SENATE GENERAL CALENDAR THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2021 THIRTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE DAY SB 11 SB 31 SB 102 SB 108 SB 158 SB 197 SB 203 SB 239 SB 266 SR 11 SR 37 SR 117 SR 125 SR 281 "Senator Jack Hill Veterans Act"; enact (Substitute) (VM&HS-33rd) Indigent and Elderly Patients; establishment of a pilot program to conduct a simulated exchange for health care facilities to purchase and sell charity care credits to meet their charity care requirements; provide (Substitute) (FIN-52nd) Public Utilities and Public Transportation; governmental entities from adopting any policy that prohibits the connection or reconnection of any utility service based upon the type or source of energy or fuel; prohibit (Substitute) (RI&U-18th) Commission for the Blind and the Visually Impaired; create (GvtO-44th) Stone Mountain Memorial Association; creation and erection of the "Let Freedom Ring Monument"; provide (ED&T-10th) Stalking; the definition of "place or places"; revise (JUDY-41st) Motor Vehicles; use of mounts on windshields for support of wireless telecommunications devices and stand-alone electronic devices; allow (Substitute) (TRANS-51st) Education; tuition and mandatory student fees for students enrolled in a unit of the University System of Georgia; calculated and assessed on a per credit hour basis; provide (Substitute) (H ED-40th) "Save Girls Sports Act"; enact (Substitute) (ED&Y-16th) Georgia Recyclers Association, the Georgia Recycling Coalition, and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries and their employees; recognize (Substitute) (RULES-47th) Members of the Senate; four-year term of office; provide-CA (GvtO-27th) Democratic Party of Clayton County and the Young Democrats of Clayton County; recognize (RULES-34th) Georgia Companies and Institutions; equitable and diverse gender representation on the boards and in the senior management; encourage (RULES-2nd) Senate Study Committee on Violence Against Health Care Workers; create (RULES49th) - 1 - HB 32 HB 43 HB 44 HB 67 HB 92 HB 94 HB 97 HB 117 HB 128 HB 130 HB 134 HB 152 HB 160 HB 165 Income tax; credit for teacher recruitment and retention program; provide (Substitute) (FIN-25th) Belton-112th Motor vehicles; require registration application forms to include optional information regarding certain conditions which may interfere with a registrant's ability to communicate (Substitute) (PUB SAF-14th) Cantrell-22nd State government; Georgia shall observe daylight savings time year round; provide (Substitute) (GvtO-1st) Cantrell-22nd State government; public property; extend automatic repeals of certain provisions (Substitute) (H ED-46th) Martin-49th Health; transfer of vital records to State Archives; revise provisions (Substitute) (GvtO-29th) Gambill-15th Crimes and offenses; provide for the crime of theft by possession of stolen mail (Substitute) (JUDY-18th) Rich-97th Courts; oath for certain clerks of the probate court; require and provide (SJUDY-50th) Leverett-33rd Low THC Oil Patient Registry; ulcerative colitis as a condition for which low THC oil may be used for treatment; add (Substitute) (H&HS-29th) Wilensky-79th Health; prohibit providers from discriminating against potential organ transplant recipients due solely to the physical or mental disability of the potential recipient (H&HS-45th) Williams-145th Local government; fence detection system; define term (Substitute) (SLGO(G)-29th) Gullett-19th State government; meetings relating to cybersecurity contracting and planning from open meeting requirements; exclude (S&T-50th) Anderson-10th Postsecondary education; exemption applicable to certain institutions operating on military installations or bases; revise provisions (H ED-54th) Wiedower-119th Revenue and taxation; water and sewer projects and costs tax (MOST); provide for audits of tax by state auditor under certain conditions (Substitute) (FIN-39th) Boddie62nd