Senate general calendar, 2018 February 20

Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2018

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

SB 74 SB 82 SB 293 SB 294
SB 319 SB 324 SB 337 SB 364
SB 365 SB 391
SB 401 SB 409 SR 104 SR 685

Courts; parental notification of abortion; provide for clear and convincing evidence for waiver (JUDY-29th)
HOPE; need based HOPE scholarship and grant; create (Substitute) (H ED-2nd)
Retirement; employment of beneficiaries of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia; repeal existing provisions (Substitute) (RET-8th)
Retirement; certain public employers and employee contributions; Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; employed beneficiaries; require (Substitute) (RET-8th)
"Consolidation of Fire Safety Services in Georgia Act"; enact; Department of Fire Safety; establish (Substitute) (PUB SAF-56th)
Contracts with State Agencies and Adjoining Counties; municipalities may contract with abutting counties; provide (TRANS-56th)
Admissions and Confessions; effective date for the procedure; testimony of a child's description of sexual contact; provide (JUDY-45th)
Delegation of Authority to Physician Assistants; higher supervisory ratio; completed a board approve anesthesiologist assistant program; authorize (H&HS-52nd)
Code Revision Commission; statutory portion of said Code; revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions in and reenact (JUDY-3rd)
State Road and Tollway Authority; requirements relating to identification and regulation of motor vehicles; exempt transit service buses, motor vehicles, and rapid rail systems (TRANS-21st)
Individual Graduation Plans; guidance in career oriented aptitudes and career interests; provide (Substitute) (ED&Y-37th)
Railroad Crossings; persons driving vehicles shall exercise due care and caution for other on-track equipment; require (PUB SAF-7th)
State Ad Valorem Taxes; prohibit levy -CA (FIN-31st)
Georgia Coast; bed of tidewater known as "Runaway Negro Creek"; rename to "Freedom Creek" (UAff-2nd)

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Section 3 Legislation not eligible for section 1
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2018

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

SB 235 SB 336
SB 349 SB 354 SB 373
SB 385 SR 351 SR 353 SR 539 SR 587 SR 629 SR 732 HB 61 HB 135 HB 162 HB 181
HB 257

"Deantre Gregory Turman Act" (ED&Y-35th)
Georgia Bureau of Investigation; general provisions; subpoena issued for production of electronic communication; not provide notice to the subscriber (Substitute) (JUDY-45th)
Notaries Public; identification of persons evidenced satisfactorily by a valid Veterans Health Identification Card; provide (SJUDY-2nd)
Technical College System of Georgia; classify certain active duty service members as in-state for tuition purposes; require (Substitute) (H ED-2nd)
Judges of Superior Courts; eleventh judge of the superior courts of the Cobb Judicial Circuit; appointment of such additional judge; provide (JUDY-37th)
Solid Waste Disposal Facilities; surcharge imposed by host local governments; change (Substitute) (NR&E-25th)
Grady Memorial Hospital; commend (RULES-48th)
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Therapy Dogs; recognize (RULES-45th)
Richards, Jon; recognize (RULES-45th)
State of Georgia; English as the official language; declare (CA) (RULES-29th)
People's Republic of China; recommend certain measures be taken regarding actions against Falun Gong practitioners (RULES-53rd)
Nation of Israel; commend (RULES-40th)
Sales and use tax; certain retailers to either collect and remit or notify purchaser and state; require (Substitute) (FIN-52nd) Powell-171st
Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; creditable service for certain law enforcement officers; expand (Substitute) (RET-7th) Hitchens-161st
Income tax; transfer of setoffs by the Administrative Office of the Courts; revise procedures (Substitute) (JUDY-3rd) Price-48th
Revenue and taxation; furnishing of certain tax information in all municipalities having a population of 350,000 or more; change certain provisions (FIN-24th) Lott-122nd
Local government authorities; register with Department of Community Affairs; require (SLGO(G)-7th) Tankersley-160th

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HB 273 HB 275 HB 287 HB 344 HB 354 HB 419 HB 432 HB 448 HB 475

Section 3 Legislation not eligible for section 1
Quality Basic Education Act; daily recess for students in kindergarten and grades one through five; provide (Substitute) (ED&Y-53rd) Douglas-78th
Game and fish; rules and regulations used to establish criminal violations; change provisions (Substitute) (NR&E-7th) Dubnik-29th
Special license plates; honoring service members killed in action; provide at no cost to eligible family members (VM&HS-33rd) Kirby-114th
Paternity; parties beyond movants in a child support case request a genetic test; allow (Substitute) (JUDY-13th) Dempsey-13th
Georgia International and Maritime Trade Center; reconstitute and authorize Department of Economic Development to contract for certain projects (Substitute) (ED&T-1st) Stephens-164th
Fireworks; certain counties further regulate use or ignition; enable authority (Substitute) (PUB SAF-45th) Silcox-52nd
Tuition grants; certain institutions that lack accreditation be approved for tuition equalization purposes; provide (H ED-55th) Dubnik-29th
Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission; require certain postsecondary institutions to qualify for exemptions; provisions (Substitute) (H ED-9th) Williams-119th
Charitable solicitations; use of collection receptacles for donations; implement additional requirements (Substitute) (RI&U-13th) Harden-148th

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Section 4 Non privileged resolutions
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2018

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

SR 467 SR 484 SR 489 SR 503 SR 506
SR 593 HR 279

Senate Study Committee on Service Animals for Physically or Mentally Impaired Persons; create (Substitute) (RULES-45th)
Senate Study Committee on Creating a Lottery Game to Benefit Veterans; create (Substitute) (RULES-15th)
Senate Study Committee on Prescribing Patterns for Antidepressants and Other Psychotropic Medications; create (Substitute) (RULES-3rd)
Senate African American History and Culture Study Committee; create (Substitute) (RULES-2nd)
Senate Study Committee on the Excessive and Duplicative Regulatory Oversight of Community Based Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD); create (Substitute) (RULES-30th)
U.S Congress; public facilities shall be required to provide adult changing stations; urged to establish a policy (Substitute) (RULES-34th)
Single Parent Day; March 21; designate each year (RULES-27th) Stovall-74th

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Section 4 Non privileged resolutions
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