB 86
HB 95 HB 104 HB 123 HB 160 HB 198 HB 199 HB 234
HB 276 HB 320

Haleigh's Hope Act; enact (Substitute) (H&HS-49th) Peake-141st
Electricity; financing of solar technology by retail customers for generation of electric energy to be used on and by property owned or occupied by such customers or to be fed back to the electric service provider; provide (RI&U-51st) Dudgeon-25th
Special needs students; waive certain qualifications for a student whose parent is an active duty military service member stationed in Georgia within the previous year; provide (ED&Y-49th) Tanner-9th
Alcoholic beverages; sale or furnishing to patients or inmates of Central State Hospital and sale or possession near or upon the grounds; change certain provisions (RI&U-25th) Harrell-106th
Social services; provide for transfer of the Division of Aging Services to the Georgia Adult and Aging Services Agency; provisions (H&HS-45th) Benton-31st
Local government investment pool; trust fund managed by state treasurer; provide (SLGO(G)-56th) Tanner-9th
State Properties Code; applicability of public bidding processes for certain conveyances; clarify (SI&P-17th) Dunahoo-30th
Motor vehicles; use of safety chain or cable when operating a motor vehicle drawing a trailer; provide (PUB SAF-17th) Yates-73rd
Game and fish; trapping of raccoons in certain counties; repeal a provision (NR&E-17th) Dunahoo-30th
Jason Flatt Act-Georgia; enact (H&HS-45th) Dempsey-13th
Timber harvesting; require notice only in an approved form; provisions (NR&E-7th) Corbett-174th
Tax collection; days in which the Federal Reserve Bank is closed in the list of days that excuse late filing or payment; include (FIN-17th) Rutledge-109th
Alcoholic beverages; modernize certain terms; provisions (Substitute) (RI&U-17th) Harrell-106th
Scholarships; provide public disclosure of certain records held by Georgia Student Finance Commission, Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation and Georgia Student Finance Authority is not required; provisions (H ED-47th) Williams-119th

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HB 348 HB 353 HB 362 HR 304

Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration
Labor; create State Workforce Development Board; provisions (I&L-30th) Dickey-140th
Nonpublic postsecondary educational institutions; revise definitions; revise provisions (H ED-40th) Rogers-29th
Student health; licensed health practitioners to prescribe albuterol sulfate for schools; authorize (ED&Y-45th) Clark-101st
Georgia's technical schools, colleges and universities; expand gerontology and dementia education and training; encourage (H ED-1st) Cooper-43rd

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Section 2 Legislation read for the 2nd time today
MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2015

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

SR 84 SR 449 SR 462 HB 117
HB 172 HB 225 HB 515 HB 520 HB 540

U.S. Congress; urged to enact significant reforms to the nation's federally financed graduate medical education programs (H&HS-11th)
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); encouraged to withdraw the proposed Clean Power Plan (NR&E-51st)
U.S. Congress; urged to amend the Controlled Substances Act of 1970; authorize the study of medical marijuana (H&HS-23rd)
Employment security; modify definition of the term most recent employer; change certain provisions (Substitute) (I&L-29th) Hamilton24th
Watercraft; operation while under the influence of alcohol, toxic vapors, or drugs; revise types of vessels (NR&E-7th) Lumsden-12th
Local government; all for-hire drivers obtain a for-hire license endorsement before driving for hire; provide (S&T-21st) Powell-32nd
Tucker, City of; DeKalb County; incorporate (Substitute) (SLGO(G)-41st) Mitchell-88th
LaVista Hills, City of; DeKalb County; incorporate (Substitute) (SLGO(G)-40th) Taylor-79th
Interstate cooperation; Senate Interstate Cooperation Committee and House Committee on Interstate Cooperation; clarify number of members (I COOP-35th) Dollar-45th

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Section 3 Legislation left in Sections 1, 2,3 and 4 of General Calendar and defeated legislation that
will be reconsidered pursuant to Senate Rule 6-7.5
MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2015

