FIRST READERS IN HOUSE THURSDAY, MARCH 02, 2023 TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY HB 638. By Representative Holcomb of the 81st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to facilitate state-wide uniformity in policies and procedures concerning law enforcement contact with victims of sexual assault and notifications regarding related forensic medical examinations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY HB 639. By Representatives Sainz of the 180th, Kelley of the 16th, Cheokas of the 151st, and LaHood of the 175th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem taxation of property generally, so as to provide for the return of aircraft for property taxation to the state revenue commissioner; to provide for appeals; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on WAYS & MEANS HB 640. By Representatives Holcomb of the 81st and Hitchens of the 161st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the university system, so as to provide that noncitizen students with certain refugee, special immigrant, or humanitarian parolee status under federal law are classified as in-state for tuition purposes subject to certain conditions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION HB 641. By Representatives Bentley of the 150th, Bennett of the 94th, Gilliard of the 162nd, Sharper of the 177th, Willis of the 55th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-411 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities, so as to revise the definition of approved school to include - 1 - schools which were previously accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, are now accredited by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, and meet other requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION HB 642. By Representatives Ridley of the 22nd, Byrd of the 20th, Thomas of the 21st, Jasperse of the 11th, Carson of the 46th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to establish the board of elections and registration for Cherokee County, Georgia; to provide for effective dates and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL HB 643. By Representatives Bruce of the 61st, Miller of the 62nd, Glaize of the 67th, Jones of the 60th, Thomas of the 65th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Judicial Retirement System, so as to repeal prohibitions against certain state court judges of Fulton County participating in other public retirement systems; to provide for related matters; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT HB 644. By Representatives Ridley of the 22nd, Byrd of the 20th, Thomas of the 21st, Jasperse of the 11th, Carson of the 46th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create the board of elections and registration for Cherokee County, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 3830), as amended, so as to provide for abolition of the board on a date certain; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL HB 645. By Representative Yearta of the 152nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Sylvester, approved May 13, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 4219), as amended, so as to authorize - 2 - the municipal court to levy and collect a technology fee; to provide for authorized uses of the proceeds of such fee; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL HB 646. By Representatives Schofield of the 63rd, Scott of the 76th, and Davis of the 87th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 15 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to miscellaneous provisions under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to prohibit public schools and local school systems that receive state funding under the "Quality Basic Education Act" from using Native American names, symbols, or images as school mascots, logos, or team names; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION HB 647. By Representatives Scott of the 76th, Schofield of the 63rd, and Davis of the 87th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Sexual Offender Registration Review Board, so as to provide for the issuance of identification cards and identification markers for sexual offenders; to provide for electronic monitoring of sexual offenders prior to classification; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY HB 648. By Representatives Scott of the 76th, Davis of the 87th, and Schofield of the 63rd: 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 relative to public assistance, so as to provide for requirements related to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for college students; to provide for the distribution of work-study verification forms; to provide for guidance letters; to provide for definitions; to provide for a workgroup and report; to provide for automatic repeal; 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 PUBLIC HEALTH - 3 - HB 649. By Representatives Dempsey of the 13th, Lumsden of the 12th, and Barton of the 5th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for the compensation of the members of the County Board of Education of Floyd County, approved March 18, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 3203), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 2, 2019 (Ga. L. 2019, p. 3618), so as to provide for the compensation of the members of such board of education; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL HB 650. By Representatives Williams of the 168th, Stephens of the 164th, Bonner of the 73rd, Glaize of the 67th, and Jackson of the 128th: 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 allow a licensed master barber or barber II to operate a mobile barber shop under certain conditions; to provide for the promulgation of rules and regulations by the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on REGULATED INDUSTRIES HB 651. By Representatives Seabaugh of the 34th, Hitchens of the 161st, Williams of the 37th, Stephens of the 164th, Scoggins of the 14th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-60-24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sale or use or ignition of consumer fireworks products, so as to authorize local governments to regulate the times when fireworks may be used; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY HB 652. By Representatives Mainor of the 56th, Smith of the 138th, Daniel of the 117th, Moore of the 91st, and Ballard of the 147th: 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 require public schools to disseminate through multiple methods its school report card each year to the parent, guardian, conservator, or other person having lawful control of each student at the school; to require public school governing bodies to adopt procedures for parents to submit written - 4 - requests for the Professional Standards Commission to investigate certain allegations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION HB 653. By Representatives Bonner of the 73rd, Jasperse of the 11th, Jones of the 25th, Newton of the 127th, Taylor of the 173rd, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to professions and businesses, so as to prohibit health care providers from performing specified practices on minors relating to altering a person's appearance relating to gender; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH HB 654. By Representatives Dempsey of the 13th, Williams of the 148th, Corbett of the 174th, Smith of the 138th, and Buckner of the 137th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-8-39 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to waste management cost reimbursement fees and surcharges, so as to authorize host local governments to impose a surcharge for auto shredder residue at municipal solid waste facilities operated by private enterprise; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT HB 655. By Representative Stephens of the 164th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fees and