| HB801 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to revise various provisions regarding the HOPE scholarship; to include certain coursework in computer science as optional rigor re...
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| SB355 | Veto | 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 enact the "Student/Teacher Protection Act"; to end punitive testing consequences for both teachers and students rela...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| SB335 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 20 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Public Retirement Systems Investment Authority Law," so as to revise provisions related to permissible investments in commingled...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB949 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to illegal use of financial transaction cards, and Chapter 80 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB172 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to the registration, operation, and sale of watercraft, so as to revise the types of vessels t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB962 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Human Services generally, so as to provide for the creation, appointment, removal, and duties of a kinsh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB421 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 47-2-221 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disability allowances payable to personnel for certain disabilities arising in the line of duty, so as to provide that community superv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB818 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to workers' compensation, so as to change certain provisions relating to workers' compensation insurance, awards, benefits, and administration; to provide that admi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB691 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 32 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to municipal courts generally, so as to provide the removal of appointed municipal court judges under certain circumstances;...
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| HB649 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physicians, acupuncturists, and others, so as to require licensure of lactation consultants; to provide for a short title; to provide ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| SB279 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment and training of peace officers, so as to include the commissioner of juvenile justice and the commissioner of natural resour...
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| HB920 | Pass | 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 restrict civil actions against passive investors in nursing hom...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB547 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to year's support, so as to change provisions relating to taxes and tax liens; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| SB230 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to emergency management, so as to provide for the enactment of the "Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act"; to provide for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB904 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment security, so as to change certain contribution rates and credits; to change certain provisions relating to rate of employer ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB509 | Pass | 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 implement initiatives to improve quality and delivery of patient centered and family focused palliativ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB1133 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Lumpkin; to provide for pending matters; to provide for construction and severability; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide a specific repealer; to pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB952 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating professions and businesses, so as to enact the "Georgia Professional Regulation Reform Act"; to provide for executive oversight of licensing boards; to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB1070 | Pass | 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 adoption, so as to permit the department to use certain information in the department's records concerning the adopted chi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB960 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to state administration and collection of revenue, so as to provide for confidentiality of certain tax information; to provide for an interest rate on delinquent pa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB1082 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Blakely; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide a specific repealer; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB954 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 29 of the O.C.G.A., relating to guardian and ward, so as to enact the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to rep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB899 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapters 13 and 13A of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tobacco product manufacturers and master settlement agreement enhancements, respectively, so as to revise and add certain def...
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| HB804 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for a fifth judge of the superior courts of the Clayton Judicial Circuit; to provide for related matters;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| SB304 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 35-3-34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disclosure and dissemination of criminal records to private persons and businesses, resulting responsibility and liability of issuing ce...
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| HB927 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts; to amend Chapter 6 of Title 5, Part 7 of Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 7, Chapter 6 of Title 9, Chapter 2 of Title 21, Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 23, Chapter 2...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB1058 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapters 17 and 22 of Title 31 and Code Section 24-12-21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to control of venereal disease, clinical laboratories, and the disclosure of AIDS confidential information, respectively, so as t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| SB64 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-11-2, Title 19, and Chapter 10 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to definitions for the Juvenile Code, domestic relations, and vital records, respectively, so as to repeal voluntary acknowledg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB965 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general insurance provisions, so as to provide that no health benefit plan shall require an insured to fail to successfully respond to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB951 | Pass | 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 create a new exemption for admissions to major sporting events; to provide a definiti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| SB168 | Pass | 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 Old Governor's Mansion as the official state historic house; to provide for related ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| SB331 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-11-2 and Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions for the Juvenile Code and domestic relations, respectively, so as to provide that causing a child to be conceiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB897 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the care and protection of indigent and elderly patients, so as to provide for the establishment and operation of a drug repository program to accept and dispens...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| SB18 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to technical and adult education, so as to provide that the Technical College System of Georgia shall establish policies for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| SB158 | Pass | 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 certain consumer and provider protections regarding health insurance; to provide for definitions; to provide for short t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| SB336 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 47 of the O.C.G.A., related to retirement plans of the Georgia Municipal Employees Benefit System, so as to permit governing bodies of municipal corporations to enact plans or join...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB840 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 12 and Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conservation and natural resources and game and fish, respectively, so as to change provisions relating to rules and regulations used t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| SB323 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 18 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state printing and documents, so as to provide for public disclosure not to be required for any documents pertaining to an economic de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB910 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 33 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health records, so as to provide that provisions relating to the costs of copying and mailing patient records apply to psychiatric, ps...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| SB420 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties, so as to require referendum approval prior to the expenditure of public funds for the establ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| SB439 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Barwick; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, powers and construction; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide a specific repealer; to provide an ef...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB765 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 49-3-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the appointment of board members to the county departments of family and children services, so as to provide that appointments may includ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| SB193 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-5-23.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to battery, so as to change penalty provisions relating to family violence battery; to provide for a definition; to provide for related m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| SB417 | Pass | 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 create the "Georgia Film and Television Trail Act"; to provide for a short title; to p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| SB307 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 32-6-51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to erection, placement, or maintenance of unauthorized structures within rights of way of public roads and authorization of commercial adve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB1085 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to services for the aging, so as to transfer the oversight of such services to the Department of Community Health; to provide for the depa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB800 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-50-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to veterinarians and veterinary technicians, so as to clarify the scope of the veterinarian-client-patient relation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB979 | Pass | 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 and related offenses against persons, so as to increase the punishment for aggravated assault and aggr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB871 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 10-1-791 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to consumer fees collected to implement Article 28 of Chapter 1 of Title 10, the "Georgia Lemon Law," so as to require consumer fees to be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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| HB767 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding uniform rules of the road, so as to add utility service vehicles to the "Spencer Pass Law"; t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
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