First readers in House, 2021 February 25

FIRST READERS IN HOUSE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021 TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATIVE DAY
*Rules Suspended
HB 618. By Representatives Reeves of the 34th and Scoggins of the 14th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to execution and attestation, so as to provide for elder abuse protections regarding wills; to provide for a definition; to provide for requesting a judgment of validity; to provide for the admissibility of facts; to provide for revocation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
HB 619. By Representative Houston of the 170th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the heritage trust program, so as to authorize the sale of Patrick's Fishing Paradise to a private entity; to provide for a procedure for same; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PROPERTIES
HB 620. By Representatives Leverett of the 33rd, Oliver of the 82nd, Efstration of the 104th, Wilson of the 80th, and Scoggins of the 14th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 29, Chapter 4 of Title 51, and Article 6 of Chapter 6 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to guardian and ward, wrongful death, and bond, respectively, so as to clarify and revise procedures and requirements for the payment of certain settlements involving claims of minors; to revise and provide for definitions; to revise when the natural guardian or next friend of a minor may receive the personal property of a minor for certain purposes; to revise certain bond requirements; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
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HB 621. By Representatives Wilson of the 80th, Evans of the 57th, Allen of the 40th, and Schofield of the 60th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to direct insurers to consider only specified information in determining motor vehicle liability insurance rates; to provide for timely insurer responses to certain requests; to provide for prohibition considering credit history regarding motor vehicle liability premium rates; to provide for definitions; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INSURANCE
HB 622. By Representative Dickey of the 140th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Fort Valley, approved August 22, 1907 (Ga. L. 1907, p. 651), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 6, 2019 (Ga. L. 2019, 4170), so as to add three appointed members to the Utility Commission for the City of Fort Valley; to remove the mayor's voting power on such commission; to provide for the filling of vacancies on such commission; to remove provisions providing for agreements between the city and commission as to certain payments from the commission to the city; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
HB 623. By Representatives Ridley of the 6th, Carpenter of the 4th, and Tarvin of the 2nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Cohutta; to provide for related matters; to repeal a specific Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
HB 624. By Representatives Taylor of the 173rd, Greene of the 151st, Campbell of the 171st, and Dukes of the 154th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for an additional judge of the
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superior court of the South Georgia Judicial Circuit; 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 625. By Representatives Rhodes of the 120th, Powell of the 32nd, and Leverett of the 33rd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Tri-County Natural Gas Authority; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
HB 626. By Representatives Glanton of the 75th, Boddie of the 62nd, Smyre of the 135th, Beverly of the 143rd, Hugley of the 136th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for a pilot program to plan, implement, and improve sustainable community schools, including but not limited to schools with whole child model school plans; to provide for definitions; to provide for planning grants and operational grants; to provide for applications for grants; to require the development of community school plans; to provide for requirements for grant recipients; to authorize the use of grant funds; to provide for reports; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 627. By Representatives LaHood of the 175th, Wiedower of the 119th, Lott of the 122nd, Rhodes of the 120th, and Ridley of the 6th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to athletic trainers, so as to revise and update definitions; to eliminate obsolete provisions; to require athletic training students to be under the direct supervision of a physician or licensed athletic trainer; to revise and update certification requirements; 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 628. By Representatives LaHood of the 175th, Petrea of the 166th, Cooper of the 43rd, Newton of the 123rd, and Ridley of the 6th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 14A of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the central caregiver registry, so as to provide for criminal background checks on individuals independently retained to provide personal care services for elderly persons who reside in a personal care home or assisted living facility; to revise definitions; to provide for procedures and notification; to provide for limited liability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HUMAN RELATIONS & AGING
HB 629. By Representatives Newton of the 123rd, Hawkins of the 27th, Cooper of the 43rd, Frye of the 118th, and Dempsey of the 13th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the control of hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders, so as to eliminate certain restrictions on the sale and dispensing of contact lenses; to revise definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 630. By Representatives Beverly of the 143rd, Mitchell of the 88th, Wilkerson of the 38th, Cannon of the 58th, Bazemore of the 63rd, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide for the authorization of appropriations for the purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments to providers of Medicaid expansion under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and federal Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; to require certain action; to provide for certain restrictions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 631. By Representatives Cheokas of the 138th, Newton of the 123rd, Kelley of the 16th, Lumsden of the 12th, Stephens of the 164th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 35-3-33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers and duties of the Georgia Crime Information
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Center, so as to provide for the development and operation of a system to voluntarily collect and disseminate information relating to conditions that may impede an individual's ability to communicate with law enforcement or emergency responders; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY
HB 632. By Representatives Bazemore of the 63rd, Bruce of the 61st, Metze of the 55th, Boddie of the 62nd, and Jackson of the 64th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to use of speed detection devices and red light cameras, so as to provide for the enforcement of operating a commercial motor vehicle upon a highway in violation of a local ordinance through the use of recorded images by an automated truck route monitoring device; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations upon operation of an automated truck route monitoring device; to provide for issuance of civil monetary penalties; to provide notice of penalty; to prohibit the renewal of registration or sale of a motor vehicle upon failure to pay a civil monetary penalty; 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 633. By Representatives Bazemore of the 63rd, Beverly of the 143rd, Williams of the 168th, Smyre of the 135th, Mitchell of the 88th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to kidnapping, false imprisonment, and related offenses, so as to establish the "Georgia Human Trafficking and Sex Crimes Directory Act"; to provide a short title; to provide definitions; to provide for confidential communications procedures; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY
