| SB282 | 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 in the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, so as to provide that an ind...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-15
To Senate Retirement Committee |
| SB279 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 the corporate boundaries of the city; to provide for related matters; to pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-14
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| SB280 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 the corporate boundaries of the city; to provide for related matters; to pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-14
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| SB274 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to membership in the Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund, so as to remove the prohibition of members of the Peace Officers' An...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To Senate Retirement Committee |
| SB275 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 5 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county boards of tax assessors, so as to revise the standard for recovering costs of litigation and attorney's f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB277 | 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 establish standards for carriers and health care providers with regard to payment under a managed care plan in the provision of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To Senate Insurance and Labor Committee |
| SB272 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a chief judge of the Recorder's Court of Chatham County, approved March 31, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 5156), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 27, 1998 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 3557), so ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-10
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| SB221 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-30-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to optometrists, so as to authorize doctors of optometry to administer pharmaceutical agents by injection; to provi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Health and Human Services Committee |
| SB241 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to controlled substances, so as to change certain provisions of the electronic data base of prescription information; to transfer responsibilities for the electron...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee |
| SB164 | Engross
Sine Die | 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 prohibit certain insurers from imposing a copayment, coinsurance, or office visit deductible am...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Insurance Committee |
| SB29 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to education, so as to require testing of drinking water in child care learning centers and sc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Natural Resources and Environment Committee |
| SB268 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-519.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility requirements for a HOPE scholarship, so as to provide for revised eligibility requirements for incoming freshmen; to elim...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-06
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| SB159 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to criminal trespass and damage to property, so as to provide for the crime of crimi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-06
To House Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee |
| SB266 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 6 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the control of signs and signals on public roads generally, so as to require a study considering the conversion of stop si...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-03
To Senate Transportation Committee |
| SB260 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-984.3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to investigations by the Professional Standards Commission of alleged violations by educators, so as to provide for complaints from cert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To Senate Education and Youth Committee |
| SB155 | Engross
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 create the Local Law Enforcement Officer Compensation Commission; to provide for membership; to provide for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To House Governmental Affairs Committee |
| SB261 | 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 procedures, conditions, and limitations for the imp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-27
To Senate Transportation Committee |
| SB255 | 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 that, in order for their names to be listed on the ballot, candidates for the offic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-27
To Senate Ethics Committee |
| SB256 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 16 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the State Properties Code, so as to authorize the State Properties Commission to enter into leases in certain rural techn...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-27
To Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee |
| SB259 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 32-9-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to designation of travel lanes and use of such lanes, to provide for the operation of motorcycle trailers in certain designated travel lanes...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-27
To Senate Transportation Committee |
| SB73 | Engross
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a chief judge of the Recorder's Court of Chatham County, approved March 31, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 5156), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 27, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 3557), so ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-24
To House Intragovernmental Coordination Committee |
| SB254 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 16 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding sheriffs, so as to provide for a minimum annual salary for each deputy appointed by each sheriff; to require the commi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-24
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| SB253 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other educational programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to require a local school system to a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-24
To Senate Education and Youth Committee |
| SB251 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 32 of the O.C.G.A., relating to mass transportation, so as to provide for the levy of a retail sales and use tax by DeKalb County for the purpose of providing public transportation of passenger...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-24
To Senate Transportation Committee |
| SB234 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-5-70 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to cruelty to children, so as to provide that leaving certain children in vehicles under certain circumstances constitutes cruelty to child...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB237 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 30 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to handicapped persons, so as to provide that any motorized wheelchair or scooter operated on public ways a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-23
To Senate Public Safety Committee |
| SB239 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Woman's Right to Know Act, so as to include chemical abortion under voluntary and informed consent requirements; to provide for in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-23
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| SB240 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Georgia International and Maritime Trade Center, so as to reconstitute the Georgia International and Maritime Trade Center Authority; to provide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-23
To Senate Economic Development and Tourism Committee |
| SB238 | 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 certain protections of a woman's right to choose a safe and legal abortion; to repeal Code Section 31-9A-3; to provide ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-23
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| SB243 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide that the agricultural education program is based on a three-component ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-23
To Senate Education and Youth Committee |
| SB231 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 19 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding attorneys, so as to provide that a person who is not a United States citizen shall not gain admission to the practice ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB230 | 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 requirements of physicians performing or inducing an abortion to have certain hospital admitting privileges; to require...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-22
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee |
| SB215 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to postsecondary education, so as to freeze tuition for particular students at the amount established for freshman year; to provide for re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-22
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| SB227 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local government, so as to provide for a process of establishing a compact with one or more other states and obtaining a Consent of Congress, which ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-22
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| SB214 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 4 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to animal protection, so as to regulate the retail sale of dogs and cats in this state; to provide for definitions; to p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-22
To Senate Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee |
| SB218 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to identification and regulation of motor vehicles, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for the operation of autonomous vehicles ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-22
To Senate Transportation Committee |
| SB223 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prohibition of political subdivisions from imposing various taxes and ceiling on local sales and use taxes, so as to provide for an excep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-22
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB233 | 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 the preservation of religious freedom; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-22
To Senate Rules Committee |
| SB224 | 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 procedures, conditions, and limitations for the imp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-22
To Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee |
| SB213 | 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] | 2017-02-21
To Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee |
| SB210 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the organization of the executive branch generally, so as to establish the "Georgia Government Accountability Act"; to provide for a sh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-21
To Senate Government Oversight Committee |
| SB207 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Department of Economic Development, so as to define certain terms; to create the Division of Minority and Women's Business Development; to provide for appoin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-21
To Senate Government Oversight Committee |
| SB204 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 5-6-43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to preparation and transmittal of record on appeal by court clerk, retention of copy by clerk, furnishing at no cost to Attorney General in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB208 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to postsecondary education, so as to provide that the award amount for HOPE scholarships shall be based on the previous year's average cos...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-21
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| SB203 | 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 for the designation of a nonprofit organization to govern high school athletics in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-21
To Senate Education and Youth Committee |
| SB209 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia and the University System of Georgia, so as to create the Student...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-21
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| SB212 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 37, Title 40, and Article 7 of Chapter 8 of Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to hospitalization and treatment of alcoholics, drug dependent individ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB192 | 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 nonpartisan election of district attorneys, sheriffs, coroners, tax commiss...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-17
To Senate Ethics Committee |
| SB196 | Intro
Sine Die | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia, so as to change a certain provision relating to the chairperson of the board of trustees of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-17
To Senate Retirement Committee |
| SB199 | 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 recognition and regulation of professional employer organizations operating in the State of Georgia; to provide for a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-17
To Senate Insurance and Labor Committee |
