Georgia Bills

in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 26, 2024

SR 678: Clean Energy; creation of thriving-wage green jobs, and an equitable clean energy transition; support state goal

A RESOLUTION supporting a state goal of 100 percent clean energy by 2050, the creation of thriving-wage green jobs, and an equitable clean energy transition; and for other purposes.

Sally Harrell (D) Kim Jackson (D) Elena Parent (D) David Lucas (D) Ed Harbison (D)

in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 26, 2024

SB 142: Dog Ownership; the definition of dangerous dog; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 4 of the O.C.G.A., relating to responsible dog ownership, so as to revise the definition of dangerous dog; to provide for the owner of a dangerous or vicious dog to maintain minimum liability insurance coverage; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 26, 2024

SB 481: Georgia Health Care Professionals Data System; establishment; definitions; collaboration with state licensing boards; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce, so as to provide for the establishment of the Georgia Health Care Professionals Data System; to provide for definitions; to provide for collaboration with state licensing boards; to provide for a publicly accessible website; to provide for collection of data from state licensing boards; to provide for specified data; to provide for seeking of funding sources; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 26, 2024

SB 432: "Quality Basic Education Act"; provisions; recess for students in kindergarten and grades one through eight; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 15 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to miscellaneous provisions under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to require recess for students in kindergarten and grades one through eight; to provide a definition for "recess"; to provide for policies relating to recess; to require local boards of education and other public school governing bodies to submit such policies to the State Board of Education; to provide for statutory construction and to prohibit certain waivers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · House Feb 26, 2024

HR 1041: Local government; adopt an alternative method of appraisal and assessment of real property located within the county for taxation; provide - CA

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the governing authority of any county or consolidated government shall be authorized to adopt an alternative method of appraisal and assessment of real property located within such county for taxation; to provide for conditions and limitations; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 26, 2024

SB 283: "Pregnancy Protection Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to labor and industrial relations, so as to enact the "Pregnancy Protection Act"; to provide for reasonable accommodations to job applicants and employees for circumstances related to pregnancy, childbirth, and related conditions; to provide for definitions; to provide for notice of rights; to provide for burden of proving undue hardship; to provide for a civil cause of action; to provide for construction; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 26, 2024

HB 1365: Protecting Children's Mental Health of 2024; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 39 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to minors, so as to create a civil remedy for damages against commercial entities that allow minors to access a social media platform without performing reasonable age verification methods; to provide for definitions; to provide for reasonable age verification requirements for commercial entities; to provide for standards for liability; to provide for exceptions; to provide that age verification information shall not be retained by commercial entities; to provide for the Attorney General's imposition of fines; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 26, 2024

HB 1352: Pharmacists; prescribers provide certain information to patients or their representatives on Schedule II controlled substances or opioids

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prescription drugs, so as to provide that prescribers provide certain information to patients or their representatives prior to prescribing Schedule II controlled substances or opioids; to provide definitions; to provide for procedures for the delivery and recordation of such information; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 26, 2024

SB 555: Sales and Use Taxes; sales of clothing and school related supplies during the second week of August each year; exempt

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 sales and use taxes, so as to exempt sales of clothing and school related supplies during the second week of August each year; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 26, 2024

SB 394: "Restricting Explicit and Adult-designated Educational Resources (READER) Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 15 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to miscellaneous provisions of the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to enact the "Restricting Explicit and Adult-designated Educational Resources (READER) Act"; to provide for definitions, including definitions for the terms "harmful to minors," "restricted materials," and "sexually explicit materials"; to require the State Board of Education to establish standards for the designation of restricted materials by local boards of education, standards for the use and restriction of instructional materials, and standards for the use and restriction of public school library collection materials; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 26, 2024

HB 1355: Home Based Businesses Entrepreneurship Act; enact

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 regulatory fees for home based businesses; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 26, 2024

HB 1353: Landlord and tenant; repeal prohibition on local governments regulating amount of rent; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to landlord and tenant, so as to repeal the prohibition on local governments regulating the amount of rent to be charged for privately owned, single-family or multiple-unit residential rental property; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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