Senate general calendar, 2018 February 23

Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2018

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

SB 82 SB 293 SB 294
SB 309 SB 324 SB 325
SB 334 SB 337 SB 339
SB 350
SB 355 SB 358
SB 376 SB 395 SB 401

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)
Elections; time for opening and closing of the polls; provide (Substitute) (ETHICS-29th)
Contracts with State Agencies and Adjoining Counties; municipalities may contract with abutting counties; provide (TRANS-56th)
"Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Act"; Georgia Composite Medical Board to administer the compact in this state; authorize (H&HS-32nd)
Nurses; administrative purposes only; Georgia Board of Nursing to Department of Community Health; transfer (H&HS-45th)
Admissions and Confessions; effective date for the procedure; testimony of a child's description of sexual contact; provide (JUDY-45th)
Board of Regents and University System; establishment of free speech policies for institutions of the university system; provide (Substitute) (H ED-3rd)
Notice of Information Practices By Institution or Agent; policy renewal to comport with federal law; update notice practices requirements (Substitute) (I&L-20th)
Nuclear Generating Plant; recovery of the costs of financing the construction; provisions; change (Substitute) (RI&U-52nd)
Counties/Municipal Corporations; establishment of banking improvement zones; agreement for deposit of public funds; provide (Substitute) (B&FI-33rd)
Identity Theft; consumer credit reporting agencies charging a fee for placing/removing a security freeze; prohibit (B&FI-48th)
Georgia Joint Defense Commission; create (Substitute) (VM&HS-1st)
Individual Graduation Plans; guidance in career oriented aptitudes and career interests; provide (Substitute) (ED&Y-37th)

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SB 406 SB 407 SB 409 SB 418
SB 422 SB 434 SB 443 SB 445 SB 446 SB 452
SB 458
SR 104 SR 745 SR 774 SR 794 SR 821

Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration
"Georgia Long-term Care Background Check Program" enact; public safety; promote (Substitute) (PUB SAF-17th)
Criminal Justice System; comprehensive reform for offenders; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-17th)
Railroad Crossings; persons driving vehicles shall exercise due care and caution for other on-track equipment; require (PUB SAF-7th)
Selling and Trade Practices; banning the sales of goods, products, or items regulated; sold at properly zoned retail establishments; prohibit county, municipal and consolidated governments (AG&CA-50th)
Clinical Laboratories; exempting pharmacists from provisions of said chapter when performing certain tests; provisions; change (H&HS-45th)
Georgia Board for Physician Workforce; Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; change the name (H&HS-45th)
Security Deposits; lists of existing defects and of damages before and after a tenancy; provisions; clarify (Substitute) (JUDY-23rd)
Department of Transportation; standards for contracts; contract bidding process and award procedure; provide (Substitute) (TRANS-51st)
Abandoned Motor Vehicles; motor vehicle or trailer becomes an abandoned motor vehicle; revise the times (PUB SAF-7th)
Criminal Procedure and Penal Institutions; peace officer to take certain actions; verification that a suspect is illegal alien; require (Substitute) (JUDY-23rd)
Ad Valorem Taxation; conditions; family owned farmed entities; discontinue a qualifying use of bona fide conservation use property; provide (FIN-50th)
State Ad Valorem Taxes; prohibit levy -CA (FIN-31st)
Robert H. "Bob" Bell Interchanges; DeKalb County; dedicate (Substitute) (TRANS-40th)
Joint Study Committee on Adoption Expenses; create (JUDY-23rd)
Joint Georgia-North Carolina and Georgia-Tennessee Boundary Line Commission; create (RULES-49th)
Cyber Security And Information Technology Innovation Corridor; recognize Augusta; Logistics Technology Innovation Corridor; recognize Savannah (Substitute) (RULES-9th)

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Section 3 Legislation not eligible for section 1
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2018

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

SB 228
SB 235 SB 336
SB 349 SB 351 SB 354 SB 385 SB 391
SB 396
SB 411 SB 420 SB 432 SB 435 SR 351 SR 353 SR 537

Motor Vehicles; criminal offense and minimum fines for improper operation of an authorized emergency or law enforcement vehicle; provide (Substitute) (PUB SAF-29th)
"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)
Nurses; advanced nursing practice; provisions; revise (Substitute) (H&HS-45th)
Technical College System of Georgia; classify certain active duty service members as in-state for tuition purposes; require (Substitute) (H ED-2nd)
Solid Waste Disposal Facilities; surcharge imposed by host local governments; change (Substitute) (NR&E-25th)
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)
Telephone System For Physically Impaired; state-wide dual party relay service and audible universal information access service; change provisions (RI&U-48th)
Georgia Commission on African American History and Culture; create (UAff-2nd)
Health; health clubs have at least one functional automated external defibrillator on site at such facility; require (Substitute) (H&HS-33rd)
'Georgia Tax Credit Business Case Act' (Substitute) (FIN-56th)
School Buses; civil monetary penalties regarding violations of the duties of a driver; enforcement; revise (Substitute) (PUB SAF-21st)
Grady Memorial Hospital; commend (RULES-48th)
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Therapy Dogs; recognize (RULES-45th)
State Property; unauthorized vehicular traffic; provide closure (Substitute) (SI&P-21st)

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SR 539 SR 587 SR 629 HB 61 HB 85 HB 135 HB 162 HB 181
HB 257 HB 273
HB 275 HB 287 HB 309 HB 344 HB 354
HB 419 HB 432 HB 448

Section 3 Legislation not eligible for section 1
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)
Sales and use tax; certain retailers to either collect and remit or notify purchaser and state; require (Substitute) (FIN-52nd) Powell-171st
Ad valorem tax; methodology used to establish forest land fair market value; revise (Substitute) (FIN-7th) 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
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
State liability; activities of organized militia engaged in training or duty; provide exception (VM&HS-32nd) Barr-103rd
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

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HB 475
HB 694 HB 777 HR 51

Section 3 Legislation not eligible for section 1
Charitable solicitations; use of collection receptacles for donations; implement additional requirements (Substitute) (RI&U-13th) Harden148th
Motor fuel tax; electronic filing of certain reports; require (Substitute) (FIN-3rd) Harrell-106th
Historic Chattahoochee Compact; repeal (I COOP-15th) Greene-151st
Forest land fair market value; prescribed methodology; remove - CA (Substitute) (FIN) Powell-171st

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Section 4 Non privileged resolutions
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2018

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

SR 453 SR 467 SR 484 SR 489 SR 503 SR 506
SR 593 SR 732 SR 752 SR 832 HR 279 HR 943

Senate Study Committee on Massage Therapy Practices; create (Substitute) (RULES-45th)
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)
Nation of Israel; commend (RULES-40th)
U.S. Congress; repeal the Johnson Amendment to the Internal Revenue Code; encourage (FIN-16th)
Senate Study Committee on Risks Associated with Kratom; create (RULES-53rd)
Single Parent Day; March 21; designate each year (RULES-27th) Stovall-74th
Joint Georgia-North Carolina and Georgia-Tennessee Boundary Line Commission; create (RULES) Morris-26th

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Section 4 Non privileged resolutions
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