First readers in House, 2022 January 14

FIRST READERS IN HOUSE FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2022 FOURTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
HB 855. By Representatives Kennard of the 102nd, Hitchens of the 161st, Hugley of the 136th, Jones of the 25th, Crowe of the 110th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to workers' compensation, so as to provide workers' compensation coverage for first responders for post-traumatic stress disorder arising in the course and scope of employment; to provide for definitions; to provide for a rebuttable presumption; to provide for applicability; 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 867. By Representatives Newton of the 123rd, Hatchett of the 150th, Parrish of the 158th, Stephens of the 164th, and Knight of the 130th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 64 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation and licensure of pharmacy benefits managers, so as to revise the definition of "rebate"; to require pharmacy benefits managers to disclose the true net cost and final net cost, if applicable, of prescription drugs to insureds; to require pharmacy benefits managers to calculate cost sharing requirements for insureds based on the true net cost of prescription drugs; to provide for remittance of difference in cost sharing payments by insureds based on final net cost; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE
HB 900. By Representatives Schofield of the 60th, Scott of the 76th, Davis of the 87th, Dreyer of the 59th, Mitchell of the 106th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 13 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions of administrative procedure, so as to remove the exemption of administrative review from the Board of Corrections and its penal institutions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
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HB 901. By Representatives Roberts of the 52nd, Holland of the 54th, Oliver of the 82nd, Boddie of the 62nd, Nguyen of the 89th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 31 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to incorporation of municipal corporations, so as to prohibit the deannexation of territory from an existing municipal corporation so as to incorporate a new municipal corporation; to provide an exception to such prohibition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 902. By Representatives Schofield of the 60th, Hutchinson of the 107th, Marin of the 96th, Mitchell of the 88th, Scott of the 76th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to reduce out-of-pocket costs for consumers requiring insulin; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings; 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 INSURANCE
HB 903. By Representatives Gullett of the 19th, Gravley of the 67th, Momtahan of the 17th, Scoggins of the 14th, and Gambill of the 15th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding parks, historic areas, memorials, and recreation; to amend Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to carrying and possession of firearms; to amend Part 2 of Article 4 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to transportation passenger safety; to amend Title 27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to game and fish; to amend Chapter 80 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to provisions applicable to counties, municipal corporations, and other governmental entities; to amend Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 38 of the O.C.G.A., relating to active duty powers of the military; to amend Part 2 of Article 10 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to parking for persons with disabilities; 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 PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY
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HB 904. By Representatives Bazemore of the 63rd, Beverly of the 143rd, Mitchell of the 88th, Wilensky of the 79th, and Hugley of the 136th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to student discipline, so as to prohibit the use of corporal punishment by school administrators, teachers, and other school personnel with any student in any public school of this state; to require the State Board of Education and the Department of Education to provide for minimum standards and model student codes of conduct which address appropriate methods for redirecting students whose behavior is dangerous or disruptive; to provide for a definition; to provide for limited immunity for school administrators, teachers, and other school personnel for the good faith use of reasonable and necessary physical contact with a student under certain circumstances;to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION
HB 905. By Representatives Williams of the 145th, Hitchens of the 161st, Lumsden of the 12th, Gunter of the 8th, Crowe of the 110th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-11-62 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eavesdropping, surveillance, or intercepting communication which invades privacy of another, and divulging private message, so as to provide for limitations regarding the use of electronic monitoring devices; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL
HB 906. By Representatives Nix of the 69th, Collins of the 68th, Williams of the 168th, Smith of the 18th, and Fleming of the 121st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to off-road vehicles, so as to authorize the civil forfeiture of any off-road vehicle operated while driving recklessly or fleeing police; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL
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HB 907. By Representatives Smith of the 18th, Leverett of the 33rd, and Collins of the 68th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 21-2-540 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conduct of special primaries and special elections generally, so as to revise provisions relating to dates for special elections to present a question related to sales and use taxes for transportation, mass transportation, or transit special districts to the voters in even-numbered years; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 908. By Representatives Smith of the 18th, Leverett of the 33rd, and Collins of the 68th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 21-2-540 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conduct of special primaries and special elections generally, so as to revise provisions relating to dates for special elections to present a question to the voters in even-numbered years; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
HB 909. By Representatives Nix of the 69th, Smith of the 133rd, and Jenkins of the 132nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Troup County, approved March 25, 1958 (Ga. L. 1958, p. 3068), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 15, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 3520), so as to change the description of the commissioner districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
HB 910. By Representatives Ralston of the 7th, Jones of the 47th, Burns of the 159th, and England of the 116th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act making and providing appropriations for the State Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, known as the "General Appropriations Act," Act No. 305, approved May 10, 2021 (Ga. L. 2021, Volume One, Appendix, commencing at page 1 of 209), to make, provide, and change certain appropriations for the operation of the state government and its departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, and other agencies, for the university system, common schools, counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions, for all other
