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SENATE FIRST READERS Wednesday, January 14, 1998
THIRD LEGISLATIVE DAY

SB 421. By Senators Perdue of the 18th, Marable of the 52nd, Madden of the 47th and others:
A bill to amend Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to juvenile court proceedings, so as to define a term; to limit access to juvenile fingerprint records to the administration of criminal justice; to require that all children charged with acts which would be a felony if committed by an adult be fingerprinted and photographed; to authorize fingerprinting a juvenile if latent fingerprints are found at a crime scene under certain circumstances.

Referred to Committee on Corrections, Institutions & Property.

Correctional

SB 422. By Senators Dean of the 31st, Marable of the 52nd, Guhl of the 45th and Gillis of the 20th:
A bill to amend Code Section 27-2-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to honorary hunting and fishing licenses, so as to provide for honorary fishing licenses for certain peace officers and provide for terms and conditions relating thereto; to provide for unlawful acts.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.

SB 423. By Senators Dean of the 31st, Marable of the 52nd, Guhl of the 45th and Gillis of the 20th:
A bill to amend Article 4 of Chapter 5 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Claims Advisory Board, so as to exclude certain small claims from payment by the Claims Advisory Board and the state department or agency affected.

Referred to Committee on State and Local Governmental Operations (General).

SB 424. By Senators Ragan of the 11th, Griffin of the 25th, Streat of the 19th and others:
A bill to amend Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding emergency medical services, so as to change the provisions relating to applicability of the chapter.

Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services.

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SB 425. By Senators Dean of the 31st, Oliver of the 42nd and Marable of the 52nd:
A bill to amend Part 4A of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to enhanced criminal penalties for any person who wears or has in his or her possession a bulletproof vest during the commission or the attempted commission of an armed robbery; to make such additional penalties mandatory.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 426. By Senators Harbison of the 15th, Hill of the 4th and Glanton of the 34th:
A bill to amend Code Section 50-3-4.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to displaying copies of national motto and American and Georgia flags in certain places.
Referred to Committee on Defense and Veterans Affairs.
SB 427. By Senators Starr of the 44th, Bowen of the 13th, Dean of the 31st and others:
A bill to amend Code Section 16-11-130 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from criminal prohibitions against carrying weapons in certain manners or certain places, so as to provide an exemption for retired members of the Georgia State Patrol and retired agents of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Referred to Committee on Public Safety.
SB 428. By Senators James of the 35th, Boshears of the 6th, Brown of the 26th and Thomas of the 10th:
A bill to amend Code Section 16-11-38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the wearing of a mask, hood, or other device which conceals the identity of the wearer, so as to provide for certain additional exceptions.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 429. By Senators Langford of the 29th, Madden of the 47th and Kemp of the 3rd:
A bill to amend Code Section 20-2-281 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to assessment of the effectiveness of educational programs, so as to require students in the third, fifth, and eighth grades to achieve a satisfactory score on reading and mathematics tests before promotion to the next grade level; to authorize the State Board of Education to promulgate certain regulations.
Referred to Committee on Education.
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SB 430. By Senator Langford of the 29th:
A bill to amend Code Section 20-2-157 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to a uniform reporting system for educational scholarships and other purposes, so as to require graduating seniors to meet attendance and discipline standards in order to qualify for a HOPE or HOPE Plus scholarship for their first year of postsecondary education; to authorize and direct the State Board of Education to establish such standards by rule.
Referred to Committee on Education.
SB 431. By Senators Marable of the 52nd, Dean of the 31st, Madden of the 47th and others:
A bill to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide definitions; to require health insurers to provide coverage for a minimum of inpatient care following a mastectomy or lymph node dissection; to provide for coverage by insurers of postmastectomy and postlymph node dissectomy care.
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services.
SB 432. By Senators Griffin of the 25th, James of the 35th, Walker of the 22nd and others:
A bill to amend Code Section 34-4-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the amount of the minimum wage; to provide for incremental adjustments of the minimum wage.
Referred to Committee on Insurance and Labor.
SR 471. By Senator Dean of the 31st:
A resolution commending the Paulding County Builders Association.
Read and adopted.
SR 472. By Senators Johnson of the 1st, Lamutt of the 21st and Clay of the 37th:
A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize, upon approval in a local referendum, the freezing of existing residential real property values and to provide that residential real property and interests therein shall be appraised for ad valorem taxation purposes at their fair market value as of the date of the owner's acquisition thereof; to provide for conditions and limitations; to provide for authority of the General Assembly with respect to the foregoing.
Referred to Committee on Finance and Public Utilities.
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SR 473. By Senators Clay of the 37th, Tanksley of the 32nd, Lamutt .of.the 2.ls.t and Scott of the 36th:
A resolution commending the Walker School Wolverines Men's Soccer Team.

Read and adopted.

SR 474.

By Senators Harbison of the 15th, Hill of the 4th and Glanton of the 34th:
A resolution to urge the President of the United States and the United States Congress to further recognize the services rendered to this country during the Vietnam War by Hmong and Lao soldiers by grant~ng full and immediate United States citizenship to those who are currently living as legal immigrants in this country.

Referred to Corrtmittee on Defense and Veterans Affairs.

SR 475.

By Senator Thompson of the 33rd:
A resolution recognizing and commending Ms. Andrews.

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Read and adopted.

SR 477. By Senators Walker of the 22nd, Perdue of the 18th, Stokes of the 43rd and others:
A resolution creating the Bipartisan Joint Commission on Parole Abolition and Sentencing Reform.

Referred to Committee on Corrections, Correctional Institutions & Property.

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