HB 159 HB 202
HB 203 HB 347 HB 397
HB 424 HB 585 HB 657
HB 733 HB 830
HB 885 HB 886
HB 906
HB 918 HB 923
HB 925
HB 972 HB 997
HB 1010 HB 1034
HB 1041
HB 1053
HB 1068

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2022
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HOUSE BILLS State Cybersecurity Review Board; establish Georgia Driver's Education Commission; violation of traffic laws or ordinance under Joshua's Law; increase additional penalty Special license plates; Tybee Island Historical Society; establish State sexual offender registry; assessment classifications; revise certain risk Labor and industrial relations; specific allocation between a professional employer organization and a coemployer client as to the responsibility to obtain worker's compensation coverage for the employees of the coemployer; require Income tax; change certain definitions Special license plates; Kappa Alpha Psi, Inc.; establish Employees' Retirement System; certain sworn law enforcement officers to be eligible for regular retirement benefits at the age of 55 years; allow Insurance; guaranteed asset protection waiver; revise definition Courts; limiting sheriffs to one additional salary for serving as the sheriff of multiple courts; repeal provisions Quality Basic Education Act; military student; revise definition Elections; sealing of ballots and unused security paper in secure containers; provide Motor vehicles; civil forfeiture of any off-road vehicle operated while driving recklessly or fleeing police; authorize Georgia Rare Disease Advisory Council; provide establishment Local government; development authorities; cap the per diem allowance available to directors Georgia Judicial Retirement System; prohibition of granting postretirement benefit adjustments to any individual who became a member on or after July 1, 2009; remove Professional counselors; licensing requirements; change certain definitions Ad valorem tax; timber equipment and timber products held by timber producers; provide exemption Georgia Classic Center Authority Act; enact Sales and use tax; exemption for sales of admissions to nonrecurring major sporting events; revise Income tax; tax credits for contributions to rural hospital organizations; increase aggregate limit Income tax; certain expenditures made by postproduction companies; extend tax credit State government; service of process for state tort claims; revise provisions

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HB 1085 HB 1137 HB 1145 HB 1152 HB 1180 HB 1184 HB 1222 HB 1244 HB 1283 HB 1291
HB 1297 HB 1301 HB 1321 HB 1322 HB 1330 HB 1345 HB 1350 HB 1354 HB 1373
HB 1376 HB 1378 HB 1379 HB 1382

Elections; option for municipalities to adopt and use instant runoff voting; provide State government; remove exemption of administrative review from the Board of Corrections and its penal institutions Georgia State Indemnification Fund; death of public safety officer due to COVID-19 be a death in the line of duty; provide Fair Business Practices Act of 1975; require merchants to accept cash for purchases State government; regional commissions; appointment of nonpublic members; revise provisions Education; college entrance exam to public school students in grade 11; require administration Insurance; uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage maintained by transportation network companies; reduce amount Fulton County; Board of Commissioners; provide for nonpartisan elections Quality Basic Education Act; recess for students in kindergarten and grades one through five; provide Sales and use tax; exemption for sale or lease of computer equipment of high-technology companies; revise spending threshold and extend sunset date Insurance; discount for property owners who build a new property that better resists tornado and catastrophic windstorm events; provide Landscape Equipment and Agricultural Fairness (LEAF) Act; enact Commerce; litigation bar on governmental entities regarding certain statewide opioid litigation; provide Public utilities and public transportation; deployment of electric vehicle charging equipment; provide Georgia Music and Theatre Jobs Recovery Act; enact Military; state sponsored life insurance plan election for Georgia National Guard personnel through National Guard Association; provide Wills, trusts, and administration of estates; executors to send notices to beneficiaries regarding filing of petitions to probate wills; require Wrongful Conviction Compensation Act; enact Local government; equip operating parks and recreation facilities used by youth athletic organizations with certain vessels for heat related injuries; require Food, drugs, and cosmetics; food service establishments to serve patrons' pet dogs within designated outdoor areas; authorize Crimes and offenses; remove places of worship from unauthorized locations a weapon or long gun may be carried Georgia Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Commission; establish Local government; require directors to do yearly continuing education

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HB 1387 HB 1390 HB 1400 HB 1404
HB 1405 HB 1421 HB 1424
HB 1435 HB 1436 HB 1443 HB 1448 HB 1453 HB 1461 HB 1464 HB 1467 HB 1474 HB 1478 HB 1479 HB 1481 HB 1482 HB 1484 HB 1494

