HB 1 HB 16 HB 43 HB 61 HB 66 HB 67 HB 113 HB 153 HB 390 HB 440 HB 465 HB 474 HB 476 HB 517 HB 520 HB 523 HB 542 HB 544 HB 556 HB 570 HB 606 HB 630 HB 641 HB 652 HB 659 HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2020 THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATIVE DAY HOUSE BILLS Senator Eric Johnson Scholarship Act; enact Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act; enact Sexual offenses; persons with supervisory or disciplinary authority; revise crime of sexual assault Motor vehicle insurance companies; offer qualified active duty military service members between the ages of 18 and 24 motor vehicle insurance policies underwritten at rates for such service members 25 years of age or older; require Special license plates; certain special plates for motorcycles; provide Georgia Legislative Retirement System; employee contributions; change certain provisions Motor vehicles; prohibit license and instruction permit holders from using a stand-alone electronic device or wireless telecommunications device while driving Sales and use tax; change certain definitions Teachers Retirement System; certain members shall be eligible to obtain creditable service for international teaching services by paying the full actuarial cost of obtaining such creditable service; provide Juvenile Code; juvenile court to include children who are under the age of 18 years; change jurisdiction Georgia Water Customer Bill of Rights Act; enact Labor and industrial relations; certain procedures prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rules of the State Board of Workers' Compensation; require Education; child entertainer students performing during one or more school days shall not be counted absent from school; provide Georgia State Indemnification Fund; replace the term National Guard with the term organized militia in the definition of law enforcement officer Elections; change date of nonpartisan general elections Local government; regulating the use of certain real estate as short-term rental property; prohibit Health; heath care facilities to purchase and sell charity care credits through an exchange to meet their indigent and charity care requirements; authorize Mental health; procedures regarding emergency involuntary treatment; revise Public utilities and public transportation; limitations on fees that may be charged for installation of telephone facilities; provide State government; sports betting in this state; provide Insurance; life insurers to provide certain policy information to funeral homes within 24 hours of receipt of the funeral home's notification of an insured's death; require State government; observe daylight savings time year round; provide Georgia Bureau of Investigation; grant powers and duties to identify and investigate violations of the Georgia Computer Systems Protection Act and other computer crimes (Postponed) Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia; payments to the fund from fees collected in civil actions; increase Retirement and pensions; age of eligibility for retirement benefits for appellate court judges; decrease - 1 - HB 674 HB 721 HB 757 HB 784 HB 787 HB 814 HB 818 HB 840 HB 853 HB 864 HB 867 HB 870 HB 883 HB 890 HB 895 HB 898 HB 899 HB 905 HB 925 HB 926 HB 928 HB 934 HB 936 HB 937 HB 941 HB 952 HB 954 HB 955 HB 956 HB 962 Alcoholic beverages; Department of Revenue to develop and implement a state-wide centralized application process for retailers for initial applications and renewals of license and permits; provide Retirement and pensions; transfer of credible service from the Legislative Retirement System to the Employees' Retirement System for certain members of the Georgia State Employees' Pension and Savings Plan; provide Elections; determination of qualifying periods for special elections; provide Open and public meetings; discussions of school safety plans by members of a local board of education may be conducted in executive session; provide Crimes and offenses; weapons carry license reciprocity in this state; expand State-wide Business Court; remove administrative attachment from the Court of Appeals Compact for a Balanced Budget; extend sunset provision Nonpublic postsecondary educational institutions; biennial review of institutions rather than programs; provide Special license plates; county tax commissioners; provide Excise tax; sale of vapor devices and consumable vapor products; provide (Tabled) Local government; county operated airport property; provisions Motor vehicles; prohibit installation of tires upon passenger vehicles which do not meet certain standards Georgia Gang Prevention and Intervention Task Force; create Drivers' licenses; notices of revocation and suspension by regular mail; provide Motor vehicles; assessment of no points and maximum fine for the offense of failure to obey a traffic control device in certain instances; provide Local government; counties and municipalities to consider the effect of a proposed zoning action on local school systems; allow Public utilities and public transportation; civil penalty for making certain prohibited telephone solicitations; increase Motor vehicles; commissioner of driver services to enter into certain reciprocal agreements with foreign jurisdictions; provide authority Sales and use tax; categories of companies that are eligible for an exemption on the sale or lease of certain computer equipment; revise Solid waste management; increase certain solid waste disposal surcharges Fair Business Practices Act of 1975; requirements for solicitations of services for filings required by the Secretary of State; provide Income tax; adoption of foster children; revise tax credit Motor vehicles; issuance, use, and display of drivers' licenses and identification cards in electronic format; provide Local government; regulate certain building products and construction practices for single-family dwellings; provide Attorney General; investigate and prosecute