Motor vehicles; use of mounts on windshields for the support of wireless telecommunications devices and stand-alone electronic devices under certain circumstances; allow (TRANS-29th) Barr-103rd - 2 - HB 174 HB 179 HB 194 HB 200 HB 218 HB 231 HB 236 HB 241 HB 244 HB 246 HB 247 HB 254 HB 255 HB 258 HB 272 HB 273 Motor vehicles; federal regulations regarding safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles; update reference date (TRANS-25th) Wiedower-119th Special license plates; support breast cancer related programs; amend logo design (PUB SAF-3rd) Camp-131st Criminal procedure; term of probation shall follow mandatory term of imprisonment for persons convicted of a sexual offense; clarify (Substitute) (JUDY-50th) Sainz180th Motor vehicles; issuance of a Class C driver's license to operators of certain threewheeled motor vehicles; provide (Substitute) (PUB SAF-51st) Powell-32nd Crimes and offenses; weapons carry license reciprocity in this state; expand (Substitute) (PUB SAF-50th) Ballinger-23rd Crimes and offenses; victims of stalking; expand applicability of protective orders (Substitute) (JUDY-17th) Gaines-117th Domestic relations; additional monitoring of victim after granting of a temporary protective order; provide (PUB SAF-29th) Neal-74th Insurance; revise meaning of property insurance; change parameters under which certain contracts or agreements may be canceled (I&L-29th) Gambill-15th Insurance; flood risk reduction in the enumerated list of county purposes for ad valorem taxes; include (I&L-3rd) Hogan-179th Motor vehicles; issuance of replacement licenses and permits; increase fee (PUB SAF56th) Watson-172nd Uniform rules of the road; commission of an offense of distracted driving; provide for penalties (Substitute) (PUB SAF-56th) Carson-46th Insurance; Commissioner's enforcement authority with regard to adjusters; increase (Substitute) (I&L-29th) Lumsden-12th Sexual Assault Reform Act of 2021; enact (PUB SAF-56th) Holcomb-81st Crimes and offenses; response to State v. Williams, 2020 Ga. LEXIS 85; provisions (JUDY-3rd) Sainz-180th Juvenile Code; juvenile court to include children who are under 18 years of age; change jurisdiction (Substitute) (JUDY-42nd) Ballinger-23rd Distilled spirits; initiate a referendum election for the authorization of the issuance of licenses; provide additional method (Substitute) (RI&U-28th) Ballinger-23rd - 3 - HB 282 HB 287 HB 289 HB 290 HB 291 HB 303 HB 305 HB 306 HB 307 HB 317 HB 322 HB 327 HB 328 HB 333 HB 334 HB 338 Ad valorem tax; qualified timberland property; add a definition (Substitute) (FIN52nd) Meeks-178th Education; tobacco and vapor products in course of instruction regarding alcohol and drugs; include (Substitute) (ED&Y-32nd) Rich-97th Motor vehicles; issuance of Class C drivers' licenses; provide for requirements (Substitute) (PUB SAF-29th) Belton-112th Hospitals and nursing homes; policy during a declared public health emergency that limits patients' abilities to be visited by designated family members and friends; provisions (Substitute) (H&HS-19th) Setzler-35th Education; tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities; expand definition of approved school (H ED-17th) Dempsey-13th Jaida Act; enact (Substitute) (I&L-15th) Glanton-75th Professions and businesses; massage therapy; revise a definition (H&HS-53rd) Hawkins-27th Corporations, partnership, and associations; corporations may hold shareholders' meetings by means of remote communication; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-50th) Gunter-8th Georgia Telehealth Act; revise (Substitute) (H&HS-32nd) Cooper-43rd Excise tax; revise definition of innkeeper to include marketplace facilitators; provisions (Substitute) (FIN-1st) Stephens-164th Juvenile Code; revise definition of sexual exploitation (Substitute) (JUDY-28th) Wiedower-119th Organized Retail Crime Prevention Act; enact (Substitute) (JUDY-56th) Momtahan17th Public utilities; one-time