Senate general calendar, 2018 February 28

Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2018

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

HB 135 HB 162 HB 273
HB 275 HB 287 HB 309 HB 354
HB 419 HB 475
HB 918

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
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-32nd) Kirby-114th
State liability; activities of organized militia engaged in training or duty; provide exception (VM&HS-32nd) Barr-103rd
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
Charitable solicitations; use of collection receptacles for donations; implement additional requirements (Substitute) (RI&U-13th) Harden-148th
Revenue and taxation; Internal Revenue Code; provisions (Substitute) (FIN-9th) Efstration-104th

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Section 4 Non privileged resolutions
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2018

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

SR 453 SR 467 SR 484 SR 489 SR 503 SR 506
SR 593 SR 732 SR 752 SR 761 SR 772 SR 778 SR 832 SR 865 SR 902 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 Dyslexia; create (H&HS-40th)
Joint Study Committee on Retrospective Emergency Room Policies; create (Substitute) (H&HS-14th)
US Congress; National Park Service; reliable, predictable stream of resources to address deferred maintenance needs; create (NR&E-51st)
Senate Study Committee on Risks Associated with Kratom; create (RULES53rd)
State of Georgia Council on Respiratory Health Promotion; support creation (H&HS-40th)
Joint Study Committee on Revising the Applicability and Nomenclature of the Offense of Rape; create (Substitute) (JUDY-35th)
Single Parent Day; March 21; designate each year (RULES-42nd) Stovall74th
Joint Georgia-North Carolina and Georgia-Tennessee Boundary Line Commission; create (RULES-49th) Morris-26th

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Section 7 Senate legislation which cannot pass the House pursuant to Senate Rule 4-2.10 (a)
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2018

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

SB 235 SB 314 SB 456
SR 351 SR 353 SR 539 SR 587 SR 629 HB 61 HB 85 HB 181
HB 257 HB 344 HB 432 HB 448
HB 694 HB 777

"Deantre Gregory Turman Act" (ED&Y-35th)
Invasions of Privacy; prohibit sexual extortion; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-22nd)
"Quality Basic Education Act"; no high school which receives funding; shall participate unless association has separate regions and playoffs; provide (ED&Y-53rd)
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) (RULES29th)
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
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
Paternity; parties beyond movants in a child support case request a genetic test; allow (Substitute) (JUDY-13th) Dempsey-13th
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
Motor fuel tax; electronic filing of certain reports; require (Substitute) (FIN-3rd) Harrell-106th
Historic Chattahoochee Compact; repeal (I COOP-15th) Greene-151st

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

HR 51

Forest land fair market value; prescribed methodology; remove - CA (Substitute) (FIN-7th) Powell-171st

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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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