House general calendar, 2023 March 1

HB 17 HB 30 HB 31 HB 32
HB 33 HB 43 HB 51 HB 53 HB 63 HB 92
HB 128
HB 130 HB 136 HB 144 HB 163
HB 166 HB 185 HB 187 HB 196

HOUSE GENERAL CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 01, 2023 TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HOUSE BILLS Elections; sealing of ballots in secure containers; provide State government; definition of antisemitism; provide Conservation and natural resources; Hazardous Waste Trust Fund; dedicate proceeds of certain hazardous waste fees 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 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 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 Courts; provide for qualification of constables Education; provide for HOPE Inclusive Postsecondary Education (IPSE) grants Crimes and offenses; authorize for-profit credit repair services Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission; subject to Administrative Procedure Act and laws governing open meetings and records; provide

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HB 206 HB 212 HB 227 HB 230 HB 244 HB 249 HB 264 HB 273 HB 295 HB 298 HB 302 HB 305 HB 308 HB 311 HB 318 HB 327 HB 336 HB 338 HB 355
HB 362 HB 373 HB 375 HB 380 HB 384

Local government; creation of Commercial Property Assessed Conservation, Energy, and Resiliency Development Authorities; provide Niche-Beauty Services Opportunity Act; enact (Postponed) Crimes and offenses; offense of criminal interference with critical infrastructure; provide Revenue and taxation; qualified consolidated government special purpose local option sales tax; provide Board of Natural Resources; effective date for certain rules and regulations; extend Education; needs based financial aid program; provide definition Revenue and taxation; handling of appeals of property tax assessments; revise certain deadlines and procedures Board of Natural Resources; extend date by which rules and regulations must be in effect for purposes of establishing criminal violations 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 Crimes and offenses; issuance of a temporary or permanent protective order by the court; provide Georgia Farmers' Market Authority Act; enact Revenue and taxation; certain medical preceptor rotations; revise tax credit 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 Crimes and offenses; incest; include step-grandparent and step-grandchild relationship Buildings and housing; prohibit Georgia state minimum standard codes from prohibiting use of certain refrigerants Student Technology Protection Act; enact 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 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 Insurance; annual notification by insurers to male insureds of coverage for prostate-specific antigen tests; provide

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HB 402
HB 406
HB 408
HB 436 HB 438
HB 452
HB 460 HB 462 HB 498
HB 500 HB 505 HB 507
HB 508
HB 509 HB 516
HB 524
HB 529
HB 532 HB 541
HB 545 HB 549
HR 95
HR 96 HR 119

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 Sales and use tax; exemption for competitive projects of regional significance; change sunset provision 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 Agriculture; acquisition of possessory interest in certain land by certain nonresidents; prohibit Courts; child's right to legal representation in legitimation cases; provide Raise the Age Act; enact Funeral directors and embalmers; reinstatement of lapsed license; change certain 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 Motor vehicles; issuance of Class C driver's license to operators of certain three-wheeled motor vehicles; provide Insurance; minimum amounts of uninsured and underinsured coverage to be maintained by transportation network and taxi service companies; provide Pike County; Magistrate Court; chief judge; provide nonpartisan elections Motor vehicles; proper procedure for passing postal service vehicle; provide Agricultural Commodity Commission for Citrus Fruits; provide Georgia State-wide Music Office Act; enact
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

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SB 21 SB 23
SB 27
SB 65

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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