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HB1163Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of St. Simons Island in Glynn County, Georgia; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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2016-03-24
House Hopper
HB1162Intro

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 prohibit sales of alcoholic beverages at public facilities on Sundays between the hours of 12:00 Midnight and 12:30 P.M...
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2016-03-24
To House Regulated Industries Committee
HB1164Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to salaries and fees, so as to increase the compensation of members of the General Assembly; to provide for certain automatic increases; t...
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2016-03-24
House Hopper
HB1161Intro

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hunting licenses, permits, and stamps generally, so as to convert the one-year honorary veterans license to a free lifetime license; to...
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2016-03-24
To House Motor Vehicles Committee
HB1157Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions concerning general provisions for ad valorem taxation of property, so as to redefine fair market value with respect to the va...
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2016-03-24
To House Ways and Means Committee
HB1160Intro

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 require legislative notification prior to the submission of certain waivers pursuan...
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2016-03-24
To House Health and Human Services Committee
HB1159Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to malt beverages, so as to provide for a brewer to sell at wholesale a certain quantity of malt beverages under certain conditions; to ens...
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2016-03-24
To House Regulated Industries Committee
HB1158Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to malt beverages, so as to clarify that free tastings and free food may be offered by a brewery without conducting a brewery tour; to allo...
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2016-03-24
To House Regulated Industries Committee
HB1131Intro

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...
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2016-03-22
House Postponed
HB1156Intro

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...
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2016-03-22
To House Natural Resources and Environment Committee
HB1154Intro

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...
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2016-03-16
To House Intragovernmental Coordination Committee
HB1151Intro

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 ...
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2016-03-16
To House Ways and Means Committee
HB1148Intro

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...
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2016-03-16
To House Transportation Committee
HB1150Intro

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...
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2016-03-16
To House Judiciary Committee
HB1155Intro

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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...
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2016-03-16
To House Intragovernmental Coordination Committee
HB1141Intro

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...
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2016-03-15
To House Ways and Means Committee
HB1144Intro

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...
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2016-03-15
To House Transportation Committee
HB1142Intro

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 ...
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2016-03-15
To House Regulated Industries Committee
HB1140Intro

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...
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2016-03-14
To House Intragovernmental Coordination Committee
SB437Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state building, plumbing, and electrical codes, so as to change certain time frames within which local governing ...
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2016-03-11
To Senate State Institutions and Property Committee
HB1132Intro

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...
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2016-03-11
To House Regulated Industries Committee
SB429Intro

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 that high schools receiving funding under the Quality Basic Education Act shall no...
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2016-03-08
To Senate Education and Youth Committee
SB428Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide that high schools receiving funding under the Quality Basic Education Act shall not...
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2016-03-08
To Senate Education and Youth Committee
HB1112Intro

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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...
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2016-03-08
To House Governmental Affairs Committee
HB1103Intro

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...
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2016-03-07
To House Intragovernmental Coordination Committee
HB1107Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 84 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local government purchasing preferences, so as to require each municipality, county, school district, or other local governmental unit...
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2016-03-07
To House Governmental Affairs Committee
HB677Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to state government; to amend Title 13 of the O.C.G.A., relating to contracts; to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses; to provide for related matters...
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2016-03-02
House Withdrawn, Recommitted
HB1100Intro

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 the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to include children who are under the age of 18 years; to pr...
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2016-03-02
To House Juvenile Justice Committee
HB1099Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act revising, superseding, and consolidating the laws relative 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...
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2016-03-02
To House Intragovernmental Coordination Committee
HB1098Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to the State Road and Tollway Authority, so as to repeal and reserve Code Section 3...
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2016-03-02
To House Transportation Committee
HB699Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 80 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to provisions applicable to counties, municipal corporations, and other governmental entities, so as to de...
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2016-02-29
House Lost Reconsidered Bill/Res
HB542Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 11 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the higher education savings plan, so as to provide for matching of contributions by the state for certain low-income con...
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2016-02-29
House Third Reading Lost
SB400Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to clerks of superior courts, so as to allow clerks to utilize vendors of their choice for back-up records rather than the Ge...
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2016-02-26
Senate Read Second Time
HB1096Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 12 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disposition of unclaimed property, so as to provide for the donation of abandoned dividends or capital credits by rural t...
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2016-02-26
House Committee Favorably Reported
SB259Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to property tax exemptions and deferral, so as to provide for a homestead exemption from ad valorem taxes for state, county, ...
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2016-02-26
Senate Read Second Time
HB999Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 49-5-12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licensing and inspection of child welfare agencies, so as to require child welfare agencies licensed in other states to also be licensed...
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2016-02-26
House Committee Favorably Reported
SB413Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Economic Development, so as to provide that the Department of Economic Development shall establish a state-wide site ...
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2016-02-26
Senate Read Second Time
SB408Intro

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 create a compact among the states to prohibit public financing of professional stadiums; to authorize the Governor to exe...
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2016-02-26
Senate Read Second Time
HB1095Intro

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...
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2016-02-26
To House Judiciary Committee
SB354Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-7.4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to bona fide conservation use property, residential transitional property, application procedures, penalties for breach of covenant, class...
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2016-02-26
Senate Read Second Time
HB1094Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 5 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public water systems, so as to impose additional requirements on municipal water supply systems related to testi...
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2016-02-26
To House Natural Resources and Environment Committee
SB391Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public officers and employees, so as to change certain provisions of the "Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978" and personnel administration in ord...
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2016-02-25
Senate Withdrawn Bill/Res Consideration
HB1052Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to business corporations, so as to provide for benefit corporations; to provide for definitions; to provide for the application of the bus...
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2016-02-25
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
HB1017Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 9 of the O.C.G.A., the "Georgia Civil Practice Act," so as to change provisions relating to general provisions governing discovery; to amend the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to pro...
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2016-02-25
House Committee Favorably Reported
HB914Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Fair Business Practices Act, so as to provide for requirements for solicitations of services to obtain a co...
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2016-02-25
House Committee Favorably Reported
HB685Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of specialized land transactions, so as to add a new article relating to real property common interest communities and entit...
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2016-02-25
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
HB915Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to social services, so as to establish that criminal records checks shall be required for owners and employees of certain licensed facilities under the Department of Human Servi...
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2016-02-25
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
SB410Intro

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 English Bulldog as the official Georgia state dog; to provide an effective date; to ...
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2016-02-25
Senate Read Second Time
HB1078Intro

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; to revise provisions relating to adult literacy for purposes of conformity; ...
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2016-02-25
To House Education Committee
HB1089Intro

Sine Die
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for the restructuring of the governments of the City of Macon, the City of Payne City, and Bibb County, approved April 20, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5595), as amended, particularly by an Act approve...
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2016-02-25
To House Intragovernmental Coordination Committee
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