House general calendar, 2018 February 28

HB 81
HB 166
HB 302
HB 332 HB 336 HB 352
HB 365
HB 374 HB 401
HB 409 HB 410 HB 418
HB 473
HB 482 HB 489
HB 494
HB 513
HB 518
HB 519
HB 605 HB 623
HB 624
HB 639 HB 642 HB 666 HB 672
HB 673
HB 676
HB 679
HB 696

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2018 TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HOUSE BILLS Income tax; certain health care facilities to receive tax refund setoffs for collection of medical debts; allow Jury duty; operators of family child care learning homes; provide exemption Ad valorem tax; property; change certain requirements to notice pertaining to millage rate adoption Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Act; enact Broadband Strategy for All of Georgia Act; enact Motor vehicles; annual license fees; exclude certain vehicles from the fee charged to alternative fueled vehicles Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia; benefit payable upon death of certain members; increase Ad valorem tax; property; allow electronic filing of returns in certain cases Uniform rules of the road; operators of motorcycles; exclude from prohibition of wearing headset or headphone Appellate court judges; age of eligibility for certain benefits; decrease Condominiums; certain fees imposed on purchasers; provide for limits Teachers Retirement System of Georgia; certain members shall be eligible to obtain creditable service for international teaching service; provide Handicapped persons; additional rights and responsibilities of persons with service animals; provide Georgia Educational Scholarship Act; enact Local government; use Georgia Procurement Registry in addition to official legal organ to advertise certain bid opportunities; provide Early care and learning; safety of children in early care and education programs; revise certain provisions Domestic relations; signs to be posted at certain medical facilities where a newborn child may be left; provide Eminent domain; telephone companies; actual recurring local service revenues; specify accounts or portions thereof considered to be included Insurance; health benefit plans; utilize certain clinical review criteria to establish step therapy protocols; require Hidden Predator Act of 2018; enact Georgia Crime Information Center; retain fingerprints of certain individuals under certain circumstances and submit to the Federal Bureau of Investigation; allow Georgia Legislative Retirement System; define certain terms; change certain provisions Eagle's Landing, City of; incorporate Local government; provide definitions; provisions Motor vehicles; proper display of license plates; provide Motor vehicles; use of speed detection devices by law enforcement officers employed for the patrol of a public elementary or secondary school; provide Motor vehicles; prohibit actions which distract a driver while operating a motor vehicle; provisions Property; protections for military service members in the event of foreclosures to enforce secured obligations; provide Local government; no annexation or deannexation shall be effective 90 days prior to and ending on the date of a municipal election; provide Sales and use tax; certain computer equipment sold or leased to certain entities for use in high-technology data centers; create exemption

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HB 698 HB 702
HB 704 HB 705 HB 713
HB 718 HB 719 HB 722 HB 737 HB 738 HB 745 HB 750 HB 754 HB 755 HB 759 HB 762 HB 764 HB 765 HB 766 HB 774 HB 775 HB 779 HB 781 HB 791 HB 793 HB 797 HB 798 HB 803 HB 804 HB 808 HB 810

Special license plates; Georgia Tennis Foundation; establish Postsecondary education; service cancelable education loan program for students in fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics who work in certain positions; provide Civil practice; burial of construction waste or materials; change when statute of limitations shall accrue for certain actions Magistrate courts; jurisdictional limits for certain civil claims; increase Postsecondary education; HOPE and Zell Miller eligibility requirements relative to students who graduated from an ineligible high school; provide (Postponed) Education; certain absences of students with parents in service of the armed forces of the United States; excuse Buildings and housing; housing authorities to develop and implement policies granting housing preferences to veterans who are homeless; require Move on When Ready Act; definition of eligible postsecondary institution; revise Law enforcement; court-ordered blood tests for protection of officers who have significant exposure to HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C; provisions Probate courts; term for the purpose of the right to offer a will for probate; define Landlord and tenant; termination of a residential rental agreement under circumstances involving family violence; provide Motor vehicles; veteran serve during wartime to be eligible for free driver's license; remove requirement Insurance; division of a domestic insurer into two or more resulting domestic insurers; provisions Health; pilot program to provide preexposure assistance to persons at risk of HIV infection; establish Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program; prior school year requirement; revise Quality Basic Education Act; sexual abuse and assault awareness education in kindergarten through grade 9; provide Crimes and offenses; lawful possession of certain quantities of low THC oil and marijuana; provide C.J.'s Law; enact Special license plates; Alabama A&M University; establish Property; vehicle immobilization devices to be applied to trespassing vehicles on certain property; provisions Professions and businesses; real estate management companies; provisions Emergency management; homeland security division; provisions Sales and use tax; comprehensive revision of tax for educational purposes; provisions State government; limited waiver of the state's sovereign immunity for declaratory or injunctive relief under certain circumstance; provide Sales and use tax; certain aquarium construction; provide exemption (Postponed) Special license plates; amount of proceeds disbursed to the Georgia Aquarium; change Special license plates; provisions relating to a special license plate for the personal vehicles of firefighters; amend Crimes and offenses; trafficking a disabled adult, elder person, or resident; prohibit Motor vehicles; exemption for persons licensed as private detectives concerning motor vehicle window tint; revise Courts; term of court in certain counties in the Waycross Circuit; change State government; local workforce development boards and committees to conduct meetings via teleconference; authorize

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HB 811
HB 812
HB 817
HB 818
HB 820
HB 821 HB 831 HB 834
HB 843
HB 844
HB 852
HB 854
HB 855
HB 877 HB 879
HB 887 HB 889
HB 895
HB 896
HB 897 HB 899 HB 904
HB 908
HB 917 HB 920
HB 927
HB 928
HB 929
HB 930
HB 938 HB 940
HB 944

