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 TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 THIRTY-SEVENTH 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 - 1 - HR 502 HR 768 HR 807 HR 900 HR 1253 HR 1342 HR 1343 HR 1382 HR 1563 HR 1564 SB 3 SB 58 SB 114 SB 168 SB 183 SB 184 SB 193 SB 206 SB 208 SB 230 SB 243 SB 263 SB 269 SB 271 SB 275 SB 278 SB 307 SB 314 SB 329 SB 331 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 Community Health, Department of; create and seek the counsel of a State Health Benefit Plan Customer Advisory Council; encourage Kenny Boyett Wood Shop; Ware County; dedicate Public Health, Department of; sudden cardiac arrest prevention education courses; encourage SENATE BILLS 'Supporting and Strengthening Families Act'; power of attorney from parent to another person; care of minor child; provide for 'Georgia Leadership and Service Admission Act' Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; number of advanced practice registered nurses a delegating physician enter a protocol agreement; provisions 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 'Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act'; enactment Georgia Judicial Retirement System; preservation of rights by certain persons; change certain 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 Mental Health; provide reasonable standards for providing patients notice; admission to an emergency receiving facility 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 Criminal Offenses; increase the penalty provisions; pimping and pandering Public Roads; provide for definitions relative to advertising Nurses; advanced nursing practices; revise certain provisions; provide for changes to roles and definitions 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 - 2 - SB 333 SB 335 SB 336 SB 337 SB 346 SB 348 SB 355 SB 356 SB 364 SB 367 SB 374 SB 383 SB 402 SB 420 SR 114 SR 558 SR 730 SR 954 SR 1027 SR 1038 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 Medical Assistance; require Department of Human Services to provide certain dependents of military service member; eligibility "Environmental Policy Act"; exempt projects for construction/improvement of public roads from environmental effects reports Education; provide for colleges and career academies as charter school or schools within a strategic waivers school system "Student/Teacher Protection Act"; enact; end punitive testing consequences; related to federal, state,and locally mandated standardized assessments Animals; provide definition of term "owner"; impoundment of animals for any violation; caring for an impounded animal "Quality Basic Education Act"; annual teacher, principal, and assistant principal evaluations; revise provisions Georgia Council Justice Reform; provide for comprehensive reform "Quality Basic Education Act"; temporary exemption; financial reporting requirements for local school systems in federally authorized pilot program Public Roads; Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Council; provide for purpose Drug Abuse Treatment and Education Programs; provide for a moratorium on the issuance of new licenses to narcotic treatment programs Local Government; require referendum approval prior to the expenditure of public funds; establishment of a fixed guideway transit 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 Public Property; granting of nonexclusive easements for the construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities, utilities, roads; 16 counties Joint Music Economic Development Study Committee; create Joint Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Study Committee; create - 3 -