Daily report [Feb. 10, 2015]

Georgia House of Representatives

DAILY REPORT 13th Legislative Day

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

House Budget & Research Office (404) 656-5050

House Communications Office (404) 656-0305

The House will reconvene for its 14th Legislative Day on Wednesday, February 11 at 10:00 a.m. The Rules committee will meet at 9:00 a.m. 3 bills are expected to be debated on the floor.

Today on the Floor

Local Calendar
HB 181 Marshallville, City of; provide a new charter
Bill Summary: A Bill to amend an Act to reincorporate and provide a new charter for the City of Marshallville so as to revise the manner of filling a vacancy in the office of the Mayor or councilmembers.

Authored By: Rep. Patty Bentley (139th)

House Committee: Intragovernmental Coordination -

Local

Floor Vote:

Yeas: 157 Nays: 0

Rule Applied: Committee Action: Amendments:

02-09-2015 Do Pass

HB 187 Flowery Branch, City of; provide corporate boundaries
Bill Summary: A Bill to reapportion the City of Flowery Branch and change provisions relative to the filling of vacancies.

Authored By: Rep. Emory Dunahoo (30th)

House Committee: Intragovernmental Coordination Local

Floor Vote:

Yeas: 157 Nays: 0

Rule Applied: Committee Action: Amendments:

02-09-2015 Do Pass by Committee Substitute

HB 188 Lanier County; board of commissioners; revise districts Bill Summary: A Bill to reapportion the Lanier County Board of Commissioners.

Authored By: Rep. Jason Shaw (176th)

House Committee: Intragovernmental Coordination Local

Floor Vote:

Yeas: 157 Nays: 0

Rule Applied: Committee Action: Amendments:

02-09-2015 Do Pass

HB 189 Lanier County; Board of Education; revise districts Bill Summary: A Bill to reapportion the Lanier County Board of Education.

Authored By: Rep. Jason Shaw (176th)

House Committee: Intragovernmental Coordination Local

Floor Vote:

Yeas: 157 Nays: 0

Rule Applied: Committee Action: Amendments:

02-09-2015 Do Pass

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Today on the Floor

HB 203 Bishop, Town of; provide a new charter Bill Summary: A Bill to provide a new charter for the Town of Bishop.

Authored By: Rep. Chuck Williams (119th)

House Committee: Intragovernmental Coordination Local

Floor Vote:

Yeas: 157 Nays: 0

Rule Applied: Committee Action: Amendments:

02-09-2015 Do Pass

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Next on the Floor

Next on the Floor from the Committee on Rules
The Committee on Rules has fixed the calendar for the 14th Legislative Day, Wednesday, February 11, and bills may be called at the pleasure of the Speaker. The Rules Committee will next meet on Wednesday,
February 11, at 9:00 a.m., to set the Rules Calendar for the 15th Legislative Day.

HB 47

Prescription drugs; certain refills of topical ophthalmic products under certain conditions; authorize
Bill Summary: HB 47 allows a pharmacist, without authorization from the practitioner, to refill prescriptions for topical ophthalmic products at 70 percent of the predicted days of use. Additionally, a practitioner can authorize refills earlier than 70 percent of the predicted days of use.

Authored By: Rep. Sharon Cooper (43rd) House Committee: Health & Human Services

Rule Applied: Committee Action:

Modified-Structured 02-02-2015 Do Pass by Committee Substitute

HB 62

Special needs students; waive certain qualifications for students whose parent is an active duty military service member stationed in Georgia within the previous year; provide
Bill Summary: House Bill 62 exempts students whose parent/s are active duty military from having to meet the requirement of being a resident of Georgia for one year to receive the special needs scholarship.

Authored By: Rep. Kevin Tanner (9th) House Committee: Education

Rule Applied: Committee Action:

Modified-Structured 02-04-2015 Do Pass

HB 86

Social services; provide for transfer of the Division of Aging Services to the Georgia Adult and Aging Services Agency; provisions
Bill Summary: This bill creates the Georgia Adult and Aging Services Agency as the successor to the Division of Aging Services of the Department of Human Services. The bill provides for the transfer of the rights and responsibilities, employees, assets, director, and board to the new agency. Sections 4-12 revise references throughout the Code to the new entity. The new agency will be administratively attached to the Department of Community Health but will submit its own budget proposal to the General Assembly and governor.

Authored By: Rep. Tommy Benton (31st) House Committee: Human Relations & Aging

Rule Applied: Committee Action:

Open 02-02-2015 Do Pass by Committee Substitute

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Committee Actions

Committee Actions
Bills passing committees are reported to the Clerk's Office and are placed on the General Calendar.

Game, Fish, & Parks Committee
HB 160 Game and fish; trapping of raccoons in certain counties; repeal a provision
Bill Summary: HB 160 amends Code Section 27-3-62, relating to wildlife trapping, trappers, and fur dealers by removing the paragraph which made it unlawful to trap raccoons north of and including Carroll, Fulton, Dekalb, Gwinnett, Barrow, Jackson, Madison, and Elbert counties at any time during the year.