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

SR 11 SR 43 SR 74 SR 113 SR 163
SR 360 SR 412 SR 447 HB 18
HB 65
HB 73
HB 91 HB 185 HB 206 HB 210

Senate Study Committee on Employee Misclassification; create (Substitute) (I&L-2nd)
Senate Special Tax Exemption Study Committee; create (FIN-56th)
Minority Owned Plasma Centers; encouraging the development (S&T-35th)
Senate Entrepreneur in Residence Study Committee; create (ED&T-32nd)
Senate Rules Committee; authorize to place witnesses under oath or affirmations; testifying; eligible for placement on the rules calendar (Substitute) (RULES-53rd)
Senate Data Security and Privacy Study Committee; create (S&T-21st)
Senate Cyber Challenge Study Committee; create (S&T-22nd)
Joint Study Committee on School Construction; create (ED&Y-8th)
Professional engineers and land surveyors; defense, aviation, space or aerospace companies from complying with provisions; exempt (RI&U-56th) Spencer-180th
Education; local boards of education and certain charter schools to hold at least two public meetings on the proposed annual operating budget; require (Substitute) (ED&Y-14th) Caldwell-20th
Public officers; counties and municipalities provide by local law for district durational residency requirements; authorize (SLGO(G)-56th) Turner-21st
Education; eliminate Georgia High School Graduation Test; provisions (ED&Y-40th) Coleman-97th
Insurance; Standard Valuation Law; extensively revise (I&L-25th) Shaw-176th
Uniform rules of the road; procedure for passing sanitation vehicles; provide (Substitute) (PUB SAF-56th) Harrell-106th
Drivers' licenses; provide for dissemination of certain information by the Department of Driver Services; provisions (PUB SAF-1st) Rogers-10th

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Section 3 Legislation left in Sections 1, 2,3 and 4 of General Calendar and defeated legislation that
will be reconsidered pursuant to Senate Rule 6-7.5

HB 213

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Act of 1965; permanent suspension of restrictions on use of sales and use tax proceeds upon submission of an independent management audit to certain officials; provide (Substitute) (TRANS-21st) Jacobs-80th

HB 227

Sales and use tax; programmable thermostats from the definition of Energy Star Qualified Product for purposes of the state sales tax holiday; remove (FIN-32nd) Duncan-26th

HB 233

Georgia Uniform Civil Forfeiture Procedure Act; enact (JUDYNC-23rd) Atwood-179th

HB 261

Alcoholic beverages; sale during certain times on Sunday in commercial service airports owned or operated by a municipal governing authority; provide (RI&U-15th) Harrell-106th

HB 412

Workers' compensation; change certain provisions (I&L-9th) Hamilton24th

HB 551

Public officers and employees; authorize political subdivisions to provide for voluntary contributions by employees through payroll deductions to certain not for profit organizations; provisions (SLGO(G)-56th) Brockway-102nd

HR 395

Joint Georgia-Alabama Study Committee; create (Substitute) (I COOP-12th) Greene-151st

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Section 7 Senate legislation which cannot pass the House pursuant to Senate Rule 4-2.10 (a)
MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2015

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

SB 77 SB 90 SB 97 SB 110 SB 113 SB 115 SB 137 SB 142 SB 159 SB 161 SB 179 SB 186 SB 187 SB 196

DNA Sampling, Collection, and Analysis; provide for analysis and collection of DNA for individuals arrested and convicted of felony offenses (Substitute) (JUDYNC-56th)
Railroads; provide for the installation of farm crossings and cattle guards on property intersected by a railroad (Substitute) (JUDY-29th)
Revenue and Taxation; modify certain provisions relating to tax executions (FIN-56th)
Certified Process Servers; repeal the sunset and legislative review provisions (JUDY-54th)
Motor Vehicles and Traffic; create new class or motor vehicles to be known as autonomous vehicles; definitions; requirements (Substitute) (S&T-29th)
Physician Assistants; authorize a physician to delegate to physician assistant the authority to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances (Substitute) (H&HS-52nd)
Property Insurance; expand the ownership restriction; value of the property covered against loss by fire (Substitute) (I&L-16th)
Local Government; regulate procedures governing applications for permits for critical infrastructure projects (Substitute) (RI&U-21st)
Searches with Warrants; provide for the use of no-knock search warrants (Substitute) (JUDYNC-23rd)
Education; automatic expulsion for possession of firearms and dangerous weapons at school; revise a provision (Substitute) (ED&Y-10th)
Georgia Lottery; allow winner to remain anonymous if donates 25 percent to the Lottery for Education Account or other tax exempt organizations (Substitute) (H ED-29th)
Counties, Municipalities, Other Entities; provide for electronic publication for certain public notices; procedures, conditions, and limitations (SLGO(G)-31st)
Education; expand eligibility for the program to certain lawful refugees and asylees (Substitute) (ED&Y-54th)
Insurance; provide insurance requirements for transportation network companies and drivers; definitions; minimum liability limits (Substitute) (I&L-21st)

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Section 7 Senate legislation which cannot pass the House pursuant to Senate Rule 4-2.10 (a)

SR 26

Joint House and Senate Coastal Greenway Study Committee; create (NR&E-3rd)

SR 114 Joint Entrepreneur in Residence Study Committee; create (ED&T-32nd)

SR 135

General Assembly; authorize to provide by law for pari-mutuel wagering on horse racing -CA (Substitute) (RI&U-21st)

SR 282

Joint Peace Officer and Firefighter Occupational Disease Study Committee; create (PUB SAF-56th)

SR 388

Constitution; prevent discrimination in the public funding of social services; allow religious/faith based organization to receive public aid CA (GvtO-31st)

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Section 7 Senate legislation which cannot pass the House pursuant to Senate Rule 4-2.10 (a)
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