certain crimes and offenses; provide for the authority Pharmacies; prohibit corporations that own and operate multiple pharmacies from implementing policies and procedures that restrict the quantity of controlled substances dispensed or restrict the prescriber (Postponed) Crimes and offenses; provide for the crime of theft by possession of stolen mail Crimes and offenses; simple battery against a person 65 years of age or older; repeal enhanced penalties Speech-language pathologists and audiologists; revise licensing provisions Administrative Services, Department of; new authority to enter into or authorize agreements with private for profit organizations; provide - 2 - HB 973 HB 979 HB 995 HB 996 HB 999 HB 1002 HB 1009 HB 1018 HB 1027 HB 1029 HB 1030 HB 1040 HB 1049 HB 1055 HB 1058 HB 1068 HB 1074 HB 1078 HB 1083 HB 1085 HB 1086 HB 1100 HB 1101 HB 1105 HB 1106 HB 1108 HB 1116 HB 1121 HB 1143 HR 378 HR 929 HR 933 State holidays; June 19 of each year; designate Ad valorem tax; contracts with the county tax commissioner; modify provisions Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act; enact Georgia Cosmetic Laser Services Act; revise a definition State holidays and observances; Pure Bred Dog Day in Georgia; designate Income tax; add Georgia income tax paid by an individual to Georgia taxable net income to the extent such tax was deducted in determining federal taxable income Motor vehicles; personal assistive mobility devices; prohibit clinging to vehicles Special license plates; Support Our Troops, Inc.; establish Insurance; rebates received from pharmaceutical manufacturers, provide requirements Twiggs County; office of probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections Twiggs County; office of chief judge of the Magistrate Court; provide nonpartisan elections Penal institutions; total maximum fee that shall be collected when pay-only probation is imposed; revise State government; facilitate sharing of information and reporting of cyber attacks; provisions Equal Opportunity for Access in Education Act; enact State government; state contracting certification that a boycott of Israel is not to be conducted by the other party; revise applicability Domestic relations; equitable caregivers; provide Georgia Loves Our Adolescents Act of 2020; enact Courts; assessment and collection of a technology fee by any court in this state; authorize Criminal procedure; verification of immigration status; provisions Education; tuition equalization grants; expand definition of approved school Civil practice; conclusion of criminal proceedings prior to civil forfeiture proceedings; require Motor vehicles; standards for the issuance of manufacturer's, manufacturer headquarters', distributor's, and dealer's license plates; revise Insurance; requirements of insurers upon information requests by claimants; provide Patient Protection Through Health Information Exchange Act; enact Unlocking the Promise Whole Child Model Schools Act; enact Property; procedures and requirements for the payment of certain settlements involving minors' claims; clarify and revise Insurance; uninsured motorist coverage; revise liability of an insurer upon refusal to pay an insured Torts; right of action for sexual harassment against a co-worker, supervisor, or employer; provide Motor vehicles; require registration application forms to include optional information regarding certain conditions which may interfere with a registrant's ability to communicate HOUSE RESOLUTIONS Georgia Gaming Commission; all forms of betting, bingo games, raffles, and gambling shall be permitted; provide - CA State of Georgia; establish Georgia Gullah Geechee Heritage Society; encourage House Study Committee on Homeowners' Associations, Condominium Owners' Associations, and Property Owners in Community Associations; create - 3 - HR 1008 HR 1093 HR 1160 HR 1164 HR 1215 HR 1217 HR 1269 HR 1280 HR 1302 HR 1350 SB 26 SB 43 SB 47 SB 104 SB 144 SB 176 SB 262 SB 295 SB 340 SB 362 State Board of Pardons and Paroles; issue posthumous pardon for Susan Eberhart; urge Joint Study Committee on Cybersecurity; create House Study Committee on Motor Carrier Inspections; create Georgia Department of Public Safety; be attentive to the needs of livestock in transport while enforcing transportation laws; encourage Judge Willie J. Lovett, Jr., Juvenile Justice Center; City of Savannah; dedicate Marvin L. Curtis, Jr., State Transition Center; City of Savannah; dedicate House Study Committee on Local Law Enforcement Retirement; create Joint Study Committee on Childhood Lead Exposure; create Joint Study Committee on Chronic Weight Management and Type 2 Diabetes; create President of the United States and Congress; enact legislation requiring the Food and Drug Administration to establish GMP standards regulating industrial hemp products with tetrahydrocannabinol content below 0.3 percent; urge SENATE BILLS Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; prior service as a member of Georgia Defined Contribution Plan; creditable service; provide Revenue Bonds; definition of the term "undertaking" as it relates to electric systems; revise (Postponed) Retirement Benefits; creditable service for certain military service; provide Resuscitation; parental requirement for consent; revise Taxes on Tobacco Products; issuance of special event tobacco permits; authorizing off-premise sales of certain tobacco products; provide Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; certain public employers; make employer and employee contribution on behalf of retired members; require Employees' Retirement System of Georgia; eligibility of beneficiary to make new retirement election; provide Courts and Revenue and Taxation; cost-of-living and general performance based increases; revise Childhood Cancer Awareness Day; September 1 of each year; provide Livestock Running at Large or Straying; impounding animals and disposing of impounded animals; change the fees - 4 -