| HB1129 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create the McPherson Implementing Local Redevelopment Authority, approved May 14, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 4328), so as to continue such authority; to provide for extended contract and lease periods with r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
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| HB851 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 15 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county law libraries, so as to require an annual audit of the financial affairs, books, and records of boards of trustees of the count...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
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| SB274 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act entitled "An Act to repeal an Act entitled 'An Act to provide for a budget in all counties in this State having a population of two hundred thousand or more by the United States census of 1930, or by any ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
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| SB425 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new charter for the City of Ringgold, approved May 6, 2009 (Ga. L. 2009, p. 3624), so as to modify compensation and expenses, rules of procedure, a quorum, removal of the city manager, cou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
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| SB412 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Hancock County and to provide for its powers and duties, approved April 20, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 3710), so as to change the manner of appointment of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
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| SB340 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing an additional $2,000.00 homestead exemption from City of Decatur ad valorem taxes for certain residents of said city, approved March 27, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 4140), as amended, particularly by a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
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| SB308 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to establish the Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program; to provide for a purpose; to provide for definitions...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
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| HB641 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Spalding County to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for related...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
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| SB438 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal the amendment to the Constitution of Georgia providing that the county officers of Telfair County shall be ineligible to hold office under certain conditions; to provide for legislative intent; to provide for a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
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| SB199 | Pass | 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 provide a definition; to prohibit certain activities within close proximity to polling plac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
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| HB806 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to drivers' licenses, so as to provide for the expiration of certain licenses and identification cards issued by the Department of Driver ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
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| SB343 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Decatur independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for five years in the full amount of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that sc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
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| SB341 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal a former local constitutional amendment, Ga. L. 1981, p. 1914, which former local constitutional amendment was continued in effect as statutory law pursuant to Article VII, Section II, Paragraph IV of the Consti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
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| SB369 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 25 of the O.C.G.A., relating to regulation of fireworks, so as to revise the standard of compliance from explosion to ignition; to provide for definitions; to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
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| SB339 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from certain City of Decatur ad valorem taxes, approved April 19, 2000 (Ga. L. 2000, p. 4285), so as modify the amount of a homestead exemption from City of Decatur ad valor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
Act 382 |
| SB419 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing the State Court of Wayne County (formerly the City Court of Jesup, in and for the County of Wayne), approved July 31, 1916 (Ga. L. 1916, p. 248), as amended, particularly by an Act approved Ap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
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| HB799 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new charter for the City of Hoschton, Georgia, approved April 24, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 3539), so as to provide for the manner of election of the mayor and councilmembers; to provide for r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
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| SB390 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Stockbridge, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 4359), as amended, so as to provide for the override of a mayoral veto under certain circumstances; to provide ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
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| SB315 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create the Forsyth County Public Facilities Authority, approved May 1, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 3637), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 10, 2014 (Ga. L. 2014, p. 3944), so as to revise a d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
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| SB358 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Stockbridge, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 4359), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 6, 2005 (Ga. L. 2005, p. 3832), so as to provide for an ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-26
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| SB208 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Stonecrest in DeKalb County; to provide for a charter for the City of Stonecrest; to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for severability; to provide an eff...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-21
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| HB1108 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create the Waycross and Ware County Development Authority, approved March 7, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 2840), as amended, so as to provide for the composition, qualifications, appointment, filling of vacanc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-11
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| HB1018 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding, advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the Candler County Board of Commissioners should levy an additional ad valorem tax for the purpose of realizing additional tax reven...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-11
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| HB1029 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to abolish the office of elected county surveyor of Whitfield County; to provide for the appointment of a county surveyor by the governing authority of the county; to provide that the person currently serving as elected c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-31
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| HB857 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from McDuffie County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of half the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 70 ye...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-31
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| HB807 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating one or more community improvement districts within Clayton County, approved April 7, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 5698), so as to change certain provisions relating to the purpose of the Act; to change t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-31
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| HB1114 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission, approved April 19, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3661), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 11, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5287); to p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-31
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| SB362 | Pass | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Stockbridge, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 4359), as amended, so as to change provisions relating to the filling of vacancies in the offices of members of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-31
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| HB757 | Veto | A BILL to be entitled an Act to protect religious freedoms; to amend Chapter 3 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to marriage generally, so as to provide that religious officials shall not be required to perform marriage ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-28
Veto V1 |
| SR1261 | Pass | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Senator Tommie Williams on the grand occasion of his retirement; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-25
Senate Read and Adopted |
| SR1262 | Pass | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Senator Bill Jackson on the occasion of his retirement; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-25
Senate Read and Adopted |
| HR1367 | Intro
Sine Die | A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on the Pharmacy Benefits Managers Process; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
House Committee Favorably Reported |
| HB197 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 9, Title 11, and Chapter 2 of Title 18 of the O.C.G.A., relating to verdict and judgment, the commercial code, and debtor and creditor relations; to repeal the "Georgia Foreign Money Judgments...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
Senate Insisted |
| HR1093 | Engross
Sine Die | A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Study Committee on Mental Illness Initiative, Reform, Public Health, and Safety; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute |
| HB882 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to authorization and general requirements for the transaction of insurance, so as to eliminate the foreign and alien insurer deposit requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute |
| HR1605 | Engross
Sine Die | A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Regional Transit Solutions; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
House Passed/Adopted |
| HR1606 | Intro
Sine Die | A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on the Affordability of Burial Services; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
House Committee Favorably Reported |
| SB385 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical practice relative to physicians, assistants, and others, so as to provide for certain requirements for advertisem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended |
| SR883 | Engross
Sine Die | A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Study Committee on Industry Incentives for Financial Technologies and the Payment Processing Industry; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
House Passed/Adopted |
| HB764 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles, so as to require drivers of motor vehicles to stop at crosswalks with pedestrian-activated rectangular rapid flash beacons; to make ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
Senate Third Read Lost |
| HR1899 | Pass | A RESOLUTION recognizing St. Mary's Road United Methodist Church on the grand occasion of its 61st anniversary; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
House Read and Adopted |
| HR1932 | Pass | A RESOLUTION commending Gail Jones, Trion High School's 2016 STAR Teacher; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
House Read and Adopted |
| HR1901 | Pass | A RESOLUTION recognizing Ms. Shankeia Pollard; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
House Read and Adopted |
| HR1926 | Pass | A RESOLUTION recognizing and congratulating Beatrice Edge on the grand occasion of her retirement; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
House Read and Adopted |
| HR1919 | Pass | A RESOLUTION commending Kelly Wheeler, Model High School's 2016 STAR Student; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
House Read and Adopted |
| SR1265 | Pass | A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending James Francis "Jim" Martin for his vital role in community leadership; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
Senate Read and Adopted |
| HR1941 | Pass | A RESOLUTION commending and congratulating Brandon Michael Peavy; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
House Read and Adopted |
| SR1258 | Pass | A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Ralph David Abernathy III; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
Senate Read and Adopted |
| HR1893 | Pass | A RESOLUTION commending Mary Margaret Wright, the 2016 STAR Student of Darlington School, Rome City School System, and District #1; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
House Read and Adopted |
| HR1946 | Pass | A RESOLUTION recognizing Loving Hearts, Helping Hands: 2016 Heart of the Community Award of Honor recipient, Elaina Beeman; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
House Read and Adopted |
