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SB52Intro

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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...
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2015-01-27
To Senate Finance Committee
SB55Intro

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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...
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2015-01-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB54Intro

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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...
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2015-01-27
To Senate Government Oversight Committee
SB56Intro

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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...
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2015-01-27
To Senate Education and Youth Committee
SB38Intro

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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...
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2015-01-26
To Senate Appropriations Committee
SB48Intro

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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...
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2015-01-26
To Senate Judiciary Non-Civil Committee
SB49Intro

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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...
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2015-01-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB44Intro

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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...
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2015-01-26
To Senate Higher Education Committee
SB47Intro

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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...
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2015-01-26
To Senate Judiciary Non-Civil Committee
SB39Intro

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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...
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2015-01-26
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
SB45Intro

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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...
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2015-01-26
To Senate Judiciary Non-Civil Committee
SB40Intro

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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 ...
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2015-01-26
To Senate Government Oversight Committee
SB46Intro

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to provide for definitions; to require that certain peace officers be equipped with a...
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2015-01-26
To Senate Public Safety Committee
SB41Intro

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Health, so as to enact the "Georgia Family Planning Initiative"; to provide for definitions; to authorize pub...
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2015-01-26
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
SB42Intro

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 34-8-194 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to grounds for disqualification of benefits, so as to provide that leaving an employer due to family violence shall establish good cause i...
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2015-01-26
To Senate Insurance and Labor Committee
SB43Intro

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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 change certain provisions relating to an employer's obligation ...
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2015-01-26
To Senate Insurance and Labor Committee
SB50Intro

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for prosecuting attorneys, so as to provide for the appointment of a prosecuting attorney when the acc...
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2015-01-26
To Senate Judiciary Non-Civil Committee
SB37Intro

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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 ...
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2015-01-26
To Senate Higher Education Committee
SB33Intro

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections, so as to provide for election by plurality vote; to provide for the date of the general primary; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title...
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2015-01-15
To Senate Ethics Committee
SB31Intro

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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 automatic voter registration in certain circumstances; to provide for related m...
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2015-01-15
To Senate Ethics Committee
SB30Intro

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding income taxes, so as to require the department to prepare a tax return for certain taxpayers; ...
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2015-01-15
To Senate Finance Committee
SB29Intro

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 8 of Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to compensation for occupational diseases, so as to define certain terms; to provide...
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2015-01-15
To Senate Insurance and Labor Committee
SB32Intro

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-881 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Board of Community Health; to amend Code Section 20-2-911 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Board of Community Health; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Tit...
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2015-01-15
To Senate Insurance and Labor Committee
SB22Intro

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public officers and employees, so as to allow public employees to disclose a violation of or noncompliance with a law, rule, or regulat...
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2015-01-14
To Senate Ethics Committee
SB27Intro

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 10 of Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to absentee voting, so as to change the time periods for advance voting; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicti...
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2015-01-14
To Senate Ethics Committee
SB20Intro

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to apportionment of the House of Representatives and Senate and qualifications of members, so as to create the Citizens' Redistricting Com...
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2015-01-14
To Senate Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee
SB28Intro

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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 remove certain requirements regarding proof of voter identity at the polls; to provide for ...
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2015-01-14
To Senate Ethics Committee
SB26Intro

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 10 of Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to absentee voting, so as to change the time periods for advance voting; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicti...
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2015-01-14
To Senate Ethics Committee
SB25Intro

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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 election day voter registration and voting; to provide for procedures and metho...
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2015-01-14
To Senate Ethics Committee
SB24Intro

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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 a definition; to provide that no local bill shall be favorably repo...
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2015-01-14
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee
SB21Intro

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to ethics in government, so as to revise the "Ethics in Government Act"; to change a definition; to change the name of the Georgia Government Transparency and Campa...
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2015-01-14
To Senate Ethics Committee
SB23Intro

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to privileges, so as to expand the privilege for information obtained by news media for news gathering or dissemination; to repeal conflic...
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2015-01-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB14Intro

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Student Finance Authority, so as to provide for a grant program to pay tuition and fees of certain s...
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2015-01-13
To Senate Higher Education Committee
SB12Intro

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to require the full funding of the Quality Basic Education Formula by the General...
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2015-01-13
To Senate Appropriations Committee
SB10Intro

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-5-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public official investigated by special commission upon indictment, gubernatorial review if commission recommends suspension, reinstateme...
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2015-01-13
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee
SB19Intro

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 34-8-35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the definition of employment applicable to the "Employment Security Law," so as to change certain provisions of such definition in order...
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2015-01-13
To Senate Insurance and Labor Committee
SB15Intro

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to minimum wage, so as to provide for a substantive and comprehensive reform of provisions regarding the minimum wage law; to provide for ...
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2015-01-13
To Senate Insurance and Labor Committee
SB13Intro

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 7 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to HOPE scholarships and grants, so as to provide that the amount of a HOPE scholarship shall be accepted as full p...
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2015-01-13
To Senate Higher Education Committee
SB17Intro

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-7A-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to claiming and allowing low-income tax credits, so as to allow an individual with no taxable income to claim a tax credit; to provide for ...
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2015-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee
SB16Intro

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding income taxes, so as to require corporations that receive development subsidies to create new ...
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2015-01-13
To Senate Finance Committee
SB9Intro

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PF: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-911 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Board of Community Health to establish plan, rules and regulations, extent of coverage, and recommendations to General Assembly for scheduling of maximum...
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2014-12-18
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