GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Communications Office WEEKLY REPORT January 31 February 4, 2005 Legislative Week # 4 This Week on the Floor: Friday, Feb.4 House Not in Session Thursday, Feb. 3 HB 151 - Drivers' licenses; information available to insurers; extend pilot program; relating to keeping of records of applications for drivers licenses and information on licensees, so as to extend the pilot program to determine the revenue feasibility of supplying limited rating information to agents, insurers, and insurance support organizations. - Yeas: 164 Nays: 0 HB 199 - Elections Code; corrections; relating to elections, so as to correct typographical, stylistic, and other errors and omissions in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated and in previous Acts of the General Assembly. - Yeas: 164 Nays: 0 Wednesday, Feb. 2 H.B. 95 Code of Georgia; corrections - presented to the Rules Committee by Rep. Wendell Willard (R-Sandy Springs); this bill intends to correct any grammar or technical changes to the Georgia Code, and not to make any substantive changes of law to the Code - Bill passed: 164 yeas: 0 nays H.R. 47 A resolution to rename the Legislative Office Building, the Paul D. Coverdell Legislative Office Building. This resolution was introduced and sponsored and presented by Majority Leader Rep. Jerry Keen (R-St. Simons). - 4 amendments were offered. 1 amendment was withdrawn. 3 amendments failed - Bill passed: 121 yeas: 47 nays Tuesday, Feb. 1 No General Calendar votes were taken Monday, Jan. 31 H.B. 98 "The Georgia Land Conservation Act", unanimously passed the House with a vote 174:0. The bill, sponsored by Rich Golick (RSmyrna), Governor Perdue's Floor Leader, creates the Georgia Land Conservation Council, a Trust Fund, and a Revolving Fund to provide local cities, counties, and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources grants and/or loans, if eligible, to purchase land for conservation purposes. * The House was not in session on Friday, February 4, but will be back in session on Monday afternoon, February 7 at 1:00pm. Next Week in the Rules Committee: The House Rules Committee did NOT MEET on Friday, February 4, 2005. The following is a schedule of Rules Committee meetings for the upcoming week. Monday, Feb. 7 Tuesday, Feb 8 Wednesday, Feb. 9 Thursday, Feb. 10 Friday, Feb. 11 11:00 a.m. (This date only. Normal time is 10:00 a.m.) 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. House not in Session * Bills and Resolutions that are passed by the Rules Committee today will not be added to the House Calendar until the next legislative day. Committee Meetings for Next Week Monday 6 Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 7 9:00 am HEALTH & LIFE SUBCOMMITTEE OF HOUSE INSURANCE COMMITTEE 9:00 am Rules committee Meeting Schedule 9:00 am House Appropriations Committee 11:00 am Rules Committee 2:00 pm Interstate Cooperation Committee Meeting 2:00 pm Judiciary (NON-CIVIL) Committee 4:30 pm HEALTH AND LIFE SUBCOMMITTEE 8 9:00 am Rules Committee 9:00 am Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Committee Meeting 2:00 pm Appropriations Higher Education Subcommittee 2:30 pm Judiciary (CIVIL) Subcommittee One (Family/Juvenile/Probate) 3:00 pm Game, Fish and Parks Committee Meeting 3:30 pm Special Subcommittee of the House Judiciary (NONCIVIL) Committee 4:00 pm Audit Reports 9:00 pm Rules Committee 9 9:00 am Rules Committee 4:00 pm Resource Management Subcommittee of the Natural Resources & Environment Committee Friday 10 9:00 am Rules Committee 3:00 pm Human Relations & Aging Committee Meeting Saturday Contact: Brent Cranfield House Communications (404) 656- 0305 bcranfield@legis.state.ga.us