First readers in House, 2021 January 28

FIRST READERS IN HOUSE THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2021 SEVENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HB 130. By Representatives Gullett of the 19th, Sainz of the 180th, Williams of the 145th, Gravley of the 67th, and Momtahan of the 17th: 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 the term "fence detection system"; to limit the ability of counties, consolidated governments, and municipalities to regulate or prohibit such systems; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 131. By Representatives Mainor of the 56th, Bazemore of the 63rd, Thomas of the 39th, Lim of the 99th, and Roberts of the 52nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to stalking, so as to revise a definition; to clarify that stalking and aggravated stalking can be committed both directly and indirectly; to provide that each violation of stalking and aggravated stalking constitutes a separate offense and shall not merge with any other offense; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to arrest by law enforcement officers generally, so as to revise the information to be supplied in family violence reports; to provide for periodic audits of police agencies with regard to the completion and filing of such reports; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL
HB 132. By Representatives Mainor of the 56th, Dukes of the 154th, Scott of the 76th, Lim of the 99th, and Roberts of the 52nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to provide for written operating procedures for elections and voter registration activities in each county; to provide for State Election Board approval; to provide for contents and scope of procedures; to provide for sanctions for failure to submit acceptable operating procedures; to provide for certain reports; to provide for county legislative oversight
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advisory boards; to provide for membership and duties; to provide for sanctions for violations of oaths of office by election officials and poll managers and clerks; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ELECTION INTEGRITY
HB 133. By Representatives Mainor of the 56th, Dukes of the 154th, Bazemore of the 63rd, Scott of the 76th, Thomas of the 39th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 17 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights, so as to provide for judicial verifications of victim notifications that are required pursuant to the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL
HB 134. By Representatives Anderson of the 10th, Jones of the 47th, Jones of the 25th, Dubnik of the 29th, and Hawkins of the 27th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to open and public meetings, so as to exclude meetings relating to cybersecurity contracting and planning from open meeting requirements; to amend Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to inspection of public records, so as to provide an exemption for certain documents relating to cybersecurity plans and systems; 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 135. By Representatives Williams of the 145th, Mathis of the 144th, McDonald of the 26th, Powell of the 32nd, and Collins of the 68th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-10-15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to death certificates, so as to require the physician in charge of the patient's care for the illness or condition which resulted in death to complete, sign, and return the medical certification as to the cause and circumstances of death to the
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funeral director or person acting as such prior to or simultaneously with the funeral director or other person assuming custody of the dead body; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 136. By Representatives Lumsden of the 12th, Scoggins of the 14th, Efstration of the 104th, Fleming of the 121st, and Taylor of the 173rd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to provide for the appointment of acting election superintendents in the event of a vacancy or incapacitation in the office of judge of the probate court of counties without a board of elections; to provide for resumption of the duties of election superintendent upon the filling of such vacancy; to provide for the compensation of such acting election superintendents; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ELECTION INTEGRITY
HB 137. By Representatives Scoggins of the 14th, Kelley of the 16th, Gambill of the 15th, Smith of the 18th, and Lumsden of the 12th: 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 provide that otherwise taxable income resulting from compensation to a taxpayer for the governmental condemnation of such taxpayer's real property shall not be subject to state income tax; 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 138. By Representatives Mainor of the 56th, Mallow of the 163rd, and Thomas of the 65th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to landlord and tenant in general, so as to provide that certain landlords shall provide certain notices to existing and prospective tenants with regard to certain crimes occurring on the premises being leased; to provide for sanctions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
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HB 139. By Representatives Mainor of the 56th, Dukes of the 154th, McClain of the 100th, Mallow of the 163rd, and Thomas of the 65th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 6 of Title 32 and Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 8 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of maintenance and use of public roads and railroads and the operation of trains at crossings, respectively, so as to require certain signage by railroad companies; to prohibit the operation of a train in a manner that occupies or blocks a street, road, or highway grade crossing longer than a certain amount of time; to provide for exceptions; to provide for immunity from penalty in certain instances; to provide for annual reporting; to provide for a fine for noncompliance; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
HB 140. By Representatives Boddie of the 62nd, Kendrick of the 93rd, Williams of the 168th, Mallow of the 163rd, and Frazier of the 126th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 7 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to change of venue, so as to provide for a motion for a change of venue by the prosecuting attorney in certain cases; to provide for procedures; 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
HB 141. By Representatives Gaines of the 117th, Jones of the 47th, Wiedower of the 119th, Reeves of the 34th, and Werkheiser of the 157th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 15 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to victim compensation, so as to provide for requirements for awards made from the Georgia Crime Victims Emergency Fund to medical service providers; 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 NON-CIVIL
HB 142. By Representatives Carpenter of the 4th, Watson of the 172nd, Rhodes of the 120th, and Ehrhart of the 36th: 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, and exemptions from state income taxes, respectively, so as to provide for qualified education tax credits
