Georgia Senate Bill 389 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 26 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-27 - Senate Read and Referred
Pending: Senate Economic Development and Tourism Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 28 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tourist courts, so as to require operators of certain hotels, motels, and other tourist accommodations to provide panic devices to employees to help protect them from sexual harassment and violent acts; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to require the Department of Public Health to develop a program to educate tourist court employees regarding the use of panic devices; to provide for denial, suspension, and revocation of tourist court permits and other penalties; to provide for rules and regulations providing for standards related to the provision and use of panic devices; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Tourist Courts; provide panic devices to employees to help protect them from sexual harassment and violent acts; require operators of certain hotels

Sen. Lester Jackson [D]	Sen. Sonya Halpern [D]	Sen. Emanuel Jones [D]	Sen. Sheikh Rahman [D]
Sen. Harold Jones [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-27	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2022-01-26	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/61401
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/204044