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governmental activities, projects, and undertakings authorized by law, and for all leases, contracts, agreements, and grants authorized by law; to provide for the control and administration of funds; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
HB 911. By Representatives Ralston of the 7th, Jones of the 47th, Burns of the 159th, and England of the 116th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to make and provide appropriations for the State Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023; to make and provide such appropriations for the operation of the state government and its departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, and other agencies, for the university system, common schools, counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions, for all other governmental activities, projects, and undertakings authorized by law, and for all leases, contracts, agreements, and grants authorized by law; to provide for the control and administration of funds; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
HB 912. By Representatives Ralston of the 7th, Jones of the 47th, Burns of the 159th, and England of the 116th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act making and providing appropriations for the State Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, known as the "General Appropriations Act," Act No. 305, approved May 10, 2021 (Ga. L. 2021, Volume One, Appendix, commencing at page 1 of 209), to make, provide, and change certain appropriations for the operation of the state government and its departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, and other agencies, for the university system, common schools, counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions, for all other governmental activities, projects, and undertakings authorized by law, and for all leases, contracts, agreements, and grants authorized by law; to provide for the control and administration of funds; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
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HB 913. By Representatives Ralston of the 7th, Jones of the 47th, Burns of the 159th, and England of the 116th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act making and providing appropriations for the State Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, known as the "General Appropriations Act," Act No. 305, approved May 10, 2021 (Ga. L. 2021, Volume One, Appendix, commencing at page 1 of 209), to make, provide, and change certain appropriations for the operation of the state government and its departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, and other agencies, for the university system, common schools, counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions, for all other governmental activities, projects, and undertakings authorized by law, and for all leases, contracts, agreements, and grants authorized by law; to provide for the control and administration of funds; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
HB 914. By Representatives Ralston of the 7th, Jones of the 47th, Burns of the 159th, and England of the 116th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to make and provide appropriations for the State Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023; to make and provide such appropriations for the operation of the state government and its departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, and other agencies, for the university system, common schools, counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions, for all other governmental activities, projects, and undertakings authorized by law, and for all leases, contracts, agreements, and grants authorized by law; to provide for the control and administration of funds; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
HB 915. By Representatives Ralston of the 7th, Jones of the 47th, Burns of the 159th, and England of the 116th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to make and provide appropriations for the State Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023; to make and provide such appropriations for the operation of the state government and its departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, and other agencies, for the university system, common schools, counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions, for all other
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governmental activities, projects, and undertakings authorized by law, and for all leases, contracts, agreements, and grants authorized by law; to provide for the control and administration of funds; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
HB 916. By Representatives Leverett of the 33rd and Wilensky of the 79th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 5 of the O.C.G.A., relating to appeal and error, so as to provide for a unified procedure for appealing decisions of a lower judicatory to a superior or state court; to repeal and reserve Chapter 4 of said title, relating to certiorari to superior court; to amend various titles of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, so as to provide for conforming changes; to correct cross-references and remove obsolete or improper references; 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 JUDICIARY
HB 917. By Representatives Cameron of the 1st and Tarvin of the 2nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying and possession of firearms, so as to provide for lifetime weapons carry licenses; to provide for and revise fees; to provide for background check reviews of lifetime weapons carry license holders; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY
HB 918. By Representatives Cheokas of the 138th, Cooper of the 43rd, Newton of the 123rd, and Stephens of the 164th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to provide for the establishment of the Georgia Rare Disease Advisory Council; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for membership; to provide for the duties and powers of the advisory council; to provide for an annual report; 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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HR 576. By Representatives Schofield of the 60th, Scott of the 76th, Burnough of the 77th, Sharper of the 177th, Hutchinson of the 107th, and others: A RESOLUTION encouraging support of urban agriculture by local governments; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER AFFAIRS
HR 577. By Representatives Schofield of the 60th, Scott of the 76th, Mitchell of the 88th, Howard of the 124th, and Frazier of the 126th: A RESOLUTION recognizing the need for increased awareness, education, and research regarding rare diseases; maintaining that the unique needs of the rare disease community, including the needs of Black Americans living with rare diseases, should be addressed in collaboration with rare disease stakeholders; and supporting the establishment and continued support of Rare Disease Advisory Councils in all 50 states; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HR 578. By Representatives Schofield of the 60th, Mitchell of the 88th, Scott of the 76th, Hutchinson of the 107th, Jackson of the 64th, and others: A RESOLUTION recognizing the National Black Caucus of State Legislators and the critical need for increasing access to healthcare, food, and credit; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on STATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
HR 579. By Representatives Parsons of the 44th, Anulewicz of the 42nd, Dollar of the 45th, Holcomb of the 81st, and Parrish of the 158th: A RESOLUTION creating the Georgia Commission on Sustainability and Economic Opportunity; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
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