HB 6 HB 34 HB 54 HB 126 HB 193 HB 219 HB 405 HB 497 HB 508 HB 509 HB 538 HB 542 HB 561 HB 592 HB 593 HB 605 HB 614 HB 635 HB 659 HB 726 HB 738 HB 741 HB 769 HB 798 HB 802 HB 804 HB 811 HB 813 HB 821 HB 822 HB 840 HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2016 NINETEENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY HOUSE BILLS Georgia Student Finance Commission; provide weighted grade point averages in excess of 4.0 for purposes of determining eligibility for HOPE; authorize Georgia Right to Try Act; enact Tuition grants; children of officers killed in line of duty who attend University System institutions and meet certain requirements; provide Motor vehicles; use of global positioning or navigation system mounts on windshields under certain circumstances; allow Life Insurance Consumer Disclosure Model Act; enact Health; swimming pools; exempt certain privately owned pools from inspection and licensing requirements Contracts and marriage; change provisions relating to agreements required to be in writing; provisions Surplus state property; offer property to charitable institutions at no charge prior to disposition by other means in certain instances; provide Appellate court judges; age of eligibility for certain benefits; decrease Georgia Palliative Care and Quality of Life Advisory Council; create; provisions Medical records; confidentiality of veterinarian records necessary for medical treatment of an individual; provide an exception Higher education savings plan; matching contributions by the state for certain low-income contributors; provide Adoptable dog; official state dog; designate Professional engineers and land surveyors; provide profession of professional structural engineer; provisions Low-voltage Contractors, Division of; require continuing education; authorize (Reconsidered) Georgia Judicial Retirement System; member who was serving in a fulltime position on his or her retirement may use prior part-time service for vesting; provide Landon Dunson Act; enact Judges of Probate Courts Retirement Fund; increase number of years of mandatory contribution; provisions Education; provide transparency of financial information of local school systems and schools; provisions Excise tax; tobacco products; clarify certain charges Local government; county law libraries; revise uses of excess funds Supreme Court; terms of court; change provisions Ad valorem tax; certain watercraft held for sale or resale; make permanent an exemption HOPE; home study students who receive certain scores on standardized college admission tests; provide eligibility Revenue and taxation; deduction from income for contributions to savings trust accounts; revise Superior courts; fifth judge of the Clayton Judicial Circuit; provide Banking and finance; update, modernize, and streamline numerous Code sections; revise provisions Pharmacists and pharmacies; expedited partner therapy; provisions "Military Spouses and Veterans Licensure Act"; enact Sales and use tax; energy used in agriculture; revise definition Conservation and natural resources; rules and regulations used to establish criminal violations; change provisions - 1 - HB 844 HB 853 HB 856 HB 862 HB 869 HB 870 HB 871 HB 876 HB 879 HR 1052 HR 1198 SB 208 SB 243 Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund; insurance premiums subject to taxation; update certain provisions "Coverdell-Murphy Act"; update current system of levels of certified stroke centers to reflect advances in stroke treatments and therapy; provisions Probate courts; bond required for judges; change provisions Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; clarify definition of disabled veteran Professions and businesses; responsibilities of brokers and qualifying brokers to review certain documents; change certain provisions Quality Basic Education Act; high schools that receive state funding cannot participate in an athletic association which prohibits religious expression on clothing of student athletes; provide (Postponed) "Georgia Lemon Law"; consumer fees forwarded to the Department of Law for deposit in the new motor vehicle arbitration account; require Animals; license and surety requirements of livestock dealers and market operators; update Elementary and secondary education; seal of biliteracy for high school graduates with a high level of proficiency in one or more foreign languages in addition to English; provide HOUSE RESOLUTIONS Thomas William Poole Memorial Bridge; Schley County; dedicate Natural Resources, Department of; Environmental Protection Division; review its regulations providing for the protection of underground drinking water; encourage SENATE BILLS Stonecrest, City of; provide for a charter Georgia Judicial Retirement System; preservation of rights by certain persons; change certain provisions - 2 -