FIRST READERS IN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 01, 2023 ELEVENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY HB 144. By Representatives Lewis-Ward of the 115th, Bennett of the 94th, and Drenner of the 85th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 29-4-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to decisions on ward's well-being, obligations of guardian, and liability of guardian, so as to enact the "George L. Burgess Act"; to provide for the ward's right to communicate; to provide for penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUVENILE JUSTICE HB 145. By Representatives Lewis-Ward of the 115th, Drenner of the 85th, Frye of the 122nd, Wilkerson of the 38th, and Schofield of the 63rd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 3 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to property owners' associations, so as to provide for certificates of good standing for payment of annual assessments; to require associations to offer to participate in alternative dispute resolution prior to the effectuation of a lien on a lot for unpaid assessments; to provide that such a lien shall be inferior to liens for unpaid medical bills; to provide for alternative dispute resolution policies and requirements therefor; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY HB 146. By Representatives McCollum of the 30th, Powell of the 33rd, Dunahoo of the 31st, Wiedower of the 121st, and Kelley of the 16th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to water and sewer projects and costs tax (MOST), so as to redefine the term "municipality"; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS - 1 - HB 147. By Representatives Wade of the 9th, Jones of the 47th, Dubnik of the 29th, Erwin of the 32nd, Hitchens of the 161st, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for a school safety and anti-gang endorsement for eligible certificated professional personnel issued by the Professional Standards Commission; to require school safety plans to be submitted to the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; to require intruder alert drills in all public schools in this state; to require public schools to report completion of such drills to the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; to provide for parents and guardians to opt their children out of such drills; to provide for a definition; 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 SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY HB 148. By Representatives Hugley of the 141st, Carter of the 93rd, Howard of the 129th, Wilkerson of the 38th, and Smith of the 41st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 9 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to grants for educational programs, so as to establish a program to support recruitment of teachers by providing grant funds to be paid by public schools to student teachers who successfully complete their student teaching requirements; to provide for maximum payments; to require the State Board of Education to establish rules and regulations to implement the program; to provide for definitions; 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 149. By Representatives Mainor of the 56th, Bentley of the 150th, Jackson of the 128th, Lim of the 98th, Sampson of the 153rd, 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 require cash overpayments to be remitted by merchants in the form of store credit under certain circumstances; to provide for a definition; to provide for exceptions; to provide for penalties and remedies; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER AFFAIRS - 2 - HB 150. By Representatives Mainor of the 56th, Thomas of the 65th, Lim of the 98th, and Sampson of the 153rd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 33 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physical therapists, so as to revise the definition of "physical therapy" to include ordering diagnostic imaging and using ultrasound; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on HEALTH HB 151. By Representatives Reese of the 140th, Mitchell of the 88th, Crawford of the 84th, Hugley of the 141st, Bentley of the 150th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-86 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to special license plates promoting or supporting certain worthy agencies, funds, or nonprofit corporations with proceeds disbursed to the general fund and the agency, fund, or nonprofit corporation, so as to establish a specialty license plate honoring Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES HB 152. By Representatives Scott of the 76th, Davis of the 87th, and Schofield of the 63rd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to adopt the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact; to provide for a short title; to provide for the purpose and policy of said compact; to provide for withdrawal and dissolution; to provide for binding effect and other laws; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION HB 153. By Representatives Scott of the 76th, Davis of the 87th, and Schofield of the 63rd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24A of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to massage therapy practice, so as to enter into an interstate compact known as the "Interstate Massage Compact"; to authorize the Georgia Board of - 3 - Massage Therapy to administer the compact in this state; to provide definitions; to provide for conditions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INTERSTATE COOPERATION HB 154. By Representatives Scott of the 76th, Schofield of the 63rd, and Davis of the 87th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to barbers and cosmetologists, so as to enter into an interstate compact known as the "Cosmetology Licensure Compact"; to revise certain licensing provisions; to authorize the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbers to administer the compact in this state; to authorize the board to conduct national background checks; to provide for conditions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on REGULATED INDUSTRIES HB 155. By Representatives Martin of the 49th, Jasperse of the 11th, and Reeves of the 99th: 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 the issuance of licenses by endorsement for certain licenses to spouses of firefighters, healthcare providers, and law enforcement officers who relocate to the State of Georgia; to establish qualifications for such license by endorsement; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on REGULATED INDUSTRIES HB 156. By Representatives Hawkins of the 27th, Dubnik of the 29th, Dunahoo of the 31st, Cox of the 28th, and McCollum of the 30th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for districts for the election of the Board of Education of Hall County, approved March 29, 1983 (Ga. L. 1983, p. 4553), as amended, so as to provide that the boundaries of the Hall County school