Daily report, 2021 February 3

DAILY REPORT Wednesday
February 3, 2021
House Budget & Research Office (404) 656-5050

11th Legislative
Day

The House will reconvene for its 12th Legislative Day on Thursday, February 4 at 10:00 a.m. No bills / resolutions are expected to be debated on the floor.

Today on the Floor

Local Calendar
HB 103 Baldwin County; Board of Education; revise compensation of members
Bill Summary: House Bill 103 revises the compensation of the Baldwin County Board of Education members. Members shall receive pay up to $500 per month for each month or portion of a month they serve on the board.

Authored By: House Committee: Floor Vote:

Rep. Ricky Williams (145th) Intragovernmental Coordination Local Yeas: 145 Nays: 0

Rule Applied: Committee Action: Amendments:

02-02-2021 Do Pass

HB 157 Mount Airy, Town of; provide new charter Bill Summary: House Bill 157 provides a new charter for the town of Mount Airy.

Authored By: House Committee: Floor Vote:

Rep. Chris Erwin (28th) Intragovernmental Coordination Local Yeas: 145 Nays: 0

Rule Applied: Committee Action: Amendments:

02-02-2021 Do Pass

HB 172 Culloden, City of; reduce city council to five members
Bill Summary: House Bill 172 reduces the Culloden City Council to five members and provides for four-year terms of office for the mayor and councilmembers.

Authored By: House Committee: Floor Vote:

Rep. Robert Dickey (140th) Intragovernmental Coordination Local Yeas: 145 Nays: 0

Rule Applied: Committee Action: Amendments:

02-02-2021 Do Pass

HB 196 Terrell County; Board of Education; change compensation of members
Bill Summary: House Bill 196 changes the compensation of the Terrell County Board of Education members. Members will receive $300 per meeting with the exception of the chairperson, who will receive $350 per meeting.

Authored By: House Committee: Floor Vote:

Rep. Gerald Greene (151st) Intragovernmental Coordination Local Yeas: 145 Nays: 0

Rule Applied: Committee Action: Amendments:

02-02-2021 Do Pass

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HB 206 Milton, City of; charter review commission; revise provisions
Bill Summary: House Bill 206 revises provisions relating to the Milton Charter Review Commission.

Authored By: House Committee: Floor Vote: Floor Action:

Rep. Jan Jones (47th) Intragovernmental Coordination Local Yeas: Nays: Recommit to Committee

Rule Applied: Committee Action: Amendments:

02-02-2021 Do Pass

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

Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Committee

HB 153

Fair Business Practices Act of 1975; solicitations of services for corporate filings required by the Secretary of State; provide for requirements
Bill Summary: House Bill 153 requires any person who mails a solicitation for services related to corporate filings to include the following disclaimer at the top of the document in 16-point Helvetica font: "THIS IS NOT A BILL OR OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT. THIS IS A SOLICITATION." The disclaimer must be both larger than and two inches from any other text in the solicitation. Any violation of this provision shall be considered an unfair and deceptive act.

Authored By: House Committee:

Rep. Marcus Wiedower (119th) Agriculture & Consumer Affairs

Committee Action:

02-03-2021 Do Pass

Higher Education Committee

HB 67

State government; public property; extend automatic repeals of certain provisions
Bill Summary: House Bill 67 amends O.C.G.A. 50-16-18 to extend the sunset from July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2026 for provisions relating to state agencies and departments writing off small amounts due to the state, as well as for provisions relating to non-lapsing revenue collected by the University System of Georgia and the Technical College System of Georgia.

Authored By: House Committee:

Rep. Chuck Martin (49th) Higher Education

Committee Action:

02-03-2021 Do Pass

Insurance Committee

HB 205

Insurance; framework for regulating the offering or issuance of travel insurance; provide
Bill Summary: House Bill 205 creates new regulations for the travel insurance industry. These new provisions include establishing uniform meanings of key terms and clarifying sales practices and application of Georgia's unfair trade practice laws. House Bill 205 prohibits the practice of opt-out sales and imposes explicit consumer disclosures in addition to what Georgia's insurance laws already require. Additionally, the bill provides that travel insurance may be sold via individual, group, or blanket policies and specifies how premium taxes are to be calculated. In most cases, the bill requires that travel insurance be filed as marine insurance; however, travel insurance that provides coverage for sickness, accident, disability, death, or other related emergencies occurring during the travel may

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also be filed under an accident or health line of insurance.

Authored By: House Committee:

Rep. Noel Williams (148th) Insurance

Committee Action:

02-03-2021 Do Pass

Judiciary Committee

HB 97

Courts; oath for certain clerks of the probate court; require and provide
Bill Summary: House Bill 97 requires that any individual appointed as chief clerk of a probate court, or any clerk designated by a probate judge to exercise such judge's jurisdiction concerning uncontested matters, shall take the oath provided in the bill.

