FIRST READERS IN HOUSE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2016 SIXTEENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HB 891. By Representatives Coomer of the 14th, Hawkins of the 27th, Bruce of the 61st, McCall of the 33rd, Greene of the 151st, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to industrial loans, so as to provide for alternative charges to those currently authorized for industrial loans and provide for loan conditions when such charges are elected; to change the description of industrial loans to installment loans throughout the Code; to correct cross-references; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on REGULATED INDUSTRIES
HB 892. By Representatives Kirby of the 114th, McCall of the 33rd, England of the 116th, Caldwell of the 20th, Kelley of the 16th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 12 of Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical and other confidential information, so as to repeal a provision relating to disclosure of veterinary records; to amend Code Section 4-11-17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to veterinary reporting of animal cruelty, so as to correct a cross-reference; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER AFFAIRS
HB 893. By Representatives Powell of the 171st, Battles of the 15th, Stephens of the 164th, Duncan of the 26th, Knight of the 130th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to administration of revenue and taxation, so as to change certain provisions regarding forms of payment; to lower the threshold for requiring electronic payment of sales taxes, withholding taxes, and motor fuel distributor taxes; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 894. By Representatives Dudgeon of the 25th, Gilligan of the 24th, and Duncan of the 26th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 71 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to development impact fees, so as to provide for development impact fees for education; to provide definitions; to provide for the manner of calculation, imposition, and collection of such fees; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 895. By Representatives Mayo of the 84th, Dudgeon of the 25th, Evans of the 42nd, and Casas of the 107th: 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 require
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finance directors of charter schools to participate in initial and annual training in financially operating a charter school; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 896. By Representatives Dunahoo of the 30th, Chandler of the 105th, Barr of the 103rd, Kelley of the 16th, and Rogers of the 29th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 3-3-23 and Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to furnishing to, purchase of, or possession by persons under 21 years of age of alcoholic beverages and general provisions relating to torts, respectively, so as to provide for a social host's criminal responsibility and civil liability; to provide for exceptions; to expand criminal responsibility and civil liability for providing or allowing persons under 21 years of age to consume alcoholic beverages; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 897. By Representatives Price of the 48th, Cooper of the 43rd, Broadrick of the 4th, Lott of the 122nd, Kaiser of the 59th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the care and protection of indigent and elderly patients, so as to provide for the establishment and operation of a drug repository program to accept and dispense unused prescription drugs; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the O.C.G.A., relating to pharmacists and pharmacies, so as to repeal the "Utilization of Unused Prescription Drugs Act"; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to medical assistance generally, so as to revise a provision for purposes of conformity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 898. By Representatives Ramsey of the 72nd, Hatchett of the 150th, Wilkinson of the 52nd, and Stephens of the 164th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales and use taxes, so as to change the rate and use of such taxes collected on aviation fuel and aviation jet fuel; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 899. By Representatives Powell of the 171st, England of the 116th, Burns of the 159th, Jones of the 47th, Meadows of the 5th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapters 13 and 13A of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tobacco product manufacturers and master settlement agreement enhancements, respectively, so as to revise and add certain definitions; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for responsibilities of cigarette importers and stamping agents; to provide for duties of the
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Attorney General and the revenue commissioner; to amend Chapter 11 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to taxes on tobacco products, so as to clarify applicability in conjunction with other provisions of law; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 900. By Representatives Cooper of the 43rd, Weldon of the 3rd, Hawkins of the 27th, Parrish of the 158th, Harden of the 148th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to electronic data base of prescription information, so as to authorize the retention of data base information for two years; to provide for delegates of prescribers and dispensers to access data base information under certain conditions; to revise language relating to subpoenas and search warrants; to provide for accessing data base information for purposes of investigation of potential abuse; to provide for the release of nonpatient specific data to the agency for instructional, drug abuse prevention, and research purposes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 901. By Representatives Teasley of the 37th, Rice of the 95th, Wilkinson of the 52nd, Hitchens of the 161st, Yates of the 73rd, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-85.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to special and distinctive license plates for veterans, so as to provide for the issuance of such license plate to the spouse of an eligible veteran when no motor vehicle is registered in the name of such veteran; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 902. By Representatives Dempsey of the 13th, Clark of the 101st, Randall of the 142nd, Wilkinson of the 52nd, Hawkins of the 27th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to provide for educational information on influenza disease to residents of assisted living communities; to provide for statutory construction; to provide that no cause of action is created; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 903. By Representatives Strickland of the 111th, Shaw of the 176th, Fleming of the 121st, Bryant of the 162nd, and Kirby of the 114th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 8 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disclosure of records relative to employment security, so as to prevent fraud and abuse of the Unemployment Trust Fund by authorizing the Commissioner of Labor to submit to and receive from the state revenue
