| SB437 | Intro
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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
To Senate State Institutions and Property Committee |
| SB429 | 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 provide that high schools receiving funding under the Quality Basic Education Act shall no...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To Senate Education and Youth Committee |
| SB428 | Intro
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To Senate Education and Youth Committee |
| SB400 | Intro
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-26
Senate Read Second Time |
| SB259 | Intro
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, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-26
Senate Read Second Time |
| SB413 | 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 provide that the Department of Economic Development shall establish a state-wide site ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-26
Senate Read Second Time |
| SB408 | 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 create a compact among the states to prohibit public financing of professional stadiums; to authorize the Governor to exe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-26
Senate Read Second Time |
| SB354 | Intro
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-26
Senate Read Second Time |
| SB391 | Intro
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-25
Senate Withdrawn Bill/Res Consideration |
| SB410 | Intro
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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-25
Senate Read Second Time |
| SB325 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of aeronautics, aircraft, and airports generally, so as to provide legislative findings; to provide definitions; to provide f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-24
Senate Read Second Time |
| SB418 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 26-4-80.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the use of security paper for hard copy prescription drug orders, so as to change provisions relating to filling Schedule II controlle...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| SB352 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to selling and other trade practices, so as to provide consumer protection requirements for fantasy contest operators; to provide for defi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-24
Senate Read Second Time |
| SB422 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to buildings and housing, so as to provide for legislative findings; to provide a definition; to provide that it shall be unlawful for any person who ow...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-24
Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted |
| SB415 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to uniform rules of the road, so as to revise the criminal penalty for operating a vehicle without adequately securing load; to provide fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-23
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| SB414 | 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 relative to law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to provide a standard by which state, county, and local law...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-23
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| SB321 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 10 and 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to commerce and trade and state government, respectively, so as to provide protections against public disclosure of certain information; to exp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-22
Senate Read Second Time |
| SB407 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 42-1-12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state sexual offender registry, so as to increase a sexual offender's reporting requirements under certain circumstances; to provide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-22
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| SB411 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to labor and industrial relations, so as to provide for the creation of a program to compensate in part for the wage loss sustained by any individual who is unable to work due t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-22
To Senate Insurance and Labor Committee |
| SB330 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act known as the "Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Act of 1965," approved March 10, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 2243), as amended, so as to provide for a definition; to provide for a referendum; to provi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-22
Senate Read Second Time |
| SB406 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 27-2-23 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hunting, trapping, and fishing license, permit, tag, and stamp fees, so as to freeze the cost of certain hunting licenses that are renew...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-22
To Senate Natural Resources and the Environment Committee |
| SB405 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-11-125.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions for carrying and possession of firearms, so as to change provisions relating to the definition of a term; to provide for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-22
To Senate Judiciary Non-Civil Committee |
| SB398 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 and Code Section 45-8-14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations and relating to d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee |
| SB399 | 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 elections and primaries generally, so as to provide for the filling of a United States senator vacancy by special election only; to pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To Senate Ethics Committee |
| SB401 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 17-7-131 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to proceedings upon a plea of insanity or mental incompetency at the time of a crime, so as to change the standard of proof when a defenda...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To Senate Judiciary Non-Civil Committee |
| SB403 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to financial institutions, so as to provide for the establishment of sweepstakes savings accounts by financial institutions; to provide for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee |
| SB188 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-12-60 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to rules and regulations relative to bingo, so as to increase the permissible prize amounts; to provide for related matters; to repeal con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
Senate Read Second Time |
| SB397 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to agency, so as to update and conform provisions relating to powers of attorney to a uniform Act; to provide for effectiveness of powers of attorney executed in ot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee |
| SB396 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act completely revising the laws relative to the governing authority of Chatham County, approved March 29, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 5050), as amended, so as to provide for an additional power of the board to cens...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| SB394 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to campaign contributions; so as to provide for definitions; to provide that any business entity whose contracts with state or local agencies, in the a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To Senate Ethics Committee |
| SB392 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for the Board of Public Education for the City of Savannah and Chatham County, approved March 21, 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, p. 2636), as amended, so as to authorize members of the Board of Public Educa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| SB395 | 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 the scholarship program to children of military perso...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To Senate Education and Youth Committee |
| SB393 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to employment security, so as to change the definition of employment in order to provide that services performed by an individual for wages shall be deemed to be em...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To Senate Insurance and Labor Committee |
| SB387 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 36 and 46 of the O.C.G.A., relating to local government and public utilities and public transportation, respectively, so as to provide for the creation, authority, powers, and membership of the Local Gover...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-18
To Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee |
| SB384 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to schedules, offenses, and penalties regarding controlled substances, so as to provide for mandatory minimum sent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| SB381 | 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 regulations for administration, compounding, and importation of certain cellular material; to specifically prohibit adminis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| SB382 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to provide for consumer protections regarding health insurance; to provide for definitions; to provide for disclosure requirements ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| SB386 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding specific, business, and occupation taxes, so as to revise the types of occupation taxes, reg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB373 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to labor and industrial relations, so as to repeal certain provisions relating to sex discrimination in employment and enact the "Georgia Equal Pay Act" to prohibit differential...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-16
To Senate Insurance and Labor Committee |
| SB372 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 36 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for resolving annexation disputes, so as to provide for notice to the Department of Community Affairs of county...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-16
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| SB376 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections, so as to enact the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; to allow states to join together to establ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-16
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| SB149 | Intro
Sine Die | 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, so as to provide for creditable service for certain military service; to pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-11
Senate Read Second Time |
| SB313 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act known as the "Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Act of 1965," approved March 10, 1965 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 2243), as amended, so as to provide that property of the Authority not used for transportat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-11
Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted |
| SB368 | 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 for a program of premium assistance to enable eligible individuals to obtai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| SB363 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elections, so as to prohibit a corporation from using any money or other property of the corporation in connection with a political expenditure unless the stockholders, by a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-11
To Senate Ethics Committee |
| SB297 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 20 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to leaves of absence for certain public employees, so as to authorize the use of accrued leave by adoptive parents for the p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-11
Senate Read Second Time |
| SB371 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 5 of Article 3 of Chapter 12 and Part 5 of Article 8 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pawnbrokers and liens by pawnbrokers, factors, bailees, acceptors, and de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-11
To Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee |
| SB242 | 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] | 2016-02-10
Senate Read Second Time |
| SB351 | Intro
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 operation of funeral establishments and crematories, so as to change certain provisions relating to the distanc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-10
To Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee |
| SB353 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 31 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Charter Schools Act of 1998," so as to limit training for governing board members of charter schools to six hours per year; to p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-10
To Senate Education and Youth Committee |
