| SB152 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 47 of the O.C.G.A., relating to retirement and pensions, so as to provide for the transfer of membership between the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia and the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia; to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-23
To Senate Retirement Committee |
| SB144 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to acquisition of property for transportation purposes, so as to provide for attorney's fees a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-23
To Senate Transportation Committee |
| SB146 | Intro
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 elections and primaries generally, so as to provide that the costs of special primaries or special elections to fill vacancies in publi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-23
To Senate Ethics Committee |
| SB153 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the regulation of alcoholic beverages, so as to provide that a person who has all necessary li...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-23
To Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee |
| SB150 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 2 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to service creditable toward retirement benefits, so as to provide for creditable service for certain military service; to pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-23
To Senate Retirement Committee |
| SB140 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of South Fulton in Fulton County; to provide for a charter for the City of South Fulton; to provide for an automatic repeal; to provide effective dates and transitional provisions governing the tra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-23
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| SB147 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 10 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 and Article 4 of Chapter 91 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to contracts and purchases by public schools and bidding for government works projec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-23
To Senate Education and Youth Committee |
| SB151 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 28-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to salary and allowances of members and officers, so as to impose penalties on members of the General Assembly who repeatedly misuse expense...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-23
To Senate Ethics Committee |
| SB136 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 25 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to life insurance, so as to provide for the "Life Insurance Consumer Disclosure Act"; to provide for written notice to certain life insur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-20
To Senate Insurance and Labor Committee |
| SB124 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 Sustainable Community School Operational Grants; to provide for definitions; t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-18
To Senate Education and Youth Committee |
| SB123 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to kinds of insurance, risks, and reinsurance, so as to provide for certain requirements by any insurer under a liability insurance policy...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-18
To Senate Insurance and Labor Committee |
| SB117 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 44-3-109 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to liens for assessments for condominium owners, so as to require the purchaser of a condominium development at a foreclosure sale to take...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB120 | 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] | 2015-02-17
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| SB121 | 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] | 2015-02-17
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| SB118 | 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] | 2015-02-17
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| SB107 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act authorizing the Board of Commissioners of Chatham County to provide transit services throughout the county, approved March 28, 1986 (Ga. L. 1986, p. 5315), so as to remove exceptions from inclusion of a sp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-12
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| SB106 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Chatham Area Transit Authority, approved March 28, 1986 (Ga. L. 1986, p. 5082), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 24, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 4824), and an Act approved April 11,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-12
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| SB7 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to physicians, acupuncture, physician assistants, cancer and glaucoma treatment, respiratory care, clinical perfusionists, and orthotics and prosthetics practice, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-11
To Senate Judiciary Non-Civil Committee |
| SB96 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Atlanta, approved April 15, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 4469), as amended, so as to change the corporate limits of the city by annexing certain territory into the city; to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-11
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| SB102 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections, so as to revise the dates for primaries and elections and runoffs resulting therefrom; to revise times for qualifying for office; to revi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-11
To Senate Ethics Committee |
| SB98 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for civil practice and procedure generally, so as to change provisions relating to reversal on appeal w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-11
To Senate Judiciary Non-Civil Committee |
| SB92 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 establish an education savings account program; to provide for a short title; to provide f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-10
To Senate Education and Youth Committee |
| SB87 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-34A-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physician profiles, dissemination to public, content and maintenance requirements, corrections, judgments prior to April 11, 2001, seal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-09
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| SB86 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to establish the "Patient Compensation Act"; to amend Title 51 of the O.C.G.A., relating to torts, so as to create an alternative to medical malpractice litigation whereby patients are compensated for medical injuries; to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-09
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| SB83 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to identification and regulation with regard to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to require policies that ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-04
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| SB81 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 election of local school superintendents by the voters and election of members...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-03
To Senate Education and Youth Committee |
| SB80 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 revise various provisions relating to funding for state charter schools and virtual charte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-03
To Senate Education and Youth Committee |
| SB78 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 9-15-14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to litigation costs and attorney's fees assessed for frivolous actions and defenses, so as to change provisions relating to appeals from ma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB74 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 31 and 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health and revenue and taxation, respectively, so as to establish charity care organizations to provide health care services to the uninsure...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB70 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-38-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licensing of armed employees, qualifications, continuing education, fingerprints, license card, and suspension, so as to require that a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-02
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| SB68 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 provide for a training requirement for the issuance of a weapons ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-02
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| SB73 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 allow a person to be detained by law enforcement for the purpose ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-02
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| SB66 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 30 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to handicapped persons, so as to create the Governor's Task Force on Blind and Visually Impaired Persons; to provide for membership; to provide for dut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-02
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| SB67 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 prohibit all carrying of weapons in government buildings; to prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-02
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| SB71 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to wiretapping, eavesdropping, surveillance, and related offenses, so as to clarify that it shall be lawful under certain circumstances for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-02-02
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| SB60 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to raise the age of mandatory education from 16 to 17 1/2; to revise provisions relating to adult literacy for purposes of conformi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To Senate Education and Youth Committee |
| SB61 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to social services, so as to create the New Americans program; to provide a short title; to provide for the identification and contacting of legal immi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-28
To Senate Government Oversight Committee |
| SB57 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 30 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to handicapped persons, so as to provide that any motorized wheelchair or scooter operated on public ways a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-27
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| SB52 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-18-72 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disclosure of public records, so as to clarify that certain tax credits and exemptions are subject to disclosure; to provide for relate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB55 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding torts, so as to provide for civil immunity for a person who causes property damage resulting from the forc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB54 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL To be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-2-15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to confidential taxpayer information, so as to allow the state revenue commissioner to provide members of a legislative study committee wit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-27
To Senate Government Oversight Committee |
| SB56 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-690.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mandatory education for children between ages six and 16, so as to raise the age of mandatory attendance; to provide for an effective...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-27
To Senate Education and Youth Committee |
| SB38 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide for the authorization of appropriations for the purposes of obtaining feder...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-26
To Senate Appropriations Committee |
| SB48 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 prohibit restoration of gun rights to persons who have been convi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-26
To Senate Judiciary Non-Civil Committee |
| SB49 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 repeal the statute relating to no duty to retreat prior to the use of force; to correct cross-references; to repeal th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB44 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to provide that noncitizen students receiving a grant of deferred action for childhood arrivals from the United States Department o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-26
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| SB47 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 and Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses and the procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, respectively, so as to repeal certain provisions re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-26
To Senate Judiciary Non-Civil Committee |
| SB39 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to abortion, so as to change certain provisions relating to criminal abortion; to change certain provisions relating to when...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-26
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| SB45 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to searches with warrants, so as to provide for the use of no-knock search warrants; to provide for a short title; to provide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-26
To Senate Judiciary Non-Civil Committee |
| SB40 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to health, so as to repeal Code Section 31-1-40, relating to prohibition on expenditure or use of moneys, human resources, or assets ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-26
To Senate Government Oversight Committee |
