House general calendar, 2011 April 11

House General Calendar
Legislative Day 38 - 04/11/2011

House Bills
Bill No Short Title HB 42 False advertising; use of term "wholesale"; repeal prohibition HB 44 Theft; removal of shopping carts; change provisions HB 50 State government; agencies state date when provisions become
applicable; provide HB 59 Lawful presence verification; postsecondary education; reserve
benefits HB 62 Scholarship program; special needs students; provide additional
notification HB 65 Adoption records; medical information open to certain persons;
clarify HB 69 Alcoholic beverages; Sunday sales; provide HB 70 Barbers; license to operate mobile barbershops; provide HB 71 Bicycles; operation on sidewalks; authorize local governments HB 72 Drivers' licenses; examinations only in English language; provide HB 73 Revenue and tax; local option tax for economic development;
provisions HB 74 Tuition grant assistance; Georgia Military College; provide HB 76 Economic Development, Department of; Georgia Certified
Retirement Community Program; create HB 81 Fiscal bills; bill impacts school revenues; require HB 102 Civil actions; conservation easement property; provide limitation HB 113 Abandoned motor vehicles; change definitions; provisions HB 119 Sales and use tax; change certain definitions HB 126 Holidays; Patriots Day the nineteenth of April each year; designate HB 127 Special license plates; amateur radio operators; provide HB 128 Special license plates; Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation
Iraqi Freedom veterans; provide HB 131 Conservation and natural resources; certain civil penalties; exempt
state agencies

HB 135 Timber; unauthorized cutting and carrying away; change provisions
HB 161 Motorcycles; certain traffic regulations; provide
HB 165 Alcoholic beverage sales; housing authority board; provide certain exceptions
HB 166 Engineers and land surveyors; certification eligibility; change requirements
HB 180 Motor vehicles; leave safe distance between vehicle and bicycle when passing; require
HB 185 Runaway Youth Safety Act; enact
HB 224 Motor vehicle registration; off-road recreation vehicles; provide
HB 229 Medicaid; hearings and appeals; final decision of law judge; provide
HB 233 Sales and use tax; diesel fuel for locomotives; provide exemption
HB 235 Job Creation and Convention Services Area Act of 2011; enact
HB 247 Community Health, Department of; fingerprint and investigate emergency medical services personnel; require
HB 254 Rules of the road; driver meet or overtake school bus; enforce by video images; provide
HB 257 Teachers and personnel; termination, demotion or reprimand; reduce force policies; provisions
HB 259 Motor vehicle taxation; comprehensive revision
HB 267 Education, Department of; develop strategy regarding dangers of explicit images in texts; require
HB 271 Georgia Student Extracurricular Partnership Act; enact
HB 284 Commencement of action and service; certified process servers; change provisions
HB 291 Ad valorem property tax; not include nontax fees or assessments; provide
HB 298 Insurance; small business investment company credit; establish
HB 299 DNA analysis; transfer provisions; expand types of samples collected; provisions
HB 301 Vehicles and loads; maximum weights; allow a variance
HB 304 Service suppliers; information registered by suppliers supporting 91-1 system; modify provisions
HB 309 Scrap vehicles; change value; provisions
HB 321 Georgia Tourism Development Act; enact
HB 340 Misdemeanor offenders; electronic submission of sentencing documentation; provide

HB 342 Stalking; family violence order; define
HB 350 Early Care and Learning, Department of; open records requirements; provide exemption
HB 356 Preneed escrow; accounts titled in favor of registered entity; provide
HB 372 Bonds; release unclaimed bonds one year after surety released; provide
HB 376 Honorary office of sheriff emeritus; qualifications; modify
HB 378 Hemophilia Advisory Board Act; enact
HB 381 Revenue and taxation; limit property valuation increases; provide moratorium
HB 387 Revenue and taxation; revenue structure; comprehensive revision
HB 398 Fulton County; Board of Education pensions and retirement; correct typographical errors
HB 402 Georgia Crime Information Center; criminal records; change provisions
HB 405 Health care facilities; regulation and licensing of assisted living communities; provide
HB 409 Veterinarians; application for license; revise provisions
HB 411 Fayette County; probate court judge nonpartisan elections; provide
HB 419 Foreclosure; time of delivery of notice of proceedings; change
HB 428 Annexation of territory; additional method for municipalities; provide
HB 434 Social workers; requirements for licensure; revise provisions
HB 443 Speed detection devices; rehabilitation centers obtain permit for use; allow
HB 448 Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Authority; educational tourist attractions throughout state; provisions
HB 449 Multiple-party accounts; definition include preneed service entities; provide
HB 450 Setoff debt collection; debts owed to public housing authorities; authorize
HB 455 Unfair trade practices; prohibition against licensees; change provisions
HB 463 Limited licenses; insurance coverage on self-service storage; provide
HB 465 Instruments conveying interest; transfers of security instruments; include

