Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2018 SENATE GENERAL CALENDAR TO SET THE RULES CALENDAR FOR THE THIRTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE DAY SR 989 HB 40 HB 65 HB 85 HB 93 HB 121 HB 161 HB 189 HB 190 HB 214 HB 271 HB 332 HB 357 HB 374 HB 392 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA); withdraw Electronic Logging Device (ELD) regulations on the agriculture industry; encourage (AG&CA-50th) Evidence; confidentiality of certain medical information of animals within a veterinarian's care; provide exception (AG&CA-14th) Turner-21st Low THC Oil Patient Registry; conditions and eligibility; change provisions (Substitute) (H&HS-28th) Peake-141st Ad valorem tax; methodology used to establish forest land fair market value; revise (Substitute) (RULES-7th) Powell-171st Sales and use tax; no interest shall be paid on refunds; provisions (Substitute) (FIN-56th) Corbett-174th Trusts; minor or unborn beneficiaries; change provisions (JUDY-23rd) Efstration-104th Drug related objects; employees of harm reduction organizations are not subject to certain offenses; provide (Substitute) (H&HS-45th) Price-48th Contract Cancellation Act; enact (Substitute) (SLGO(G)-54th) Nelson-125th Domestic relations; marriage articles and antenuptial agreements; change provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-19th) Hanson-80th Crimes and offenses; consistent punishment for the unlawful manufacture, sale or distribution of a proof of insurance document; provide (Substitute) (I&L-14th) Golick-40th Water resources; shore protection; revise various provisions (Substitute) (NR&E-7th) Petrea-166th Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Act; enact (Substitute) (APPROP-51st) Watson-172nd Georgia Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act; enact (Substitute) (FIN-49th) Stephens-164th Ad valorem tax; property; allow electronic filing of returns in certain cases (Substitute) (FIN-28th) Knight-130th Move on When Ready Act; students taking dual credit courses at certain eligible postsecondary institutions; allow funding (Substitute) (H ED-25th) Fleming-121st - 1 - HB 410 HB 487 HB 489 HB 571 HB 588 HB 635 HB 636 HB 642 HB 647 HB 655 HB 658 HB 665 HB 668 HB 684 HB 692 HB 697 Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration Condominiums; certain fees imposed on purchasers; provide for limits (Substitute) (JUDY-3rd) Powell-32nd Disaster Volunteer Relief Act; granted leave from work with pay in order to participate in specialized disaster relief services; authorize certain employees of state agencies (PUB SAF-30th) Bonner-72nd Local government; use Georgia Procurement Registry in addition to official legal organ to advertise certain bid opportunities; provide (Substitute) (ED&T-28th) McCall-33rd Magistrates Retirement Fund; member in arrears for dues payments for 90 days shall be suspended; provisions (RET-8th) Watson-172nd Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; member may purchase annuity; revise method and manner (RET-52nd) Maxwell-17th Disabled Adults and Elder Persons Protection Act; at-risk adult protection investigative/coordinating teams; provide establishment (H&HS-45th) Cooper-43rd Genetic Counselors Act; enact (RI&U-47th) Silcox-52nd Local government; provide definitions; provisions (Substitute) (ED&T-39th) Nimmer-178th Community Health, Department of; pilot program to provide coverage for treatment and management of obesity; provide (Substitute) (H&HS-1st) Dempsey-13th Quality Basic Education Act; post sign containing telephone number to receive reports of child abuse; require every public school (Substitute) (ED&Y-32nd) Williams-145th Excise tax; rooms, lodgings, and accommodations; remove sunset date for the time during which a certain tax may be collected (Substitute) (FIN-37th) Ehrhart-36th Abandoned vessels; revise notice requirements; provisions (NR&E-28th) Lumsden-12th Guardian and ward; petitions for