First readers in House, 2015 February 23

FIRST READERS IN HOUSE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2015 TWENTIETH LEGISLATIVE DAY
*Rules Suspended
HB 427. By Representatives Geisinger of the 48th and Taylor of the 79th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 38 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to operators of private detective businesses and private security businesses, so as to provide for definitions; to create the Georgia Board of Private Detective and Security Agencies and Locksmiths; to provide for the membership, duties, and powers of such board; to provide for fees; to provide for the licensing of locksmiths; to provide for qualifications for licensing; to provide for certain documentation and records; to provide for identification cards; to provide for the maintenance of certain information; to prohibit certain acts; to provide for penalties and sanctions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on REGULATED INDUSTRIES
HB 428. By Representative Stephens of the 164th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes, so as to extend a sales tax exemption for materials to be used in certain construction projects of zoological institutions; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 429. By Representative Stephens of the 164th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to provide that no health benefit plan shall restrict coverage for prescribed treatment based upon the insured's diagnosis with a terminal condition; to provide for definitions; to provide for penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE
HB 430. By Representatives Efstration of the 104th, Atwood of the 179th, Reeves of the 34th, Lumsden of the 12th, Ballinger of the 23rd, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to search and seizure, so as to revise and modernize the law relating to search and seizure; to amend Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to invasions of privacy, so as to repeal provisions relating to wiretapping and surveillance now contained in Chapter 5 of Title 17; to amend Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to prosecuting attorneys; to amend Code Sections 2-2-11, 2-15-14, 12-2-2, 15-18-15, 27-4263, 49-4-146.3, and Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to inspection warrants for the Department of Agriculture, inspection warrants for pacific white shrimp aquaculture; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL
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HB 431. By Representatives Shaw of the 176th, Carter of the 175th, Corbett of the 174th, and Sharper of the 177th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Lowndes County to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
HB 432. By Representatives Raffensperger of the 50th, Willard of the 51st, Geisinger of the 48th, Brooks of the 55th, Mitchell of the 88th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 36 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to annexation of territory by municipal corporations, so as to provide that local Acts providing for the deannexation of property from a municipality and the annexation of the same property to another municipality which are effective on the same date do not create a prohibited unincorporated island; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 433. By Representatives Cooke of the 18th, Hightower of the 68th, Smith of the 70th, and Nix of the 69th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Community Affairs, so as to provide for the formation of a metropolitan planning process for the Atlanta Urbanized Area and Atlanta Air Quality region; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 434. By Representatives Reeves of the 34th, Cooper of the 43rd, Evans of the 42nd, Kelley of the 16th, Carson of the 46th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding torts, so as to provide for civil immunity for a person who causes property damage resulting from the forcible entry of a motor vehicle for the purpose of removing a minor from such vehicle due to the belief of imminent danger to the minor; to provide for a definition; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 435. By Representatives Pak of the 108th and Harrell of the 106th: A BILL To be entitled an Act to amend Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to revenue and taxation, so as to provide for the revision of personal income tax rates; to eliminate itemized adjustments to Georgia taxable net income except for limited mortgage deductions and charitable contributions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
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HB 436. By Representatives Clark of the 101st, Cooper of the 43rd, Sims of the 123rd, Kaiser of the 59th, Hawkins of the 27th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 17 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of venereal disease, so as to require that physicians and health care providers offer HIV and syphilis testing of pregnant women in their third trimester of pregnancy; to provide for refusal of testing by a pregnant woman; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 437. By Representatives Jones of the 167th and Atwood of the 179th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission, approved April 19, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3661), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 11, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5287), so as to provide for a short title name change; to provide for nonpartisan election in conjunction with general primary; to provide for terms of elected members; to provide for a quorum; to provide for public access to annual budget; to provide for solicitation of donations; to provide for assistance to low-income customers; to provide for separate accounting for certain donations and the expenditure of excess funds; to provide for notices and hearings prior to any increase in water or waste-water rates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 438. By Representatives Raffensperger of the 50th, Wilkinson of the 52nd, Bentley of the 139th, Willard of the 51st, Jones of the 47th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ethics in government, so as to prohibit the use of government supplied e-mail addresses for campaign purposes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 439. By Representatives Shaw of the 176th, Abrams of the 89th, England of the 116th, Hatchett of the 150th, Knight of the 130th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to establish qualified low-income community investment; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide that certain entities may earn credit against state premium tax liability; to provide for certification of qualified equity investments; to provide for recapture of credit claimed under certain circumstances; to provide for certain refundable fees; to provide for a retaliatory tax; to provide for decertification; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE
HB 440. By Representatives Glanton of the 75th, Dudgeon of the 25th, Stovall of the 74th, and Casas of the 107th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions from state income taxation, so as to provide an exemption for corporate donors to student
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scholarship organizations; to amend Chapter 2A of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student scholarship organizations, so as to create a new income tax exemption for student scholarship funding; to provide for corporate donations to student scholarship organizations; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 441. By Representatives Fleming of the 121st, Harbin of the 122nd, Dudgeon of the 25th, Sims of the 123rd, Coleman of the 97th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to enact the "Flexibility for Student Achievement Act"; to provide for definitions; to categorize high performing school systems; to establish requirements; to provide for full flexibility for high performing school systems; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for rules and regulations; to revise provisions relating to waivers to improve student performance; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 442. By Representatives Gasaway of the 28th, Ramsey of the 72nd, Quick of the 117th, Efstration of the 104th, Brockway of the 102nd, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to abuse of governmental office, so as to provide definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
*HB 445. By Representative Carson of the 46th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend certain titles of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to provide for comprehensive changes to the nature of taxation in this state; to amend Titles 48, 36, and 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating, respectively, to revenue and taxation, local government, and public utilities, so as to provide for comprehensive revision of personal income taxes; to provide for a short title; to provide for effective dates; to provide for applicability; to provide that certain provisions of this Act shall not abate or affect prosecutions, punishments, penalties, administrative proceedings or remedies, or civil actions related to certain violations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
*HB 457. By Representatives Hawkins of the 27th, Rogers of the 29th, Clark of the 98th, Dunahoo of the 30th, Coleman of the 97th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 7 of Article 10 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to watercraft held in inventory, so as to provide that watercraft held in inventory shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
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SENATE FIRST READERS IN HOUSE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2015 TWENTIETH LEGISLATIVE DAY
SB 4. By Senators Gooch of the 51st, Williams of the 19th, Mullis of the 53rd, Orrock of the 36th, Ginn of the 47th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 61 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to urban redevelopment for counties and municipal corporations, so as to provide for the use of surface transportation projects in urban redevelopment areas; to provide for definitions; to provide for public contracts with private enterprises for the completion of surface transportation projects; to provide for methods of procurement for surface transportation projects in urban redevelopment areas; to provide for limitations on former public employees when negotiating contracts for surface transportation projects; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION SB 72. By Senators Mullis of the 53rd, Harper of the 7th, Watson of the 1st, Albers of the 56th, Seay of the 34th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, so as to provide a measure of equivalency in the punishment of crimes committed against police dogs in the performance of their official duties as to that of peace officers; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL
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