| HB737 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 court ordered blood tests of source individuals for the protection of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-05
House Committee Favorably Reported |
| SR353 | Intro
Sine Die | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta therapy dogs known as "Canines For Kids"; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-05
Senate Read Second Time |
| HB794 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 27 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to lottery for education, so as to provide that the Georgia Lottery Corporation shall offer one or more games to benefit homeless militar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-05
To House Higher Education Committee |
| HR991 | Intro
Sine Die | A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide for the proceeds of one or more lottery games to benefit homeless military veterans; to provide for authorized purposes; to provide for appropr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-05
To House Higher Education Committee |
| SB383 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wild animals, so as to regulate the sale, distribution, and possession of ivory and rhinoceros horn; to provide for definitions; to aut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-05
To Senate Natural Resources and the Environment Committee |
| HB801 | 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 extensively revise the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program; to revise the short titl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-05
To House Education Committee |
| HB796 | Intro
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 exemptions from state sales and use taxes, so as to renew the sales tax holiday; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-05
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SR695 | Intro
Sine Die | A RESOLUTION commending Hannah Fazila Testa for her involvement in and commitment to environmental sustainability and recognizing February 15, 2018, as Plastic Pollution Awareness Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-05
To Senate Natural Resources and the Environment Committee |
| HB802 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 and Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment and grants of pardons, paroles, and other relief, resp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-05
To House Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee |
| HB748 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to regulation of specialized land transactions, so as to provide for protections for homeowners, condominium owners, and property owners in community associations; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-05
House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
| HB788 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 13 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to organization of schools and school systems under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide that a par...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-05
To House Education Committee |
| SB380 | 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 primaries and elections generally, so as to prohibit any person from conspiring or collaborating with any foreign government to influen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-05
To Senate Ethics Committee |
| SR682 | Intro
Sine Die | A RESOLUTION creating the Senate Traffic Fine Consistency Study Committee; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB799 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 20A of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to patient protection under managed health care plans, so as to provide certain requirements for out of network hospitals p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-05
To House Insurance Committee |
| HB776 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health care facilities, so as to provide for authorized electronic monitoring in long-term care facilities; to provide for a short titl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-01
To House Health and Human Services Committee |
| HB778 | 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 for the programmatic transfer of the career, technical, and agricultural education program from the State Board of Educa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-01
To House Higher Education Committee |
| HB679 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 36 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the annexation of territory, so as to provide that no annexation or deannexation shall be ef...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-01
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
| SB379 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers of local governments as to air facilities, so as to create the Georgia Major Airport Operations and Management Board; to provide ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-01
To Senate Transportation Committee |
| HB773 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to abandoned motor vehicles, so as to revise the times for which a motor vehicle or trailer becomes an abandoned motor vehicle; to revise requirements for the iden...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-01
To House Motor Vehicles Committee |
| HR969 | Intro
Sine Die | A RESOLUTION to ratify an Amendment to the United States Constitution; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HR967 | Intro
Sine Die | A RESOLUTION recognizing November 18 of each year as Deputy Commander Patrick Carothers Day; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-01
To House Special Rules Committee |
| HR968 | Intro
Sine Die | A RESOLUTION dedicating the Georgia Grown Trail: 17; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-01
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB786 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-6-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to enumeration of unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices regarding insurance, so as to expand prohibitions ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-02-01
To House Insurance Committee |
| SB374 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to regulation of specialized land transactions, so as to provide for protections for homeowners, condominium owners, and property owners in community associations; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB372 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of rates, underwriting rules, and related organizations, so as to change certain standards applicable to the making and use ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
To Senate Insurance and Labor Committee |
| HB758 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state sales and use tax, so as to provide a state and local sales tax exemption for sales of tangible personal property us...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB770 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 15 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county law libraries, so as to repeal a population provision regarding the disposition of law library funds in certain counties; to pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB768 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal procedure, so as to provide for pretrial proceedings in connection with an accused's claim of intellectual disability in criminal cases inv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
To House Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee |
| HB747 | 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 that Medicaid recipients receive unrestricted access to medications prescri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
To House Health and Human Services Committee |
| HB753 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the excise tax on rooms, lodgings, and accommodations, so as to exempt nonprofit conference and retreat centers; to provi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
To House Transportation Committee |
| HR941 | Intro
Sine Die | A RESOLUTION encouraging an increase in minority participation in certain Georgia investment programs; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
To House Small Business Development Committee |
| HR942 | Intro
Sine Die | A RESOLUTION encouraging corporations to fund inclusive innovation (technology), entrepreneurship (startup) and investment (seed funding) ecosystem building for all; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
To House Small Business Development Committee |
| HB752 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the O.C.G.A., relating to emergency management, so as to establish the homeland security division of the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency; to amend Code Section 1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
To House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee |
| HR939 | Intro
Sine Die | A RESOLUTION strongly opposing a request by the United States Department of Justice to add a citizenship question to Census 2020; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB666 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles generally, so as to provide for the proper display of license plates; to prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
| SB361 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for freedom of religious speech for students and faculty members in public schools; to provide for student pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
To Senate Education and Youth Committee |
| SR649 | Intro
Sine Die | A RESOLUTION recognizing Attorney General Thurbert Baker and dedicating an interchange in his honor; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
To Senate Transportation Committee |
| SB360 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state purchasing, so as to provide for a preference for qualified business enterprises owned and controlled by service dis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
To Senate Economic Development and Tourism Committee |
| HB698 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-86 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to special license plates promoting and supporting certain beneficial projects, causes, agencies, funds, or nonprofit corporations, so as t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
House Committee Favorably Reported |
| HB736 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 13 of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to food service establishments, so as to provide that the facilitator of pop-up restaurant services may obtain a permit for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29
To House Regulated Industries Committee |
| HB746 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to facilitate statewide uniformity in policies and procedures...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29
To House Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee |
| HB630 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to probate courts, so as to change certain general provisions for probate courts; to change provisions relating to training, the appointme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29
House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
| HB741 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding ad valorem taxation of property, so as to change the definition of fair market value of prope...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB733 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical professionals for rural areas assistance, so as to expand the service cancelable loan program for certain health professionals...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29
To House Health and Human Services Committee |
| SR587 | Intro
Sine Die | A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to declare English as the official language of the State of Georgia; to provide for findings; to provide that official state actions be in English; to prohibit any requirement that any lan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29
Senate Read Second Time |
| HB744 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-12-1.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from jury duty, so as to provide that the exemption from jury duty for full-time students enrolled in postsecondary educati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB742 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 19 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of rabies, so as to provide an exception for inoculation of canines and felines against rabies for animals for which such vacc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-29
To House Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee |
| HB731 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales and use taxes, so as to create an exemption from state sales and use tax for feminine hygiene products; to provide a definition; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB365 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 16 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retirement and death benefits for the Sheriffs' Retirement Fund of Georgia, so as to increase the benefit payable upon th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
House Committee Favorably Reported |
| HB409 | Intro
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, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-25
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
