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in committee · Georgia · House Feb 22, 2024

HB 565: Social services; temporary assistance for needy families; increase access to benefits

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to temporary assistance for needy families, so as to increase access to benefits; to increase the lifetime maximum for benefits; to provide that assets are disregarded in determining eligibility; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sharon Cooper (R) Michelle Au (D) Tyler Smith (R) Scott Hilton (R) Beth Camp (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 22, 2024

HB 1328: Quality Basic Education Act; table of instructional programs; add program for students living in poverty

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 add a program for students living in poverty to the table of quality basic education instructional programs with weights and student-teacher ratios; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Lynn Heffner (D) Imani Barnes (D) Lisa Campbell (D) Doreen Carter (D) Miriam Paris (D)
in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 21, 2024

SB 541: Department of Banking and Finance; financial Institutions; separate bidding for certain ad valorem tax foreclosure sales; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the O.C.G.A., relating to provisions applicable to the Department of Banking and Finance and financial institutions generally; to amend Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to commerce and trade; to amend Part 2 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 14 of the O.C.G.A., relating to reports of business corporations; to amend Code Section 44-14-162 of the O.C.G.A., relating to sales made on foreclosure under power of sale, manner of advertisement and conduct necessary for validity, and filing, to amend Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to revenue and taxation, so as to provide for separate bidding for certain ad valorem tax foreclosure sales; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Nikki Merritt (D)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 21, 2024

HB 1300: Ad valorem tax; intent to increase property tax; revise advertisement

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-32.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certification of assessed taxable value of property and method of computation, resolution or ordinance required for millage rate, and advertisement of intent to increase property tax, so as to revise the advertisement of intent to increase property tax; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Brian Prince (D)
in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 21, 2024

SB 530: "Quality Basic Education Act"; the placement of certificated professional personnel on the state minimum salary schedule; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Subpart 2 of Part 6 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conditions of employment under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide for the placement of certificated professional personnel on the state minimum salary schedule; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Clint Dixon (R) Billy Hickman (R) Max Burns (R) Jason Anavitarte (R)
in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 21, 2024

SB 535: Electors; convictions for offenses involving the purchase, possession, or control of certain controlled substances shall not prevent persons from registering, remaining registered, or voting; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 21-2-216 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to qualifications of electors generally, reregistration of electors purged from list, eligibility of nonresidents who vote in presidential elections, retention of qualification for standing as elector, evidence of citizenship, and check of convicted felons and deceased persons databases, so as to provide that convictions for offenses involving the purchase, possession, or control of certain controlled substances shall not prevent persons from registering, remaining registered, or voting; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Ed Harbison (D) Gloria Butler (D) Harold Jones (D) Doc Rhett (D)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 21, 2024

HB 1305: Elections; advance voting; revise provisions

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 revise provisions relating to advance voting; to extend the period of mandatory advance voting; to revise the time for holding runoffs in general and primary elections; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Jasmine Clark (D)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 21, 2024

HB 1309: Evidence; creative or artistic expression evidence is inadmissible at trial; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 24-9-923 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to admissibility of photographs, motion pictures, video recordings, and audio recordings when witness unavailable, so as to provide that creative or artistic expression evidence is inadmissible at trial; to provide for a definition; to provide for the presumption of inadmissibility; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Jasmine Clark (D) Imani Barnes (D) Inga Willis (D) Eric Bell (D)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 21, 2024

HB 1310: Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 2024; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to provide that persons doing business in this state shall not expose individuals to chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity without first giving clear and reasonable warning nor discharge such chemicals into drinking water; to provide for the content and manner of the giving of such warnings; to provide for exceptions; to provide that the Governor shall publish lists of such chemicals; to authorize the Attorney General and, under specified conditions, district attorneys and other persons to seek injunctions and civil penalties; to provide for the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Fund and its purposes and funding; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide a contingent effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Angela Moore (D)
in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 21, 2024

SB 475: Labor and Industrial Relations; provisions relating to the disposition of fines, penalties; change

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 change certain provisions relating to the disposition of fines, penalties, and interest collected under Chapter 8, relating to employment security; to provide exceptions; to require that the Commissioner of Labor maintain and make available certain records; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Shawn Still (R) Chuck Hufstetler (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Feb 21, 2024

HB 1306: Health; provide patients with information regarding risks of physical and psychological dependence from opioids; require prescribers

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 and Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of controlled substances and student health in elementary and secondary education, respectively, so as to require prescribers to provide patients with information regarding the risks of physical and psychological dependence from opioids whenever a prescription for an opioid is issued; to require that prescribers provide patients with information about alternative treatment options and the attendant benefits and risks of such; to provide for definitions; to provide for an exception; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Jasmine Clark (D) Dexter Sharper (D)
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