House general calendar, 2014 February 25

HB 1 HB 88 HB 91 HB 153 HB 180
HB 290 HB 295 HB 405
HB 412 HB 438 HB 449 HB 459 HB 460 HB 504 HB 516
HB 524 HB 549 HB 566 HB 580 HB 601 HB 643 HB 658 HB 674 HB 690 HB 700 HB 701 HB 702 HB 731 HB 739

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014 TWENTY-EIGHTH 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 Labor; employees use sick leave for care of immediate family members; allow 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 Speed restrictions; impeding traffic flow and minimum speed in left-hand lanes; modify provisions Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; no person under a sentence of confinement shall be eligible for membership; provide 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 Water pollution; establish water emergency response procedures 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 Local government; county may petition any municipality within county to annex unincorporated islands; provide Public facilities; State Capitol and CLOB; persons with disabilities; provide increased accessibility Child Support Recovery Act; child support and enforcement of orders; enact provisions State government; placement of monument on capitol grounds; provide J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act; enact Public officers and employees; expense allowances are authorized only if member of board or commission is physically present at meeting; provide

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HB 750 HB 755 HB 757
HB 761 HB 776 HB 777 HB 782 HB 788 HB 802 HB 803 HB 804
HB 810 HB 825
HB 826 HB 827 HB 828 HB 833 HB 844 HB 854 HB 869 HB 872 HB 876 HB 878 HB 881 HB 886
HB 887 HB 889 HB 891

Banking and finance; exemption to mortgage loan originator licensing requirements for employees of certain nonprofit corporations; 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 Courts; information provided to compile state-wide master jury lists and county master jury lists; clarify Watercraft; suspension of privileges to operate a vessel for violations of vessel laws of this state and other states; provisions 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 HOPE; home study students regarding scores on standardized college admission test; revise requirements 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 Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; actions intended to defraud fund shall be a felony; provide Condominiums; amount permissable as a special assessment fee; change 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 Expense allowance; certain boards and commissions receive same per diem as members of General Assembly; provide Motor vehicles; certain fees included in liens upon abandoned vehicles; provide Special license plates; Grady Health Foundation; provide Elementary and secondary education; local board of education and each charter school shall hold at least two public hearings on proposed budget; provide 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

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HB 897
HB 899
HB 900 HB 907
HB 908 HB 913
HB 918
HB 923 HB 935
HB 937 HB 938 HB 939 HB 947
HB 957 HB 960
HB 965 HB 966
HB 971 HB 974
HB 977 HB 984 HB 985
HB 990
HB 991
HB 998 HB 1000
HB 1009
HB 1027
HB 1029 HB 1030 HB 1031 HB 1032 HB 1051
HR 486
HR 689

Elementary and secondary education; update and clarify provisions; repeal obsolete provisions Unlicensed personal care homes; criminal penalties for owning or operating; provide State sales and use tax; consumable supplies used in manufacturing; include Public Safety, Department of; intergovernmental agreement to regulate taxicabs in certain circumstances; provisions Tire disposal restrictions; extend sunset date for tire fees Community Health, Board of; persons having certain conflicts of interest from serving on board; prohibit Revenue and taxation; define terms "Internal Revenue Code" and Internal Revenue Code of 1986"; provisions Journey Ann Cowart Act; enact Retirement and pensions; disclosure of public records shall include local retirement systems; provide exemption Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; define certain terms; provisions 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 Consumer Information and Awareness Act; enact 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 Crimes and offenses; filing false liens or encumbrances against public employees; change provisions Social services; expansion of Medicaid eligibility through increase in income threshold without prior legislative approval; prohibit Fulton County; Industrial District; levying any tax for educational purposes; repeal amendment Medical scholarships; revise provisions relating to scholarships and loans Revenue and taxation; setoff debt collection against state income tax refunds for debts owed to political subdivisions and courts; provisions 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 State government; certain processes and procedures affecting unemployment insurance; change Dooly County; probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections Dodge County; chief magistrate; provide nonpartisan elections Dodge County; office of coroner; provide nonpartisan elections Dodge County; judge of probate court; provide nonpartisan elections Lawful presence verification; professional licensing board; change certain provisions
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

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HR 1038
HR 1109 HR 1183
HR 1239 HR 1280
SB 23 SB 65 SB 128 SB 207 SB 209 SB 213 SB 273 SB 291 SB 292 SB 301
None

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 General Assembly; additional penalties or fees for reckless driving and provide allocation of fees to Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund; impose CA House Development Authority Study Committee; create 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 Public Health, Dept. of; required to establish the Maternal Mortality Review Committee to review maternal deaths Georgia Adult and Aging Services Agency; create Alzheimer's Disease Registry; establish within the Department of Public Health Public School Facilities; disallow prohibitions on wood construction in public schools if in compliance with state minimum standard codes
SENATE RESOLUTIONS

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