Authored By: House Committee:

Rep. Emory Dunahoo (30th) Game, Fish, & Parks

Committee Action:

02-10-2015 Do Pass

Judiciary Committee
HB 59 State tort claims; waiver of sovereign immunity for declatory judgment or injunctive relief; provide
Bill Summary: HB 59 waives the state's defense of sovereign immunity as to any action brought in the courts of this state by an aggrieved person seeking declaratory judgment or injunctive relief.

Authored By: House Committee:

Rep. Wendell Willard (51st) Judiciary

Committee Action:

02-10-2015 Do Pass by Committee Substitute

HB 87

Retirement and pensions; Code Revision Commission; revise title
Bill Summary: HB 87 revises, modernizes, and corrects errors or omissions in Title 47, relating to retirement and pensions, in furtherance of the work of the Code Revision Commission.

Authored By: House Committee:

Rep. Wendell Willard (51st) Judiciary

Committee Action:

02-10-2015 Do Pass

HB 90

Code Revision Commission; repeal portions of said Code, or Acts; provisions
Bill Summary: HB 90 revises, modernizes, and corrects errors or omissions in the Code and reenacts the statutory portion of the Code, as amended, in furtherance of the work of the Code Revision Commission. The bill repeals portions of the Code which have become obsolete, have been declared to be unconstitutional, or have been preempted or superseded by subsequent laws.

Authored By: House Committee:

Rep. Wendell Willard (51st) Judiciary

Committee Action:

02-10-2015 Do Pass by Committee Substitute

HB 119

AIDS; disclosure of such information under certain circumstances; change provisions
Bill Summary: HB 119 authorizes a probate judge to disclose AIDS confidential information to a peace officer regarding a mentally ill person who is in the peace officer's custody for an examination pursuant to O.C.G.A. 37-3-41.

Authored By: House Committee:

Rep. Albert Reeves (34th) Judiciary

Committee Action:

02-10-2015 Do Pass

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Committee Actions

HB 154 Magistrate courts; fine amount for contempt of court; increase
Bill Summary: HB 154 increases the maximum fine for punishment of contempt in magistrate court from $200 to $500.

Authored By: House Committee:

Rep. Tom Weldon (3rd) Judiciary

Committee Action:

02-10-2015 Do Pass

Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee
HB 172 Watercraft; operation while under the influence of alcohol, toxic vapors, or drugs; revise types of vessels
Bill Summary: House Bill 172 amends Code where "personal watercraft" is defined. New definitions are "homemade or inflatable raft", "personal watercraft", and "vessel". A homemade or inflatable raft is any platform which floats for giving buoyancy to a person and renders transportation with only the aid of the person's hands, arms, legs, or feet. Personal watercraft has the same meaning set forth in Code Section 52-7-8.2. A vessel is defined as every description of watercraft, other than a sailboard or homemade or inflatable raft, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. These new definitions remove homemade or inflatable rafts from watercraft subject to boating under the influence provisions.

Authored By: House Committee:

Rep. Eddie Lumsden (12th) Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee
Action:

02-10-2015 Do Pass

Science and Technology Committee
HB 126 Motor vehicles; use of global positioning or navigation system mounts on windshields under certain circumstances; allow
Bill Summary: House Bill 126 allows for global positioning or navigational system mounts that do not obstruct a driver's view to be placed in a motor vehicle's windshield.

Authored By: House Committee:

Rep. Sam Teasley (37th) Science and Technology

Committee Action:

02-10-2015 Do Pass by Committee Substitute

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Committee Actions

Committee Meeting Schedule
This meeting schedule is up to date at the time of this report, but meeting dates and times are subject to change. To keep up with the latest schedule, please visit www.house.ga.gov and click on Meetings Calendar.

Wednesday, February 11, 2015 10:00 AM FLOOR SESSION (LD 14) - HOUSE CHAMBER
8:00 AM INSURANCE - 606 CLOB 9:00 AM RULES - 341 CAP 9:00 AM Sales Tax Subcommittee of Ways & Means - 133 CAP 12:00 PM Setzler Subcommittee of Judiciary Non-Civil - 132 CAP 1:00 PM Appropriations Economic Development Subcommittee - 606 CLOB 1:00 PM JOINT EDUCATION- Hearing on Recovery Districts - 506 CLOB 1:00 PM SPECIAL RULES - 515 CLOB 1:30 PM STATE PROPERTIES - 403 CAP 1:30 PM Public Finance Subcommittee of Ways & Means - 133 CAP 2:00 PM CODE REVISION - 415 CLOB 2:00 PM Appropriations Health Subcommittee341 CAP 2:00 PM GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS - 406 CLOB 3:00 PM EDUCATION - 606 CLOB

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