House general calendar, 2014 February 24

HB 1 HB 88 HB 91 HB 153 HB 180
HB 251 HB 290 HB 292 HB 295 HB 405
HB 412 HB 438 HB 449 HB 460 HB 490
HB 495 HB 504 HB 516
HB 524 HB 566 HB 580 HB 601 HB 643 HB 658 HB 674 HB 701 HB 731

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014 TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HOUSE BILLS Georgia Uniform Civil Forfeiture Procedure Act; enact Licenses; Class E and Class F drivers' license free of charge to qualified volunteer firefighters; provide Government statues and monuments; additional protections; provide Local option sales tax; taxes to be imposed at a rate of less that 1 percent; allow Prestige license plates; repeal repetitive language; increase percentage of fees collected for plates allotted to currently designated charitable funds and organizations Tobacco; sale of alternative nicotine products or components to minors; prohibit 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 Ad valorem taxation; provide comprehensive revision of provisions Elementary and secondary education; members of governing boards of nonprofit organizations which are charter petitioners and charter schools to participate in governance training; require Revenue and taxation; option to taxpayer to receive bills or subsequent notices via electronic transmission; provide Court-referred alternative dispute resolution programs; legal costs; increase maximum amount of additional cost 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 Motor vehicles; failure to use safety belts may be admitted into evidence under certain circumstances; provide 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) Adoption records; issuance of copy of original birth certificate to certain adults who were adopted; provide Motor vehicles; temporary transporter license plates available to permit mechanics to test drive certain vehicles being serviced or repaired; make Superior Court Clerk's Retirement Fund; provide spousal survivor's benefit Judges of the Probate Courts Retirement Fund of Georgia; define certain terms; provisions Georgia Civil Practice Act; general provisions governing discovery; change provisions Revenue and taxation; repeal Chapter 12 relating to estate tax Assistant district attorneys and assistant public defenders; state funded positions for juvenile court; provide Child Support Recovery Act; child support and enforcement of orders; enact provisions J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act; enact

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HB 739 HB 750 HB 753 HB 755 HB 757
HB 761 HB 763 HB 764 HB 776 HB 778 HB 782 HB 788 HB 802 HB 803 HB 804
HB 816 HB 825
HB 826 HB 827 HB 828 HB 833 HB 843 HB 854 HB 863 HB 869 HB 872 HB 878 HB 886

Public officers and employees; expense allowances are authorized only if member of board or commission is physically present at meeting; provide Banking and finance; exemption to mortgage loan originator licensing requirements for employees of certain nonprofit corporations; provide Motor vehicles and traffic; federal regulatory requirements; provide Ad valorem tax; revised definition of forest land fair market value; provisions Ad valorem tax; use of certain property for collection and conversion of solar energy shall not constitute breach of conservation use covenants; 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 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 Facilitating Business Rapid Response to State Declared Disasters Act of 2014; enact Ad valorem tax; property owned by University System of Georgia operated by third party; provide exemption County sales and use tax; comprehensive revision for educational purposes; provide Law enforcement agencies; develop policies addressing how peace officers shall negotiate their encounters with domesticated pet animals; require 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 Crimes and offenses; carrying weapons within certain school safety zones and at school functions; change provisions Motor vehicles and traffic; Class D license holder prohibited from driving a Class C motor vehicle on public roads, streets, or highways; revise time Insurance; solicitation, release, or sale of automobile accident information; prohibit Urban Redevelopment Law; include blighted areas Retirement and pensions; ensure compliance with federal laws and regulations; change certain provisions Condominiums; amount permissable as a special assessment fee; change 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 Evidence; privileged communication between law enforcement and peer counselors under certain circumstances; create Motor vehicles; certain fees included in liens upon abandoned vehicles; provide Elementary and secondary education; local board of education and each charter school shall hold at least two public hearings on proposed budget; provide

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HB 887
HB 889 HB 891
HB 897
HB 898 HB 899
HB 900 HB 904
HB 907
HB 908 HB 910
HB 918
HB 920 HB 923 HB 938 HB 939 HB 947
HB 957 HB 960
HB 965 HB 966
HB 973
HB 974
HB 977 HB 984 HB 998 HB 1009
HR 486
HR 689
HR 1038
HR 1109
HR 1186
HR 1239

Tobacco products; manufacturers and importers; remove certain bonding requirements Courts; civil action for damages; provide Elections; period for advance voting prior to municipal primary or election; change Elementary and secondary education; update and clarify provisions; repeal obsolete provisions Interstate Compact for Juveniles; enact Unlicensed personal care homes; criminal penalties for owning or operating; provide State sales and use tax; consumable supplies used in manufacturing; include Natural Resources, Department of; persons are not aggrieved by listings on hazardous site inventory that occur after a certain date; establish Public Safety, Department of; intergovernmental agreement to regulate taxicabs in certain circumstances; provisions Tire disposal restrictions; extend sunset date for tire fees Community Health, Department of; authorize medical-legal partnerships; provisions Revenue and taxation; define terms "Internal Revenue Code" and Internal Revenue Code of 1986"; provisions Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act; enact Journey Ann Cowart Act; enact Gwinnett County; office of chief magistrate; provide nonpartisan elections Gwinnett County; office of probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections Labor and industrial relations; payment of wages by credit to prepaid debit card; provisions Georgia Brownfield Act; enact Local government; provide for use of surface transportation projects in urban redevelopment areas; provisions Georgia 9-1-1 Medical Amnesty Law; enact Pharmacies; licensed health practitioners prescribe opioid antagonists to certain individuals and entities pursuant to a protocol; provisions Medicaid; changes to civil penalties for false or fraudulent claims; provisions Retirement and pensions; required contributions to receive service credit; change Civil practice; provide filings that contain redacted information; provisions Economic Development, Department of; Sports Marketing Fund; create Medical scholarships; revise provisions relating to scholarships and loans State sales and use tax; applicability of exemption to local sales and use tax cap for a county that levied a tax for purposes of a metropolitan area system of public transportation; extend date
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 Sales and use tax; used for educational programs and materials in public schools upon approval of voters; provide - CA State Board of Education and State Department of Education; successful completion of SKILLS FOR SUCCESS financial literacy class; impose requirement for high school graduation House Development Authority Study Committee; create

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HR 1280
SB 23 SB 65 SB 128 SB 207 SB 209 SB 213 SB 291 SB 292
None

United States Congress; support successful negotiation of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between United States and European Union; encourage
SENATE BILLS "Stacey Nicole English Act"; aid in the location of missing persons; incapacitated due to medical conditions; establish Mental Health; authorize licensed professional counselor to perform certain acts; secure certification Professional Counselors; revise definitions relating to marriage and family therapy 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

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