House general calendar, 2013 February 28

HB 21 HB 34
HB 35
HB 36 HB 45
HB 71
HB 78
HB 91 HB 94 HB 99
HB 104 HB 123 HB 124
HB 125
HB 127
HB 131
HB 132
HB 139 HB 146
HB 150
HB 155
HB 156
HB 176 HB 184
HB 188
HB 189
HB 192
HB 199 HB 207
HB 213

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2013 TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HOUSE BILLS Adoption; postadoption contact agreements; provide Income tax credit; clean energy property; include certain commercial geothermal heat pumps Firearms; carrying and possession of by an administrator within a school safety zone or school building; provide Game and fish; definition of "game fish"; revise Public property; writing off small amounts due to the state; change certain provisions Georgia Municipal Employees Benefit System; total percentage of investments permissible in real estate investments; increase Crimes and offenses; protection of disabled adults and elder persons; change provisions Government statues and monuments; additional protections; provide Damages; reduction of earnings to present value; change provisions Malt beverages; amount produced by a person in his or her private residence; change Special license plates; supporting the Appalachian Trail Conservancy; add Parent and Teacher Empowerment Act; enact Local elections; votes cast for disapproval of Sunday alcohol sales by retailers shall not nullify prior election results; provide Lawful presence; certain affidavit for persons under 18 years of age to be executed after attaining the age of 18; provide Public officers; automatic fee adjustment in cases where funds are not appropriated in certain amounts for specified purposes; provide HOPE; dual credit courses; treated the same as advanced placement and international baccalaureate courses for determining elegibility; provide Georgia Board of Pharmacy and Georgia Board of Dentistry; administratively attached to Department of Community Health; provide Sheriffs; general qualification requirements; revise Criminal procedure; the issuance of arrest and search warrants by video conference; change provisions Law enforcement officers; the reproduction of arrest booking photographs; enact provisions Game and fish; licensing and operation of shooting preserves; revise provisions Electronic pornography; certain acts amounting to unlawfully seducing or enticing a child through use of computer online service; clarify Mobile Broadband Infrastructure Leads to Development (BILD) Act; enact Nonpublic Postsecondary Educational Institutions Act of 1990; authorization to operate by means of accreditation for institutions that meet certain requirements; provide Professions and businesses; certain military certifications entitle persons to obtain certain professional licenses in this state; provide Natural Resources, Department of; notify local governing authorities before making certain significant changes in park service; require Podiatry; podiatric medicine includes the diagnosis and treatment of cosmetic conditions regarding the human foot and leg; provide Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; expand Georgia Reservoir Fund Licenses; issuance of a special turkey-hunting permit for young and mobility impaired hunters; authorize Georgia State Board of Pharmacy; powers, duties, and authority; revise

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HB 219
HB 242
HB 244
HB 245
HB 253
HB 256 HB 268
HB 271 HB 283 HB 284 HB 287
HB 290
HB 293
HB 296
HB 297 HB 298 HB 310 HB 316
HB 317
HB 324
HB 327 HB 337
HB 343
HB 345
HB 349 HB 350
HB 354
HB 361 HB 362
HB 365
HB 366
HB 369

Juvenile proceedings; modification of orders of delinquency for children who are victims of sexual abuse or trafficking; provide Juvenile proceedings; substantially revise, supersede, and modernize provisions Elementary and secondary education; annual performance evaluations; revise certain provisions Quality Basic Education Act; educator cannot be prohibited from enrolling in a leadership preparation program; provide Athens-Clarke County; provide future nonpartisan elections for office of probate judge Tobacco; regulation of cigar wraps; provide Agricultural products dealers; cotton and eggs from definition of "agricultural products"; remove Individual's criminal history record information; revise definitions Education; update and revise terminology; provisions Return to Play Act of 2013; enact Secretary of State, Office of; Division of Archives and History; reassign to Board of Regents of University System of Georgia (Postponed) Labor; employees use sick leave for care of immediate family members; allow Tuition equalization grants; private colleges and universities; nursing; provisions Motor vehicles; authorized to receive registration records; add certain persons State wild flower; designate the native azalea Agricultural Commodity Commission for Georgia Grown Products; create Elections; ethics in government; revise definitions; provisions Abandoned vessels; notification to Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Georgia Crime Information Center; remove requirement Medical Practice Act of the State of Georgia; administrative medicine licenses; provide Georgia Student Finance Commission; board of commissioners; Georgia Student Finance Authority; board of directors; verification of lawful presence; provide exemptions Flexibility and Accountability Act for Student Achievement; enact Elementary and secondary education; public and private schools to stock supply of auto-injectable epinephrine; authorize Retirement and pensions; update certain cross-references to Chapter 11 of Title 15 Teachers Retirement System of Georgia; clarify and consolidate the definitions of the term "teacher" Criminal cases; provide state with more direct appeal rights Group-care facility operators; persons otherwise issued licenses as provided by law; provide exceptions Early Care and Learning, Department of; provide certain information to owners of early care and education programs; require Labor organizations membership; provide for definitions; provisions Public works contracts; governmental entities and Department of Administrative Services; provide certain contracting and bidding requirements Safety belts; definition of the term "passenger vehicle" to which the safety belt law applies; modify Peace officers; disciplining certified officers and requirements for certification; clarify application of provisions Juvenile court; termination of parental rights under certain circumstances; provide

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HB 393 HB 400 HB 409 HB 437 HB 441 HB 446
HB 451 HB 454 HB 475
HR 73 HR 107 HR 204 HR 218 HR 274
HR 281
SB 81 SB 86

Georgia Workforce Investment Board; provide for powers and duties; provisions Elections; population brackets and the census for approval of bonded debt; repeal certain provisions Local governments; adopting certain regulations pertaining to animals; prohibit Atlanta Judicial Circuit; provide for selection of chief judge Fulton County Superior Court; administrator shall have oversight of budget; provide Guardian and ward; proposed ward who resided in another state prior to submission of guardianship or conservatorship petition for such proposed ward; provide certain additional notice requirements Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit; provide for additional judge Budget report; require certain items to be included in tax expenditure review Drivers' licenses; commissioner to enter into reciprocal agreements on behalf of Georgia for recognition of licenses issued by foreign territories; authorize
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS Word, Mr. Lathan Rydell; compensate Joint Study Committee on Medicaid Reform; create United States Congress; House and Senate Armed Services Committees; avoid sequestration; encourage Local school superintendents; recognize that learning the United States Constitution is a vital facet of primary education; request Department of Army; consider socioeconomic impact the Programmatic Environmental Assessment for Army 2020 Force Restructuring will have on Fort Benning, Georgia; request Tift County; named in honor of the late Henry Harding Tift; provide
SENATE BILLS Forest Resources; shorten the legal season for harvesting ginseng Family Violence Order; provide greater protection of victims of family violence

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