| 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
Effective Date |
| 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
Effective Date |
| 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
Effective Date |
| 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
Effective Date |
| 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
Effective Date |
| 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
Effective Date |
| 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
Effective Date |
| 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
Effective Date |
| 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
Effective Date |
| 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
Effective Date |
| 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
Effective Date |
| 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
Effective Date |
| 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
Effective Date |
| 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
Effective Date |
| 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
Effective Date |
| 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
Effective Date |
| 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
Effective Date |
| 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
Effective Date |
| 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
Effective Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HB1163 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of St. Simons Island in Glynn County, Georgia; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
House Hopper |
| HB1162 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alcoholic beverages, so as to prohibit sales of alcoholic beverages at public facilities on Sundays between the hours of 12:00 Midnight and 12:30 P.M...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To House Regulated Industries Committee |
| HB1164 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to salaries and fees, so as to increase the compensation of members of the General Assembly; to provide for certain automatic increases; t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
House Hopper |
| HB1161 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hunting licenses, permits, and stamps generally, so as to convert the one-year honorary veterans license to a free lifetime license; to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To House Motor Vehicles Committee |
| HB911 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales and use tax, so as to provide for administration by the Department of Revenue of the exemption for agricultural mach...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute |
| HB212 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-34-283 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licensure requirements for pain management clinics, so as to revise a provision relating to the health care professionals who must be ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended |
| HB1157 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions concerning general provisions for ad valorem taxation of property, so as to redefine fair market value with respect to the va...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB145 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-2-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Board of Community Health, so as to provide that at least one member of the board is also a member of the state health benefit plan; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute |
| HB1160 | 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 require legislative notification prior to the submission of certain waivers pursuan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To House Health and Human Services Committee |
| SB441 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the State Court of Troup County (formerly the Civil and Criminal Court of Troup County), approved March 6, 1962 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 3020), as amended, so as to authorize the court to charge and colle...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
Senate Passed/Adopted |
| HB876 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to livestock dealers and auctions, so as to update license and surety requirements of livestock dealers and livestock market operators; to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
House Conference Committee Report Adopted |
| HB1159 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to malt beverages, so as to provide for a brewer to sell at wholesale a certain quantity of malt beverages under certain conditions; to ens...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To House Regulated Industries Committee |
| HB1158 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to malt beverages, so as to clarify that free tastings and free food may be offered by a brewery without conducting a brewery tour; to allo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To House Regulated Industries Committee |
| SB427 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Buford, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4622), so as to change the corporate limits of the city; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
To House Intragovernmental Coordination Committee |
| HB856 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for probate courts, so as to change provisions relating to the bond required for probate court judges; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Senate Tabled |
| HB889 | Engross
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 the operation of funeral establishments and crematories, so as to authorize certain advertisements related to c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Senate Tabled |
| HB738 | Engross
Sine Die | 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 revise the uses of excess funds by a county law library; to provide for related matters; to repeal conf...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Senate Tabled |
| HB602 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing in Fulton County a system for pension and retirement to pay teachers and employees of the Board of Education of Fulton County, approved February 2, 1945 (Ga. L. 1945, p. 528), as amended, particu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute |
| HB944 | Engross
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 the pronouncement of death of patients in nursing homes who are organ donors by a physician assistant or a registered p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Senate Tabled |
| HB1073 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Juvenile Code, so as to change provisions relating to procedure in juvenile courts; to provide that adoption proceedings be stayed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Senate Tabled |
| HB1131 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the levy of a retail sales and use tax by the City of Atlanta for the purpose of providing public transportation of passengers for hire in the metropolitan area of the City of Atlanta; to provide for defini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
House Postponed |
| HB654 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 40 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tattoo studios, so as to require such studios to post notification that certain tattoos could disqualify the wearer from military serv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Senate Tabled |
| SB337 | Engross
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 require the Department of Human Services to provide that certain dependents of a mi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute |
| HB304 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 17-10-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fixing of sentence, so as to clarify service of consecutive sentences; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Senate Tabled |
| HB21 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 32-9-9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the creation of the transit authority by special legislation and the authority's attributes and powers, so as to repeal a population prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Senate Tabled |