HB 634. By Representative Mathis of the 144th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide that the judge of the Probate Court of Wilkinson County shall serve as chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Wilkinson County, approved March 12, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 3980), as amended; so as
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to provide one-year terms of office for magistrates; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
HB 636. By Representatives Boddie of the 62nd, Hugley of the 136th, Burnough of the 77th, Davis of the 87th, Shannon of the 84th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to labor and industrial relations, so as to provide for rest breaks for certain employees; to provide for definitions; to provide for the duration and frequency of such breaks; to provide for compensation during such rest breaks; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INDUSTRY AND LABOR
HB 637. By Representatives Frye of the 118th, Neal of the 74th, McLaurin of the 51st, Douglas of the 78th, and Howard of the 124th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of hazardous conditions, preventable diseases, and metabolic disorders, so as to authorize persons to wear masks, hoods, or other devices to prevent the spread of a contagious or infectious disease during and for 12 months following the conclusion of a public health emergency; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
*HB 645. By Representatives Gravley of the 67th, Smyre of the 135th, Powell of the 32nd, Hatchett of the 150th, Werkheiser of the 157th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to access to medical cannabis, so as to update and revise provisions; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for application; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on REGULATED INDUSTRIES
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HR 220. By Representative Houston of the 170th: A RESOLUTION honoring the life of Mr. Homer C. Sumner and dedicating a road in his memory; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
HR 221. By Representative Houston of the 170th: A RESOLUTION honoring the life of Mr. Charlie D. Rodgers and dedicating a road in his memory; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
HR 222. By Representatives Anderson of the 10th, Thomas of the 21st, Carson of the 46th, Dickey of the 140th, Washburn of the 141st, and others: A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Annexation; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HR 223. By Representatives Evans of the 83rd, Washburn of the 141st, Buckner of the 137th, Thomas of the 21st, and Kausche of the 50th: A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Committee on Sustainable Materials Management on State Properties; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PROPERTIES
HR 235. By Representatives Frye of the 118th, Clark of the 108th, Wilensky of the 79th, Alexander of the 66th, McLaurin of the 51st, and others: A RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to pass a constitutional amendment to establish voting as a right granted to all eligible United States citizens; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ELECTION INTEGRITY
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SENATE FIRST READERS IN HOUSE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021
TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATIVE DAY
SB 51. By Senators Thompson of the 14th, Anavitarte of the 31st, Harbin of the 16th, Payne of the 54th, Robertson of the 29th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to other educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to authorize home study students in grades six through 12 to participate in extracurricular and interscholastic activities in the student's resident public school system; to provide that home study students shall complete one qualifying course during any semester the student participates in an extracurricular or interscholastic activity in the student's resident public school system; to amend Code Section 20-2-690 of the O.C.G.A., relating to educational entities and requirements for private schools and home study programs; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
SB 89. By Senators Miller of the 49th, Albers of the 56th, Gooch of the 51st, Kennedy of the 18th, Anavitarte of the 31st, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to provide for a chief elections assistance officer; to provide for the qualifications, appointment, supervision, and duties of such officer; to provide for election assistance coaches; to provide for the qualifications and duties of such coaches; to provide for the identification of low-performing county election superintendents; to provide for comprehensive on-site evaluation of election management practices and procedures of such low-performing counties to determine root causes of such low performance and lack of adherence to election laws and procedures; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ELECTION INTEGRITY
SB 100. By Senators Watson of the 1st, Dugan of the 30th, Kennedy of the 18th, Miller of the 49th, Au of the 48th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to state government, so as to provide that this state shall observe standard time year round until such time as Congress
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authorizes the states to observe daylight savings time; to provide for contingent effectiveness; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
SB 119. By Senators Harper of the 7th, Goodman of the 8th, Burke of the 11th, Mullis of the 53rd, Anderson of the 24th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-6-90 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to permit required for burning woods, lands, marshes, or other flammable vegetation, and exceptions, so as to except certain yard waste from permitting; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
SB 148. By Senators Hufstetler of the 52nd, Miller of the 49th, Butler of the 55th, Dugan of the 30th, Parent of the 42nd, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the General Assembly, so as to create the 2021 Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness for Georgians and the Special Joint Committee on Georgia Revenue Structure; to state legislative findings and intent; to make provisions relative to legislative procedure for consideration of legislation recommended by the council and the special joint committee; to provide for related matters; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS OVERSIGHT
SB 157. By Senators Cowsert of the 46th, Mullis of the 53rd, Lucas of the 26th, Butler of the 55th, Harbison of the 15th, 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 prohibit the deceptive practice of musical performance groups advertising and appearing as the recording group without the recording group's permission or denoting that it is a salute or tribute performance; to provide for definitions; to specify violations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on CREATIVE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
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