Senate general calendar, 2016 February 29

Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2016

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

HB 52 HB 73 HB 82 HB 172 HB 370 HB 421 HB 690 HB 697
HB 738 HB 747 HB 811 HB 815 HB 840

Child custody; require parenting plans to be incorporated into final orders; change provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-29th) Quick-117th
Public officers; counties and municipalities provide by local law for district durational residency requirements; authorize (SLGO(G)-56th) Turner-21st
Oconee River Greenway Authority; certain members to appoint a designee; allow (NR&E-25th) Kidd-145th
Watercraft; operation while under the influence of alcohol, toxic vapors, or drugs; revise types of vessels (Substitute) (NR&E-51st) Lumsden-12th
Elections; provide for waivers of certain civil penalties and fees incurred by candidates for local elected office; provisions (Substitute) (ETHICS-11th) Fleming-121st
Retirement and pensions; officers employed by Department of Community Supervision shall be entitled to certain disability benefits; provide (PUB SAF-18th) Nimmer-178th
Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; provide that certain law enforcement officers obtain creditable service in system under certain conditions; provisions (RET-7th) Carter-175th
Unsolicited merchandise; solicitors to receive from consumers affirmative assent to continued receipt of certain merchandise following a free trial before charging; require (Substitute) (AG&CA-43rd) Kirby-114th
Local government; county law libraries; revise uses of excess funds (SJUDY-18th) Caldwell-131st
Motor vehicles; safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles; update reference date to federal regulations (PUB SAF-7th) Rogers-10th
Banking and finance; update, modernize, and streamline numerous Code sections; revise provisions (B&FI-18th) Williamson-115th
Meat inspection; inspection and regulation of certain avian meat products and facilities; provide (AG&CA-25th) Rhodes-120th
Conservation and natural resources; rules and regulations used to establish criminal violations; change provisions (NR&E-47th) Stephens-164th

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HB 844 HB 871

Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration
Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; insurance premiums subject to taxation; update certain provisions (RET-12th) Maxwell-17th
"Georgia Lemon Law"; consumer fees forwarded to the Department of Law for deposit in the new motor vehicle arbitration account; require (SJUDY-30th) Dickey-140th

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Section 3 Legislation not eligible for section 1
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2016

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

HB 51 HB 238
HB 531 HB 540

Taxes; amount payable at redemption of property; change provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-3rd) Benton-31st
Sales and use tax; tangible personal property used for or in renovation or expansion of an aquarium owned or operated by an organization which is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of Internal Revenue Code; provide exemption (Substitute) (FIN-32nd) Harbin-122nd
Nonresidents; grounds for exercising personal jurisdiction over nonresidents; change provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-29th) Mabra-63rd
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 4 Non privileged resolutions
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2016

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

SR 74 SR 113 SR 177 SR 360 SR 412 SR 467 SR 723
SR 736 SR 908 SR 942 SR 983 SR 993 SR 1001 SR 1018 SR 1028 SR 1032

Minority Owned Plasma Centers; encouraging the development (S&T-35th)
Senate Entrepreneur in Residence Study Committee; create (Substitute) (ED&T-32nd)
Capitol Arts Standards Commission; encouraged to authorize; placement of portrait of Mrs. Coretta Scott King (RULES-35th)
Senate Data Security and Privacy Study Committee; create (Substitute) (S&T-21st)
Senate Cyber Challenge Study Committee; create (Substitute) (S&T-22nd)
Senate Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Study Committee; create (Substitute) (H ED-35th)
Youth Athletes; encourage local boards of education, nonpublic elementary/secondary to guarantee certain safety rights in sports competition (Substitute) (ED&Y-35th)
Senate Work and Save Study Committee; create (RET-54th)
Senate Electronic Driver's License Study Committee; create (RULES-51st)
Senate Study Committee on Townships; create (RULES-42nd)
Deferred Action for Childhood; create Senate Study Committee (H ED-40th)
Senate Strengthening Parental Participation in Education Study Committee; create (Substitute) (ED&Y-35th)
Higher Education Affordability; create Senate Study Committee (H ED-40th)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; encouraged to withdraw the proposed Water of the US Clean Water Plan rule (AG&CA-50th)
Senate Music Economic Development Study Committee; create (ED&T-53rd)
Senate Sexual Offender Registry Study Committee; create (PUB SAF-53rd)

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SR 1037

Section 4 Non privileged resolutions
Alternative Fuels Infrastructure; create senate study committee (Substitute) (NR&E-53rd)

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Section 7 Senate legislation which cannot pass the House pursuant to Senate Rule 4-2.10 (a)
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2016

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

SB 149 SB 188 SB 207 SB 242 SB 248 SB 264 SB 325
SB 354 SB 400
SB 408 SB 413
SR 135 SB 297 SB 259
SB 321

Retirement; provide for creditable service for certain military service (RET-33rd)
Bingo; increase the permissible prize amounts (Substitute) (RI&U-15th)
'Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act'; enact (Substitute) (JUDY-29th)
Labor and Industrial Relations; allow employees to use sick leave for the care of immediate family members (H&HS-27th)
Dental and Dental Hygienists; provide for the profession of dental hygiene therapy; licensure (Substitute) (H&HS-34th)
Horse Racing; provide for parimutuel wagering; definitions; conditions; regulation and operation (Substitute) (RI&U-21st)
Aviation; provide legislative findings; definitions; preemption of prohibitions; Georgia Unmanned Aircraft Systems Commission; establish (Substitute) (S&T-32nd)
Taxation and Revenue; provide an exception to a breach of covenant and qualified use for bona fide conservation use property (AG&CA-24th)
Superior Courts; allow clerks to utilize vendors of their choice for backup records rather than Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority (SLGO(G)-9th)
'Compact Among the States to Prohibit Public Financing of Professional Stadiums' (Substitute) (I COOP-29th)
Dept. of Economic Development; establish a state-wide site development initiative; portfolio of properties ready for industrial development (ED&T-53rd)
General Assembly; authorize to provide by law for pari-mutuel wagering on horse racing -CA (Substitute) (RI&U-21st)
Public Employees; authorize use of accrued leaves by adopted parents; caring for the child after placement (SLGO(G)-2nd)
Ad Valorem Tax; provide for a homestead exemption from ad valorem taxes for state, county, municipal, or school purposes (Substitute) (FIN40th)
Commerce and Trade; state government; protections against public disclosure of certain information (Substitute) (ED&T-6th)

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

SB 330

MARTA; provide definition; transit oriented development and property of Authority not used for transportation purposes shall be subject to local planning and zoning (Substitute) (TRANS-21st)

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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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