HB 5 HB 15 HB 54 HB 67 HB 71 HB 78 HB 85 HB 87 HB 114 HB 116 HB 118 HB 121 HB 122 HB 124 HB 137 HB 142 HB 144 HB 145 HB 149 HB 152 HB 161 HB 165 HB 190 HB 194 HB 196 HB 197 HB 204 HB 208 HB 212 HB 213 HB 217 HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2017 TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATIVE DAY HOUSE BILLS Courts; compensation of juvenile court judges; change provisions Courts; certain civil pleadings to be filed electronically; require Health; indigent care in rural hospitals; provide an additional reporting requirement; change certain amounts eligible for tax credit Crimes and offenses; entering a motor vehicle with the intent to commit a theft or felony; provide for increased punishment Insurance; consumer protections regarding health insurance; provisions Commerce and trade; Georgia uniform securities; clarify a defined term; provisions Ad valorem tax; methodology used to establish forest land fair market value; revise Corporations, partnerships, and associations; multiple-year registrations for certain types of business organizations; provide Move on When Ready Act; prohibit school systems from excluding students in dual credit courses from valedictorian or salutatorian determinations Juvenile Code; provide superior court with exclusive original jurisdiction for cases involving aggravated assault; provisions Fantasy Contests Act; enact Trusts; minor or unborn beneficiaries; change provisions Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities; validity of nonvested property interest or power of appointment; change provisions Public assistance; fraud; revisions Crimes and offenses; restrictions on contingency fee compensation of an attorney appointed in forfeiture actions; change provisions Income tax; statements furnished after due date; assess a late penalty Animal protection; regulate retail sale of dogs and cats; provisions Sales and use tax; jet fuel; change method of charging tax Law enforcement; comprehensive regulation of trauma scene cleanup services; provisions Occupational disease; firefighter show certain evidence; allow Drug related objects; employees of harm reduction organizations are not subject to certain offenses; provide Medical practice; maintenance of certification shall not be required; provide Domestic relations; marriage articles and antenuptial agreements; change provisions Local government; effect of a proposed zoning action on local school systems; consider Income tax; exemption for royalties paid to musical artists; provide Fair Business Practices Act; requirements for solicitations of services for obtaining a copy of an instrument conveying real estate; provide Ad valorem tax; property tax bills shall not include nontax related fees or assessments; provide Game and fish; boat registration fees and additional methods for reporting the sale of boats; revise Child support; recommendation by the Georgia Child Support Commission; enact Crimes and offenses; sale, manufacture, delivery, or possession of fentanyl within the prohibition of trafficking certain drugs; include Income tax credit; certain scholarship organizations; increase amount of the aggregate cap on contributions - 1 - HB 221 HB 225 HB 234 HB 245 HB 253 HB 260 HB 264 HB 265 HB 266 HB 271 HB 275 HB 276 HB 279 HB 287 HB 293 HB 301 HB 308 HB 309 HB 310 HB 319 HB 322 HB 323 HB 325 HB 328 HB 329 HB 330 HB 331 HB 336 HB 337 HB 338 HB 343 HB 344 HB 352 Commerce and trade; powers of attorney to a uniform Act; update and conform provisions Ride share networks; licensing and sales tax exemption; repeal inoperable provisions Motor vehicles; drivers stop at crosswalks with user activated rectangular rapid-flash beacons; require Professional Standards Commission; establish process by which military spouses may qualify for temporary certificates; provide Special license plates; dog and cat reproductive sterilization support program; increase the proportion of moneys derived from the sale Special license plates; Georgia Electric Membership Corporation; establish Georgia World Congress Center Authority; revenue bond capacity; increase Income tax; credit for establishing or relocating quality jobs; revise provisions Guardian and ward; personal property value guardian may receive without becoming legal conservator of minor; provisions Water resources; shore protection; revise various provisions Game and fish; rules and regulations used to establish criminal violations; change provisions The Pharmacy Patient Fair Practices Act; enact Domestic relations; name change requested by victim of family violence; provide separate process Special license plates; honoring service members killed in