HB 468 Special license plates; Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom, Global War on Terrorism; add veterans
HB 472 Brewpub distribution system; maximum barrels of beer manufactured and sold; increase
HB 475 Development Authorities Law; include facilities owned by public or private entity; amend definition
HB 476 Georgia Health Exchange Authority; establish HB 486 Insurance; prepaid air ambulance service not a contract of
insurance; provide HB 487 Vehicle permits; changes to requirements; allow multitrip permits HB 488 Deposit account fraud; victim authorized to recover costs; clarify HB 502 Lead poisoning prevention; certain federal regulations; provide HB 525 Personal jurisdiction over nonresidents; domestic relations cases;
clarify

House Resolutions
Bill No Short Title HR 113 House School Bus Safety Study Committee; create HR 153 House Study Committee on Tenth Amendment Enforcement; create HR 186 Horse racing; pari-mutuel wagering; provide - CA HR 489 Professional Learning Rules Task Force; establish HR 495 Joint Higher Education Finance Study Committee; create HR 496 Joint Study Committee on State-Local Government Mandate Review;
create HR 497 School systems; adopt policies that prohibit tobacco use; urge HR 586 United States Congress; F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program; urge
refrain cuts HR 615 Savannah, City of and Southeast LNG; form study committee; urge HR 643 House Study Committee on the Equine Industry; create HR 691 House Study Committee on the Use and Development of Nuclear
Plants in Georgia; create

Senate Bills
Bill No Short Title SB 10 Alcoholic Beverages; if approved by referendum; each county may

authorize package sales by a retailer on Sundays
SB 19 Forgery/Fraudulent Practices; definitions; medical identity fraud; provide punishment
SB 31 Evidence; extend the attorney-client privilege to third persons under certain circumstances
SB 33 Waste Reduction Act of 2011; Zero-Base Budgeting Act; application to the budget process; analysis of departmental/program objectives
SB 37 State Properties Commission; multiyear lease agreements; provide for termination of certain rental/lease agreements
SB 38 Education; authority for the State School Superintendent to employ and dismiss employees
SB 39 Courts; create mental health court divisions; assignment of cases; provide for planning groups and work plans; standards
SB 40 Public Contracts; provide penalties for the failure of a public employer to utilize the federal work authorization program
SB 47 Georgia Magistrate Courts Training Council; training for magistrates/senior magistrates; composition/responsibilities; provisions
SB 50 Courts; add certain fees for funding of local victim assistance programs
SB 57 Drivers' Licenses; prohibit persons convicted; offense against a victim who is a minor; driving commerical motor vehicles; transport 16/more persons
SB 64 Corporations; change the amount of fees/penalties for application for reinstatement for corporations, nonprofit corporations, limited liability companies
SB 79 Local Boards of Education; members shall serve terms of no less than four years in length; provide for phase-in period
SB 80 Evidence; provide for DNA analysis of persons arrested for felony offenses
SB 81 Pharmacists; mental/physical examinations of licensees for the practice of pharmacy
SB 82 Elections; provide for oaths of election superintendents/supervisors and designees of board of election
SB 93 Controlled Substances; Schedule I, III, IV, V; "dangerous drug"; provisions
SB 95 Peace Officers; applicant; appointment or certification; provide for the authority to investigate the employment history; ; provide immunities
SB 114 Distilled Spirits; provide for issuance of a manufacturer's/distiller's

license to a fruit grower; certain circumstances
SB 115 Child Support; exclude foster care payments from the calculations of gross income for determination of child support obligations
SB 138 License Plates; require a sworn statement by an applicant for a tag renewal
SB 139 Appellate Practice; provide for appeals involving nonmonetary judgments in child custody cases; provisions
SB 140 Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority; revenue bonds; increase the amount of bonding authority
SB 143 Massage Therapy Practice; provide that an applicant for a license by endorsement shall provide certain information
SB 150 Alcoholic Beverages; provide for the sale of distilled spirits at public golf courses
SB 156 Emergency Telephone Number 9-1-1 System; remove the requirements for certain audits; certain reports
SB 161 Education; partnerships with postsecondary institutions to establish college and career academies as charter schools; provide funding
SB 163 Elections; identification of campaign communications, advertising, and literature; provide certain requirements
SB 166 Insurance; extensively revise the requirements for continuing care providers/facilities
SB 177 Health Care Compact; adopt
SB 178 Health Care Facilities; regulation/licensing of assisted living communities; procedures/criteria
SB 181 Attorney General; prohibit contingent compensation under certain circumstances
SB 184 Teachers/School Personnel; provide requirements for reduction in force policies; sanctions
SB 185 Early Care/Learning; provide emergency closure; upon death of a minor or certain circumstances; definitions; procedures
SB 190 Georgia Capitol Museum; transfer the operation from the Secretary of State to the Board of Regents; add provisions
SB 203 Insurance; provide that certain individuals who collect/input data; automated claims adjudication system are exempt from licensure
SB 218 Submerged Cultural Resources; permits/authorization to contract; provisions
SB 223 Georgia Government Accountability Act; establish; create Legislative Sunset Advisory Committee; authorize to review/evaluate state agencies', productivity, efficiency, and responsiveness

SB 231 Probation; provide additional offenses for which first offender status shall not be granted

Senate Resolutions
Bill No Short Title SR 68 Science and Technology Strategic Initiative Joint Study
Commission; create SR 343 Steve Lance Memorial Intersection; dedicate