First readers in House, 2020 January 31

FIRST READERS IN HOUSE FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020 NINTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HB 853. By Representatives Knight of the 130th, Corbett of the 174th, Pirkle of the 155th, Meeks of the 178th, and Rhodes of the 120th: 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 provide for a special license plate for county tax commissioners; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
HB 854. By Representatives Rutledge of the 109th, Powell of the 32nd, Petrea of the 166th, Stephens of the 164th, and Clark of the 147th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to define battery charged fence; to provide for minimum standards of such fences; to prohibit additional permitting or regulation of battery charged fences by counties and municipal corporations; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 855. By Representatives Wiedower of the 119th, Jasperse of the 11th, Gaines of the 117th, McCall of the 33rd, Reeves of the 34th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to educational programs, so as to direct the State Board of Education to determine eligibility criteria for foster care students to receive special education and related services; to require the Department of Education to provide guidance to local school systems; to require local school systems to immediately determine whether to initiate the initial evaluation process for newly enrolled foster care students; to require the State Board of Education to develop rules and regulations; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 856. By Representative Sharper of the 177th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to establish a system of public schools for the City of Valdosta, approved December 20, 1893 (Ga. L. 1893, p. 453), as amended, particularly by an Act approved August 22, 1907 (Ga. L. 1907, p. 957) and an Act approved May 4, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 6809), so as to modify the compensation of the members of the Board of Education of the City of Valdosta, Georgia; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
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HB 857. By Representatives Powell of the 32nd, McCall of the 33rd, and Jasperse of the 11th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prevention and control of air pollution, so as to prohibit the burning of certain chemically treated wood products for purposes of commercial energy generation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
HB 858. By Representatives McLaurin of the 51st, Wilson of the 80th, and Silcox of the 52nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 17-5-54 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions and disposition of personal property in custody of law enforcement agencies, so as to authorize the placement of a notice of a pending sale of unclaimed personal property by a law enforcement agency on the website of the law enforcement agency or the governmental agency or political subdivision that maintains the law enforcement agency; to update the date such sale shall occur; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL
HB 859. By Representatives Pirkle of the 155th, Corbett of the 174th, Sainz of the 180th, and Hatchett of the 150th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-8-73.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tinting of windows or windshields, so as to provide for a maximum monetary penalty; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY
HB 860. By Representatives Williams of the 145th and Rhodes of the 120th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors of Putnam County desire the Putnam County Board of Commissioners to levy an ad valorem tax for the purpose of retirement of debt incurred by the Putnam County Hospital Authority; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; to provide for procedures and requirements relating thereto; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
HB 861. By Representatives Wiedower of the 119th, Jones of the 47th, Gravley of the 67th, Gaines of the 117th, Barton of the 5th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to identification and regulation of motor vehicles, so as to amend certain definitions relating to commercial carriers; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES
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HB 862. By Representatives Kendrick of the 93rd, Caldwell of the 20th, Moore of the 95th, Jones of the 25th, Allen of the 40th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, so as to provide for the establishment of a Cybersecurity Task Force; to provide for its membership, powers and duties, reports and recommendations, and dissolution; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY
HB 863. By Representative Turner of the 21st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-3-21.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to submission of reports by property and casualty insurers, types of insurance to which requirement applies, contents of report, and public inspection, so as to require insurers writing motor vehicle insurance to report certain information regarding such insurance to the department; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE
HB 864. By Representatives Rich of the 97th, Greene of the 151st, Silcox of the 52nd, Cooper of the 43rd, Stephens of the 164th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to taxes on tobacco products, so as to provide for excise taxes to be levied on the sale of vapor devices and consumable vapor products; to provide for the collection and remittance of such taxes; to require licensure for persons dealing with vapor devices or consumable vapor products and to provide for application and renewal of such licenses; to provide for appeals of certain decisions made by the state revenue commissioner; to provide for civil and criminal penalties; to provide for rules and regulations; to revise and provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HR 1008. By Representatives Greene of the 151st, Jackson of the 128th, Nix of the 69th, Taylor of the 173rd, and Smith of the 70th: A RESOLUTION urging the State Board of Pardons and Paroles to issue a posthumous pardon for Susan Eberhart; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY
HR 1023. By Representatives Welch of the 110th, Efstration of the 104th, Fleming of the 121st, Trammell of the 132nd, Kelley of the 16th, and others: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the people of this state may petition the judiciary for declaratory relief from certain acts of this state or certain local governments or officers or employees thereof that violate the laws or Constitution of this state or the Constitution of the United States; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
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