House general calendar [Mar. 11, 2016]

HB 6
HB 126
HB 290
HB 405
HB 497
HB 538
HB 593
HB 677
HB 684
HB 685 HB 713 HB 741 HB 766 HB 790 HB 793 HB 845
HB 849 HB 860
HB 864
HB 913
HB 914
HB 915
HB 929
HB 999
HB 1017
HB 1027
HB 1031
HB 1041
HB 1052 HB 1096

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2016
THIRTY-FIFTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HOUSE BILLS Georgia Student Finance Commission; provide weighted grade point averages in excess of 4.0 for determining eligibility for HOPE; authorize Motor vehicles; use of global positioning or navigation system mounts on windshields under certain circumstances; allow Motor vehicles; securing or containing of live animals in the back of vehicles operated on certain roads; require 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 Medical records; confidentiality of veterinarian records necessary for medical treatment of an individual; provide an exception Low-voltage Contractors, Division of; require continuing education; authorize (Reconsidered) 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 Juvenile Code; domestic relations; terminating parental rights; provisions Supreme Court; terms of court; change provisions Property tax exemptions; definition to include any spouse; revise Crimes and offenses; transmitting a false public alarm; change provisions Revenue and taxation; fraternal benefit association; revise definition 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 Education; "Move on When Ready Act"; revise definition of eligible postsecondary education 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 Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; enact Child welfare agencies; agencies licensed in other states to also be licensed in Georgia to engage in placement activities; require "Georgia Civil Practice Act"; general provisions governing discovery; change provisions Courts; filing of documents in superior and state courts by electronic means; provide Elections; candidate who receives votes within not more than 1 percent of total votes shall be qualified to request a recount; provide Evidence; particular matters of proof; provide authority for the use of other mortality tables Business corporations; provide for benefit corporations; provisions Unclaimed property; disposition; provide for the donation of abandoned dividends by rural telephone cooperatives for certain purposes

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HR 502
HR 768 HR 807 HR 900 HR 1253 HR 1342 HR 1343 HR 1563 HR 1564
SB 58 SB 137 SB 158 SB 168 SB 183 SB 184 SB 193 SB 206 SB 208 SB 243 SB 262 SB 263 SB 269 SB 273 SB 274 SB 275 SB 277 SB 278 SB 279 SB 302 SB 308 SB 316

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 Local boards of education; instruction on dugout safety to youth athletes participating in baseball; encourage Education; school children; request more recess time United States Environmental Protection Agency; withdraw the proposed Waters of the United States Clean Water Plan rule; encourage Kenny Boyett Wood Shop; Ware County; dedicate Public Health, Department of; sudden cardiac arrest prevention education courses; encourage
SENATE BILLS 'Georgia Leadership and Service Admission Act' Property Insurance; expand the ownership restriction; value of the property covered against loss by fire "Consumer and Provider Protection Act"; provide certain consumer and provider protections regarding health insurance (Postponed) State Symbols; designate the Old Governor's Mansion as the official state historic house Animals; provide for liability protection for certain activities related to livestock; limitations Dogs; provide breed-specific regulation shall be limited to enactment by general law Crimes and Offenses; family violence battery; change penalty provisions Counties and Municipal Corporations; revise provisions relating to water liens; procedures Stonecrest, City of; provide for a charter Georgia Judicial Retirement System; preservation of rights by certain persons; change certain provisions Courts; when a judge, judicial officer, grand juror; may be disqualified by being related by consanguinity/affinity to a party; provisions Law Enforcement Officers; provide governing authority; employs sworn police officers who are P.O.S.T certified; policies; disability in line of duty Counties; require local governing bodies; provide certain entities with certification of compliance with Code section; condition of funding Clinical Laboratories; provide certain nondiagnostic laboratories not subject to state licensure as clinical laboratory Budget in Certain Counties; repeal Act approved March 2, 1953 Local Government; governing body shall not adopt policy that has effect of preventing free exercise of the right of freedom of speech by the members "Protecting Georgia Small Business Act"; neither a franchisee/franchisee's employee shall be deemed employee of franchisor Criminal Offenses; increase the penalty provisions; pimping and pandering Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; include Commissioners of Juvenile Justice/Natural Resources as voting members Insurance; require health carriers to maintain accurate provider directories Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program; establish; definitions; administration and duties Bingo; remove the daily permissible prize limitation while preserving the weekly permissible prize limitation

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SB 329 SB 331 SB 333 SB 335 SB 336 SB 347 SB 350 SB 356 SB 374 SB 402
SR 114 SR 558 SR 730 SR 876 SR 954 SR 955 SR 1027 SR 1038

Education; expand provisions relating to awarding of high school dipolmas based on certain dual credit coursework Courts; causing a child to be conceived; violating certain prohibitions relating certain offenses; additional ground for terminating parental rights NonProfit Corporations; allow for a nonprofit corporation organized in foreign jurisdiction to change its jurisdiction of organization to this state Retirement; permissible investments in commingled funds and collective investment funds; revise provisions Retirement; permit governing bodies of municipal corporations to enact plans by resolution in addition to ordinance 'Georgia Captive Insurance Company Act'; provide extensive changes; provisions Taxation on Consumer Fireworks; dedicate moneys collected; trauma care, fire services, and local public safety purposes Animals; provide definition of term "owner"; impoundment of animals for any violation; caring for an impounded animal "Quality Basic Education Act"; temporary exemption; financial reporting requirements for local school systems in federally authorized pilot program Drug Abuse Treatment and Education Programs; provide for a moratorium on the issuance of new licenses to narcotic treatment programs
SENATE RESOLUTIONS Joint Entrepreneur in Residence Study Committee; create General Assembly; proceeds of excise taxes on sale of fireworks; funding of trauma care -CA Coastal Regional Commission; encourage to support implementation of the Coastal Georgia Greenway Joint High-Speed Broadband Communications; create Public Property; granting of nonexclusive easements for the construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities, utilities, roads; 16 counties Property Conveyance; authorizing 8 counties Joint Music Economic Development Study Committee; create Joint Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Study Committee; create

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