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commissioner certain information related to persons paying into or receiving funds from such fund; to provide penalties for the unlawful divulging of certain confidential information; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY AND LABOR
HB 904. By Representatives Strickland of the 111th, Shaw of the 176th, Fleming of the 121st, Bryant of the 162nd, and Kirby of the 114th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment security, so as to change certain contribution rates and credits; to change certain provisions relating to rate of employer contributions; to extend certain provisions relating to variations in the standard rate; to extend provisions relating to administrative assessments; to reduce the percentage of the administrative assessment to be assessed for a certain period; to provide exceptions; to change certain provisions relating to additional assessments for a new or newly covered employer; to extend the provision relating to automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY AND LABOR
HB 905. By Representatives Ballinger of the 23rd, Oliver of the 82nd, Dempsey of the 13th, Efstration of the 104th, Reeves of the 34th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-11-710, Title 19, and Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exchange of information, domestic relations, and programs and protection for children and youth, so as to change provisions relating to child abuse; to correct a cross-reference; to change and provide for defined terms; to change provisions relating to protocol committees on child abuse; to remove certain reporting requirements to the child abuse registry; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL
HB 906. By Representatives Kirby of the 114th, Ramsey of the 72nd, Martin of the 49th, Williamson of the 115th, and Powell of the 171st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-151 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the annual license fees for operation of vehicles, so as to exclude certain vehicles from payment of the fee charged to alternative fueled vehicles; 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 TRANSPORTATION
HB 907. By Representatives Rakestraw of the 19th, Maxwell of the 17th, McCall of the 33rd, Hitchens of the 161st, Carter of the 175th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 and Title 26 of the O.C.G.A., relating to sale or distribution to, or possession by, minors of cigarettes and tobacco related objects and food, drugs, and cosmetics, respectively, so as to safeguard
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public health, safety, and welfare by controlling and regulating the manufacture, production, distribution, and sale of e-liquids and vapor pens; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL
HR 1249. By Representatives Houston of the 170th, Shaw of the 176th, Carter of the 175th, and Sharper of the 177th: A RESOLUTION honoring the lives of Mr. William Penn Walker, Sr., and Mrs. Ruby Herndon Walker and dedicating an intersection in their memory; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
HR 1250. By Representatives Houston of the 170th, Yates of the 73rd, and Shaw of the 176th: A RESOLUTION recognizing United States military veterans and dedicating a parkway in their honor; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
HR 1251. By Representative Houston of the 170th: A RESOLUTION honoring the life of Mr. Joel Jackson Parrish and dedicating a bridge in his memory; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
HR 1252. By Representatives Greene of the 151st, Ealum of the 153rd, and Rynders of the 152nd: A RESOLUTION recognizing United States military Purple Heart recipients and dedicating a portion of a highway in their honor; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
HR 1253. By Representatives Sharper of the 177th, Carter of the 175th, Corbett of the 174th, Shaw of the 176th, Kidd of the 145th, and others: A RESOLUTION encouraging local boards of education, nonpublic elementary and secondary schools, governing bodies of charter schools, and public recreation facilities to render instruction on dugout safety to youth athletes participating in the sport of baseball and to construct protective dugout coverings; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HR 1254. By Representatives Stephens of the 165th, Stephens of the 164th, Petrea of the 166th, Gordon of the 163rd, Parrish of the 158th, and others: A RESOLUTION encouraging Medicaid care management organizations operating in Georgia to cover certain attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medications; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
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HR 1269. By Representatives Dawkins-Haigler of the 91st, Stephenson of the 90th, Dickerson of the 113th, Mitchell of the 88th, Williams of the 168th, and others: A RESOLUTION to amend Senate Resolution 287, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Georgia to allow the General Assembly to authorize the establishment of an Opportunity School District to provide for state intervention for failing schools, adopted by the General Assembly at the 2015 regular session (Ga. L. 2015, p. 1498), so as to revise the ballot question; to provide for related matters; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
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