taxes, so as to provide for tax credits to be used by insurance companies against state insurance premium tax liability for contributing money to a nonlapsing flood disaster fund of an eligible county, municipal, or countymunicipal consolidated government; to provide for definitions; to provide for conditions and limitations; to provide for governmental transparency and accountability; to provide for reporting, rules, and regulations; 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 - 5 - HB 656. By Representatives Reeves of the 99th, Taylor of the 173rd, Campbell of the 171st, Greene of the 154th, Kelley of the 16th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, so as to revise the offenses of cruelty to children in the second and third degrees; to establish the offense of traveling to meet a minor for indecent purposes; to provide sentencing guidelines; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL HB 657. By Representatives Neal of the 79th, Stoner of the 40th, and Gilliard of the 162nd: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to law enforcement officers and agencies generally, so as to provide minimum compensation for state, county, and municipal law enforcement personnel; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY HB 658. By Representatives Schofield of the 63rd, Scott of the 76th, and Davis of the 87th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 35-1-19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to disclosure of arrest booking photographs prohibited, so as to provide for the prohibition of certain booking photographs; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL HB 659. By Representative Parrish of the 158th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to require health benefit policy coverage for biomarker testing if supported by medical and scientific evidence; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide for coverage for biomarker testing if supported by medical and scientific evidence; to provide for definitions; to provide for requirements; to provide conditions relating to prior authorization; to provide for processes to request exceptions or appeal adverse determinations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON HEALTHCARE - 6 - HB 660. By Representative Parrish of the 158th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-2-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to actions against certain applicants or licensees, so as to increase fine amount limits; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON HEALTHCARE HB 661. By Representative Parrish of the 158th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 49-4-159 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Medicaid coverage for lactation and postpartum care, so as to require the Department of Community Health to allow mothers giving birth to retain Medicaid eligibility for one year following such birth; 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 SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON HEALTHCARE HR 385. By Representative Hagan of the 156th: A RESOLUTION recognizing Mr. R.T. Stanley, Jr., and dedicating a road in his honor; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION HR 386. By Representative Crowe of the 118th: A RESOLUTION honoring the life of Congressman Mac Collins and dedicating an interchange in his memory; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION - 7 - SENATE FIRST READERS IN HOUSE THURSDAY, MARCH 02, 2023 TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATIVE DAY SB 32. By Senators Anavitarte of the 31st, Robertson of the 29th, Gooch of the 51st, Kennedy of the 18th, Brass of the 28th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 11 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public school property and facilities, so as to require local education agencies to implement a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting disparate emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between multiple state and local first responder agencies in the event of a school security emergency; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION SB 46. By Senators Hufstetler of the 52nd, Butler of the 55th, Watson of the 1st, Hickman of the 4th, Williams of the 25th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 17 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of sexually transmitted disease, so as to require physicians and healthcare providers to test all pregnant women for HIV and syphilis at the first prenatal visit, at 2832 weeks' gestation, and at delivery; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH SB 86. By Senators Brass of the 28th, Sims of the 12th, Gooch of the 51st, Anavitarte of the 31st, Kennedy of the 18th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to allow eligible students participating in the Dual Enrollment program to access HOPE career grant funds for certain CTAE courses irrespective of whether they have reached maximum credit hour caps; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION - 1 - SB 107. By Senators Burns of the 23rd, Jones II of the 22nd, Still of the 48th, Kennedy of the 18th, Gooch of the 51st, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to enact "Izzy's Law"; to provide that the Department of Public Health shall develop and make available for download from its internet website a model aquatic safety plan based on national standards for private swim instructors; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH SB 131. By Senators Tillery of the 19th, Hatchett of the 50th, Dugan of the 30th, Harbin of the 16th, Cowsert of the 46th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 13 of Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to permanent guardianship, so as to provide for service by publication; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUVENILE JUSTICE SB 133. By Senators Strickland of the 17th, Kirkpatrick of the 32nd, Burns of the 23rd, Dugan of the 30th, Gooch of the 51st, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the juvenile code, so as to create a uniform process to assume custody of children as a result of disposition orders; to provide for reporting requirements; to provide for a hearing; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUVENILE JUSTICE SB 134. By Senators Cowsert of the 46th, Kirkpatrick of the 32nd, Kennedy of the 18th, Gooch of the 51st, Strickland of the 17th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to evidence, so as to provide that a child witness be deemed competent to testify without taking the oath; to allow the use of narrative form medical reports in dependency and termination matters; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUVENILE JUSTICE - 2 - SB 135. By Senators Kirkpatrick of the 32nd, Hatchett of the 50th, Kennedy of the 18th, Strickland of the 17th, Gooch of the 51st, and others: To be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to determination of paternity, so as to align evidentiary medical and genetic testing with the Uniform Parentage Act of 2017; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUVENILE JUSTICE SB 216. By Senators Brass of the 28th, Rhett of the 33rd, Walker III of the 20th, Robertson of the 29th, Esteves of the 6th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to children and youth services, so as to authorize respite care for foster parents for longer periods of time pursuant to circumstances delineated in rules and regulations established by the Department of Human Services; to revise terminology; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on JUVENILE JUSTICE SR 175. By Senators Brass of the 28th, Anderson of the 24th, Burns of the 23rd, Dugan of the 30th, Kennedy of the 18th, and others: A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Study Committee on Dual Enrollment for Highly Skilled Talent at Younger Ages; and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION - 3 -