district are not changed by annexations undertaken by the City of Buford unless expressly approved in a - 4 - separate local Act of the General Assembly or by intergovernmental agreement; to provide for intergovernmental agreements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL HB 157. By Representatives Evans of the 57th, Greene of the 154th, Anulewicz of the 42nd, Stephens of the 164th, and Bentley of the 150th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 7 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to HOPE scholarships and grants, so as to provide for HOPE grant eligibility for students seeking an associate degree at a branch of the Technical College System of Georgia; to provide that such students may receive HOPE grants for remedial and developmental courses required for such degree; to revise a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION HB 158. By Representatives Mitchell of the 88th, Roberts of the 52nd, and Bennett of the 94th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding superior courts, so as to change the name of the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit to the DeKalb Judicial Circuit; 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 159. By Representatives Meeks of the 178th and DeLoach of the 167th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Jesup, approved December 16, 1937 (Ga. L. 1937-38 Ex. Sess., p. 1142), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 30, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 3997), so as to reapportion the city board of commissioners election districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current members; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL - 5 - HB 160. By Representatives Greene of the 154th, Sampson of the 153rd, Yearta of the 152nd, and Cheokas of the 151st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of one or more community improvement districts in the City of Albany; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL HB 161. By Representatives Au of the 50th, Oliver of the 82nd, Gilliard of the 162nd, Neal of the 79th, Holcomb of the 81st, and others: 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 establish the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions and affirmative defenses; to provide for criminal penalties; to require a notice by certain firearm dealers; 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 SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY HB 162. By Representatives McDonald of the 26th, Blackmon of the 146th, Gilliard of the 162nd, Meeks of the 178th, Barrett of the 24th, and others: 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 for a one-time tax credit for individual taxpayers who filed income tax returns for both the 2021 and 2022 taxable years; 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 WAYS & MEANS HB 163. By Representatives McDonald of the 26th, Collins of the 71st, Gilliard of the 162nd, Powell of the 33rd, Barrett of the 24th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce, so as to provide for student loan repayment for medical examiners employed by the Division of Forensic Sciences of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation; to provide for definitions; to authorize the board to approve applications; to provide for eligibility requirements; to provide for continued eligibility requirements; to provide for student loan repayment - 6 - agreements and conditions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for appropriations contingency; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION HB 164. By Representative Smith of the 18th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Mount Zion, approved May 12, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 3862), so as to provide that members of the city council shall be elected from districts instead of at large; to provide district residency requirements for councilmembers; to revise election procedures to provide for district elections; to provide the description of council districts; to provide for definitions and inclusions; to provide for continuation in office of current councilmembers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL HB 165. By Representatives New of the 64th, Rhodes of the 124th, Ridley of the 6th, Smith of the 70th, Hagan of the 156th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-18-72 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to when public disclosure not required relative to inspection of public records, so as to include certain documents from the Department of Natural Resources; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT HB 166. By Representatives Mathiak of the 74th, Knight of the 134th, Camp of the 135th, Daniel of the 117th, and Gunter of the 8th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 10 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to constables, clerk, and other court personnel, so as to provide for the qualification of constables; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL - 7 - HB 167. By Representatives Momtahan of the 17th, Corbett of the 174th, Gullett of the 19th, Gunter of the 8th, Knight of the 134th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-5-64 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to limited driving permits for certain offenders, so as to provide for standards for issuance of such permits; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES HB 168. By Representatives Ridley of the 6th, Carpenter of the 4th, Barton of the 5th, Dubnik of the 29th, Tarvin of the 2nd, 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, exemptions, and credits for state income tax, so as to exclude from taxation all income received by a taxpayer as benefits from the cancer-related insurance coverage required for firefighters; 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 WAYS & MEANS HB 169. By Representatives Collins of the 71st, Smith of the 18th, Smith of the 70th, and Huddleston of the 72nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for the compensation and expenses of the chairperson and members of the Board of Education of Carroll County, approved March 25, 1986 (Ga. L. 1986, p. 4720), so as to change provisions relating to compensation of the members of the board; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL HB 170. By Representatives Carpenter of the 4th, Blackmon of the 146th, Williamson of the 112th, Gullett of the 19th, and Smith of the 138th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales and use tax, so as to provide for the taxation of the sale or use of certain digital products and services; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to exempt digital services sold to or used by an end user on a timelimited subscription or membership basis; to revise a sales tax exemption for certain - 8 - computer software; to revise and provide for definitions; 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 