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to be used by certain insurance companies against certain tax liability; to provide for conditions and limitations; to increase the limit on qualified education tax credits available to individuals who are members of certain limited liability companies, shareholders of Subchapter "S" corporations, or partners in a partnership; to revise the annual aggregate tax credit limits; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for a definition; 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 143. By Representatives Boddie of the 62nd, Moore of the 95th, Clark of the 108th, Evans of the 83rd, Kausche of the 50th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding district attorneys, so as to create the District Attorneys Oversight Commission; to provide for the powers, composition, appointment, and confirmation of such commission; to provide for commission members' terms, vacancies, and removals; to provide for procedures and confidentiality; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 144. By Representatives Clark of the 147th, Smyre of the 135th, Williams of the 168th, Tarvin of the 2nd, Hitchens of the 161st, 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 exempt from state income tax certain income received by taxpayers as retirement benefits from military service in the armed forces of the United States or the reserve components thereof; 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 145. By Representatives Boddie of the 62nd, Thomas of the 65th, Hutchinson of the 107th, Clark of the 108th, Dreyer of the 59th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 17-4-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to authorization of arrests, use of deadly force, adoption or promulgation of conflicting regulations, policies, ordinances, and resolutions, and authority of nuclear power facility security officer, so as to provide for standards for use
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of force by law enforcement; to prohibit the use of chokeholds by law enforcement officers; to provide for a definition; 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 NON-CIVIL
HB 146. By Representatives Gaines of the 117th, Cooper of the 43rd, Jones of the 47th, Wiedower of the 119th, Rich of the 97th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 20 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding personnel administration, so as to provide for paid parental leave for eligible state employees and eligible local board of education employees; to provide for definitions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for terms and conditions; to provide for certain prohibitions; to provide for rules; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 147. By Representatives Clark of the 147th, Jasperse of the 11th, Williamson of the 115th, Washburn of the 141st, Martin of the 49th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions of professions and businesses, so as to provide for individuals who move to the state and establish residency to obtain a license by endorsement to practice certain professions and occupations in this state; to provide for requirements; 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 148. By Representatives Schofield of the 60th, Burnough of the 77th, Scott of the 76th, Douglas of the 78th, and Bazemore of the 63rd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-62-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to development authorities directors, officers, compensation, adoption of bylaws, delegation of powers and duties, conflicts of interest, and audits, so as to provide for taxpaying business owners to be appointed to development authorities; to provide for removal of directors from development authorities; 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 149. By Representatives Williamson of the 115th, Carson of the 46th, Knight of the 130th, Blackmon of the 146th, and Petrea of the 166th: 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 allow for certain elections to be made by Subchapter "S" corporations and partnerships for the filing of tax returns and imposition of taxes; to provide for definitions; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 150. By Representatives Williamson of the 115th, Hatchett of the 150th, Kelley of the 16th, Frazier of the 126th, Parsons of the 44th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public utilities and public transportation, so as to prohibit governmental entities from adopting any policy that prohibits the connection or reconnection of any utility service based upon the type or source of energy or 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 ENERGY, UTILITIES & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
HB 151. By Representatives Burnough of the 77th, Neal of the 74th, Bazemore of the 63rd, and Scott of the 76th: 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 terminate an exemption from ad valorem taxation for public property owned by a political subdivision outside of its territorial limits that is developed by grading or other improvements to the extent of at least 25 percent of the total land area and has facilities actively used for a public or governmental purpose; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS
HB 152. By Representatives Wiedower of the 119th, Gaines of the 117th, Crowe of the 110th, Barton of the 5th, Anderson of the 10th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1A of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to nonpublic postsecondary educational institutions, so as to revise provisions regarding the exemption applicable to certain institutions operating on military
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installations or bases; to provide for biennial review of institutions rather than programs; to provide for awards of costs and reasonable attorney's fees in favor of the Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission; to provide for alternative review of renewal applications by institutions in good standing with recognized accrediting agencies; to provide for filing a surety bond in the event of a change of ownership of an institution; to provide for the remittal of surety bonds; to provide for assessment of investigation costs incurred by the commission; to provide for a definition; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION
HB 153. By Representatives Wiedower of the 119th, Gaines of the 117th, Crowe of the 110th, Barton of the 5th, Anderson of the 10th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975," so as to provide for requirements for solicitations of services for corporate filings required by the Secretary of State; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER AFFAIRS
HB 154. By Representatives Reeves of the 34th, Efstration of the 104th, Oliver of the 82nd, Rich of the 97th, Wiedower of the 119th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to domestic relations, so as to strengthen, clarify, and update provisions relating to the protection of children, including foster children and adopted children; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUVENILE JUSTICE
HB 155. By Representatives Thomas of the 39th, Boddie of the 62nd, Cannon of the 58th, Scott of the 76th, Kendrick of the 93rd, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to raise the age of mandatory education for children from 16 to 17; to revise provisions relating to adult literacy for purposes of conformity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
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HR 39. By Representatives Camp of the 131st, Gambill of the 15th, Dunahoo of the 30th, Mathiak of the 73rd, Clark of the 147th, and others: A RESOLUTION requesting that the United States Congress call a convention under Article V of the Constitution of the United States limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States House of Representatives and to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States Senate; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RULES
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