House general calendar, 2014 March 18

HB 1 HB 47 HB 91 HB 180
HB 290 HB 504 HB 516
HB 524 HB 671 HB 674 HB 700 HB 726 HB 739 HB 771 HB 779 HB 802 HB 831 HB 855 HB 869 HB 889 HB 907 HB 927 HB 964 HB 971 HB 984 HB 991 HB 1006 HB 1007 HB 1008

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2014
THIRTY-NINTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HOUSE BILLS Georgia Uniform Civil Forfeiture Procedure Act; enact Foreclosure; debtor bring debt current by making all past due payments, late fees and charges under certain circumstances; provide Government statues and monuments; additional protections; provide 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 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 Pretrial proceedings; admissions and confessions; amend Code; provisions Assistant district attorneys and assistant public defenders; state funded positions for juvenile court; provide Public facilities; State Capitol and CLOB; persons with disabilities; provide increased accessibility Education; population provision related to applicability of the term "campus"; repeal Public officers and employees; expense allowances are authorized only if member of board or commission is physically present at meeting; provide Civil practice; statute of limitations for actions for childhood sexual abuse; extend Licenses; certain military personnel and military veterans issued weapons carry license without payment of fees; allow County sales and use tax; comprehensive revision for educational purposes; provide Elections; nonpartisan election of judges of probate court and chief magistrates; provide Counties and municipalities; implementation of local government service delivery strategy; revise procedures Traffic-control devices; safe operation of motorcycles or light weight motor vehicle through inoperative signal; provide Courts; civil action for damages; provide Public Safety, Department of; intergovernmental agreement to regulate taxicabs in certain circumstances; provisions Enterprise zones; certain criteria for qualifying business enterprise; provide Education; provide charter-schools-in-the-workplace and charter-schoolsin-a-municipality; provisions Consumer Information and Awareness Act; enact Economic Development, Department of; Sports Marketing Fund; create Fulton County; Industrial District; levying any tax for educational purposes; repeal amendment Education; seat-time waivers for high school students who complete online course work prior to end of semester or quarter; provide Postsecondary education; distribution of funds contributed by taxpayers to student loan funds; change Georgia Student Finance Commission; revise powers and duties

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HB 1010 HB 1029 HB 1053
HR 486 HR 531
HR 689 HR 870 HR 1109 HR 1239 HR 1265 HR 1574 HR 1655 HR 1723 HR 1724

Local government; immunity of municipal corporations; revise provisions Dooly County; probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections Social services; registered organization are not exempt from regulation of early care and education programs; clarify
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS Municipalities; created on or after January 1, 2005; establish independent school system; authorize - CA Motor fuel sales tax; allocated to public-use airports; provide - CA Motor fuels sales tax; allocated to provide adequate system of public-use airports; provide - CA Local boards of education; implement renewable energy systems to provide educational and cost-saving opportunities; urge Capitol Arts Standards Commission; arrange placement of portrait of former Speaker Pro Tempore Jack Connell in state capitol; urge Sales and use tax; used for educational programs and materials in public schools upon approval of voters; provide - CA House Development Authority Study Committee; create House Study Committee on Autonomous Vehicle Technology; create Capitol Art Standards Commission; authorize erection of statue dedicated to Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.; encourage Congress; protect and defend the Constitution of the United States; request House Study Committee on Licensing and Inspection of Child Welfare Providers; create Sustainable Forestry Initiative; state-wide support for sustainable forest certification; encourage

