House general calendar, 2023 February 28

HB 17 HB 30 HB 32
HB 33 HB 43 HB 51 HB 53 HB 63 HB 73 HB 84 HB 88 HB 92
HB 128
HB 130 HB 136 HB 144 HB 155
HB 163
HB 185

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2023 TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HOUSE BILLS Elections; sealing of ballots in secure containers; provide State government; definition of antisemitism; provide Quality Basic Education Act; no high school which receives funding shall participate in sports events that does not utilize instant replay in Championship games; provide State Board of Veterinary Medicine; independent state agency attached to the Department of Agriculture; provisions Council on American Indian Concerns; revise membership Education; local boards of education use vehicles other than school buses for transport of students; authorize State Board of Registration for Foresters; independent state agency; provisions Insurance; insurers providing policies for groups of 20 or more to furnish claims experience at the request of a group policyholder; require Public utilities; written disclosure statement with any agreement for sale or financing of distributed energy generation systems; provisions Commerce and trade; provide for commercial financing disclosures Coleman-Baker Act; enact Public utilities and public transportation; percentage limitation as to amount of investments an electric membership corporation may make and maintain in a gas affiliate; modify Revenue and taxation; representation of minority business enterprises, women and veteran owned businesses in procurement of state contracts; provide Georgia Student Finance Authority; student loan repayment for peace officers; provide Penal institutions; commissioner of corrections to report certain information; require George L. Burgess Act; enact Professions and businesses; issuance of licenses by endorsement for spouses of firefighters, healthcare providers, and law enforcement officers who relocate to Georgia; provide Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; student loan repayment for medical examiners employed by the Division of Forensic Sciences of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation; provide Education; provide for HOPE Inclusive Postsecondary Education (IPSE) grants

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HB 187 HB 189
HB 204 HB 206
HB 212 HB 244
HB 249 HB 269
HB 273
HB 291
HB 295
HB 298
HB 301
HB 306 HB 308 HB 309
HB 311
HB 318
HB 332 HB 336
HB 338 HB 343 HB 348
HB 355
HB 362

Crimes and offenses; authorize for-profit credit repair services Highways, bridges, and ferries; allowable variance for weight limitations upon a vehicle or load; provide for Georgia Municipal Court Clerks' Council; create Local government; creation of Commercial Property Assessed Conservation, Energy, and Resiliency Development Authorities; provide Niche-Beauty Services Opportunity Act; enact Board of Natural Resources; effective date for certain rules and regulations; extend Education; needs based financial aid program; provide definition Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; authorize local workforce development boards to conduct meetings via teleconference Board of Natural Resources; extend date by which rules and regulations must be in effect for purposes of establishing criminal violations Guardian and ward; add to the list of providers who are authorized to participate in the processes for appointment of a guardian for an adult Insurance; consumer protections against surprise billing; revise certain procedures Courts; exemption or deferment from jury service for natural or adoptive mothers of children six months of age or younger; provide Motor vehicles and traffic; revise amount of civil monetary penalty for violations of improperly passing a school bus or speeding in a school zone Education; energy cost savings measures; revise definition Revenue and taxation; certain medical preceptor rotations; revise tax credit Health; financial stability requirements for applicants and licensees of personal care homes and assisted living communities; revise provisions Ad valorem tax; optional temporary tax relief to certain properties located in nationally declared federal disaster areas; provide Education; reestablishment of Office of Charter School Compliance under State Charter Schools Commission Controlled substances; Schedules I. IV, and V; provide certain provisions Buildings and housing; prohibit Georgia state minimum standard codes from prohibiting use of certain refrigerants Student Technology Protection Act; enact Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Patients Act; enact Motor vehicles; standards for signs warning of use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices; provide Property owners' associations; creating or enforcing covenants which infringe on a lot owners' right to use natural gas or solar energy device; prohibit Insurance; benefit provider to disclose certain payments to a treating healthcare provider; provide

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HB 373
HB 375
HB 380 HB 396
HB 402
HB 406
HB 414
HB 416
HB 424 HB 436 HB 438
HB 460 HB 462 HB 475
HB 497 HB 498
HB 499
HB 500 HB 505 HB 507
HB 508
HB 509 HB 516
HB 518

State holidays; September 11 as First Responders Appreciation Day; designate Guardian and ward; authority of conservator and cooperation with guardian or other interested parties; define gross settlement Georgia Lottery Game of Sports Betting Act; enact Oconee River Greenway Authority; add president of Georgia College and State University Education; water safety education information to parents of students under 18 years of age and to students 18 years of age and older; provide Georgia Public Service Commission; regulation of the provision of certain electricity used as a motor fuel in electric vehicles; provide Mental health; grant program to aid service members, veterans, and their families; provide Pharmacies; authorize qualified pharmacy technicians to administer certain vaccines Courts; office of sheriff; revise qualification requirements Surface mining; revise maximum criminal penalties for violations Public utilities; prohibit governmental entities from adopting any policy that prohibits the connection or reconnection of any utility service based upon the type or source of energy or fuel Courts; child's right to legal representation in legitimation cases; provide Raise the Age Act; enact Code Revision Commission; revise, modernize and correct errors in omissions Health; use of certified medication aides in penal institutions; authorize Funeral directors and embalmers; reinstatement of lapsed license; change certain provisions Domestic relations; authorize child support and insurance policies for certain disabled children; provisions Crimes and offenses; offense of arson of law enforcement vehicle; provide Crimes and offenses; riot; provide for a felony penalty Commerce and trade; certain additional information to beauty pageant contestants before accepting a fee; provide Crimes and offenses; orders be served on a respondent within 24 hours of the court's issuance of such order; provide Crimes and offenses; burglary; include an act of family violence Transportation, Department of; increase minimum amount for a public road construction or maintenance contract that prohibits negotiation Labor and industrial relations; employment security; change certain provisions

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HR 95 HR 96 HR 119
SB 21 SB 23
SB 27
SB 65

HOUSE RESOLUTIONS Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Awareness Day; fourth Wednesday in February; designate Ad valorem tax; rate reduction for sale or harvest of timber; provide - CA Joint Study Committee on Censorship by Social Media Platforms; create
SENATE BILLS Georgia Veterans Service Foundation, Inc.; revise operations O.C.G.A.; various titles; revise a committee name; relating to inactive boards, panels, authorities, centers, commissions, committees, councils, task forces, and other such bodies; provisions; repeal Unfair Trade Practices; health care insurer from requiring an ophthalmologist or optometrist to extend any discounts on services that are not covered eye care services; prohibit Commissioner of Insurance; general provisions; establishing an advisory committee; provisions; authorize

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