House general calendar [Feb. 29, 2016]

HB 6
HB 12 HB 54
HB 126
HB 171
HB 229
HB 285
HB 290
HB 364 HB 365 HB 381 HB 405
HB 471 HB 497
HB 513
HB 538
HB 542
HB 593
HB 605
HB 677
HB 684
HB 685 HB 699 HB 713 HB 722 HB 725 HB 727
HB 734 HB 741 HB 766

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2016 THIRTIETH 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 Income tax credit; film, video, and digital production in Georgia; change certain qualifications 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 Alternative ad valorem tax; motor vehicles; 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 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 State government; casino gambling; provide limited number of licensed resort facilities; provisions (Postponed) 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 Supreme Court; terms of court; change provisions Property tax exemptions; definition to include any spouse; revise

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HB 779
HB 790 HB 793 HB 825 HB 828
HB 845
HB 849 HB 860
HB 862
HB 864
HB 868 HB 889
HB 895
HB 913
HB 914
HB 915
HB 922 HB 924
HB 929
HB 934
HB 935
HB 936
HB 937
HB 943
HB 957
HB 960 HB 976
HB 982 HB 990 HB 999
HB 1004 HB 1014

Crimes and offenses; regulate use of unmanned aircraft systems and images; provisions Crimes and offenses; transmitting a false public alarm; change provisions Revenue and taxation; fraternal benefit association; revise definition "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 Professions and businesses; funeral establishments and crematories; authorize certain advertisements related to crematories and cremation services Elementary and secondary education; finance directors of charter schools participate in initial and annual training; require 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 Income tax credit; creating quality jobs; add definition of taxpayer Sales and use tax; certain sales to a qualified job training organization; 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 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 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 Probate courts; judges and clerks publicly post notice of the availability of the affidavit of indigence; require Tax and revenue; confidentiality of certain tax information; provisions State records management; minimum retention periods for video recordings from law enforcement devices on or inside a vehicle; provide Ad valorem tax; property; change certain definitions Alternative ad valorem tax; motor vehicles; change certain definitions Child welfare agencies; agencies licensed in other states to also be licensed in Georgia to engage in placement activities; require 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

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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 1066 HB 1070 HB 1096
HR 502
HR 768 HR 807 HR 900 HR 978 HR 979 HR 1052 HR 1135 HR 1341
SB 208 SB 243 SB 283

"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 (Postponed) 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 Penal institutions; additional duties of commissioner of corrections; authorize chief of staff to issue warrants of an offender who has escaped Domestic relations; adoption; permit the department to use certain information in the records concerning the adopted child's biological parents Unclaimed property; disposition; provide for the donation of abandoned dividends by rural telephone cooperatives for certain purposes
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 (Postponed) 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 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

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