House general calendar [Feb. 23, 2016]

HB 6
HB 54 HB 93 HB 126 HB 166 HB 171 HB 205
HB 216 HB 290 HB 381 HB 405 HB 497 HB 499 HB 508 HB 538 HB 542 HB 593 HB 605
HB 614 HB 684 HB 736 HB 741 HB 766 HB 768
HB 770 HB 773 HB 790 HB 792 HB 802

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2016 TWENTY-SIXTH 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 Motor vehicles; securing or containing of live animals in the back of vehicles operated on certain roads; require 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 Motor vehicles; nonrenewal and nonissuance of driver's licenses for certain reasons; 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 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 Special license plates; marine habitat conservation; provide Supreme Court; terms of court; change provisions 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 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 Revenue and taxation; deduction from income for contributions to savings trust accounts; revise

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HB 804 HB 806 HB 827 HB 838
HB 845 HB 849 HB 851 HB 856 HB 860 HB 862 HB 868 HB 874 HB 893 HB 897
HB 900 HB 905 HB 913 HB 916 HB 923 HB 929 HB 934 HB 936 HB 937 HB 939 HB 941 HB 943
HB 944
HB 948
HB 949 HB 959

Superior courts; fifth judge of the Clayton Judicial Circuit; provide Drivers' licenses; expiration of certain licenses and identification cards; provisions "Pursuing Justice for Rape Victims Act"; enact Insurance; carriers that sell certain health plans through an agent shall compensate such agent a minimum of 5 percent of collected premiums; provide 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 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 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 Courts; child abuse; change provisions 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 Human Services, Department of; website providing kinship caregivers with information and access to apply for public assistance benefits; provide 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 Contracts; additional limitations on indemnification and duty to defeat clauses which are void and enforceable in contracts for engineering or architectural services; provide Health; pronouncement of death of patients in nursing homes who are organ donors by a physician assistant or registered professional nurse; provide 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

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HB 970 HB 975 HB 980 HB 1030
HR 502
HR 768 HR 900 HR 978 HR 979 HR 1135 HR 1312 HR 1341 HR 1363
SB 208 SB 243 SB 283

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 House Study Committee on Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse; create 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 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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