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GASB481Intro
25%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce, so as to provide for the establishment of the Georgia Health Care Professionals Data Syste...
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2024-02-26
Senate Read Second Time
GASB501Intro
25%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 19A of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to American history recognition and significant documents, so as to authorize public elementary and secondary schools to di...
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2024-02-26
Senate Read Second Time
GASB524Intro
25%
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 the certification of community health workers; to provide for definitions; to provide for the establishment of the Geor...
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2024-02-26
Senate Read Second Time
GASB186Intro
25%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to liability of owners and occupiers of land generally, so as to limit landowner liability regarding invitees, licensees, and...
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2024-02-22
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
GASB365Intro
25%
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 notification to parents and legal guardians of public school students of the right to receive email notification eac...
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2024-02-22
Senate Read Second Time
GASB519Intro
25%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to prohibit prescribing or administering certain hormone replaceme...
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2024-02-20
To Senate Children and Families Committee
GASB500Intro
25%
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 certain requirements relating to subclasses of ground ambulance services; to revise definitions; to provide for related mat...
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2024-02-15
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
GASB452Intro
25%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 7 and 44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to banking and finance and property respectively, so as to provide for regulations of motor vehicle title pawn transactions; to prohibit local governments from adopting co...
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2024-02-06
To Senate Finance Committee
GASB438Intro
25%
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 Georgia public schools t...
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2024-02-01
To Senate Education and Youth Committee
GASB378Intro
25%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-5-46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude, so as to provide for increased sentences for persons convicted of trafficking a mi...
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2024-01-31
Senate Read Second Time
GASB435Intro
25%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to local government; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to provide for contingent repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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2024-01-31
To Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee
GASB442Intro
25%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state health planning and development, so as to provide that after a certain date, certificate of need requirements shall not apply to ...
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2024-01-31
To Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee
GASB428Intro
25%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to torts, so as to provide for a cap on damages recoverable against foster parents in personal injury actions involving the use of a motor vehicle by a...
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2024-01-31
To Senate Judiciary Committee
GASB361Intro
25%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 50-14-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to meetings open to the public, limitation on action to contest agency action, recording, notice of time and place, access to minutes, and ...
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2024-01-23
To Senate Government Oversight Committee
GASB350Intro
25%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses against public health and morals, so as to prohibit the sale of consumable hemp products to individuals under the age of 21 y...
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2024-01-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
GASB111Intro
25%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to professions and businesses, so as to enact the "Anesthesiologist Assistant Act"; to provide for an anesthesiologist assistant to be appointed in an advisory capacity to the G...
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2024-01-08
Senate Recommitted
GASB162Intro
25%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to eliminate certificate of need requirements for all health care facilities except certain long-term care facilities and services; to amend Code Section 50-18-...
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2024-01-08
Senate Recommitted
GASB191Intro
25%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to repeal provisions authorizing joinder of motor carriers and their insurance carriers in tort and contract cause...
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2024-01-08
Senate Recommitted
GASB200Intro
25%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 9-11-26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions governing discovery under the "Civil Practice Act," so as to provide for a party or current or former high ranking go...
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2024-01-08
Senate Recommitted
GASB225Intro
25%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-25-14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act," so as to require an insurer to conduct a quarterly search of the National Association of Insurance Com...
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2024-01-08
Senate Recommitted
GASB84PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008," so as to provide for financial protections for elder and disabled adults who may be victims of financ...
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2023-05-03
Effective Date 2023-07-01
GASB218PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to identification cards for persons without drivers' licenses, so as to provide for the issuance of identification cards to persons completing a term o...
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2023-05-03
Effective Date 2023-05-03
GASB222PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A, relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to provide that all costs and expenses relating to election administration are paid for with lawfully appropriate public ...
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2023-05-03
Effective Date 2023-05-03
GASB1PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding state government, so as to remove the automatic repealer on the prohibition on state and local governments from requiring proof of C...
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2023-05-02
Effective Date 2023-05-02
GASB20PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 20E of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., the "Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act," so as to ensure consumer access to quality healthcare by setting adequacy standards for network plans offered by an insurer...
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2023-05-02
Effective Date 2024-01-01
GASB46PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 17 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of sexually transmitted disease, so as to require physicians and healthcare providers to test all pregnant women for HIV and s...
