House general calendar, 2014 February 20

HB 1 HB 91 HB 153 HB 290 HB 292 HB 423 HB 436 HB 449 HB 460 HB 490
HB 495 HB 516
HB 580 HB 601 HB 610 HB 670 HB 701 HB 704 HB 739 HB 749 HB 750 HB 761 HB 763 HB 764 HB 770 HB 776 HB 778 HB 783 HB 788

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2014 TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HOUSE BILLS Georgia Uniform Civil Forfeiture Procedure Act; enact Government statues and monuments; additional protections; provide Local option sales tax; taxes to be imposed at a rate of less that 1 percent; allow Labor; employees use sick leave for care of immediate family members; allow Magistrates Retirement Fund of Georgia; maximum average final monthly compensation calculated in determining benefits; establish Game and fish; live raccoons may be used in sanctioned organization field trial competitions under certain circumstances; provide Public officers; counties and municipalities provide by local law for district durational residency requirements; authorize Agency records disclosure; change certain provisions relating to 9-1-1 calls Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; no person under a sentence of confinement shall be eligible for membership; provide Teacher health insurance plans; contract with local employers to librarians and other personnel employed by regional and county libraries; expand board authorization State Properties Code; conveyance of state property and consideration of conveyances by General Assembly; modify provisions Retirement and pensions; election to participate in Regents Retirement Plan in lieu of Teachers Retirement System of Georgia shall be revocable at will; provide (Tabled) Superior Court Clerk's Retirement Fund; provide spousal survivor's benefit Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia; define certain terms; provisions Insurance; licensing and regulation of public adjusters; provide Trade names; require registration with the clerk of superior court; provisions Child Support Recovery Act; child support and enforcement of orders; enact provisions South Fulton, City of; incorporate; provide charter Public officers and employees; expense allowances are authorized only if member of board or commission is physically present at meeting; provide Crimes and offenses; crime of cargo theft; provide Banking and finance; exemption to mortgage loan originator licensing requirements for employees of certain nonprofit corporations; provide Public Retirement Systems Standards Law; definition of annual required contribution; change references Georgia Military College; legislative intent language regarding certain postsecondary study beyond second year level; revise Georgia State Employees' Pension and Savings Plan; certain employees make contributions at rate of 5 percent unless otherwise specified; provide Crimes and offenses; crime of home invasion; create Courts; information provided to compile state-wide master jury lists and county master jury lists; clarify Food service establishments; certain nonprofit charitable entities from regulation; exempt Game and fish; provisions relating to rules and regulations used to establish criminal violations; update Ad valorem tax; property owned by University System of Georgia operated by third party; provide exemption (Postponed)

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HB 790 HB 794 HB 804
HB 816 HB 825
HB 828 HB 833 HB 834 HB 837 HB 838
HB 843 HB 863 HB 869 HB 887 HB 889 HB 890 HB 891 HB 899 HB 910 HB 911 HB 920 HB 943 HB 947 HB 965 HB 973 HB 974 HB 979

Civil practice; four-year statute of limitations for actions involving removal of timber from the property of another; provisions Compact for a Balanced Budget; adopt Trial proceedings; relating to testimony of a child ten years old or younger by closed circuit television and persons entitled to be present; repeal provisions Sales and use tax; change a certain definition Alcoholic beverages; fruit growers licensed as farm wineries obtain license authorizing production of distilled spirits and fortified wines pursuant to certain conditions; permit Insurance; solicitation, release, or sale of automobile accident information; prohibit Urban Redevelopment Law; include blighted areas Bonded debt; population Act provision relating to dates of bond elections; repeal Probation services; provide for legislative findings and intent; provisions (Tabled) Invasions of privacy; transmission of photography or video depicting nudity or sexually explicit conduct of an adult under certain circumstances; prohibit Retirement and pensions; ensure compliance with federal laws and regulations; change certain provisions Crimes and offenses; cruelty to animals and aggravated cruelty to animals; change provisions Traffic-control devices; safe operation of motorcycles or light weight motor vehicle through inoperative signal; provide Tobacco products; manufacturers and importers; remove certain bonding requirements Courts; civil action for damages; provide Courts; sheriff to collect and deposit certain fees; provide Elections; period for advance voting prior to municipal primary or election; change Unlicensed personal care homes; criminal penalties for owning or operating; provide Community Health, Department of; authorize medical-legal partnerships; provisions Crimes and offenses; strangulation as aggravated assault; add provisions Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act; enact Cancer Treatment Fairness Act; enact Labor and industrial relations; payment of wages by credit to prepaid debit card; provisions Georgia 9-1-1 Medical Amnesty Law; enact Medicaid; changes to civil penalties for false or fraudulent claims; provisions Retirement and pensions; required contributions to receive service credit; change Education; provide for membership of certain boards in the event local legislation is not passed during 2014 regular session of General Assembly conforming size of boards to requirements of law; provisions

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HR 486 HR 689 HR 1038
HR 1161 HR 1215 HR 1239
SB 23 SB 128 SB 206 SB 207 SB 209 SB 213 SB 291 SB 292
SR 371

HOUSE RESOLUTIONS Municipalities; created on or after January 1, 2005; establish independent school system; authorize - CA Local boards of education; implement renewable energy systems to provide educational and cost-saving opportunities; urge Georgia Department of Education and others; place Georgia at the forefront of the return of manufacturing to the United States; recognize and encourage District attorney; active-status member of State Bar of Georgia from three to seven years; increase - CA Congress; convention of states under Article V of United States Constitution; apply House Development Authority Study Committee; create
SENATE BILLS "Stacey Nicole English Act"; aid in the location of missing persons; incapacitated due to medical conditions; establish Professional Counselors; revise definitions relating to marriage and family therapy Interstate Cooperation; provide for delegation from the State of Georgia to certain conventions Probation of first offenders; person disqualified from employment when discharged as felony offender; add private home care providers to list Electronic Transactions; provide that no entity shall be prohibited from making self-help documents; not a substitute for advice of a professional "Flint River Drought Protection Act"; clarify legislative intent; revise definitions; expand programs Georgia Adult and Aging Services Agency; create Alzheimer's Disease Registry; establish within the Department of Public Health
SENATE RESOLUTIONS U.S. Congress; making renewed application to call for a convention for purpose of proposing an amendment to U.S. Constitution

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