| SB144 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to taxes on tobacco products, so as to provide for the issuance of special event tobacco permits to licensed dealers authorizing off-prem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-29
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| SB429 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, so as to revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions in, and reenact the statutory portion of said Code, as amended, in furtherance of the work of the Code Revision Comm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-29
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| SB445 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of soil erosion and sedimentation, so as to authorize certain water and water and sewer authorities to be designated as local i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-29
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| SB362 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to livestock running at large or straying, so as to change the fees for impounding animals and disposing of impounded animals; to provide f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-29
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| SB375 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sale or distribution to, or possession by, minors of cigarettes and tobacco related products, so as to provide for additi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-22
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| SB410 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-311 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to creation of county boards of equalization, duties, review of assessments, and appeals, so as to provide an alternative means of recover...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-22
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| SB416 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-4-37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Office of College and Career Transitions and powers and duties, so as to change the name of the Office of College and Career Transit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-14
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| SB393 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 and Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the university system and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, respectively, so as to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-01
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| SB394 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 16, Article 1 of Chapter 15 of Title 45, and Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to kidnapping, false imprisonment, and related o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-01
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| SB430 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to authorize home study students and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-01
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| SB26 | Pass | 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 under the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, so as to provide for cred...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-01
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| SB188 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-7-14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reinsurance of risks, so as to provide adequate regulation of reinsurers; to provide for the incorporation of the National Association o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-01
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| SB474 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the Department of Economic Development, so as to provide for the Department of Natural Resour...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-01
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| SB473 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conservation and natural resources, so as to transfer duties, powers, responsibilities, and other authority relative to historic preser...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-01
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| SB518 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of a technology fee by the Magistrate Court of Henry County; to identify the authorized uses of said technology fee; to provide for the maintenance of said technology fee funds; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-01
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| SB451 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to limitations on recovery for deficiencies connected with improvements to realty and resulting injuries, so as to clarify act...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-01
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| SB372 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various titles of the O.C.G.A., so as to modernize, clarify, and update provisions relating to public health; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to procedure for sentencing and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-01
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| SB373 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 3 of Title 14 and Part 6 of Article 4 of Chapter 3 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to directors and officers of nonprofit corporations and directors and office...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-07-01
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| SB462 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 7 of the O.C.G.A., relating to banking and finance, so as to transfer duties, powers, responsibilities, and other authority relative to industrial loans from the Industrial Loan Commissioner to the Departme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-30
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| SB377 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 8-2-102 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to inspections, so as to reduce the number of required annual elevator inspections; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-30
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| SB438 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors of Appling County desire to reduce the size of the board of commissioners by eliminating the position of the at-large co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-29
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| SB508 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the State Court of Rockdale County, approved April 2, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 5452), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 18, 2007 (Ga. L. 2007, p. 3837), so as to provide an additional j...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-29
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| SB506 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from City of Buford ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of that homestead exceeds the base year assessed v...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-29
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| SB123 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to waste management, so as to eliminate the coal ash surcharge imposed by host local governments regarding municipal solid waste disposal ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-29
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| SB435 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 and Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment and the Georgia Crime Information Center, respectively...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-29
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| SB399 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Macon County and to provide for its powers and duties, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4532), so as to expand the board from three to five members...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-29
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| SB511 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Twiggs County, approved July 27, 1923 (Ga. L. 1923, p. 324), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 28, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 4923), and an Act approved May ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-29
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| SB475 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Grayson, approved April 20, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 3567), so as to revise the terms of the mayor and city council; to provide for elections by a plurality of votes; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-29
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| SB450 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to reconstitute the Ocilla-Irwin County Industrial Development Authority, approved May 3, 2016 (Ga. L. 2016, p. 4082), so as to change the membership of said Authority; to provide for related matters; to r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-29
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| SB517 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Jeffersonville; to provide for definitions and construction; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal a specific Act; to repeal conflicting laws; and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-29
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| SB408 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 34-1-10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to use of sick leave for care of immediate family members, so as to repeal the sunset provision relating to such sick leave requirements; t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-29
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| SB490 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from certain City of Cartersville ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $28,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for each resident of the city...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-29
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| SB527 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the Unified Government of Cusseta-Chattahoochee County to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide for procedures, conditio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-29
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| SB328 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Jackson to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-29
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| SB413 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 67A of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conflicts of interest in zoning actions, so as to expand the definition of the term applicant; to provide for related matters; to rep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-26
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended |
| SB289 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to remove the requirement that mobile homes procure permits and procure and display decals; to r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-26
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute |
| SB318 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education generally, so as to provide for public forums at public institutions of higher education; to prevent the creation of "free speech zones" at public inst...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-25
House Postponed |
| SB533 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Fort Valley, approved August 22, 1907 (Ga. L. 1907, p. 651), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 6, 2019 (Ga. L. 2019, p. 4170), so as to provide for vac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-25
To House Intragovernmental Coordination Committee |
| SB464 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to civil practice, so as to provide for uniform laws governing mediation and participants in mediation; to provide for definitions; to provide for privi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-25
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
| SB71 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county and municipal hospital authorities, so as to revise provisions relating to the sale or lease of a hospital by a hos...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-25
House Third Reading Lost |
| SB316 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide for military spouses licensed in other states to practice certain professions and occupations to obtain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-25
House Postponed |
| SB162 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local government, so as to provide for disaster mitigation improvements and broadband services infrastructure in projects of downtown development au...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-25
House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
| SB208 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to cancellation, suspension, and revocation of licenses, so as to revise the implied consent notices; to provide for related ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-25
House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
| SB407 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to forest resources and other plant life, so as to regulate the harvest and sale of palmetto berries; to provide for definitions; to provi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-25
House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
| SB483 | Engross
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 for certain Medicaid reimbursement for patients treated pursuant to a behavioral rehabilitation joint venture; to provide t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-25
House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
| SB531 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Atlanta ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $30,000.00 for each resident of the City of Atlanta who holds real property subject to a written lease...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-25
To House Intragovernmental Coordination Committee |
| SB335 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 12, Chapter 11 of Title 15, and Chapter 5 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding parks, historic areas, memorials, and recreation, Juvenile Code, and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-25
House Postponed |
| SB502 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act reincorporating and re-creating the City of Woodstock, approved April 17, 1975 (Ga. L. 1975, p. 4160), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 12, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5404), so as to change the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-25
To House Intragovernmental Coordination Committee |
| SB489 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to lighting equipment of motor vehicles, so as to repeal provisions requiring an amber strobe light upon low-speed ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-25
House Postponed |
| SB463 | Engross
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 remove provisions and references regarding direct recording electronic voting machines; to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-06-25
House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