appointment of a guardian under certain circumstances; provisions (JUDY-29th) Price-48th General appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019 (Substitute) (APPROP-4th) Ralston-7th Deferred compensation plans; governing authority of a municipality may pay costs or fees associated with an employee's participation in a plan; provide (Substitute) (RET-8th) Maxwell-17th Sales and use tax; sale or use of tangible personal property to certain nonprofit health centers; extend exemption for five additional years (FIN-8th) Taylor-173rd - 2 - HB 699 HB 703 HB 713 HB 714 HB 717 HB 721 HB 723 HB 729 HB 734 HB 735 HB 743 HB 749 HB 759 HB 760 HB 761 HB 763 HB 775 Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration Firefighter certification; military firefighter training may be accepted as required basic training; provide (Substitute) (PUB SAF-30th) Belton-112th Governor's Office of Public Safety Support; create (Substitute) (PUB SAF-56th) Hitchens-161st Postsecondary education; HOPE and Zell Miller eligibility requirements relative to students who graduated from an ineligible high school; provide (Substitute) (H ED-16th) Chandler-105th Motor vehicles; reference date to federal regulations regarding the safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles; update (PUB SAF-7th) Rogers-10th Motor vehicles; applicability of certain consumer protection laws to autonomous vehicles; provide (TRANS-51st) Kelley-16th Motor vehicles; criteria by which the Department of Driver Services shall authorize licensed driver training schools to administer on-the-road driving skills testing; revise (Substitute) (PUB SAF-56th) Powell-32nd Sales and use tax; certain veterinary diagnostic and disease monitoring services; create exemption (FIN-50th) Watson-172nd Ad valorem tax; property; repeal certain provisions (Substitute) (FIN-56th) Harrell-106th Insurance; modernization and updates; provisions (I&L-20th) Smith134th Income tax credit; expenditures on the maintenance of a railroad track owned or leased by a Class III railroad; create (Substitute) (RULES-51st) Bentley-139th Jeremy Nelson and Nick Blakely Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act; enact (ED&Y-21st) Clark-98th Income tax; retirement income is applicable as a retirement benefit from noncivilian service in the United States armed forces; clarify an exemption (FIN-56th) Blackmon-146th Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program; prior school year requirement; revise (Substitute) (ED&Y-40th) Turner-21st Insurance; certain policies, definitions, and property insurance; revise (Substitute) (I&L-14th) Lumsden-12th Motor vehicles; filing of certificates of title by dealers; provide (PUB SAF-53rd) Ridley-6th Education; student attendance protocol committees to school climate; expand (Substitute) (ED&Y-28th) Nix-69th Professions and businesses; real estate management companies; provisions (RI&U-47th) Powell-32nd - 3 - HB 782 HB 783 HB 785 HB 790 HB 800 HB 803 HB 808 HB 809 HB 814 HB 815 HB 818 HB 825 HB 834 HB 840 HB 866 HB 867 Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration Crimes and offenses; provisions relating to permissible users with access to prescription drug monitoring program data base; revise (Substitute) (H&HS-20th) Rhodes-120th Administrative procedure; provisions creating inactive boards, panels, authorities and other such bodies; repeal (Substitute) (GvtO-56th) Caldwell-20th Solid waste management; certain definitions; modify and enact (Substitute) (NR&E-7th) Nix-69th State government; recommendations of the Court Reform Council; implement (Substitute) (JUDY-17th) Efstration-104th Workers' compensation; eligibility for appointment as director emeritus and administrative law judge emeritus; change certain provisions (I&L-25th) Bonner-72nd Crimes and offenses; trafficking a disabled adult, elder person, or resident; prohibit (H&HS-32nd) Willard-51st Courts; term of court in certain counties