Motor vehicles and traffic; suspension for failure to pay a civil penalty for a violation of overtaking a school bus or speeding in a school zone; provide Labor and industrial relations; right of action against a county or city employer for retaliation; provide Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission; subject to state procurement laws; provide Community Health, Department of; submit waiver request to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to authorize private institutions for mental disease to qualify for Medicaid reimbursement The Zoning Procedures Law; revise Conservation and natural resources; Hazardous Waste Trust Fund; dedicate the proceeds of certain hazardous waste fees Georgia Lottery for Education Act; administrative procedures regarding coin operated amusement machines shall be subject to Chapter 13 of Title 50; provide Education; needs based financial aid program; include eligibility for students with a financial aid gap Long-term Care Ombudsman Program; long-term care facilities post certain notice on their websites; require Mobile food service establishments; operate in county of origin or other counties without an additional permit; provide Motor vehicles and traffic; enforcement of laws regarding expired, revoked, canceled, or suspended registration by civil monetary penalty; provide Crimes and offenses; access to medical cannabis; revise provisions Local government; annexation of territory; revise provisions relating to dispute resolution Georgia Bureau of Investigation; original jurisdiction to investigate election fraud and elections crimes; provide Administrative Services, Department of; define certain terms; provide for powers and duties Education; course of study in career readiness education for students in grades six through twelve; provide Motor vehicles and traffic; electronic submission of certificates of title to Department of Revenue by motor vehicle dealers; provide State Board of Registration for Foresters; independent state agency; provisions Motor vehicles; standards for issuance of dealer license plates; provide Education; eligibility criteria for project specific capital outlay grants for low-wealth schools systems; revise Social services; three-year pilot program to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of PANDAS and PANS under Medicaid; provide Public utilities and transportation; certain disclosures prior to sale or lease of distributed energy generation systems; require

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HB 1496
HB 1499 HB 1500
HB 1515
HB 1516 HB 1519
HB 1520 HB 1522
HB 1525
HB 1527 HB 1528
HB 1531
HB 1533
HB 1547
HR 467
HR 579 HR 593 HR 595
HR 626 HR 627 HR 629 HR 630
HR 650 HR 686 HR 707

Animals; sheriff impounding livestock running at large to donate livestock to an animal rescue organization or private individual; authorize Gwinnett County; State Court; provide additional judge Professions and businesses; certain boxing, wrestling, and martial art associations and federations; change certain provisions Education; tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities; revise definition of approved school Georgia Music Hall of Fame Authority; provide for definitions; provisions Insurance; prohibit insurers from unilaterally changing network participation contracts impacting coverage, access to, or costs of ancillary services Georgia Council on Addressing Health Care Workforce Challenges; create Commerce and trade; certain additional information to be provided to beauty pageant contestants before accepting a fee; require Professions and businesses; amend certain definitions to include consultants as contemplated by Chapter 80 of Title 36 Courts; provide for qualification of constables Commerce and trade; illegal for certain persons to purchase or attempt to purchase, possess, obtain, or sell used, detached catalytic converters; provide Health; minimum staffing requirements in assisted living communities and memory care centers; revise provisions Professions and businesses; professional programs that address career fatigue and wellness in healthcare professionals are not obligated to report to licensing boards except in certain circumstances; provide Health; certificate of need requirements; revise various provisions
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS Georgia Department of Transportation; study potential costs and benefits of extending Interstate 185 and extending and expanding Georgia 300; urge Georgia Commission on Sustainability and Economic Opportunity; create Perry, Mr. Dennis Arnold; compensate Georgia Building Authority; plan for sustainable materials management and safe drinking water on the capitol campus properties; urge Robinson, Kerry; compensate House Study Committee on Bureaucratic Hindrances to Businesses; create House State Health Benefit Plan Study Committee; create Joint Study Committee for Consolidation of County Governments and School Systems; create House Study Committee on Literacy Instruction; create Ad valorem tax; rate reduction for sale or harvest of timber; provide - CA House Study Committee on Homicide Cold Case Resources; create

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HR 732 HR 768 HR 820 HR 822 HR 842 HR 894
SB 87 SB 157 SB 211 SB 226
SB 256 SB 326
SB 331 SB 346 SB 358
SB 396 SB 469
SR 477

Local government; date temporary loans are payable from end of calendar year to fiscal year; change - CA House Study Committee on Expanding Long-Term Care Options; create James J. Boss Memorial Roundabout; Barrow County; dedicate Georgia's opposition to shark fin trade; state General Assembly; establish standard salary for Senators and Representatives equal to 60 percent of median household income - CA General Assembly; appropriate all unanticipated federal funding allocated for a fiscal year if the sum exceeds $100 million; provide - CA
SENATE BILLS "Senator Jack Hill Veterans' Act"; enact "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975"; deceptive practice of musical performance groups advertising; prohibit Probate Court of Crisp County; office of judge; future elections; provide Sale or Distribution of Harmful Materials to Minors; provisions of Code Section 16-12-103 shall be applicable to libraries operated by schools; provide County Boards of Health; comprehensive reorganization; provide State Flag, Seal, Symbols; placement of a monument in honor of the Honorable Clarence Thomas within the capitol building or grounds; provide "Protecting Georgia Businesses and Workers Act"; enact Department of Administrative Services; companies owned or operated by China to bid on or submit a proposal for a state contract; prohibit Georgia Public Safety Training Center; reimbursement of certain costs incurred by active duty, retired, or honorably discharged members of the US armed forces who are attending basic law enforcement training; provide Georgia State Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); rename such program the Georgia Grown Farm to Food Bank Program (F2FB) Watercraft; certain watercraft to have day and night visual distress signals on board when on coastal waters of Georgia; require
SENATE RESOLUTIONS Joint Georgia Music Heritage Study Committee; create

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