Revenue, Department of; authorized to share tax information that assists in the identification of noncompliant taxpayers; provide Local government; fees and costs in magistrate courts and law libraries; provisions Professions and businesses; certain weapons carry laws for persons licensed as private detectives and security agents; revise exemption Insurance; health care provider shall choose the method of reimbursement by insurer; provide Revenue and taxation; procedure for counties following a rejection of a tax digest; establish Revenue and taxation; Internal Revenue Code; provisions Georgia's Employment First Act; enact Landlord and tenant; termination of a rental or lease agreement under circumstances involving family violence; provide Revenue and taxation; tax credits; include any census tract in a county that contains a federal military installation and industrial park Georgia Commission on Hearing Impaired and Deaf Persons; revise provisions Quality Basic Education Act; student's continued enrollment in a public school under certain circumstances; provide Sales and use tax; certain nonprofit horse shows, rodeos, or livestock events or exhibits; create exemption Georgia Driver's Education Commission; additional penalty to be assessed for violation of traffic laws and ordinances; increase Revenue and taxation; tax rate on modified risk tobacco products; lessen Water resources; notice to local governing authorities prior to the dewatering of coal combustion residual surface impoundments; provide Georgia Communications Services Tax Act; enact Georgia State Indemnification Fund; revise when indemnification will be paid in certain circumstances Crimes and offenses; sale to and by minors of drug products containing dextromethorphan; prohibit Guardian and ward; guardians and conservators of adults; change provisions Georgia Power of Attorney Act; revise Contracts; limitation on disqualification of bidders; change Torts; effect of a landowner charging an admission price or fee; clarify provisions Education; certain individuals over 20 years old may be eligible to enroll in a state charter school; provide Crimes and offenses; restitution; update terminology and change provisions Domestic relations; department's information concerning the parties to an adoption under certain circumstances; allow for the use Courts; certain information be provided to caregiver upon placement of a child; require Education; extend period during which a student may receive a HOPE scholarship; provisions Water and sewer projects and costs tax (MOST); additional renewals of tax; allow Georgia Regional Transportation Authority; creation of certain community improvement districts; provisions Insurance; limited credit insurance agency license; provide Driver Services, Department of; mark and return surrendered licenses and personal identification cards; allow Revenue and taxation; levy of joint county and municipal sales and use tax by consolidated governments; change certain provisions

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HB 948
HB 950 HB 951 HB 956 HB 961
HB 963 HB 969 HB 971
HB 973 HB 982 HB 986 HB 988 HB 998
HR 238
HR 354
HR 444 HR 447 HR 655 HR 888 HR 913
HR 940 HR 992 HR 993 HR 1017 HR 1036 HR 1089 HR 1107 HR 1162 HR 1194

Commerce and trade; banning commercial sales of regulated goods, products, or items; prohibit county, municipal and consolidated governments Game and fish; modify seasons and bag limits for deer, opossum, and raccoon; provisions Education; establish Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation; provisions Georgia Veterinary Practice Act; enact Local government; chief executive officer/county commission form of government shall not be authorized for county governing authorities in this state; provide Quality Basic Education Act; annual development of promoted list of industry credentials that meet certain high-demand criteria; provide Civil practice; burden of proof required for civil forfeiture proceedings; change (Postponed) Education; home study and private school students to take PSAT and advanced placement exams through local school system under certain conditions; allow Ethics in government; lobbyists shall acknowledge and agree to abide by sexual harassment policy of General Assembly; provisions Courts; relative searches conducted by DFCS; change provisions Waycross Judicial Circuit; judges of superior courts; increase supplements Game and fish; regulation of hunting with air guns of less than 0.30 caliber; provide Judicial Council; Office of Business Cases; establish
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS Sales and use tax; annual allocation of 75 percent of revenue from sale of outdoor recreation equipment for protection and preservation of conservation land; provide - CA Georgia Department of Education; develop and provide a list of training materials to increase awareness of mental health issues and disabilities; urge Willie Thomas Murray Memorial Bridge; Lincoln County; dedicate Pornography; public health crisis leading to broad spectrum of individual and public health impacts and societal harms; recognize Gold Star Father Day; November 9 annually in Georgia; recognize Joint Study Committee on Converting Closed Hospitals to Veterans Homes; create House Study Committee on Incorporating Law Enforcement in the Pathway to Treatment and Social Services for Persons Having Challenges with Drug Use and Mental Health; create Georgia; host the world's largest startup pitch competition; encourage Local sales and use tax; use for educational purposes of a school system; authorize - CA Business court; state-wide jurisdiction; create - CA State and local educational agencies and schools; dyslexia has a profound educational impact that must be addressed; recognize State of Georgia; fund public awareness campaign in support of computer science education; urge United States Congress; pass the federal Marketplace Fairness Act; urge Economic Development, Department of; construct the emerging commercial space industry in Georgia; urge House Study Committee on the Establishment of a State Accreditation Process; create House Study Committee on Retrospective Emergency Room Policies; create

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HR 1225
SB 2 SB 101 SB 131

Congress; pass the Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy (BRACE) Act; urge
SENATE BILLS "The FAST Act - Fairness, Accountability, Simplification, and Transparency - Empowering Our Small Businesses to Succeed" Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; full-time hourly employee with Department of Natural Resources; provide for creditable service for prior service Juvenile Code; adoption proceedings be stayed while an appeal to terminate parental rights is pending; provide

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