Senate general calendar, 2023 March 1

SB 4 SB 10 SB 20 SB 28 SB 31
SB 35 SB 38 SB 43 SB 45

SENATE GENERAL CALENDAR
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 01, 2023
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
"Blind Persons' Braille Literacy Rights and Education Act"; enact (ED&Y-44th)
Offenses Against Public Order And Motor Vehicles and Traffic; knowingly attending and facilitating an illegal drag race or a laying drags exhibition; punishment; provide (Substitute) (PUB SAF-10th)
"Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act"; ensure consumer access to quality healthcare by setting adequacy standards for network plans offered by an insurer (Substitute) (I&L-32nd)
Board of Commissioners of Counties; an Act fixing the compensation of counties with a population in excess of 500,000, according to the 1970 United States Census; repeal (SLGO(G)-45th)
Prosecuting Attorneys; the reimbursement of expenses incurred by the Attorney General in prosecuting a criminal case or cases due to the failure of a district attorney to prosecute such criminal case or cases; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-21st)
Special License Plates; specialty license plate honoring Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc; establish (PUB SAF-9th)
Speed Limit in School Zones; local governing body to apply for a permit to operate a traffic enforcement safety device which enforces the speed limit in a school zone by recorded image; authorize (PUB SAF-29th)
Georgia State Indemnification Fund; death by suicide of a public safety officer in certain instances be considered a death in the line of duty; provide (I&L-41st)
Education; care of students being treated for epilepsy or a seizure disorder; provide (Substitute) (C&F-31st)

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SB 52 SB 66 SB 74 SB 78 SB 91 SB 95 SB 96 SB 98 SB 100 SB 111 SB 117

Georgia Student Finance Commission; to establish participation and performance targets for the program; require (Substitute) (H ED-42nd)
Superior Courts; Atlantic Judicial Circuit; additional judge; provide (JUDY-4th)
Commerce and Trade, Courts, and Torts; the disclosure of the nature and practices of businesses that provide legal services; require (Substitute) (JUDY-19th)
Off-Road Vehicles; civil forfeiture of any off-road vehicle operated while fleeing police or driving aggressively; authorize (PUB SAF-29th)
Workers' Compensation; the time period for the dissolution of the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund; extend (I&L-45th)
Solid Waste Trust Fund; specify the manner in which funds appropriated shall be used (Substitute) (RI&U-29th)
Professional Standards Commission; the commission's standards and procedures for certification programs shall be neutral; provide (Substitute) (ED&Y-31st)
Local Boards of Education; local board of education members from discussing individual personnel matters with school officials; prohibit (Substitute) (ED&Y-31st)
Unsecured Judicial Release; limitation of unsecured judicial release in certain circumstances where the accused has a prior conviction for the offense of bail jumping or failure to appear; provide (JUDY-50th)
"Anesthesiologist Assistant Act"; an anesthesiologist assistant to be appointed in an advisory capacity to the Georgia Composite Medical Board; provide (Substitute) (H&HS-52nd)
State Employees' Assurance Department; the assignment of certain group term life insurance benefits to pay for funeral services of a deceased individual who was a member; provide (RET-25th)

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SB 123
SB 124 SB 127 SB 138 SB 140 SB 144 SB 155 SB 158 SB 160 SB 162 SB 164 SB 168

Educational Programs; state funded administration of a nationally recognized career and college readiness assessment and an assessment leading to a nationally recognized workforce credential; require (Substitute) (ED&Y-31st)
County Governing Authorities; authority of county governing authorities to reapportion or redistrict their election districts; restate constitutional limitations (R&R-37th)
Excise Tax; procedures for certain local governments to change the designated private sector nonprofit organization; provide (ED&T-4th)
Office of Sheriff; procedure for filling vacancies; revise (PUB SAF-25th)
Hospitals; the treatment of gender dysphoria in minors performed in hospitals and other licensed healthcare facilities; prohibit certain surgical procedures (Substitute) (H&HS-13th)
Adjutant General; include a roster of all commissioned officers in the organized militia in the annual report to the Governor; remove the requirement (VM&HS-7th)
Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices; provisions relating to harming a law enforcement animal; revise (Substitute) (PUB SAF-32nd)
Property Insurance; insurance premium discount or rate reduction for property owners; tornado, hurricane, or other catastrophic windstorm events; provide (I&L-29th)
Employment Security; provisions (I&L-48th)
Health; certificate of need requirements for all health care facilities except certain long-term care facilities and services; eliminate (Substitute) (RI&U-1st)
Nurses; licensure of advanced practice registered nurses; provide (H&HS-52nd)
Hospitals and Nursing Homes; chiropractic practice to have a lien on a cause of action accruing to an injured person; allow (H&HS-25th)

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SB 176
SB 177 SB 182 SB 183 SB 185
SB 186 SB 197 SB 202 SB 203 SB 213
SB 217 SB 218 SB 220 SB 223

Inspection of Public Records; the personal phone numbers, personal or governmental issued cell phone numbers, and home addresses; protect (Substitute) (GvtO-6th)
"Food Insecurity Eradication Act"; enact (AG&CA-22nd)
Stalking; the offense of doxxing; provide (Substitute) (JUDY-39th)
Ticket Brokers; exception permitting certain resale restrictions; remove (Substitute) (ED&T-27th)
Assistant District Attorneys; appointment of additional assistant district attorneys in judicial circuits with multiple detention facilities; provide (JUDY-25th)
"Georgia Landowners Protection Act"; enact (I&L-27th)
"Health Care Practitioners Truth and Transparency Act"; enact (H&HS52nd)
Public School Property and Facilities; outdoor learning spaces pilot program; provide (ED&Y-5th)
"Trucking Opportunity Act of 2023"; enact (TRANS-31st)
Zoning Procedures; local governments from preventing the continuance of lawful nonconforming use of property; prohibit (Substitute) (SLGO(G)-23rd)
"Eliminating Ghost Plates Act"; enact (PUB SAF-56th)
Identification Cards; issuance of identification cards to persons completing a term of incarceration; provide (Substitute) (PUB SAF-33rd)
'Georgia Farmland Conservation Act'; historic preservation (Substitute) (FIN-8th)
Health; reimbursement of patient incurred expenses related to participation in a cancer clinical trial; authorize (H&HS-1st)

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SB 225 SB 231 SB 237 SR 45 SR 82 SR 123
SR 140 SR 158

National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Policy Locator; conduct a quarterly search; require an insurer (I&L-16th)
Richmond County and the City of Augusta; mayor shall be a full voting member of the commission; provide (SLGO(G)-23rd)
Georgia Student Finance Authority; student loan repayment for peace officers; provide (Substitute) (PUB SAF-50th)
Deputy Marshall Samual Ervin, Jr. Memorial Intersection; Paulding County; dedicate (Substitute) (TRANS-31st)
Tax Commissioner; waive certain delinquent ad valorem property taxes; procedures and conditions; provide- CA (Substitute) (B&FI-13th)
Attorney General; negotiate with the State of South Carolina terms of a reciprocal immunity agreement for officials of either state carrying out certain official duties; urge (RULES-23rd)
Georgia General Assembly; general law for sports betting in this state; provide- CA (Substitute) (RI&U-46th)
Northwest Georgia Logistics Corridor; designate as an official logistics growth corridor in Georgia (TRANS-31st)

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