| HB1073 | Engross
Sine Die | 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 change provisions relating to procedure in juvenile courts; to provide that adoption proceedings be stayed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Senate Tabled |
| HB1131 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the levy of a retail sales and use tax by the City of Atlanta for the purpose of providing public transportation of passengers for hire in the metropolitan area of the City of Atlanta; to provide for defini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
House Postponed |
| HB654 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 40 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tattoo studios, so as to require such studios to post notification that certain tattoos could disqualify the wearer from military serv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Senate Tabled |
| HB304 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 17-10-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fixing of sentence, so as to clarify service of consecutive sentences; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Senate Tabled |
| HB21 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 32-9-9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the creation of the transit authority by special legislation and the authority's attributes and powers, so as to repeal a population prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Senate Tabled |
| HB838 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance general provisions, so as to provide that carriers that sell certain health insurance plans in this state through an agent s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Senate Tabled |
| HB957 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 9 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to cost and compensation regarding the probate courts, so as to require that the judges and clerks of the probate courts publ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Senate Tabled |
| HB93 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for the identification and regulation of motor vehicles, so as to prohibit law enforcement from retaini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Senate Tabled |
| HB1143 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the employment of marshals by Cherokee County; to provide for qualifications; to provide for powers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| HB980 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to provide for the reopening of qualifications in municipal elections under certain conditions...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Senate Tabled |
| HB772 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 21-2-385 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for voting by absentee ballot and advance voting, so as to revise the period of time for advance voting with regard to Saturd...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Senate Tabled |
| HB1156 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conservation and natural resources, so as to provide for environmental citizen suit enforcement actions; to provide for a short title; to provide de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
To House Natural Resources and Environment Committee |
| HB1154 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Stockbridge, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 4359), as amended, so as to change the corporate boundaries of the city; to provide for related matters; to pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Intragovernmental Coordination Committee |
| HB939 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to setoff debt collection, so as to revise terms; to revise the procedures for the transfer of setoffs by the Administrative ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Senate Read Second Time |
| HB825 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to parent and child relationship general provisions, so as to provide that in the event of a report of child abuse by a milit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute |
| HB171 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to laws and statutes, so as to revise provisions relating to the effect and enforcement of foreign laws; to provide that no court, arbitration panel, administrative ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Senate Read Second Time |
| HB1151 | Intro
Sine Die | 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, and computation of and exemptions from state income taxes, so as to create an income tax credit for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB483 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state symbols, so as to designate the shoal bass as the official state native riverine sport fish; to provide for legislat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Senate Read Second Time |
| HB238 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state sales and use tax exemptions, so as to provide a sales tax exemption for tangible personal property used for or in the renovation o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute |
| HB1148 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 22 and Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to eminent domain and acquisition of property for transportation pur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB1150 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to inspection of public records, so as to remove the exemption from disclosure for real estate appraisals, engineering or fe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1155 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Stockbridge, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 4359), as amended, so as to change the corporate boundaries of the city; to provide for related matters; to pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
To House Intragovernmental Coordination Committee |
| HB588 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of controlled substances, so as to change provisions relating to possession of substances containing ephedrine...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended |
| HB1141 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to revenue and taxation, so as to repeal income taxes in their entirety; to completely revise sales and use taxes; to provide for conditions and limita...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB795 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 10 of Chapter 21 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Driver's Education Commission, so as to transfer such commission from the Department of Driver Services to t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Senate Read Second Time |
| HB762 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses against public health and morals, so as to change certain provisions relating to disposal of aborted human fetuses, reporting...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Senate Read Second Time |
| HB375 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-6-15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to knowingly driving a motor vehicle with a suspended, canceled, or revoked vehicle registration, so as to change provisions relating to a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
| HB12 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fraud and related offenses, so as to establish the criminal offense of fraudulent representation of military service; to p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Senate Read Second Time |
| HB782 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the continuation of an alternative method of distribution of the net proceeds of the sales and use tax for educational purposes authorized under Article VIII, Section VI, Paragraph IV of the Constitution am...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Effective Date |
| HB1144 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the levy of a retail sales and use tax by DeKalb County for the purpose of providing public transportation of passengers for hire through the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority; to provide for def...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB285 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-7-40.26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to an income tax credit for film, video, or digital production in Georgia, so as to change certain qualifications for such credit; to pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
Senate Read Second Time |
| HB1142 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alcoholic beverages, so as to authorize retailers of malt beverages and wines to conduct tasting events at which samples of malt beverages and wines ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-15
To House Regulated Industries Committee |
| HB1117 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Downtown Athens Development Authority, approved March 23, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 3533), as amended, which authority was created pursuant to an amendment to the Constitution as contained in Ga. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-14
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| HB1140 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from certain DeKalb County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes on the full value of the homestead after a five-year phase in period for certain residen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-14
To House Intragovernmental Coordination Committee |
| HB381 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public officers and employees, so as to repeal Chapter 17, relating to notaries public, and enact the "Revised Georgia Law on Notarial Acts of 2015"; to amend Article 2 of Ch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-14
Senate Read Second Time |
| HB1066 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 42-2-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to additional duties of the commissioner of corrections, so as to authorize the chief of staff to the commissioner to issue warrants for the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-14
Senate Read Second Time |
| HB934 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to social services, so as to authorize the Department of Human Services to provide a separate link or por...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-14
Senate Read Second Time |
| HB508 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 47-2-244 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to optional benefits available to appellate court judges, notice of election of benefits, eligibility for benefits, disability benefits an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-14
Senate Tabled |
| HB499 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to provide for the nonrenewal and nonissuance of driver's licenses for certain reasons; to provide for the nonrene...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-14
Senate Read Second Time |
| HB903 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 8 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disclosure of records relative to employment security, so as to prevent fraud and abuse of the Unemployment Trust Fund by ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Senate Read Second Time |
| HB486 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 12 and Code Section 24-12-21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the practice of professional forestry and disclosure of AIDS confidential information,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Senate Read Second Time |
| HB352 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL To be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 16 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to discovery, so as to change provisions relating to discovery in misdemeanor cases; to provide for a defendant to opt into reciprocal di...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
| HB1132 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 4 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the operation of funeral establishments and crematories, so as to require the State Board of Funeral Service to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
To House Regulated Industries Committee |
| HB948 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 42-9-90 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to application fee required for transfer consideration, so as to revise the application fee paid to the Department of Community Supervision...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Senate Read Second Time |
| HB1064 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Safety, so as to revise provisions for the off-duty use of motor vehicles by certain law enforcement officers ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Senate Read Second Time |
| HB228 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-16-21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fees for sheriff's services, so as to provide for the sheriff to collect and deposit certain fees; to provide for an effective date; to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Senate Read Second Time |
| HB975 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to assets and liabilities, so as to provide for certain updates to the standard valuation law as it relates to the reserve requirements f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
Senate Read Second Time |
| HB970 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fire protection and safety, so as to revise requirements for the issuance of certificates of compliance for fire departments; to revise and to provi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
Senate Read Second Time |
| HB87 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement and pensions, so as to revise, modernize, and correct errors or omissions in said title in furtherance of the work of the Code Revision C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
Senate Read Second Time |
| HB1112 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act revising, superseding, and consolidating the laws relating to the governing authority of DeKalb County and creating a chairman and board of commissioners of said county, approved March 8, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Governmental Affairs Committee |