right of way permit fee and reduce annual right of way use fees; establish (RI&U-51st) Momtahan-17th Ethics in Government Act of 2021; enact (Substitute) (ETHICS-17th) Efstration-104th Superior courts; clerks; notaries public; provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-19th) Gullett19th Motor vehicles; issuance of veterans' driver's licenses; revise qualifications (VM&HS3rd) DeLoach-167th - 4 - HB 342 HB 355 HB 369 HB 371 HB 383 HB 392 HB 409 HB 411 HB 443 HB 449 HB 454 HB 455 HB 458 HB 464 HB 466 Professions and businesses; certain advertisements related to plumbing; prohibit (Substitute) (ED&T-28th) Washburn-141st Georgia Carbon Sequestration Registry; inclusion of building products in construction; provisions (NR&E-7th) Wiedower-119th Physicians; job description submission to Georgia Composite Medical Board; provisions (Substitute) (H&HS-20th) Powell-32nd Evidence; certain proceedings may be conducted by video conference; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-53rd) Gunter-8th State government; certain contracts; Israel; provisions (Substitute) (JUDY-32nd) Carson-46th Alcoholic beverages; licenses for retail sale packages of alcoholic beverages for consumption off premises shall be subject to regulation as to distance from schools as determined by the local governing authority; provide (Substitute) (RI&U-53rd) Ridley-6th Judicial Legal Defense Fund Commission; establish (Substitute) (GvtO-50th) Gunter8th Prosecuting Attorneys Oversight Commission; create (Substitute) (JUDY-29th) Gullett-19th Torts; transfer of structured settlement payment rights; provide new requirements (Substitute) (JUDY-4th) Leverett-33rd Georgia Utility Facility Protection Act; revise (Substitute) (RI&U-37th) Smith-133rd Insurance; certain coverage requirements concerning providers that become out-ofnetwork during a plan year; provide (Substitute) (I&L-32nd) Newton-123rd Education; student transportation; revise a provision (Substitute) (ED&Y-51st) Barr103rd Georgia Composite Medical Board; require certain training relating to sexual misconduct for members (Substitute) (H&HS-32nd) Cooper-43rd Guardian and ward; petition for appointment of temporary guardian of minor filed in probate court may be transferred to juvenile court; provide (JUDY-50th) Scoggins14th Motor vehicles; number of required hours in the intervention component of DUI Alcohol or Drug Use Risk Reduction Programs; reduce (Substitute) (PUB SAF-29th) Powell-32nd - 5 - HB 469 HB 470 HB 476 HB 477 HB 479 HB 480 HB 495 HB 498 HB 509 HB 517 HB 531 HB 532 HB 534 HB 539 HB 548 Income tax; rehabilitation of historic structures; revise tax credits (Substitute) (FIN52nd) Stephens-164th Property; no plans are required when units are not designated by physical structures; provide (JUDY-28th) Washburn-141st Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Act of 2021; enact (RI&U-56th) Washburn-141st Income tax; applications for credit for qualified donations of real property; extend sunset date (Substitute) (FIN-51st) Watson-172nd Criminal procedure; revise certain arrest powers; provisions (JUDY-46th) Reeves-34th Property; creation, declaration and priority of liens for labor, services, or materials performed or furnished by registered interior designers; provide (RI&U-24th) Washburn-141st Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Sexual Offender Registration Review Board; revise duties (PUB SAF-29th) Crowe-110th Ad valorem tax; property; expand an exemption for agricultural equipment and certain farm products (FIN-20th) Watson-172nd Insurance; require certain insurers to make at least one reasonably priced comprehensive major medical health insurance policy available (I&L-17th) Gaines117th Education; calculation of minimum revenue obligations for scholarships and tuition grants; provide for the inclusion of earned interest (Substitute) (FIN-54th) Carson-46th Elections; no election superintendents or boards