| HB1310 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dangerous instrumentalities, so as to regulate the sale of handguns; to provide for definitions; to prohibit any person w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-29
House Hopper |
| HB1309 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to arrests, trials, and appeals, so as to provide that the judge of the probate court may request the district attorney to p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-29
House Hopper |
| HB1307 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions pertaining to alcoholic beverages, so as to require that retail consumption dealers and retail dealers who sell alcoh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-29
To House Regulated Industries Committee |
| HB1308 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to justification and excuse, so as to repeal the statute relating to no duty to retreat prior to the use of force and to corr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-29
To House Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee |
| HB1306 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of Forest Park in the County of Clayton, approved March 24, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 4409), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 25, 1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 3545), so as to c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-29
To House Intragovernmental Coordination - Local Committee |
| HB1311 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, so as to repeal certain provisions regarding sentencing of defenda...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-29
House Hopper |
| SB540 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 enact "The Hazel D. McCurry Act"; to require nursing homes to p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-27
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| HB1305 | Intro
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 provide for pari-mutuel wagering or betting on horse racing in this state; to provide for the comprehensive regulation of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-27
To House Regulated Industries Committee |
| HB1303 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-34-103 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to delegation of authority to physician assistants, so as to authorize a physician to delegate to a physician assistant the authority to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-26
To House Health and Human Services Committee |
| SB539 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state license requirements and regulations for manufacture, distribution, and package sales of distilled spirits, so as to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-26
To Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee |
| HB1302 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing the Municipal Court of Columbus, Georgia, approved August 12, 1915 (Ga. L. 1915, p. 63), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 29, 1983 (Ga. L. 1983, p. 443), so as to provide for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
To House Intragovernmental Coordination - Local Committee |
| SB538 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to holidays and observances, so as to change the date of Georgia Day; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
To Senate Rules Committee |
| HB1292 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2A of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student scholarship organizations, so as to provide for testing requirements for qualified schools and programs which enroll eligible ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
To House Education Committee |
| SB535 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Cobb County, approved June 19, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, Ex. Sess., p. 2075), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 30, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 3808), so as to recon...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| SB536 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to enact the "Georgia Back to Work Program Act"; to amend Chapter 8 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment security, so as to provide for a program to allow eligible participants who...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
To Senate Insurance and Labor Committee |
| HB1274 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 a short title; to create a reven...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
To House Economic Development and Tourism Committee |
| HB1260 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create and establish for the County of Gwinnett a court to be known as the Recorder's Court of Gwinnett County, approved March 27, 1972 (Ga. L. 1972, p. 3125), as amended, so as to authorize the Recorde...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-19
To House Intragovernmental Coordination - Local Committee |
| HB1235 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for the consolidated government of Augusta-Richmond County, approved March 27, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3648), as amended, so as to provide that certain departments, agencies, and authorities of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-19
House Lost Reconsidered Bill/Res |
| HB1247 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 21 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund, so as to expand the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund provisions under the Const...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14
To House Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee |
| HB1246 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the imposition, rate, collection, and assessment of a state sales and use tax, so as to provide for a variable r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1241 | Intro
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 define certain terms; to create the Division of Minority and Women's Business Developm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-14
To House Economic Development and Tourism Committee |
| HB1233 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for nonpartisan judicial elections in Floyd County; to provide that the judge of the Probate Court of Floyd County and the chief magistrate of Floyd County shall be elected in nonpartisan elections; to provide ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13
To House Intragovernmental Coordination Committee |
| HB1229 | Intro
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 revise certain provisions relating to the "Georgia Smokefree Air Act of 2005"; to revise definitions; to prohibit smoking in state ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13
To House Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee |
| HB1228 | 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 eliminate the use of direct recording electronic (DRE) voting systems and voting machines i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13
To House Governmental Affairs Committee |
| HB1214 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act reincorporating the City of Scotland, approved March 24, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 4314), so as to provide for the election of the mayor and councilmembers; to provide for terms of office; to provide for the h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13
House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
| HB1237 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 for a scholarship for attending out-of-state institutions; to pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13
To House Appropriations Committee |
| HB1234 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state employees' health insurance plan, so as to provide that no health insurance plan for employees of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-13
To House Insurance Committee |
| SB521 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-5-179 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to permits and performance bonds for operation of public water systems, so as to require public water suppliers utilizing a waste-water se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-12
To Senate Natural Resources and the Environment Committee |
| SB522 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from White County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in the amount of $100,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that county who are 70 years of age or older; to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-12
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| HB1224 | 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 expand a teacher's authority to remove a student from a classroom; to limit the length of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-12
To House Education Committee |
| HB1221 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licensure and regulation of the practices of electrical contracting, plumbing contracting, low-voltage electrical contracting, utility...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-12
To House Regulated Industries Committee |
| HB1220 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1A of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to early care and learning, so as to require a satisfactory child protective services report for employees and directors of day care cent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-12
To House Education Committee |
| SB524 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 36-34-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the acquisition and construction of water and sewage systems by municipal corporations, so as to prohibit municipal corporations from re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-12
To Senate Natural Resources and the Environment Committee |
| HB1211 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the death penalty generally, so as to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty under certain circumstances; to provid...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-07
To House Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee |
| SB364 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to educational programs, so as to prohibit the use of standards based grading in grades four through 12; to provide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-07
Senate Third Read Lost |
| HB1210 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to state government, so as to require that state employees reside in this state; to provide for related m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-07
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1209 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-301 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to time for presentation of tax returns by tax receiver or tax commissioner to board of assessors, so as to repeal a population exception;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-07
House Committee Favorably Reported |
| HB678 | Intro
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 regulation of the use of previously used material in mattresses and similar consumer products; to provide for definitio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-07
House Third Reading Lost |
| HB1160 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to organization and members of the Public Service Commission, so as to change the term and manner of the election of the chai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-07
House Postponed |
| HB432 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 allow employees to use sick leave for the care of immediate fam...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-07
House Committee Favorably Reported |
| SB345 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 34, 38, 45, and 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to labor and industrial relations, to the military, emergency management, and veterans affairs, to public officers and employees, and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-07
Senate Read Second Time |
| SB406 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1A of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to early care and learning, so as to give a short title to a Code section relating to emergen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-07
Senate Tabled |
| SB348 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 9-11-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to process, so as to change provisions relating to personal service of a summons on a corporation; to provide for related matters; to repeal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-07
Senate Tabled |
| HB717 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dangerous dog control, so as to provide for criminal penalties for certain owners who fail to secure their dog resulting in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-07
House Reconsidered |
| SB299 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 18 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Uniform Fraudulent Transfers Act," so as to define certain terms; to provide that a charitable contribution made to a charitable ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-07
Senate Tabled |
| SB517 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to health, so as to provide that the act of a mother breast-feeding her child shall not be con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-07
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| SB465 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to assault and battery, so as to increase the punishment for aggravated assault, battery, and aggravated battery upon a nurse...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-07
Senate Tabled |
| HB961 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to property, so as to prohibit property owners' associations from creating or enforcing covenants which infringe upon a lot owner's right to install a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-07
House Lost Reconsidered Bill/Res |
| SB87 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 33 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the scholarship program for special needs students, so as to expand eligibility for the program; to rename the article th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-07
Senate Tabled |
| HB1212 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to adoption, so as to change the period for withdrawing a surrender of parental rights; to pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-07
To House Judiciary Committee |
