HB 159 HB 347 HB 397
HB 585 HB 657 HB 885 HB 886 HB 906 HB 925
HB 1010 HB 1035 HB 1085 HB 1137 HB 1145 HB 1152 HB 1222 HB 1244 HB 1278 HB 1301 HB 1321 HB 1322

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2022
THIRTY-SIXTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HOUSE BILLS State Cybersecurity Review Board; 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 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 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 Judicial Retirement System; prohibition of granting postretirement benefit adjustments to any individual who became a member on or after July 1, 2009; remove Georgia Classic Center Authority Act; enact Holidays and observances; designate March 10 of each year as Harriet Tubman Day 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 Insurance; uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage maintained by transportation network companies; reduce amount Fulton County; Board of Commissioners; provide for nonpartisan elections Sales and use tax; sales of tangible personal property used for renovation or expansion of certain museums; exempt 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

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HB 1345 HB 1373
HB 1376 HB 1378 HB 1379 HB 1400 HB 1436 HB 1448 HB 1453 HB 1467 HB 1474 HB 1494 HB 1499 HB 1500 HB 1519
HB 1525 HB 1527 HB 1530 HB 1531 HB 1547
HR 579 HR 581 HR 595

Military; state sponsored life insurance plan election for Georgia National Guard personnel through National Guard Association; provide 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 Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission; subject to state procurement laws; provide Long-term Care Ombudsman Program; long-term care facilities post certain notice on their websites; require 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 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 Public utilities and transportation; certain disclosures prior to sale or lease of distributed energy generation systems; require Gwinnett County; State Court; provide additional judge Professions and businesses; certain boxing, wrestling, and martial art associations and federations; change certain provisions Insurance; prohibit insurers from unilaterally changing network participation contracts impacting coverage, access to, or costs of ancillary services Professions and businesses; amend certain definitions to include consultants as contemplated by Chapter 80 of Title 36 Courts; provide for qualification of constables Education; provide for HOPE small business grants Health; minimum staffing requirements in assisted living communities and memory care centers; revise provisions Health; certificate of need requirements; revise various provisions
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS Georgia Commission on Sustainability and Economic Opportunity; create General Assembly; net proceeds of one or more lottery games to support economic development; authorize - CA Georgia Building Authority; plan for sustainable materials management and safe drinking water on the capitol campus properties; urge

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HR 625
HR 627 HR 629 HR 630
HR 667 HR 707 HR 768 HR 798 HR 881 HR 894
HR 898
HR 998
HR 999
HR 1024
HR 1025
HR 1042 HR 1050
SB 84
SB 87 SB 108 SB 152 SB 157
SB 183 SB 256 SB 259
SB 279
SB 281 SB 319

State of Georgia; establish Georgia Gullah Geechee Heritage Society; encourage 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 a State Digitization Act; create House Study Committee on Homicide Cold Case Resources; create House Study Committee on Expanding Long-Term Care Options; create Joint Study Committee for Cannabis Waste Disposal and Recycling; create Public schools; study Civil Rights Era and related subjects; encourage General Assembly; appropriate all unanticipated federal funding allocated for a fiscal year if the sum exceeds $100 million; provide - CA Black colleges and universities; recognize and condemn threats of violence and reaffirm support General Assembly; biomarker testing as a necessary part of precision medicine; recognize benefits Transportation, Department of; study truck safety and to consider permitting such vehicles to use the far-left lane of travel; urge House Study Committee on Indexing Maximum Weekly Workers' Compensation Indemnity Benefits; create State of Georgia; recognize copper as critical; urge for inclusion on official United States Geological Survey Critical Minerals List House Study Committee on Unsheltered Homelessness; create Water conservation; commend outstanding advancements made by Atlanta metro region and all Georgians; urge continued initiatives
SENATE BILLS Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund; certain communications officers shall be eligible for membership in such fund; provide "Senator Jack Hill Veterans' Act"; enact Commission for the Blind and the Visually Impaired; create State and Other Flags; pledge of allegiance to the state flag; add language "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975"; deceptive practice of musical performance groups advertising; prohibit Office of Sheriff; qualification requirements; revise County Boards of Health; comprehensive reorganization; provide Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices; firearms and the carrying and possession of firearms and weapons; revise various laws State Flag, Seal, and Other Symbols; placement of a monument to honor the Original 33; provide Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia; increase in dues; provide "Georgia Constitutional Carry Act of 2021"; enact

