| SB398 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 and Code Section 45-8-14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations and relating to d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee |
| SB399 | 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 for the filling of a United States senator vacancy by special election only; to pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To Senate Ethics Committee |
| SB401 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 17-7-131 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to proceedings upon a plea of insanity or mental incompetency at the time of a crime, so as to change the standard of proof when a defenda...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To Senate Judiciary Non-Civil Committee |
| SB403 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to financial institutions, so as to provide for the establishment of sweepstakes savings accounts by financial institutions; to provide for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee |
| SB188 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-12-60 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to rules and regulations relative to bingo, so as to increase the permissible prize amounts; to provide for related matters; to repeal con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
Senate Read Second Time |
| SB397 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to agency, so as to update and conform provisions relating to powers of attorney to a uniform Act; to provide for effectiveness of powers of attorney executed in ot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee |
| SB282 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to deceptive or unfair practices, so as to prohibit the discriminatory refusal to provide credit or financial services to th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Banks and Banking Committee |
| SB115 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-34-103 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to delegation of authority to physician assistants, so as to authorize a physician to delegate to a physician assistant the authority to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To House Health and Human Services Committee |
| SB396 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act completely revising the laws relative to the governing authority of Chatham County, approved March 29, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 5050), as amended, so as to provide for an additional power of the board to cens...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| SB394 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to campaign contributions; so as to provide for definitions; to provide that any business entity whose contracts with state or local agencies, in the a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To Senate Ethics Committee |
| SB392 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for the Board of Public Education for the City of Savannah and Chatham County, approved March 21, 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, p. 2636), as amended, so as to authorize members of the Board of Public Educa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| SB395 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 33 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the scholarship program for special needs students, so as to expand the scholarship program to children of military perso...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To Senate Education and Youth Committee |
| SB393 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to employment security, so as to change the definition of employment in order to provide that services performed by an individual for wages shall be deemed to be em...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To Senate Insurance and Labor Committee |
| SB387 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 36 and 46 of the O.C.G.A., relating to local government and public utilities and public transportation, respectively, so as to provide for the creation, authority, powers, and membership of the Local Gover...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee |
| SB384 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to schedules, offenses, and penalties regarding controlled substances, so as to provide for mandatory minimum sent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| SB381 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to provide regulations for administration, compounding, and importation of certain cellular material; to specifically prohibit adminis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| SB382 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to provide for consumer protections regarding health insurance; to provide for definitions; to provide for disclosure requirements ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| SB386 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding specific, business, and occupation taxes, so as to revise the types of occupation taxes, reg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB373 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to labor and industrial relations, so as to repeal certain provisions relating to sex discrimination in employment and enact the "Georgia Equal Pay Act" to prohibit differential...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-16
To Senate Insurance and Labor Committee |
| SB372 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 36 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for resolving annexation disputes, so as to provide for notice to the Department of Community Affairs of county...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-16
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| SB376 | 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 enact the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; to allow states to join together to establ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-16
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| SB149 | 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] | 2016-02-11
Senate Read Second Time |
| SB313 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act known as the "Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Act of 1965," approved March 10, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 2243), as amended, so as to provide that property of the Authority not used for transportat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-11
Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted |
| SB368 | 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 a program of premium assistance to enable eligible individuals to obtai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| SB363 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elections, so as to prohibit a corporation from using any money or other property of the corporation in connection with a political expenditure unless the stockholders, by a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-11
To Senate Ethics Committee |
| SB297 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 20 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to leaves of absence for certain public employees, so as to authorize the use of accrued leave by adoptive parents for the p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-11
Senate Read Second Time |
| SB371 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 5 of Article 3 of Chapter 12 and Part 5 of Article 8 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pawnbrokers and liens by pawnbrokers, factors, bailees, acceptors, and de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-11
To Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee |
| SB242 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to labor and industrial relations, so as to allow employees to use sick leave for the care of immediate fam...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-10
Senate Read Second Time |
| SB351 | 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 operation of funeral establishments and crematories, so as to change certain provisions relating to the distanc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-10
To Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee |
| SB353 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 31 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Charter Schools Act of 1998," so as to limit training for governing board members of charter schools to six hours per year; to p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-10
To Senate Education and Youth Committee |
| SB248 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants, so as to provide for the profession of dental hygiene therapy; to change the "Geor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-10
Senate Read Second Time |
| SB344 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 71 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to development impact fees, so as to provide for development impact fees for education; to provide definitions; to provide for the manner...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB349 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to generation and distribution of electricity generally, so as to provide for legislative findings; to provide for the develo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-09
To Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee |
| SB334 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to water and sewer projects and costs tax, so as to provide that municipalities that are parties to certain intergovernmental...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-08
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB338 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to workers' compensation generally, so as to provide for a certificate of state law applicability to be issued by the State B...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-08
To Senate Insurance and Labor Committee |
| SB207 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 29 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to guardian and ward, so as to enact the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and for ot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-04
Senate Read Second Time |
| SB326 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the control of soil erosion and sedimentation, so as to shorten the time period for permit issuance or denial by local issuing authorit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-04
To Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee |
| SB324 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-151 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to annual license fees for operating motor vehicles, so as to lower the annual fee for alternative fueled vehicles; to provide for related...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-04
To Senate Appropriations Committee |
| SB322 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 and Chapter 1 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education and law enforcement officers and agencies, respectively, so as to require certain persons with arrest powers at ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-03
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| SB317 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 44-12-300 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tribes, bands, groups, or communities recognized by this state as legitimate American Indian tribes, so as to add a new tribe and to c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-03
To Senate Government Oversight Committee |
| SB318 | 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 for the nonpartisan election of district attorneys, sheriffs, coroners, tax commiss...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-03
To Senate Ethics Committee |
| SB311 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to interstate compacts and conservation and natural resources, so as to enact the Interstate Power Compact; to provide for related matter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-02
To Senate Natural Resources and the Environment Committee |
| SB306 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 34 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to identity theft, so as to remove telephone notification as a permissible means of informing a person of a potential breach...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-01
To Senate Science and Technology Committee |
| SB264 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to provide for parimutuel wagering on horse racing; to provide for definitions; to provide for conditions for horse racing a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-01
Senate Read Second Time |
| SB303 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 5 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Brady Law Regulations, so as to require that a gun lock be furnished to the buyer in all retail firearm sales m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-01
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| SB301 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of fireworks, so as to revise the days and times in which consumer fireworks may be lawfully used or exploded; to provide f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-28
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| SB256 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the General Assembly, so as to provide that no member of the General Assembly who serves on a conference c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-27
To Senate Rules Committee |
| SB292 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to minimum wage law, so as to repeal certain provisions relating to the preemption of wage and employment benefit mandates adopted by a local governme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-27
To Senate Insurance and Labor Committee |
| SB298 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the assessment of tangible property for purposes of ad valorem taxation, so as to limit the amount of increases of assessments in any tax...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB295 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Department of Administrative Services, so as to define certain terms; to create the Division of Supplier Diversity; to provide for appointment of a director;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-01-27
To Senate Insurance and Labor Committee |