171. By Representatives Kennard of the 101st, Miller of the 62nd, Roberts of the 52nd, Neal of the 79th, Bentley of the 150th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 35-3-37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to review of individual's criminal history record information, definitions, privacy considerations, written application requesting review, and inspection, so as to revise the handling of arrest-only criminal history record information; to provide for the automatic restriction of an individual's criminal history record information upon arrest; to provide that such criminal history record information shall be made publicly available only upon the issuance of an indictment, accusation, or other charging instrument; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL HB 172. By Representatives Mainor of the 56th, Jones of the 25th, Houston of the 170th, Lim of the 98th, and Thomas of the 65th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 6 of Chapter 3 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to the rights and privileges of patients and their representatives regarding examination and treatment for mental illness, so as to provide for notice of admission and daily updates from a facility to the parent or legal guardian of an involuntary minor patient under 12 years of age; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUVENILE JUSTICE HB 173. By Representatives Kennard of the 101st, Carter of the 93rd, Clark of the 108th, Evans of the 89th, Romman of the 97th, 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 mandatory pre-kindergarten and kindergarten for all children prior to entering into first - 9 - grade; to lower the age of compulsory school attendance from six years old to four years old; to provide for related matters; to provide for contingent effectiveness; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION HB 174. By Representatives Bentley of the 150th, Greene of the 154th, Schofield of the 63rd, Williams of the 148th, and Houston of the 170th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student health in elementary and secondary education, so as to require the Department of Education to provide to parents and guardians of students entering the sixth grade information regarding recommended adolescent vaccinations in print and electronic form; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION HB 175. By Representatives Daniel of the 117th, Mathiak of the 74th, Crowe of the 118th, Jasperse of the 11th, and Corbett of the 174th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to safe operations of motor carriers, commercial motor vehicles, and drivers and safe transportation of hazardous materials, so as to update the reference date to federal regulations regarding the safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles; to revise a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES HB 176. By Representatives Gunter of the 8th, Smith of the 18th, Leverett of the 123rd, Burchett of the 176th, Reeves of the 99th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 14 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding court reporters, so as to increase the amount of court reporters' monthly contingent expense and travel allowance; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY - 10 - HB 177. By Representatives Clark of the 108th, Au of the 50th, Carpenter of the 4th, Barnes of the 86th, and Holcomb of the 81st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to competencies and core curriculum under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide that the prescribed course of study in sex education and HIV prevention instruction is age appropriate; to include the subject of consent in such course of study; to provide for implementation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION HB 178. By Representatives Hutchinson of the 106th, Scott of the 76th, Willis of the 55th, Adesanya of the 43rd, Glaize of the 67th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to holidays and observances, so as to designate February 21 as "John Lewis Day"; to provide legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL RULES HB 179. By Representatives Hutchinson of the 106th, Kennard of the 101st, Cannon of the 58th, Evans of the 89th, Mitchell of the 88th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conditions of detention, so as to provide for limitations on the use of solitary confinement and seclusion in correctional facilities; to provide a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide for responsibilities of the department; to provide for reporting requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY HB 180. By Representatives Martinez of the 111th, Hilton of the 48th, Townsend of the 179th, Huddleston of the 72nd, Marin of the 96th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales and use taxes, so as to exempt equipment sold to and - 11 - used by a qualified food bank for their primary purposes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS HB 181. By Representatives Townsend of the 179th, Stephens of the 164th, Cooper of the 45th, Hawkins of the 27th, Hutchinson of the 106th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to controlled substances, so as to provide that mitragynine and hydroxymitragynine are Schedule I controlled substances; to repeal provisions relating to the regulation of kratom; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL HR 68. By Representatives Mainor of the 56th, Lim of the 98th, Sampson of the 153rd, Thomas of the 65th, and Mughal of the 105th: A RESOLUTION encouraging the Department of Education to dedicate personnel, funds, and other resources to state-wide outreach efforts to promote and improve cybersecurity education, training, and workforce development; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION HR 69. By Representatives Greene of the 154th, Jackson of the 128th, Jones of the 47th, Mathiak of the 74th, and Yearta of the 152nd: A RESOLUTION honoring the life of Mr. John E. Brown and dedicating a bridge in his memory; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION HR 71. By Representatives Evans of the 57th, Holland of the 54th, Lupton of the 83rd, and Silcox of the 53rd: A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Front of Vehicle License Plates; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on MOTOR VEHICLES - 12 - HR 72. By Representatives Evans of the 57th, Holland of the 54th, Draper of the 90th, Willis of the 55th, and Schofield of the 63rd: A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Excessive Vehicle Noise and Related Crimes; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL HR 95. By Representatives Cooper of the 45th, Hawkins of the 27th, Hutchinson of the 106th, Silcox of the 53rd, and Fleming of the 114th: A RESOLUTION designating Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Awareness Day; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH - 13 -