House general calendar, 2012 February 24

HB 74 HB 161 HB 166 HB 208 HB 215
HB 236
HB 247
HB 250
HB 268
HB 289 HB 319
HB 372 HB 419 HB 456 HB 463 HB 513
HB 535
HB 541
HB 548
HB 594
HB 648
HB 673 HB 681
HB 684
HB 705 HB 745
HB 746
HB 748
HB 751 HB 776
HB 792
HB 795 HB 817

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012 TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HOUSE BILLS Tuition grant assistance; Georgia Military College; provide Motorcycles; certain traffic regulations; provide Engineers and land surveyors; certification eligibility; change requirements Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; define a certain term Drivers' licenses; convicted of crime against a minor; prohibit certain transport Judges and court employees; new employees not Retirement System of Georgia members; provide Community Health, Department of; fingerprint and investigate emergency medical services personnel; require Georgia Judicial Retirement System; revised survivor's benefit option; provisions Zoning procedures; notice of rezoning hearings; sign posted on property; require Ad valorem tax exemptions; revise a definition Sales and use tax exemptions; nonprofit health centers, clinics, and food banks; extend Bonds; release unclaimed bonds one year after surety released; provide Foreclosure; time of delivery of notice of proceedings; change Georgia Government Accountability Act; enact Limited licenses; insurance coverage on self-service storage; provide Life insurance; group life insurance policy to approved groups; allow issuance War veterans homes; Veterans Service Board establish residency fee; authorize Obstruction of public administration; threaten or intimidate officer or official; provide for offense Workers' compensation; parties to franchise agreement not considered employees; provide Limited liability companies; low-profit companies; change certain provisions Legal services for indigents; certain fees to fund accused; change provisions Georgia's Return to Play Act of 2012; enact Food sales and service establishments; revise definitions; exempt certain activities Natural Resources, Department of; transfer certain responsibilities for state parks to local governing authorities; authorize Education; direct classroom expenditures; revise definition Public Health, Department of; study pulse oximetry screening for newborns to detect congenital heart defects; require Agriculture, Commissioner of; final decision and reconsideration; clarify timing Adoption; issuance of a copy of an original birth certificate to certain adult persons; provide Jasper County; Probate Court judge; provide nonpartisan elections Elections; nonpartisan elections for members of consolidated governments considered county elections; provide Nonpublic Postsecondary Educational Institutions Act of 1990; operate by means of accreditation; provide authorization All-terrain vehicles; make definitions consistent with industry standards Transportation, Department of; power to contract; amend limitations

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HB 820
HB 828
HB 831
HB 844 HB 845 HB 853 HB 855
HB 863
HB 869
HB 880
HB 896 HB 897 HB 898 HB 899 HB 900
HB 928
HB 931
HB 932
HB 933
HB 942 HB 944
HB 945
HB 946
HB 949
HB 953
HB 955
HB 971 HB 986
HB 987
HB 997
HB 1024
HB 1026
HB 1065

Guaranteed asset protection waivers; retail seller's requirements to insure waiver obligations; provide exception Traffic offenses; fleeing or attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle; modify provisions Human Services, Department of; include Division of Rehabilitation Services Bonds; certain validation hearing appearance provisions; provide Early care and education programs; influenza vaccine; provide information Georgia Right to Grow Act; enact Universal Access Fund; duration and amount of certain distributions made; establish limitations State purchasing; purchases without competitive bidding; change certain provisions (Postponed) Natural Resources, Board of; rules and regulations; revise certain provisions Professions and businesses; real estate professionals; change certain provisions Sales tax; distribution for educational purposes; change certain provisions Georgia Workforce Investment Board; revise provisions Georgia Merchant Acquirer Limited Purpose Bank Act; enact Primaries and elections; dates of nonpartisan elections; provide Motor vehicles; cancellation of a certificate of title for scrap metal, dismantled or demolished trailers; provide Peace Officer's Annuity and Benefit Fund; board of trustees authorized to employ a hearing officer; provide Insurance; state domestic farmers' mutual fire insurance companies; update provisions Taxation; nonresident subcontractor withholding payments; change required percentage Preneed escrow accounts; release funds when a monument is placed into a bonded memorial strorage program; provide Official Code of Georgia; revise, modernize and correct errors or omissions Official Code of Georgia; retirement and pensions; revise, modernize, and correct errors or omissions Banks and trust companies; issuance of non-cash valued shares with approval; provide Mortgage lenders and brokers; certain mortgage activities without a license; prohibit Primaries and elections; number of signatures for certain petitions shall be based on the turnout in last presidential election; provide Funeral directors and cemeterians; allow electronic signatures for funeral services and related preneed contracts; modify provisions Georgia Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association; provide comprehensive revision of the provisions Workers' compensation; awards and benefits; change certain provisions Insurance; dispute or complaint involving material not in English, the English version shall control the resolution; provide Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund; member who ceases to be employed shall notify the retirement fund immediately; provide Crimes and offenses; new crime of false lien statements against public officers; provide Budget commission; certain counties; population and census application; revise and change Municipalities; law enforcement contracts; population brackets and census; change provisions Alcoholic beverages; tax payment and reporting by licensees; change certain provisions

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HB 1066 HB 1082 HB 1085
HR 879 HR 977 HR 1150 HR 1237 HR 1376
SB 117 SB 138 SB 236 SB 268 SB 300 SB 309 SB 339

Alcoholic beverages; licenses; change certain provisions Cook County Magistrate Court; future elections for chief magistrate shall be nonpartisan elections; provide Budget commission; counties having population of 300,000 or more according to census; repeal Act
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS Transportation, Department of; prioritize certain projects; urge Legal services for indigent; dedicate existing fees; provide - CA Sales and use tax; educational purposes; only distributed on basis of fulltime equivalent student counts - CA Federal government; cease collection of motor fuel taxes in Georgia; urge Conveyance of certain property; Baldwin, Carroll, Clinch, Coffee, and other counties; authorize
SENATE BILLS Levy/Sale of Property; increase the amount of certain exemptions License Plates; require a sworn statement by an applicant for a tag renewal Drivers' Licenses; persons convicted under the influence; allow certain drivers with suspended licenses; limited driving permits Board of Education of Jones County; provide that future elections for members shall be conducted on a nonpartisan basis Food Standards; to require proper labeling of bottles containing sugar cane or sorghum syrup Taylor's Law; authorize issuance of special hunting privileges to persons with a terminal illness Georgia Aviation Authority; provide transfer of certain personnel, aircraft to Dept. of Natural Resources and State Forestry Commission

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