First readers in House [Feb. 23, 2017]

FIRST READERS IN HOUSE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2017 TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATIVE DAY
*Rules Suspended
HB 460. By Representative Parrish of the 158th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Swainsboro 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 461. By Representative Nix of the 69th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Heard County and to provide for its powers and duties; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
HB 462. By Representatives Williams of the 145th, Collins of the 68th, Powell of the 32nd, Hitchens of the 161st, McGowan of the 138th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia veterans cemeteries, so as to provide that members of the National Guard discharged or separated under honorable conditions shall be eligible for interment in a Georgia veterans cemetery; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on DEFENSE & VETERANS AFFAIRS
HB 463. By Representatives Dempsey of the 13th, Coleman of the 97th, Carter of the 175th, Nix of the 69th, and Chandler of the 105th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1A of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to early care and learning, so as to authorize the Department of Early Care and Learning to establish a nonprofit corporation to qualify as a public foundation; to provide for requirements; to provide for an annual report; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 464. By Representatives Willard of the 51st, Pruett of the 149th, Hatchett of the 150th, Martin of the 49th, Stephens of the 164th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state health planning and development, so as to provide for a five-year phase-in decrease in the percentage of out-of-state patients required to compose the patient base; to eliminate the licensed bed capacity maximum for destination cancer hospitals in two years; to increase the required charity care of a destination cancer hospital for purposes of certificate of need for the next five years; to provide for a five-
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year delayed repeal of provisions relating to the differentiated requirements for destination cancer hospitals; to amend other provisions for purposes of conformity; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 465. By Representatives Pezold of the 133rd, Pruett of the 149th, Peake of the 141st, McCall of the 33rd, and Tarvin of the 2nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to agriculture, so as to add a new chapter which provides for the creation of an Industrial Hemp Commission; to provide for membership of such commission; to provide for the establishment of a research program in cooperation with state universities; to provide for authority of the commission to seek certain permits or waivers from the federal government; to provide the commission with authority to issue licenses to cultivate industrial hemp for research and commercial purposes; to provide for compliance with certain prerequisites for issuance of such license; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL
HB 466. By Representatives Williamson of the 115th, Powell of the 32nd, Hatchett of the 150th, Coomer of the 14th, and Jones of the 47th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 35-3-34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disclosure and dissemination of criminal records to private persons and businesses, resulting responsibility and liability of issuing center, and provision of certain information to the FBI in conjunction with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, so as to revise conditions regarding when the Georgia Crime Information Center may disseminate electronically certain criminal history records to private persons and businesses without fingerprint comparison or consent of the person whose records are requested; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL
HB 467. By Representatives Hugley of the 136th, Abrams of the 89th, Williams of the 168th, and Thomas of the 39th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to technical and adult education, so as to provide for a tuition waiver for students from foster care situations enrolling in units within the Technical College System of Georgia; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION
HB 468. By Representative Taylor of the 79th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a homestead exemption from certain DeKalb County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the base year assessed value of such homestead, approved May 5, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 4636), as
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amended, so as to modify the time limitation on such exemption; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
HB 469. By Representatives Shaw of the 176th, Epps of the 144th, Tanner of the 9th, Caldwell of the 131st, Blackmon of the 146th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 22 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicle franchise practices, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for restrictions, limitations, and guidelines for the use of consumer data by a franchisor, manufacturer, distributor, or third party; to provide standards for reasonable compensation by a franchisor, manufacturer, distributor, or third party for parts and labor for warranty service work by a dealer; to provide for payments after a stop-sale of a motor vehicle in certain instances; to provide for right of first refusal; to correct a cross-reference; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on REGULATED INDUSTRIES
HB 471. By Representatives Brockway of the 102nd, Ehrhart of the 36th, Jasperse of the 11th, Teasley of the 37th, and Casas of the 107th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the board of regents and university system, so as to provide for the establishment of free speech policies for institutions of the university system; to prohibit the mandatory payment of certain student activity fees; to provide for a cause of action and remedies; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION
HB 472. By Representatives Epps of the 144th, Watson of the 172nd, Powell of the 32nd, and Shaw of the 176th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to driving on right side of roadway, overtaking and passing, and following too closely, so as to provide for an exception for following requirements for vehicles following in a procession when speed of the non-leading, participating vehicles are coordinated automatically; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY
HB 473. By Representative Kirby of the 114th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 30 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to handicapped persons, so as to provide for additional rights and responsibilities of persons with service animals; to provide for accommodation of those requiring service animals; to authorize creation and issuance of information cards under the auspices of the Department of Human Services; to provide for criminal offenses and penalties relating to fraudulent representation relating to disability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
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*HB 485. By Representatives Glanton of the 75th, Maxwell of the 17th, and Powell of the 32nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to distilled spirits, so as to remove the requirement that a referendum election be held prior to the issuance of licenses for the manufacture of distilled spirits; to change certain provisions relating to the procedures for calling and conducting certain referendum elections and nullifications thereof; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on REGULATED INDUSTRIES
*HB 486. By Representatives Benton of the 31st, Petrea of the 166th, Spencer of the 180th, and Kirby of the 114th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-26-12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exceptions to operation of the Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act and burden of proof, so as to provide for training of proxy caregivers; to provide for selection of curricula by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities; to provide for select providers to train proxy caregivers in accordance with selected curriculum; to provide for professional delegation exceptions; to revise good faith efforts; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HUMAN RELATIONS & AGING
*HB 487. By Representatives Bonner of the 72nd, Taylor of the 79th, Rogers of the 10th, Hitchens of the 161st, and Clark of the 98th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Disaster Volunteer Relief Act, so as to authorize certain employees of state agencies to be granted leave from work with pay in order to participate in specialized disaster relief services; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY
HR 363. By Representatives Carson of the 46th, Powell of the 171st, and Ehrhart of the 36th: A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on the Qualified Education Expense Credit; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL RULES
HR 364. By Representatives Broadrick of the 4th, Cooper of the 43rd, Tarvin of the 2nd, Tanner of the 9th, and Hill of the 3rd: A RESOLUTION recognizing that pornography is creating a public health crisis leading to a broad spectrum of individual and public health impacts and societal harms and acknowledging the need for education, prevention, research, and policy change at the community and societal level in order to address the epidemic; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
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HR 387. By Representatives Williams of the 119th, Quick of the 117th, and Frye of the 118th: A RESOLUTION honoring the life of First Sergeant Luke J. Mercardante and dedicating a bridge in his memory; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION HR 388. By Representatives Kirby of the 114th and Lott of the 122nd: A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Meeting the Demand for Nursing Care in Georgia; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL RULES
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