in the Waycross Circuit; change (JUDY-7th) Nimmer-178th Motor vehicles; Georgia State Patrol motor vehicles for traffic law enforcement may be a solid color; provide (PUB SAF-7th) Hitchens-161st Coroners; county governing authority may establish salaries and benefits; provide (SLGO(G)-25th) Williams-145th Special license plates; Georgia Masonic Charities; establish (PUB SAF-56th) Martin-49th Insurance; health care provider shall choose the method of reimbursement by insurer; provide (I&L-53rd) Hawkins-27th Death investigations; chief medical examiner to inter and disinter unidentified human remains under certain circumstances; allow (JUDY-25th) Williams-145th Landlord and tenant; termination of a rental or lease agreement under circumstances involving family violence; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-23rd) Ballinger-23rd Revenue and taxation; penalties and interest in the event of military service in a combat zone; provide exemption (VM&HS-32nd) Hitchens-161st Commerce and trade; charging fee for placing a security freeze on a consumer's account; prohibit consumer credit reporting agencies (B&FI-48th) Turner-21st Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; quorum for transaction of business; revise (PUB SAF-7th) Hitchens-161st - 4 - HB 879 HB 899 HB 904 HB 927 HB 929 HB 930 HB 938 HB 951 HB 956 HB 972 HB 982 HB 992 HB 999 HR 51 HR 238 HR 444 HR 1103 Section 1 Legislation available for immediate consideration Water resources; notice to local governing authorities prior to the dewatering of coal combustion residual surface impoundments; provide (NR&E-25th) Jones-167th Contracts; limitation on disqualification of bidders; change (ED&T-28th) LaRiccia-169th Torts; effect of a landowner charging an admission price or fee; clarify provisions (Substitute) (AG&CA-19th) Hanson-80th Courts; certain information be provided to caregiver upon placement of a child; require (Substitute) (H&HS-45th) Nimmer-178th Water and sewer projects and costs tax (MOST); additional renewals of tax; allow (FIN-49th) Efstration-104th Georgia Regional Transportation Authority; creation of certain community improvement districts; provisions (Substitute) (TRANS-21st) Tanner-9th Insurance; limited credit insurance agency license; provide (I&L-25th) Taylor-173rd Education; establish Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation; provisions (ED&T-19th) Shaw-176th Georgia Veterinary Practice Act; enact (Substitute) (AG&CA-8th) Pirkle-155th Human Services, Department of; Division of Family and Children Services to offer extended care youth services under certain circumstances; allow (Substitute) (H&HS-32nd) Willard-51st Courts; relative searches conducted by DFCS; change provisions (Substitute) (H&HS-19th) Nimmer-178th Health; use of automated external defibrillators; eliminate certain requirements (Substitute) (PUB SAF-50th) Lott-122nd Weapons; carry license; inpatient hospitalization; provisions (JUDY-17th) Coomer-14th Forest land fair market value; prescribed methodology; remove - CA (Substitute) (RULES-7th) Powell-171st Sales and use tax; annual allocation of 75 percent of revenue from sale of outdoor recreation equipment for protection and preservation of conservation land; provide - CA (Substitute) (APPROP-51st) Watson-172nd Willie Thomas Murray Memorial Bridge; Lincoln County; dedicate (Substitute) (TRANS-21st) McCall-33rd Property; conveyance of certain state owned real property; authorize (Substitute) (SI&P-15th) Greene-151st - 5 - Section 3 Legislation not eligible for section 1 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2018 SENATE GENERAL CALENDAR TO SET THE RULES CALENDAR FOR THE THIRTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE DAY HB 59 HB 61 HB 64 HB 118 HB 137 HB 181 HB 195 HB 253 HB 258 HB 305 HB 314 HB 327 HB 654 HB 664 Revenue and taxation; tax credits for rehabilitation of historic structures; revise procedures, conditions, and limitations (Substitute) (FIN-40th) Stephens-164th Sales and use tax; certain retailers to either collect and remit or notify purchaser and state; require (Substitute) (FIN-52nd) Powell-171st Protection and Guarantee of Service for Health Insurance Consumers Act; enact (Substitute) (I&L-9th) Blackmon-146th Fantasy Contests Act; enact (Substitute) (RI&U-45th) Kelley-16th Crimes and offenses; restrictions on contingency fee compensation of an attorney appointed in forfeiture actions; change provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-3rd) Turner-21st 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 Taxation; certain for profit corporations to participate in the indirect ownership of a home for the mentally disabled for primarily financing purposes; allow (Substitute) (FIN-36th) Harrell-106th Special license plates; dog and cat reproductive sterilization support program; increase the proportion of moneys derived from the sale (PUB SAF-56th) Willard-51st Crimes and offenses; sentencing for persons who knowingly commit aggravated assault upon a peace officer; provisions (Substitute) (PUB SAF-29th) Powell-32nd Domestic relations; category of third parties who may be awarded custody in certain circumstances; add stepparents (H&HS-19th) Beskin-54th Georgia Agribusiness and Rural Jobs Act; enact (Substitute) (FIN-52nd) Shaw-176th Alternative ad valorem tax; motor vehicles; change manner for determining fair market value (Substitute) (FIN-56th) Blackmon-146th Child support; reforms recommended by the Ga. Child Support Commission; enact (JUDY-19th) Beskin-54th Income tax; deduction from income for contributions to savings trust accounts; revise (FIN-56th) Teasley-37th - 1 - HB 694 HB 696 HB 756 HB 757 HB 789 HB 811 HB 827 HB 849 HB 871 HB 887 HB 890 HB 917 HB 973 HR 898 HR 943 Section 3 Legislation not eligible for section 1 Motor fuel tax; electronic filing of certain reports; require (Substitute) (I&L-3rd) Harrell-106th Sales and use tax; certain computer equipment sold or leased to certain entities for use in high-technology data centers; create exemption (Substitute) (FIN-51st) Kelley-16th Sales and use tax; annual reporting requirements regarding projects using SPLOST funds; revise (FIN-56th) Hilton-95th Local government; regulatory powers of cities and counties with certificate of public necessity and convenience; provisions (Substitute) (RI&U-49th) Powell-32nd Labor and industrial relations; marketplace contractors to be treated as independent contractors under state and local laws; provisions (Substitute) (I&L-14th) Fleming-121st Revenue, Department of; authorized to share tax information that assists in the identification of noncompliant taxpayers; provide (FIN-52nd) Powell-171st Income tax; increase value of rural hospital organization tax credit to 100 percent; provisions (Substitute) (FIN-56th) Kelley-16th Income tax; reporting of federal partnership adjustments; provisions (FIN-52nd) Peake-141st Sales and use tax; 50 percent of the sales price of manufactured homes; create exemption (Substitute) (FIN-28th) LaRiccia-169th Georgia Communications Services Tax Act; enact (Substitute) (RI&U-51st) Powell-171st Crimes and offenses; make it unlawful to use an emergency exit after having shoplifted (JUDY-23rd) Fleming-121st Crimes and offenses; restitution; update terminology and change provisions (JUDY-19th) Dollar-45th Ethics in government; lobbyists shall acknowledge and agree to abide by sexual harassment policy of General Assembly; provisions (Substitute) (ETHICS-29th) Jones-47th Joint Study Committee on the Establishment of a State Accreditation Process; create (ED&Y-37th) Coleman-97th Joint Georgia-North Carolina and Georgia-Tennessee Boundary Line Commission; create (RULES-49th) Morris-26th - 2 - Section 4 Non privileged resolutions WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2018 SENATE GENERAL CALENDAR TO SET THE RULES CALENDAR FOR THE THIRTY-EIGHTH 