First readers in House [Feb. 27, 2017]

FIRST READERS IN HOUSE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2017 TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
*Rules Suspended
HB 491. By Representatives Waites of the 60th, Thomas of the 56th, Dukes of the 154th, Bruce of the 61st, and Scott of the 76th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 35-3-37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to review of individual's criminal history record information, definitions, privacy considerations, written application requesting review, and inspection, so as to revise conditions under which an individual may petition the superior court to restrict access to criminal history record information for certain misdemeanor offenses; to provide for conditions under which an individual may petition the superior court to restrict access to criminal history record information for certain felony offenses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL
HB 492. By Representative Waites of the 60th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 and Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses and sentencing and imposition of punishment, respectively, so as to provide for enhanced penalties in cases where a victim of the offenses of aggravated assault, aggravated battery, criminal damage to property in the second degree, terroristic acts and threats, and serious violent offenses is intentionally selected because of such victim's actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability; to repeal certain provisions relating to sentencing of defendants guilty of crimes involving bias or prejudice, circumstances, and parole; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL
HB 493. By Representatives Stovall of the 74th, Turner of the 21st, Cantrell of the 22nd, Setzler of the 35th, and Rynders of the 152nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-14-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to meetings to be open to public, limitation on action to contest agency action, recording, notice of time and place, access to minutes, and telecommunications conferences, so as to require that public commentary be included in agency minutes and online videos; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 494. By Representatives Dempsey of the 13th, Coleman of the 97th, Chandler of the 105th, Glanton of the 75th, and Carter of the 175th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1A of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to early care and learning, so as to revise certain provisions relating to the safety of children in early care and education programs; to authorize hearsay in preliminary hearings regarding emergency closure of a program or the emergency placement of a monitor or monitors; to revise the definition of "crime" for
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purposes of background checks; to provide that background checks are not valid if an individual has been separated from employment for more than 180 consecutive days from an early care and education program; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 495. By Representatives Gilligan of the 24th, Dunahoo of the 30th, Epps of the 144th, Stephens of the 164th, and Belton of the 112th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Economic Development, so as to provide for civil penalties and benefit recapture from employers that move call centers from the state; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 496. By Representatives Gilligan of the 24th, Brockway of the 102nd, Caldwell of the 20th, Turner of the 21st, and Casas of the 107th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various titles of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to provide for Code revision corrections; to repeal an obsolete provision; to correct a cross-reference; to provide for conforming revisions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 497. By Representatives Efstration of the 104th, Willard of the 51st, Prince of the 127th, Abrams of the 89th, and Lumsden of the 12th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to delinquency, so as to automatically extend the period for filing a petition for delinquency when informal adjustment or other nonadjudicatory procedures are being used, until such informal adjustment or procedures have failed; to amend Title 19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to domestic relations, so as to provide for de facto custodians custody arrangements; to provide for joint child custody arrangements between a parent and a de facto custodian of a child; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 498. By Representatives Strickland of the 111th and Welch of the 110th: 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 give a right of action against any broadcaster who broadcasts the depiction of an accident or trauma scene in such manner as would give personally identifiable visual information or identification of a victim; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
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HB 499. By Representative Gilligan of the 24th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 34 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to identity theft, so as to enact the "Georgia Personal Data Security Act"; to improve systems and procedures for providing and regulating notifications of data beaches affecting Georgia residents; to revise legislative findings and declarations; to modify definitions; to modify when notices of certain security breaches are required and to provide for the contents of such notices; to require certain entities to maintain certain data security procedures; to require that certain notices of a data breach be sent to certain officials of this state; to provide for enforcement by the Attorney General; to provide for civil penalties; to provide for designations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 500. By Representatives Bentley of the 139th, Sharper of the 177th, Stovall of the 74th, Dickerson of the 113th, and Beverly of the 143rd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to election of local board of education members, persons ineligible to be members or superintendent, ineligibility for local boards of education, and ineligibility for other elective offices, so as to provide for a vacancy on a local board of education in the event that a member is holding office in violation of the nepotism law; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 501. By Representative Tankersley of the 160th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to require licensure of recreational therapists; to provide for definitions; to create the Georgia Board of Recreational Therapy; to provide for establishment, appointment, and membership of the board; to provide for powers, duties, and meetings of the board; to provide for licensure application, qualifications, and renewals; to prohibit the unauthorized practice of recreational therapy; to provide for continuing education requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on REGULATED INDUSTRIES
*HB 510. By Representatives Smyre of the 135th, Smith of the 134th, Hawkins of the 27th, Hugley of the 136th, Buckner of the 137th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prohibited acts regarding alcoholic beverages, so as to repeal certain provisions relating to population and the measurement of certain distances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on REGULATED INDUSTRIES
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HR 431. By Representatives Turner of the 21st, Setzler of the 35th, Brockway of the 102nd, Lott of the 122nd, and Coomer of the 14th: A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on the Ramifications of Changes in Federal Health Care Policy; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
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