House general calendar [Feb. 26, 2016]

HB 6
HB 12 HB 54 HB 126 HB 171
HB 229 HB 290 HB 364 HB 381 HB 405 HB 471 HB 497 HB 498 HB 499
HB 508 HB 513
HB 538
HB 542 HB 593 HB 605
HB 654 HB 677 HB 684 HB 685 HB 699 HB 713 HB 722 HB 725 HB 727 HB 734

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2016 TWENTY-NINTH 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 Military Service Integrity and Preservation 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 Laws and statutes; revise provisions relating to effect and enforcement of foreign laws; provisions Domestic relations; grandparent rights to visitation and intervention to great-grandparents and siblings of parents; expand Motor vehicles; securing or containing of live animals in the back of vehicles operated on certain roads; require Real estate transfer tax; change certain provisions Revised Georgia Law on Notarial Acts of 2015; enact Contracts and marriage; change provisions relating to agreements required to be in writing; provisions Ad valorem tax; heavy-duty vehicles; add a definition of certain vehicles Surplus state property; offer property to charitable institutions at no charge prior to disposition by other means in certain instances; provide Professions and businesses; professional counseling; revise definition Motor vehicles; nonrenewal and nonissuance of driver's licenses for certain reasons; provide Appellate court judges; age of eligibility for certain benefits; decrease Pleadings and motions; procedure for claims asserted against a person or entity arising from an act which could be construed as an act in furtherance of the right of free speech or right to petition government for redress of grievances; revise 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 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 Tattoo studios; post notification that certain tattoos could disqualify wearer from military service; require State government; casino gambling; provide limited number of licensed resort facilities; provisions Dental hygienists; delegable services and procedures that may be performed by hygienists; provide Georgia Real Property Common Interest Act; enact Local government; define a certain term; provisions Juvenile Code; domestic relations; terminating parental rights; provisions Health; patient registry program for the use of medical cannabis; provide "Child Abuse Records Protection Act"; enact Fireworks; certain further regulations by counties and municipal corporations; provide "Georgia Space Flight Act"; enact

- 1 -

HB 736 HB 741 HB 749
HB 766 HB 779
HB 781
HB 790 HB 793 HB 795
HB 825 HB 828
HB 845
HB 849 HB 860
HB 862
HB 864
HB 868 HB 887
HB 889
HB 893 HB 895
HB 899
HB 913
HB 914
HB 915
HB 920
HB 922 HB 924
HB 926
HB 929
HB 934
HB 935
HB 936

Special license plates; marine habitat conservation; provide Supreme Court; terms of court; change provisions State government; councils to meet by teleconference or similar means; authorize Property tax exemptions; definition to include any spouse; revise Crimes and offenses; regulate use of unmanned aircraft systems and images; provisions Local government; individuals appointed to authorities and boards be United States citizens; require Crimes and offenses; transmitting a false public alarm; change provisions Revenue and taxation; fraternal benefit association; revise definition Georgia Driver's Education Commission; transfer from Department of Driver Services to the Governor's Office of Highway Safety "Protecting Military Children Act"; enact Income tax credit; employers who hire certain qualified parolees for fulltime jobs; create 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 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 Education; "Move on When Ready Act"; revise definition of eligible postsecondary education State government; Georgia State Games Commission; eliminate Courts; parental rights; prioritize placement of a child with an adult or fictive kin qualified to care for such child Professions and businesses; funeral establishments and crematories; authorize certain advertisements related to crematories and cremation services Revenue and taxation; forms of payment; change certain provisions Elementary and secondary education; finance directors of charter schools participate in initial and annual training; require Commerce and trade; tobacco product manufacturers; revise and add certain definitions Veterans Service, Department of; women veterans' program; require maintenance Fair Business Practices Act; requirements for solicitations of services to obtain a copy of an instrument conveying real estate; provide Social services; criminal records checks shall be required for owners and employees of certain licensed facilities; establish Health; hospitals and related institutions; restrict civil actions against passive investors in nursing homes and intermediate care homes Income tax credit; creating quality jobs; add definition of taxpayer Sales and use tax; certain sales to a qualified job training organization; provide exemption Pharmacists and pharmacies; regulation of certain facilities and entities involved in the wholesale, manufacture, and distribution of drugs; provide 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 Ad valorem tax; properties eligible for a freeport exemption; add certain fulfillment centers Income tax; wages necessary to qualify for a job tax credit; clarify certain terms

