First readers in House, 2019 February 21

FIRST READERS IN HOUSE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019 NINETEENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
*Rules Suspended
HB 380. By Representative Tanner of the 9th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act granting a new charter to the City of Dawsonville, approved April 6, 1967 (Ga. L. 1967, p. 2748), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 4, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 4135), so as to provide for the election of members of the city council by district; to provide for the description of the election districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for manner of election; to provide for the continuation in office of current members; to provide for the application of general law; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
HB 381. By Representatives Efstration of the 104th, Barr of the 103rd, and Oliver of the 82nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-6-15, relating to child support guidelines for determining amount of award, continuation of duty of support, and duration of support, so as to revise and correct defined terms and terminology, grammar, and punctuation; to remove alimony as a specific deviation in certain circumstances; to exclude certain adoption assistance benefits from gross income; to clarify provisions relating to willful or voluntary unemployment or underemployment; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 382. By Representatives Burns of the 159th, Watson of the 172nd, Smith of the 70th, Gaines of the 117th, Rhodes of the 120th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6A of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to outdoor stewardship, so as to redefine eligible applicants for and recipients of the grants; to provide for up to 5 percent of trust moneys for state administrative costs; to provide for annual reporting of program administration expenditures; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
HB 383. By Representatives Bonner of the 72nd, Martin of the 49th, Jones of the 25th, Mathiak of the 73rd, and Momtahan of the 17th: 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
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HB 384. By Representatives Wilensky of the 79th, Frye of the 118th, Shannon of the 84th, Holland of the 54th, McLaurin of the 51st, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-11-126 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to having or carrying handguns, long guns, or other weapon, license requirement, and exceptions for homes, motor vehicles, private property, and other locations and conditions, so as to require that firearms stored or kept within a home be secured in a locked container; to provide for a criminal penalty; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY
HB 385. By Representatives Hawkins of the 27th, Smith of the 134th, Powell of the 171st, Kelley of the 16th, Hatchett of the 150th, and others: 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 require that a statement indicating that the subscriber's health policy is fully insured is included on a subscriber's health insurance identification card; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE
HB 386. By Representatives Kendrick of the 93rd, Carter of the 92nd, Robichaux of the 48th, Marin of the 96th, Beverly of the 143rd, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income taxes, so as to add a type of investor eligible for certain tax credits; to provide for a definition; to provide for the submission of a report to the General Assembly; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 387. By Representatives Lumsden of the 12th, Gravley of the 67th, Stephens of the 164th, Hitchens of the 161st, and Petrea of the 166th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 44-14-320 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certain liens established and removal of nonconforming liens, so as to provide for liens in favor of private, nonprofit, volunteer fire departments for instances of fire services that are requested by property owners; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 388. By Representatives Silcox of the 52nd, Stephens of the 164th, Gardner of the 57th, and Nix of the 69th: 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 exempt counties and municipalities from funding a development project's proportionate share of system improvement when such development project is exempt from development impact fees and such project creates affordable housing; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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HB 389. By Representatives Wilensky of the 79th, Bruce of the 61st, Bazemore of the 63rd, Shannon of the 84th, Smith of the 41st, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 2 of Part 1 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to compulsory attendance, so as to provide for excused absences for voting in state-wide elections; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 390. By Representative Benton of the 31st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to service creditable toward retirement benefits for the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia, so as to provide that certain members of the Teachers Retirement System shall be eligible to obtain creditable service for international teaching service by paying the full actuarial cost of obtaining such creditable service; to define a term; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
HB 391. By Representative Benton of the 31st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for retirement and pensions, so as to provide that contact information of members of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia shall be made available upon request by the Georgia State Retirees Association and other similarly situated entities; to require the payment of all costs associated with such request to the system; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
HB 392. By Representatives Wiedower of the 119th, Kelley of the 16th, Gaines of the 117th, Hitchens of the 161st, Clark of the 147th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-7-21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to expense allowance and travel cost reimbursement for members of certain boards and commissions, so as to provide expense allowance and travel cost reimbursement for members of the Board of Public Safety in like fashion as other state boards and commissions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 393. By Representatives McLeod of the 105th, Efstration of the 104th, McClain of the 100th, Stovall of the 74th, Kennard of the 102nd, and others: 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 the imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions from state income tax, so as to allow for a deduction for child support payments made
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pursuant to a court order to a custodial parent under certain circumstances; to provide for rules and regulations; 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 394. By Representatives Ehrhart of the 36th, Hitchens of the 161st, Lumsden of the 12th, Carson of the 46th, Taylor of the 173rd, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 23 of Chapter 2 of Title 20, Chapter 1 of Title 35, and Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to traffic safety, general provisions for law enforcement officers and agencies, and general provisions regarding the uniform rules of the road, respectively, so as to authorize certain personnel employed by or volunteering for law enforcement agencies or fire departments to assist in directing and regulating the flow of traffic and to clarify provisions relating thereto; to provide for training requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY
HB 395. By Representatives Scott of the 76th, Jackson of the 64th, Beasley-Teague of the 65th, and Mitchell of the 88th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 35-1-8 of the O.C.G.A., relating to acquisition, collection, classification, and preservation of information assisting in identifying deceased persons and locating missing persons, so as to provide for the immediate opening of investigations of missing veterans and service members who have physical or mental injuries arising from their service; to amend Code Section 35-3-172 of the O.C.G.A., relating to development and implementation of a state-wide alert system for disabled adults and medically endangered persons, so as to include in such alert system missing veterans and service members who have physical or mental injuries arising from their service; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on DEFENSE & VETERANS AFFAIRS
HB 396. By Representatives Washburn of the 141st and Fleming of the 121st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fraud and related practices, so as to provide that it shall be unlawful for a person with intent to hinder, delay, impair, or defraud a creditor's rights to deed or otherwise transfer title to real property to another person without the knowledge or consent of such other person; to provide for sanctions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 397. By Representatives Knight of the 130th and Harrell of the 106th: 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 of, and exemptions from income taxes, so as to exclude from the calculation of unrelated business income of certain exempt organizations any amount included in federal unrelated business income
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due to the application of Section 512(a)(6) and Section 512(a)(7) of the United States Internal Revenue Code; 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 398. By Representatives Smith of the 41st, Barr of the 103rd, Collins of the 68th, Wilkerson of the 38th, Allen of the 40th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to uniform rules of the road, so as to allow local authorities to regulate the operation of bicycles upon sidewalks by persons under the age of 16 or with disabilities; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
HB 399. By Representatives Jones of the 167th, Kelley of the 16th, Clark of the 98th, Dempsey of the 13th, Cheokas of the 138th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for certain exceptions to the issuance of license plates, application for motor vehicle registration, and the design and display of license plates and revalidation decals; to provide for procedures, conditions, and standards for the issuance and display of digital license plates on motor vehicles; to provide for duties and rights of digital license plate providers; to authorize the adoption of rules and regulations by the Department of Revenue in relation to such license plates and providers; to provide for surrender of such plates under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 400. By Representatives Jones of the 167th, Powell of the 32nd, Ridley of the 6th, Jasperse of the 11th, Hitchens of the 161st, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 21-2-417 of the O.C.G.A., relating to presentation of identification to poll workers, form of proper identification, swearing of statement when unable to produce proper identification, provisional ballots for those, and penalty for false statement under oath, so as to provide that certain driver's licenses and identification cards shall not be proper identification for presentation to a poll worker; to amend Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicles and traffic; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 401. By Representatives Gaines of the 117th, Clark of the 98th, Belton of the 112th, Wiedower of the 119th, Gambill of the 15th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prestige license plates and special plates for certain persons and vehicles, so as to establish a special license plate for graduates of the
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United States Army Airborne School; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations upon issuance of such license plates; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 402. By Representatives Gaines of the 117th, Cooper of the 43rd, Petrea of the 166th, Wiedower of the 119th, Dempsey of the 13th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 30 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the protection of disabled adults and elder persons, so as to include abuse and neglect in the items to be reported by a financial institution; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HUMAN RELATIONS & AGING
HB 403. By Representatives Holcomb of the 81st, Gilliard of the 162nd, Kennard of the 102nd, Paris of the 142nd, Hugley of the 136th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to penal institutions, so as to provide that no private corporation shall operate a detention facility; to provide for definitions; to provide for federal facilities; to provide for existing contractual obligations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY
HB 404. By Representatives Carson of the 46th, Ehrhart of the 36th, Cooper of the 43rd, Allen of the 40th, Anulewicz of the 42nd, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act changing the compensation of the clerk of the superior court, the sheriff, and the judge of the Probate Court of Cobb County from the fee system to the salary system, approved February 9, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 427), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 2, 2017 (Ga. L. 2017, p. 3673), so as to restyle the executive assistant and the executive secretary of the clerk of the superior court as administrative managers; to change the salary of the administrative managers of the clerk of the superior court; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 405. By Representatives Knight of the 130th, Carpenter of the 4th, Stephens of the 164th, Kelley of the 16th, and Beasley-Teague of the 65th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to property tax exemptions, so as to modify provisions related to the Level 1 Freeport Exemption to include affiliated entities and inventory held for the repair or modification of goods; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
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HB 406. By Representatives Williamson of the 115th and Powell of the 171st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 36 and Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local government and revenue and taxation, respectively, so as to require joint authorities to furnish certain information necessary for the state auditor to determine the net impact of their activities on associated tax digests; to require the use of such net impact to determine equalized adjusted property tax digests; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS *HB 419. By Representatives Knight of the 130th, Harrell of the 106th, Powell of the 171st, Carson of the 46th, Martin of the 49th, and others: 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 define the terms "Internal Revenue Code" and "Internal Revenue Code of 1986" and thereby incorporate certain provisions of the federal law into Georgia law; to revise provisions relating to partnership returns and adjustments; to provide an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS HR 291. By Representatives Park of the 101st, Hugley of the 136th, Hutchinson of the 107th, Moore of the 95th, Clark of the 108th, and others: A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Increasing Access to Afterschool Programs; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL RULES
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