of registrars shall accept private funding; provide (Substitute) (ETHICS-30th) Fleming-121st Labor, Department of; employment security; change certain provisions (I&L-16th) Werkheiser-157th Crimes and offenses; promoting illegal drag racing and laying drags; provide for offense (JUDY-10th) Bonner-72nd Medical Practice Act of the State of Georgia; institutional licenses; revise provisions (Substitute) (H&HS-11th) Cooper-43rd Social services; reasonable access to records concerning reports of child abuse to the Administrative Office of the Courts; provide (JUDY-50th) Dempsey-13th - 6 - HB 562 HB 574 HB 575 HB 577 HB 579 HB 586 HB 587 HB 588 HB 591 HB 605 HB 606 HB 617 HB 619 HB 620 HB 635 Criminal procedure; add DFCS case managers to people for whom arrest warrants may be issued only by certain judicial officers (Substitute) (JUDY-17th) Carpenter-4th Animals; Companion Local Government Animal Trust Fund for reimbursement of impoundment expenses incurred by local governments; provide (Substitute) (FIN25th) Camp-131st Ad valorem tax; authorize on premises processing and marketing of agricultural products as a qualifying conservation use (Substitute) (FIN-18th) Dickey-140th Highways, bridges, and ferries; proposal guaranty for bids upon certain projects; provide (Substitute) (TRANS-51st) Carpenter-4th Public Safety and Judicial Facilities Act; enact (PUB SAF-10th) Oliver-82nd Georgia Economic Recovery Act of 2021; enact (Substitute) (FIN-51st) Watson172nd Georgia Economic Renewal Act of 2021; enact (Substitute) (FIN-18th) Williamson115th Transportation; eligible expenditures; Georgia Freight Railroad Program; provisions (Substitute) (FIN-51st) Jasperse-11th Mental health; marriage and family therapists to perform certain acts which physicians and others are authorized to perform; authorize (Substitute) (JUDY-32nd) Hogan179th Health; provide for authorized electronic monitoring in long-term care facilities (Substitute) (H&HS-18th) Cooper-43rd HOPE scholarships; add Georgia Independent School Association to the list of accrediting agencies (H ED-28th) Nix-69th Postsecondary education; student athletes may receive compensation for use of name, image, or likeness; provide (H ED-46th) Martin-49th Heritage trust program; sale of Patrick's Fishing Paradise to a private entity; authorize (Substitute) (GvtO-7th) Houston-170th Guardian and ward; payment of certain settlements involving claims of minors; clarify and revise procedures and requirements (Substitute) (JUDY-50th) Leverett-33rd Courts; each judge of the superior court, state court, and probate court and each magistrate shall have authority to perform any lawful judicial act; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-17th) Leverett-33rd - 7 - HB 653 HB 676 HB 681 HB 714 HR 130 HR 142 HR 143 HR 144 HR 204 HR 248 Georgia Pharmacy Practice Act; pharmacy care; revise definition (H&HS-52nd) Jasperse-11th Georgia Farmers' Market and Produce Terminal Development Authority Act; enact (Substitute) (AG&CA-20th) Houston-170th Education; course of study in financial literacy for students in tenth or eleventh grade; provide (Substitute) (ED&Y-14th) Yearta-152nd Georgia Civil Practice Act; revise and provide for new requirements (Substitute) (I&L-18th) Kelley-16th Board of Community Affairs; approving transfer of Forsyth County from Georgia Mountains Regional Commission to Atlanta Regional Commission; ratify action (Substitute) (GvtO-27th) McDonald-26th Property; conveyance of certain state owned property; authorize (Substitute) (SI&P28th) Greene-151st Property; granting of non-exclusive easements; authorize (Substitute) (SI&P-28th) Greene-151st Katie Poff Memorial Interchange; Baldwin County; dedicate (Substitute) (TRANS45th) Williams-145th Judge Willie J. Lovett, Jr. Juvenile Justice Center; City of Savannah; dedicate (SI&P1st) Gilliard-162nd Savannah Logistics Technology Innovation Corridor; designate (ED&T-1st) Stephens164th - 8 - - 9 -