First readers in House, 2022 March 30

FIRST READERS IN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2022 THIRTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
*Rules Suspended
HB 1608. By Representatives Cheokas of the 138th, Dubnik of the 29th, Jones of the 25th, Kelley of the 16th, Blackmon of the 146th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Audits and Accounts, so as to require certain financial disclosures from entities performing work related to fiscal notes; to provide for reporting; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS OVERSIGHT
HB 1609. By Representatives Pirkle of the 155th and Hatchett of the 150th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation and construction of hospitals and other health care facilities, so as to provide requirements for nurse staffing in hospitals; to provide for definitions; to require a written nurse services staffing plan; to provide for an official nurse services staffing plan; to provide for the establishment of nurse staffing committees; to provide for annual reporting of staffing information to the Department of Community Health; to provide for anonymous reports and investigations of unsafe staffing conditions; to establish an advisory commission; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 1610. By Representative Williamson of the 115th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to local government, so as to provide for local government investment policies; to provide scope, investment objectives, and applicability; to provide for performance measures; to provide of prudence and ethical standards; to amend Code Section 15-16-27, relating to deposit of cash bonds and reserves of professional bondspersons in interest-bearing accounts and disposition of interest, so as to update cross references; 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 1614. By Representatives Jones of the 25th, McDonald of the 26th, Gilligan of the 24th, Wade of the 9th, and Cantrell of the 22nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Forsyth County to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; 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
HR 1149. By Representatives Washburn of the 141st, Burns of the 159th, Powell of the 32nd, Gunter of the 8th, and Crowe of the 110th: A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Regulation, Affordability, and Access to Housing; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
HR 1167. By Representative Setzler of the 35th: A RESOLUTION recognizing the mayors of Acworth and dedicating a bridge in their honor; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
*HR 1170. By Representatives Hitchens of the 161st, Smith of the 18th, Williams of the 145th, Petrea of the 166th, and Collins of the 68th: A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Georgia Driving Under the Influence Law; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY
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SENATE FIRST READERS IN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2022
THIRTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
*Rules Suspended
*SB 640. By Senators Cowsert of the 46th and Ginn of the 47th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to grant to residents of Clarke County and the Clarke County School District, upon their homesteads, an exemption of $10,000.00 from certain ad valorem taxes levied by the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, and levied by, for, or on behalf of the Clarke County School District, approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 6241), as amended, so as to increase the existing general and senior homestead exemptions from certain ad valorem taxes levied by the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County for unified government purposes; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
*SB 641. By Senator Brass of the 28th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Chattahoochee Hills Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority; to provide for a short title; to provide for the appointment, terms, and removal of authority members; to provide for officers of the authority; to provide for an executive director and employees; to provide for meetings, quorums, and majorities; to provide for the powers and duties of the authority; to provide for tax statutes of the authority; to limit liabilities; to provide for budget oversight; to authorize the use of hotelmotel tax proceeds provided by the City of Chattahoochee Hills; to provide that the authority shall not bind the city; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
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