SB 60 SB 92 SB 95 SB 98 SB 187 SB 209
SB 241 SB 255 SB 274 SB 276 SB 281 SB 283 SB 286
SB 291 SB 293

SENATE BILLS General Assembly; all official communications; officers, members, or employees; electronic format Taxation/Revenue; add public transit to authorized purposes for proceeds of excise taxes Elections; counties utilize a chief executive officer/county commission form of government; nonpartisan elections (tabled) "Federal Abortion Mandate Opt-out Act" State Government; provide exemption for the board of commissioners of Georgia Student Finance Commission; board of directors Electronic Transactions; provide that no entity shall be prohibited from making self-help documents; not a substitute for advice of a professional (Tabled) "Georgia Leadership and Service Admissions Act"; provide for leadership/service recognition of students "Partnership for Public Facilities and Infrastructure Act"; enact Capitol Arts Standards Commission; designation of areas within capitol museum; Georgia Capitol Agricultural History Museum areas State Government; provide that Georgia shall be a"Purple Heart State" State Employees; require a high deductible health care plan with health savings account; offered as an option Education; authorize school systems; provide instruction on history of traditional winter celebrations Alcoholic Beverages; change the maximum percent by volume of wine; change definitions; authorize wineries to buy and use certain products (Postponed) Georgia Adult and Aging Services Agency; create Ad Valorem Tax; revise a definition; provide certain information to be given to taxpayers upon request
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SB 294
SB 298
SB 304 SB 322 SB 324 SB 326 SB 332 SB 336 SB 337 SB 339 SB 340 SB 341 SB 343
SB 346 SB 350 SB 352 SB 358 SB 364 SB 365 SB 367 SB 372 SB 374 SB 381 SB 383 SB 386 SB 391 SB 392

Electrical Contractor Class II; provide that a person licensed may perform low-voltage contracting without obtaining a state-wide Low-voltage Contractor Class License Plates; submission of a doctor's prescription; application for a special parking decal for persons with disabilities in lieu of an affidavit; notary public not available Continuing Care Providers and Facilities; provide for continuing care at home; define certain terms Game and Fish; provide protection for certain wildlife habitats Peace Officers; harmonize definitions; employed or appointed by the Department of Juvenile Justice regarding their duties Private Colleges and Universities Authority; authorize the authority to meet by teleconference and other methods permitted by law Magistrate Courts; increase the fine amount for contempt of court Cosmetologists; provide fines imposed by State Board of Cosmetology for certain violations; not exceed certain specified amounts Barbers; provide fines imposed by State Board of Barbers for certain violations; not exceed certain specified amounts Retirement and Pension; revise, modernize, correct errors/omissions in said title; Code Revision Commission Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise, modernize, correct errors; reenact statutory portion of said Code Probate Courts; clerk's authority to act on uncontested matters; repeal a population provision Education; provide no high school which receives funding under the "Quality Basic Education Act"; shall participate in sponsor interscholastic sport events conducted by any athletic association Board of Community Health; at least one member also member of the state health benefit plan Human Services, Dept.of; bidding out of child welfare services state wide through contracts with community based providers Georgia Council on Lupus Education and Awareness; create Missing Children Information Center; provide missing child reports for foster children Juvenile Code; revise and correct errors or omissions Fair Business Practices Act; enact offender reentry reforms as recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform Metropolitan Area Planning and Development Commissions; change the eligibility to be a member of a commission HOPE Scholarship; require local school systems to calculate; provide grade point average; eligibility "Urban Redevelopment Law"; revise terminology from "slums" to "pockets of blight" "Georgia First Informer Broadcasters Act"; provide planning for first informer broadcasters; definitions Coroners; items of value of the deceased shall not be converted to the coroner/medical examiner's personal use Civil Practice; prohibit public disclosure; social security numbers, taxpayers identification numbers; court documents Health; provide that each medical facility make a good faith application; TRICARE network Motor Vehicles; provide additional definition; acceptance of applications for registration; not in compliance with federal emission standards

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SR 415 SR 735
SR 783 SR 875
SR 937 SR 981 SR 1027

SENATE RESOLUTIONS Taxes; increase in state income tax rate prohibited -CA Metropolitan Atlanta Transit Authorities; urged to join forces to establish a website Ad Valorem Taxes; prohibit the levy of state ad valorem taxes -CA Property Tax Digest Impact on Education Funding; create Joint Study Committee Albert Sidney "Sid" Newton Memorial Highway; Jenkins County; dedicate Violence Against Health Care Workers; create joint study committee SPLOST Reform Joint Study Committee; create

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