FIRST READERS IN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2023 SEVENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY HB 57. By Representative Anderson of the 10th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the Town of Tallulah Falls to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL HB 58. By Representative Anderson of the 10th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Sky Valley to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL HB 59. By Representative Anderson of the 10th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Rabun 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 repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL HB 60. By Representative Anderson of the 10th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Clayton to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the - 1 - O.C.G.A.; to provide procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL HB 61. By Representative Anderson of the 10th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Dillard to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL HB 62. By Representatives Park of the 107th, Beverly of the 143rd, Oliver of the 82nd, Mughal of the 105th, Clark of the 108th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public assistance, so as to enact the "Georgia Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership (HELP) Act"; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on HEALTH HB 63. By Representatives Williams of the 148th, Taylor of the 173rd, Lumsden of the 12th, Newton of the 127th, Tarvin of the 2nd, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-30-13.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to furnishing claims experience to policyholders, so as to require insurers providing policies for groups of 20 or more to timely furnish claims experience at the request of a group policyholder; to allow such insurers that use other methods to apply to the Commissioner for approval of the use of an alternative form of claims experience reporting; 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 64. By Representative Thomas of the 65th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to identification and regulation of motor vehicles, so as to require a household goods carrier - 2 - to provide a customer or prospective customer with a written binding or nonbinding estimate prior to contracting to provide services for the transportation of household goods for such customer; 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 65. By Representative Thomas of the 65th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 16 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Building Resourceful Individuals to Develop Georgia's Economy Act," so as to provide for a pilot program to provide grants for up to six local school systems to develop learning recovery programs for at-risk students to mitigate COVID-19 related lost instructional time and to prevent long-lasting effects on student achievement, future earnings of impacted students, and the state economy as a whole; to provide for selection criteria; to provide for temporary waivers and variances of state rules and statutory provisions; to provide for reports; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION HB 66. By Representatives Thomas of the 65th and Lim of the 98th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Health, so as to provide for the establishment of a grant program to provide funding for liability insurance premiums for physicians and nurse practitioners under certain conditions; to provide for eligibility requirements; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on HEALTH HB 67. By Representative Thomas of the 65th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to insurance generally, so as to provide for affordable healthcare coverage for individuals diagnosed with cardiovascular disease; 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 - 3 - HB 68. By Representative Thomas of the 65th: 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 increase the tax benefits available to employers that offer certain child care services for employees; to provide for a short title; 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 69. By Representatives Thomas of the 65th and Lim of the 98th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for public assistance, so as to provide for a pilot program to provide a supplemental benefit to certain federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for qualification guidelines for the supplemental benefit; to provide for how and where the supplemental benefit may be used; to provide for the solicitation of grants of funding; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for agreements; to provide for a report; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH HB 70. By Representatives Thomas of the 65th and Lewis-Ward of the 115th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 20E of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act," so as to require a nonparticipating provider, prior to performing any healthcare services, to notify a covered person if such services will require $100.00 or more in out-of-pocket costs; 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 71. By Representatives Taylor of the 173rd, Stephens of the 164th, Petrea of the 166th, Greene of the 154th, Hitchens of the 161st, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to surface mining, so as to prohibit the director of the Environmental Protection Division of the Natural Resources Department from issuing, modifying, or renewing any permit or accepting any bond to conduct - 4 - surface mining operations on Trail Ridge for future permit applications and amendments; to provide a definition; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT HB 72. By Representatives Bazemore of the 69th, Bruce of the 61st, Glaize of the 67th, Naghise of the 68th, Willis of the 55th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 35 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to home rule powers, so as to revise provisions relating to compensation and benefits for employees and members of governing authorities; to provide for elections; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS HB 73. By Representatives Gullett of the 19th, Parsons of the 44th, Thomas of the 65th, Anderson of the 10th, Meeks of the 178th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 46 of the O.C.G.A., relating to electrical service, so as to require that the seller provide a written disclosure statement with any agreement for the sale of distributed energy generation systems or for the financing of such systems through leases or solar energy procurement agreements; to provide for exceptions; 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 ENERGY, UTILITIES & TELECOMMUNICATIONS HB 74. By Representatives Barnes of the 86th, Beverly of the 143rd, Davis of the 87th, Clark of the 108th, Park of the 107th, 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 Medicaid coverage for the prevention and treatment of lymphedema; to provide for submission of a state plan amendment or waiver, if necessary; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH - 5 - HB 75. By Representatives Roberts of the 52nd, Cannon of the 58th, Beverly of the 143rd, Kendrick of the 95th, Schofield of the 63rd, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to persons and their rights, so as to provide that natural persons do not include an unborn child and shall not be included in certain population based determinations; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH HR 42. By Representatives Scoggins of the 14th, Powell of the 33rd, Tarvin of the 2nd, and Jasperse of the 11th: A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the qualifications, duties, and salary of the school superintendent shall be established by the board of education as provided by general law and to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law that local school superintendents shall be elected by voters as an alternative to being appointed by local boards of education, if approved by local referendum; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION - 6 -