House general calendar [Feb. 8, 2016]

HB 34 HB 126
HB 193 HB 219
HB 405
HB 483
HB 497
HB 508 HB 509
HB 538
HB 561 HB 605
HB 614 HB 635
HB 649 HB 659
HB 697
HB 726 HB 737
HB 738 HB 739
HB 741 HB 759
HB 765
HB 766 HB 767
HB 769
HB 775 HB 780
HB 781

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2016 SEVENTEENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HOUSE BILLS Georgia Right to Try Act; enact 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 State symbols; shoal bass as official state native riverine sport fish; designate 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 Adoptable dog; official state dog; designate 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 Georgia Lactation Consultant Practice Act; enact Education; provide transparency of financial information of local school systems and schools; provisions Unsolicited merchandise; solicitors to receive from consumers affirmative assent to continued receipt of certain merchandise following a free trial before charging; require Excise tax; tobacco products; clarify certain charges Code Revision Commission; revise, modernize and correct errors of said Code Local government; county law libraries; revise uses of excess funds Elementary and secondary education; process for state approved instructional materials and content is optional; provide Supreme Court; terms of court; change provisions Courts; financial institutions; certain activities shall not constitute the unauthorized practice of law; provide Social services; board member appointments may include certain retired individuals; provide Property tax exemptions; definition to include any spouse; revise Motor vehicles; add utility service vehicles to the "Spencer Pass Law"; provisions Ad valorem tax; certain watercraft held for sale or resale; make permanent an exemption Health; restrictions on sale and dispensing of spectacles; provide Health; certain nondiagnostic laboratories not subject to state licensure as a clinical laboratory; provide Local government; individuals appointed to authorities and boards be United States citizens; require

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HB 798 HB 802 HB 804 HB 811 HB 813 HB 822 HB 840 HB 844 HB 853 HB 856 HB 862 HB 866 HB 870
HB 871 HB 876
HR 1198
SB 208 SB 243

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 Sales and use tax; energy used in agriculture; revise definition Conservation and natural resources; rules and regulations used to establish criminal violations; change provisions 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 Insurance; multiple employer self-insured health plans; exempt from premium taxes 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 "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
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS 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

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