Authored By: House Committee:

Rep. Rob Leverett (33rd) Judiciary

Committee Action:

02-03-2021 Do Pass

HB 134

State government; meetings relating to cybersecurity contracting and planning from open meeting requirements; exclude
Bill Summary: House Bill 134 excludes meetings relating to cybersecurity contracting and planning from open meeting requirements and exempts from public inspection any document or plan relating to cybersecurity devices, programs, or systems. No vote from an executive session meeting, in which a cybersecurity contract was entered into, shall be binding upon an agency until a subsequent vote is taken in an open meeting.

Authored By: House Committee:

Rep. Victor Anderson (10th) Judiciary

Committee Action:

02-03-2021 Do Pass

SB 9

Courts; the Columbia Judicial Circuit and to be composed of Columbia County; create a new judicial circuit for the State of Georgia
Bill Summary: Senate Bill 9 creates the Columbia Judicial Circuit, a single-county circuit consisting of Columbia County, through a split from the Augusta Judicial Circuit. The three judges of the Augusta Circuit currently residing in Columbia County shall be the three judges of the Columbia Circuit. The governor shall appoint a district attorney for a term beginning July 1, 2021.
All proceedings and litigation currently pending in the Superior Court of Columbia County shall transfer to the Columbia Circuit. The judges of both the Columbia Circuit and Augusta Circuit shall continue to receive county salary supplements equal to the aggregate county salary supplements currently received by the judges of the Augusta Circuit.
The Augusta Circuit shall transfer to the Columbia Circuit 25 percent of the amount it held as of January 1, 2021, for costs collected relating to court connected alternative resolution programs. The district attorney of the Augusta Circuit shall transfer to the district attorney of the Columbia Circuit the amount held as of January 1, 2021, that was secured pursuant to condemnation of forfeiture actions.
The bill specifies that the four remaining judges of the Augusta Judicial Circuit, as well as the current district attorney, shall remain as the judges and district attorney of the Augusta Circuit. The judgeship that is currently vacant shall also remain with the Augusta Circuit.
The county salary supplements of the judges and district attorney of the Augusta Circuit, as well as the court-wide expenditures of the Augusta Circuit, shall be paid by Richmond County and Burke County in a ratio equal to their current proportional responsibility, less the contributions to the Augusta Circuit previously paid for by Columbia County.
Senior or retired judges of the Augusta Circuit who currently receive a retirement supplement from the three counties of the current Augusta Circuit shall continue to receive such supplement from all

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three counties. Senior or retired judges owed a retirement supplement after the effective date shall receive such supplement from the county or counties of the circuit from which they retire.

Authored By: House Committee:

Sen. Lee Anderson (24th) Judiciary

Committee Action:

02-03-2021 Do Pass

Special Committee on Access to the Civil Justice System Committee
HB 112 Torts; provide certain immunities from liability claims regarding COVID-19; extend applicability for one year
Bill Summary: House Bill 112 extends the protections provided for by the Georgia COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety Act from July 14, 2021, to July 14, 2022.

Authored By: House Committee:

Rep. Trey Kelley (16th)

Special Committee on Access to the Committee

Civil Justice System

Action:

02-03-2021 Do Pass

State Properties Committee

HR 14

National Statuary Hall Collection Replacement Committee; create
Bill Summary: HR 14 creates the National Statuary Hall Collection Replacement Committee to replace the statue of Alexander Hamilton Stephens in the National Statuary Hall Collection with a statue of Representative John Lewis. The Governor shall appoint four members, including one designated to serve as chairperson, and the lieutenant governor and speaker of the House shall appoint two members each. The committee is charged with the following: determine a location for the Alexander Hamilton Stephens statue; select a sculptor to create the statue of Representative John Lewis; review and approve the plans for the new statue; estimate costs associated with the replacement of the statue; and obtain the necessary private funding to pay for all costs. The committee shall be abolished on December 1, 2022.

Authored By: House Committee:

Rep. Al Williams (168th) State Properties

Committee Action:

02-03-2021 Do Pass by Committee Substitute

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Committee Meetings

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.

Date

Time

Name

Location

02/04/2021 8:00 AM Small Business Development Barriers and Regulation Subcommittee (House)

515 CLOB

02/04/2021 8:00 AM WAYS AND MEANS (House)

406 CLOB

02/04/2021 8:00 AM NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT 606 CLOB

(House)

HYBRID

02/04/2021 8:00 AM EDUCATION (House)

506 CLOB

HYBRID

02/04/2021 11:30 AM SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ELECTION

406 CLOB

INTEGRITY (House)

HYBRID

02/04/2021 1:00 PM JUVENILE JUSTICE (House)

403 CAP HYBRID

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