- 2 -

HB 937 HB 943
HB 951 HB 952 HB 954 HB 957 HB 959 HB 960 HB 962 HB 973 HB 976 HB 979
HB 982 HB 990 HB 991 HB 1004 HB 1014 HB 1017 HB 1025 HB 1027 HB 1028
HB 1031 HB 1036 HB 1037 HB 1041 HB 1043 HB 1052 HB 1053 HB 1058 HB 1060 HB 1064 HB 1066

Sales and use tax; exemption for projects of regional significance; change sunset provision Contracts; additional limitations on indemnification and duty to defeat clauses which are void and enforceable in contracts for engineering or architectural services; provide Sales and use tax; admissions to major sporting events; create exemption "Georgia Professional Regulation Reform Act"; enact "Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act"; enact Probate courts; judges and clerks publicly post notice of the availability of the affidavit of indigence; require Education; K-12; update and clarify certain provisions Tax and revenue; confidentiality of certain tax information; provisions Human Services, Department of; creation, appointment, removal, and duties of a kinship care enforcement administrator; provide Public Safety, Department of; regulation of towing service providers operating on interstate highways; provisions State records management; minimum retention periods for video recordings from law enforcement devices on or inside a vehicle; provide Crimes and offenses; assault and battery; increase the punishment committed upon hospital emergency department and medical services personnel Ad valorem tax; property; change certain definitions Alternative ad valorem tax; motor vehicles; change certain definitions Ad valorem tax; property; change certain definitions Courts; maps, plats, and plans to be filed for record; provide requirements Income tax; exemption for donation of real property for conservation use; extend sunset date "Georgia Civil Practice Act"; general provisions governing discovery; change provisions Courts; service of accusations of or citations for violations of ordinances under certain circumstances; change provisions Courts; filing of documents in superior and state courts by electronic means; provide Natural Resources, Department of; Environmental Protection Division; provide notice to affected localities upon certain events relating to permitted solid or hazardous waste facilities Elections; candidate who receives votes within not more than 1 percent of total votes shall be qualified to request a recount; provide Eminent domain; construction of petroleum pipelines and the environmental permitting requirements; change certain provisions Community Health, Department of; certified nurse aide registry to nurse aides who provide services in private residences; expand Evidence; particular matters of proof; provide authority for the use of other mortality tables Vaccine protocol agreements; influenza; exempt activities conducted by a hospital or health system from certain requirements Business corporations; provide for benefit corporations; provisions Grady County; board of education; provide that members shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis Health; HIV and AIDS; revise various statutes Crimes and offenses; carrying and possession of firearms; confirm that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed Public Safety, Department of; off-duty use of motor vehicles; revise provisions Penal institutions; additional duties of commissioner of corrections; authorize chief of staff to issue warrants of an offender who has escaped

- 3 -

HB 1070 HB 1072 HB 1073 HB 1084 HB 1085
HR 502
HR 768 HR 807 HR 900 HR 978 HR 979 HR 1135 HR 1341
SB 208 SB 243 SB 283

Domestic relations; adoption; permit the department to use certain information in the records concerning the adopted child's biological parents Education; service cancelable loan fund; remove ineligibility for such loans for members of the Georgia National Guard also receiving HOPE Juvenile Code; procedure in juvenile courts; change provisions State Soil and Water Conservation Commission; measuring farm and agriculture uses of water; eliminate certain powers and duties Social services; aging; transfer oversight of such services to the Department of Community Health
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 Casino resorts; local authorization of limited number of licensed resorts; provide - 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 House Study Committee on Base Realignment and Closure; create House Study Committee on Professional Employer Organizations; 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

- 4 -