House general calendar, 2013 March 1

HB 1 HB 21 HB 34
HB 35
HB 36 HB 45
HB 52 HB 69 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 159
HB 164
HB 184
HB 188
HB 189
HB 192
HB 193

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2013
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HOUSE BILLS Georgia Uniform Civil Forfeiture Procedure Act; enact 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 Adjutant general; qualifications for appointment; provide Tax; amount payable for property at redemption; change 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 Ad valorem tax; property tax bills shall not include any nontax related fees or assessments; provide Sales and use tax; exemption regarding sale or use of engines, parts, equipment or other property used in maintenance of certain aircraft; eliminate sunset 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 Sales and use tax; tangible personal property to certain nonprofit health centers; provide exemption only for a limited period of time

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HB 197
HB 199 HB 207
HB 213 HB 215 HB 219
HB 229 HB 240
HB 245
HB 250 HB 253
HB 256 HB 268
HB 271 HB 272
HB 276
HB 282 HB 284 HB 287
HB 289
HB 290
HB 296
HB 297 HB 298 HB 304 HB 310 HB 316
HB 317
HB 323
HB 332 HB 337
HB 343
HB 345
HB 349 HB 350

Ad valorem tax; land subject to a forest land conservation use covenant; provide taxation 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 Superior courts; filings in the clerk's office; change provisions Juvenile proceedings; modification of orders of delinquency for children who are victims of sexual abuse or trafficking; provide Insurance; removing the insurer annual publication requirement; provide Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids; certain speech-language pathology; require reimbursement Quality Basic Education Act; educator cannot be prohibited from enrolling in a leadership preparation program; provide Local excise tax; sale or use of energy; revise certain provisions 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 Income tax credit; certain qualified investments for limited period of time; extend Hazardous site response; appropriations to Department of Natural Resources and Georgia Hazardous Waste Management Authority; change certain procedures Municipal Broadband Investment Act; enact 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) Funds transfers; Uniform Commercial Code and federal law; clarify certain provisions Labor; employees use sick leave for care of immediate family members; allow 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 Freeport exemption; applicability to fertilizer production processes; clarify 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 Motor vehicles; age for operation of certain commercial motor vehicle operators; modify Georgia Board of Nursing; reconstitute; provisions 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

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HB 354 HB 359 HB 361 HB 362
HB 365 HB 366 HB 369 HB 371 HB 375
HB 381 HB 382 HB 389 HB 393 HB 395 HB 400 HB 409 HB 434 HB 437 HB 441 HB 443 HB 446
HB 451 HB 454 HB 458 HB 461 HB 468 HB 475
HB 482 HB 486

Early Care and Learning, Department of; provide certain information to owners of early care and education programs; require Unclaimed property; commissioner of revenue to deposit certain funds in state treasury; 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 Motor fuel tax; define liquefied natural gas Insurance; cancellations under certain circumstances relating to policy terms that permit an audit or rate investigation and noncompliance by insured; provide Natural Resources, Department of; department creation and operation of a nonprofit corporation; revise provisions Torts; governing authority of school that enters into recreational joint-use agreement with public or private entity; limit liability Insurance; provide conversion and enhanced conversion rights and coverage; sunset requirements Georgia Workforce Investment Board; provide for powers and duties; provisions Georgia New Markets Jobs Act; enact Elections; population brackets and the census for approval of bonded debt; repeal certain provisions Local governments; adopting certain regulations pertaining to animals; prohibit Liens; mechanics and materialmen; special liens include amount due and interest on such amount; provide Atlanta Judicial Circuit; provide for selection of chief judge Fulton County Superior Court; administrator shall have oversight of budget; provide Fulton County Magistrate Court; successor to chief judge currently serving shall be appointed by Governor; 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 Condominiums; maximum allowable casualty insurance deductible imposed by associations; change Assistance; single administrator for dental services for Medicaid recipients and PeachCare for Kids participants; provide Local school board members; use of public funds for litigation expenses relating to removal proceedings; prohibit Drivers' licenses; commissioner to enter into reciprocal agreements on behalf of Georgia for recognition of licenses issued by foreign territories; authorize Corrections, Department of; employees serving as certified peace officers may retain their weapons under certain circumstances; provide Weight of vehicles; issuance of annual commercial wrecker emergency tow permits; provide qualifications

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HB 487 HB 494 HB 495
HR 46 HR 73 HR 107 HR 204 HR 218 HR 389 HR 502
SB 81 SB 86

Public health and morals; Georgia Lottery; correct a cross reference Mass transportation; installation of safety markers on utility lines to provide adequate visual warning in use of private airstrips; provide State Properties Code; conveyance of state property and consideration of conveyances by General Assembly; modify provisions
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS Pierce Lovett Cline Memorial Bridge; Newton County; dedicate 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 Affordable Care Act; $100 billion federal sales tax on health insurance; request repeal Joint Study Committee on Mental Health and School Violence; create
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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