HB 6
HB 54 HB 93 HB 126 HB 166 HB 171 HB 205
HB 216 HB 381 HB 405 HB 497 HB 508 HB 538 HB 542 HB 579 HB 593 HB 605
HB 614 HB 684 HB 741 HB 751 HB 763 HB 766 HB 768
HB 770 HB 773 HB 784 HB 790 HB 792
HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2016 TWENTY-FOURTH 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 Tuition grants; children of officers killed in line of duty who attend University System institutions and meet certain requirements; provide Motor vehicles; law enforcement retaining license plate data obtained from automated license plate recognition systems for certain periods; prohibit Motor vehicles; use of global positioning or navigation system mounts on windshields under certain circumstances; allow Motorcycle Mobility Safety Act; enact Laws and statutes; revise provisions relating to effect and enforcement of foreign laws; provisions Drivers' licenses; require driver who refused blood alcohol concentration testing to install and maintain ignition interlock devices on vehicle; provisions Occupational diseases; define certain terms; provisions Revised Georgia Law on Notarial Acts of 2015; enact 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 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 Motor vehicles; operation of certain vehicles upon highways when used in connection with agricultural pursuits; provide 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 Dental hygienists; delegable services and procedures that may be performed by hygienists; provide Supreme Court; terms of court; change provisions General appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017 Sales and use tax; exemption regarding certain food and food ingredients; remove sunset Property tax exemptions; definition to include any spouse; revise Handicapped persons; ABLE program establishment to use tax exempt accounts to pay for qualified expenses of eligible individuals with disabilities; provisions Crimes and offenses; trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude; provisions Georgia Housing and Finance Authority; outstanding bond limit; increase Insurance; advertising and promotional items not exceeding $100 will not be considered an unfair trade practice; provide Crimes and offenses; transmitting a false public alarm; change provisions Firearms; carrying, possession, and use of electroshock weapons by persons who are students or who are employed at a public institution; authorize
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HB 802 HB 804 HB 808 HB 827 HB 831 HB 845 HB 849 HB 851 HB 856 HB 859
HB 860 HB 862 HB 868 HB 874 HB 886 HB 893 HB 897
HB 900 HB 902 HB 903 HB 904 HB 905 HB 910
HB 913 HB 916 HB 923 HB 929 HB 936 HB 937 HB 939 HB 941 HB 944
Revenue and taxation; deduction from income for contributions to savings trust accounts; revise Superior courts; fifth judge of the Clayton Judicial Circuit; provide Courts; Judicial Qualifications Commission; create "Pursuing Justice for Rape Victims Act"; enact "Protecting Guardmen's Employment Act"; enact Crimes and offenses; immunity from criminal liability for possession of certain materials or images under certain circumstances; provide "Georgia Civil Rights in Public Accommodations Act"; enact Local government; annual audit of financial affairs, books, and records of boards of trustees of county law libraries; require Probate courts; bond required for judges; change provisions Firearms; weapons carry license holders; carrying and possession of certain weapons in certain buildings or real property owned or leased to public institutions of postsecondary education; authorize Public officers and employees; persons pardoned for previous convictions are qualified to serve as coroners; provide Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; clarify definition of disabled veteran State government; Georgia State Games Commission; eliminate Courts; ability to prosecute street gang terrorism; improve Pharmacy licenses; employing mails or common carriers to sell, distribute, and deliver prescription drugs; revise a provision Revenue and taxation; forms of payment; change certain provisions Health; care and protection of indigent and elderly patients; provide for the establishment and operation of a drug repository program to accept and dispense unused prescription drugs Crimes and offenses; electronic data base of prescription information; authorize the retention of data base information for 2 years Hospitals and related institutions; educational information on influenza disease to residents of assisted living communities; provide Labor and industrial relations; employment security; prevent fraud and abuse of the Unemployment Trust Fund Labor and industrial relations; employment security; change certain contribution rates and credits Courts; child abuse; change provisions Health records; provisions relating to costs of copying and mailing patient records apply to psychiatric, psychological, and other mental health records; provide Veterans Service, Department of; women veterans' program; require maintenance "The Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights"; certain audits conducted by the Department of Community Health; remove exception; provisions Sales and use tax; fire districts which have elected governing bodies and are supported by ad valorem taxes; provide exemption Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; enact Income tax; wages necessary to qualify for a job tax credit; clarify certain terms Sales and use tax; exemption for projects of regional significance; change sunset provision Revenue and taxation; setoff debt collections by the Administrative Office of the Courts; revise terms and procedures Courts; review of incidents involving a peace officer's use of deadly force that results in death or serious bodily injury; provide for procedure Health; pronouncement of death of nursing home patients who are organ donors by a physician assistant or registered professional nurse; provide
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HB 948
HB 949 HB 959 HB 965 HB 970 HB 975 HB 980 HB 1030
HR 502
HR 900 HR 978 HR 979 HR 1052 HR 1113 HR 1135 HR 1312 HR 1341 HR 1363
SB 208 SB 243 SB 283
Penal institutions; application fee paid to the State Board of Pardons and Paroles by nonindigent adult offenders applying to transfer supervision; revise Crimes and offenses; illegal use of financial transaction cards; revise provisions Education; K-12; update and clarify certain provisions "The Honorable Jimmy Carter Cancer Treatment Access Act"; enact Fire protection and safety; issuance of certificates of compliance for fire departments; revise requirements Commerce and trade; assets and liabilities; provide certain updates to the standard valuation law Municipal elections; reopening of qualifications under certain conditions; provide Georgia Seed Development Commission; change certain provisions
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS General Assembly; provide for dedication of revenues derived from fees or other assessments to the public purpose for which such fees or other assessments were imposed; authorize - CA Assembly of State Legislatures; delegates from General Assembly; provide House Study Committee on Historic Site Preservation; create House Study Committee on Programs That Provide Services for the Reading to the Blind and the Visually Impaired; create Thomas William Poole Memorial Bridge; Schley County; dedicate Judicial Qualifications Commission; create - CA House Study Committee on Base Realignment and Closure; create Houston County; certain property currently dedicated as a heritage preserve; authorize the change of use House Study Committee on Professional Employer Organizations; create House Special Study Committee on Judicial Qualifications Commission Reform; create
SENATE BILLS Stonecrest, City of; provide for a charter Georgia Judicial Retirement System; preservation of rights by certain persons; change certain provisions Accounting for Public Funds; provide multibank pooling of depositories for acceptance of deposits of public funds from public bodies
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