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 882 SR 899 SR 902 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 (RULES-53rd) State of Georgia Council on Respiratory Health Promotion; support creation (H&HS-40th) Senate Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Operations and Authority Creation Study Committee; create (TRANS-25th) Unify Georgia Day; recognize March 9, 2018 (RULES-35th) Joint Study Committee on Revising the Applicability and Nomenclature of the Offense of Rape; create (Substitute) (JUDY-35th) - 1 - SR 914 SR 935 SR 940 SR 967 SR 977 SR 995 SR 1019 SR 1049 SR 1063 SR 1064 SR 1067 SR 1068 Section 4 Non privileged resolutions Senate Emergency Pursuits By Law Enforcement Officers Study Committee; create (PUB SAF-44th) Senate School Safety Study Committee; create (RULES-56th) President of the United States; infrastructure plan; support (RULES-25th) Wynn, Taos and Perfect Love Foundation; recognize; Unify Georgia Day; recognize March 8, 2018 (RULES-35th) Senate Study Committe on Historically Black Colleges and Universities; create (H ED-39th) Senate Study Committee on Combat Sports; create (RULES-21st) Senate Advanced Communications Technologies and Use of State and Local Government Right of Way Policy Modernization Study Committee; create (Substitute) (RI&U-47th) Senate Cross Media Development Study Committee; create (RULES35th) Senate Study Committee on Certificate of Need Reform; create (Substitute) (RULES-1st) Senate Study Committee on Continual Audit Exceptions on Local School Systems; create (RULES-12th) Senate Study Committee on the Financial Impact of Atlanta Annexation on Schools; create (Substitute) (RULES-10th) Senate Study Committee on Evaluating the School Year Calendar of Georgia Public Schools; create (RULES-51st) - 2 - Section 7 Senate legislation which cannot pass the House pursuant to Senate Rule 4-2.10 (a) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2018 SENATE GENERAL CALENDAR TO SET THE RULES CALENDAR FOR THE THIRTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE DAY SB 235 SB 314 SB 435 SB 456 SR 329 SR 351 SR 353 SR 539 SR 587 SR 629 SR 885 SR 906 SR 923 SR 924 SR 925 SR 942 SR 943 SR 944 "Deantre Gregory Turman Act" (ED&Y-35th) Invasions of Privacy; prohibit sexual extortion; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-22nd) School Buses; civil monetary penalties regarding violations of the duties of a driver; enforcement; revise (Substitute) (PUB SAF-21st) "Quality Basic Education Act"; no high school which receives funding; shall participate unless association has separate regions and playoffs; provide (ED&Y-53rd) Joint Study Committee on Professional Employer Organizations; create (Substitute) (I&L-21st) 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) Carey Ellerbee Memorial Bridge; Upson County; dedicate (TRANS-21st) Walk of Heroes/Veterans Interchange; Rockdale County; dedicate (TRANS-43rd) Jasper W. "JW" Dodd, Jr. Memorial Intersection; Walker County; dedicate (TRANS-53rd) Ben Napier Memorial Intersection; Walker County; dedicate (TRANS53rd) William Calvert "Coach" Sandberg Memorial Intersection; Walker County; dedicate (TRANS-53rd) Annie Lois Freeman Souder Bridge; Clayton County; dedicate (TRANS44th) David M. Anthony Memorial Bridge; Marion/Talbot County; dedicate (TRANS-15th) Carl Genius Souder Bridge; Clayton County; dedicate (TRANS-44th) - 1 - Section 7 Senate legislation which cannot pass the House pursuant to Senate Rule 4-2.10 (a) SR 947 Jackson and Queen Mary Dixon Memorial Highway; Clayton and Henry County; dedicate (TRANS-44th) SR 953 Joint Study Committee on Evaluating the School Year Calendar of Georgia Public Schools; create (ED&T-51st) SR 954 Samuel L. and LaTanya Jackson Highway; Fulton County; dedicate (TRANS-35th) SR 983 Joint Study Committee on Low THC Medical Oil Access; create (Substitute) (H&HS-28th) - 2 - Section 7 Senate legislation which cannot pass the House pursuant to Senate Rule 4-2.10 (a) - 3 -