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2023-05-02
Effective Date 2023-07-01
GASB65PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions, so as to authorize the Commissioner of Insurance to take certain actions, including but not limited to promulgating...
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2023-05-02
Effective Date 2023-05-02
GASB93PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 29 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to information technology, so as to restrict the use of certain social media platforms on state equipment; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matte...
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2023-05-02
Effective Date 2023-05-02
GASB148PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 14 of the O.C.G.A., relating to nonprofit corporations, so as to comprehensively revise, simplify, and modernize said chapter; to provide for construction of said chapter; to provide definition...
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2023-05-02
Effective Date 2023-07-01
GASB197PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to professions and businesses, so as to prohibit deceptive or misleading terms or false representations by ...
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2023-05-02
Effective Date 2023-07-01
GASB193PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 40 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the promotion and deployment of broadband services, so as to provide for the Department of Community Affairs to determine locations that are eligible for state ...
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2023-05-02
Effective Date 2023-05-02
GASB204PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education accountability, so as to provide for the recognition of certain accrediting agencies as evaluators of the quality of education offered in public schoo...
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2023-05-02
Effective Date 2023-07-01
GASB223PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding health, so as to authorize reimbursement of patient incurred expenses related to participation in a cancer clinical trial; to provid...
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2023-05-02
Effective Date 2023-07-01
GASB47PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to offenses against public health and morals, so as to provide that vaping in restricted areas is a misdemeanor punishable by fine; to provide for related matters;...
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2023-05-01
Effective Date 2023-07-01
GASB68PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-14-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations, so as to include the offense of dogfighting as racketeering activi...
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2023-05-01
Effective Date 2023-07-01
GASB91PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to workers' compensation, so as to extend the time period for the dissolution of the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund; to provide for related ...
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2023-05-01
Effective Date 2023-07-01
GASB116PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-37-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disposition of municipal property generally, so as to revise provisions relating to the maximum term of certain leases or contracts for ...
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2023-05-01
Effective Date 2023-07-01
GASB3PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to organization of executive branch generally, so as to require state departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, offices, commissions, public corporations, and authori...
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2023-04-27
Effective Date 2023-07-01
GASB246PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce, so as to provide for student loan repayment for certain nursing faculty; to provide for de...
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2023-04-27
Effective Date 2023-07-01
GASB44PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, so as to provide for mandatory minimum penalties for violations of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act; to provide for related matters; to provi...
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2023-04-26
Effective Date 2023-07-01
GASB60PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 14 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to secondary metals recyclers, so as to provide that it shall be illegal for certain persons to purchase, possess, obtain, or sell or attempt to purch...
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2023-04-26
Effective Date 2023-07-01
GASB42PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-5-47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to posting model notice with human trafficking hotline information in businesses and on internet, so as to increase the fine for failure to...
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2023-04-11
Effective Date 2023-07-01
GASB109Engross
50%
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 the Department of Community Health to include continuous glucose monitors a...
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2023-03-27
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
GASB217Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, so as to provide for the offense of operation of a motor vehicle with a fraudulent license plate; to provide for re...
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2023-03-27
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
GASB331Intro
25%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 26 of the O.C.G.A., relating to drug abuse treatment and education programs, so as to provide for the certification of recovery residences; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting...
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2023-03-27
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
GASB140PassA BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of hospitals and related institutions, so as to prohibit certain surgical procedures for the treatment of gende...
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2023-03-23
Effective Date 2023-07-01
GASB318Intro
25%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-212 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to minimum salary schedules in elementary and secondary education, so as to provide that the minimum salaries of special education teacher...
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2023-03-21
To Senate Education and Youth Committee
GASB286Intro
25%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 64 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation and licensure of pharmacy benefits managers, so as to provide for definitions; to require pharmacy benefits managers to cal...
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2023-03-06
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
GASB196Intro
25%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 4 of Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to horns, exhaust systems, mirrors, windshields, tires, safety belts, and energy absorption systems, so as to provi...
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2023-03-02
Senate Lost
GASB99Engross
50%
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-6-47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from certificate of need requirements, so as to provide an exemption for acute care hospitals established in rural counties t...
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2023-03-01
To House Health Committee
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