action; provide at no cost to eligible family members Evidence; procedure relating to child's testimony of sexual contact or physical abuse; provide effective date Income tax; certain physicians; delete deduction to create new credit; provisions Domestic relations; child support; enact provisions recommended by Georgia Child Support Commission State liability; activities of organized militia engaged in training or duty; provide exception Secondary metal recyclers; certain used lead acid vehicle batteries; exclude applicability Habeas corpus; maximum amount counties may be reimbursed for certain costs; increase Military; war veterans; change definition Code Revision Commission; revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions of said Code Ad valorem tax; property; change a definition Highways; uniform rules of the road; provisions Income tax; rate of tax imposed on the taxable net income of individuals; modify Human Services, Department of; certain individuals identified in a diligent search conducted as part of a dependency proceeding; specify additional information The Caregiver Educational Consent Act; enact Broadband Strategy for All of Georgia Act; enact State Tax Execution Modernization Act; enact Education; system of supports and assistance for low-performing schools in the greatest need; provisions Criminal procedure; certain outdated terminology; replace Paternity; parties beyond movants in a child support case request a genetic test; allow Motor vehicles; annual license fees; exclude certain vehicles from the fee charged to alternative fueled vehicles - 2 - HB 354 HB 357 HB 360 HB 375 HB 382 HB 391 HB 397 HB 401 HB 403 HB 405 HB 412 HB 417 HB 422 HB 427 HB 432 HB 434 HB 448 HB 470 HR 51 HR 58 HR 158 HR 170 HR 279 HR 281 HR 362 SB 69 SB 78 SB 85 Georgia International and Maritime Trade Center; reconstitute and authorize Department of Economic Development to contract for certain projects Georgia Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act; enact Prescription drugs; expedited partner therapy for patients with venereal diseases; provisions Revenue and taxation; tax executions; modify certain provisions Georgia Commission on Women; place under Department of Public Health administration Safe Place for Newborns Act of 2002; revise provisions Ad valorem tax; property exemptions; revise definition regarding homesteads Uniform rules of the road; operators of motorcycles; exclude from prohibition of wearing headset or headphone Interstate cooperation; Senate Interstate Cooperation Committee and House Committee on Interstate Cooperation; clarify number of members Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; establish state-wide system to facilitate the transport and distribution of essentials in commerce during a state of emergency; require Motor vehicles; certain documents relating to registration and certificate of title of certain vehicles; provide for electronic submission Motor vehicles; abandoned vehicles or trailers; provisions Veterans Service, Department of; nonprofit corporation as a public foundation; authorize incorporation Physicians and Health Care Practitioners for Rural Areas Assistance Act; enact Tuition grants; certain institutions that lack accreditation be approved for tuition equalization purposes; provide Eminent domain; requirement that condemnations not be converted to any use other than public use for 20 years; provide exception Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission; require certain postsecondary institutions to qualify for exemptions; provisions Economic Development, Department of; grants to certain organizations supporting military communities; create program HOUSE RESOLUTIONS Forest land fair market value; prescribed methodology; remove - CA Municipalities; establish by local law an independent school system; authorize - CA General Assembly; provide for dedication of revenues derived from fees or other taxes to the public purpose for which such fees or other taxes were imposed; authorize - CA State agencies; work toward increasing research, clinical care, and medical education for myalgic encephalomyelitis; urge Single Parent Day; March 21; designate each year Water trails in Georgia; proliferation and use; recognize and encourage Joint Study Committee on Stream Buffers in Georgia; create SENATE BILLS Packaging, Labeling and Registration of Organic Products and Certifying Entities; registration requirement; eliminate Adulteration and Misbranding of Food; Commissioner of Agriculture to issue a variance to certain rules and regulations; authorize Malt Beverages; provide for limited sale at retail by manufacturers - 3 - - 4 -