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SB 326
SB 330 SB 332 SB 333 SB 337 SB 339 SB 342 SB 343 SB 345 SB 357 SB 363 SB 370 SB 397
SB 403 SB 404
SB 438 SB 461 SB 479
SB 486 SB 487
SB 496 SB 510

State Flag, Seal, Symbols; placement of a monument in honor of the Honorable Clarence Thomas within the capitol building or grounds; provide "Giving the Gift of Life Act"; enact "Inform Consumers Act" enact Education; agents and agent's permits; to repeal definitions of such terms; provisions; remove Public Officers; suspension of compensation because of indictment for a felony; provide 'Green Call Act'; enact Insurance; annual reporting regarding mental health parity in healthcare plans; provide Retirement; prohibition of granting postretirement benefit adjustments to any individual who became a member on or after July 1, 2009; remove State Government; state and local governments from mandating vaccine passports; prohibit Military Student Transfers; military students with the discretion to select adjacent school districts for attendance; provide "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975,"; class action suits and for damages for violating the requirements for solicitations for corporate filings; provide "Fostering Success Act"; enact General Educational Development (GED) Diplomas; update and replace terminology; state approved high school equivalency (HSE) diplomas; provide "Georgia Behavioral Health and Peace Officer Co-Responder Act"; enact Emergency Medical Services Personnel; Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to retain certain fingerprints under certain conditions; authorize Contracts; certain provisions relating to retainage of progress payments; change Bails, Bonds; human trafficking as a bailable offense; add the offense Firearms by Convicted Felons and First Offender Probationers; each firearm in the possession or attempted possession of certain offenders shall be charged as a separate offense; specify Agricultural Commodity Commission for Propane; full or partial remote communication with regard to public hearings; provide Insurance; diagnostic breast examinations shall not be treated less favorably than screening mammography for breast cancer with respect to cost-sharing requirements; provide Death Investigations; medical examiner's inquiry when a pregnant female dies and an inquest; require Motor Vehicle; operation of motor vehicles by Class D license holders with certain passengers in the vehicle; remove a restriction

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SB 519 SB 529 SB 534 SB 545 SB 556 SB 558 SB 562 SB 565
SB 566 SB 573
SB 575 SB 586 SB 588 SB 605
SR 463 SR 477

Solicitors-General of State Courts: honorary office of solicitor-general emeritus; provide Cable and Video Services; definition of video service relative to the "Consumer Choice for Television Act"; change State Government; certain procedural requirements and considerations for the adoption of rules by state agencies that are applicable to charitable organizations; provide Core Curriculum; schools to provide training in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the use of an automated external defibrillator for students in grades nine or ten; require Drivers' Licenses; issuance of a driver's license to current and retired peace officers at no charge; provide Department of Transportation; meetings for the election of board members; amend notice provisions Department of Administrative Services; companies owned or operated by Russia to bid on or submit a proposal for a state contract; prohibit Sentence and Punishment; any time after conviction; defendant convicted of an offense and sentenced as a direct result of being a victim of trafficking for labor or sexual servitude may petition the sentencing court to grant the relief of vacatur; provide Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act; a medical or traumatic condition includes a mental health condition or substance use disorder; emergency medical services include post-stabilization services; clarify Hospitals and Health Care Facilities;hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to utilize surgical smoke evacuation systems during surgical procedures to protect patients and health care workers from the hazards of surgical smoke; require Education; local boards of education shall review the financial status of the local school system at least quarterly rather than monthly, subject to an exception; provide Road Projects; the use of the design-build contracting method by counties; authorize Local Boards of Education; all meetings of local boards of education shall be open to the public except as otherwise provided by law; provide Employment Security; certain nonprofit organizations have the option of making installment payments to finance unemployment benefits paid to its employees for certain time periods during the COVID-19 public health emergency; provide
SENATE RESOLUTIONS Joint Study Committee on the Electrification of Transportation; create Joint Georgia Music Heritage Study Committee; create

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