Georgia Bills

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 8, 2024

HB 1137: Criminal procedure; pretrial proceedings; prohibit disclosure of grand juror names

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 17-7-54 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to form of indictment by grand jury, so as to prohibit the disclosure of grand juror names; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · House Feb 8, 2024

HB 370: Equity; procedure for clearing title to coastal marshlands; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 23 of the O.C.G.A., relating to quia timet, so as to provide a procedure for clearing title to coastal marshlands; to provide for legislative findings, purpose, and intent; to provide for definitions; to provide for in rem proceedings; to provide for presentation of abstracts to the State Properties Commission; to provide for service of process and filing of pleadings; to provide for special masters and trial by jury; to provide for restriction of properties for conservation purposes; to provide for rebuttable presumptions; to provide for decrees and recording of same; to provide for joinder; to provide for compensation of the special master; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 8, 2024

SB 393: County Boards of Health; requirements to qualify as a soil classifier to conduct soil investigations and prepare soil reports; change

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county boards of health, so as to change the necessary experience requirements to qualify as a soil classifier to conduct soil investigations and prepare soil reports for an on-site sewage management system; to revise the definition of "soil classifier"; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 8, 2024

HB 1147: Paulding County; ad valorem tax; county purposes; provide new homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from Paulding County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the adjusted base year assessed value of such homestead; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 8, 2024

HB 1163: Internal Revenue Code and Internal Revenue Code of 1986; revise terms and incorporate certain provisions of federal law into Georgia law

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to revenue and taxation, so as to revise the terms "Internal Revenue Code" and "Internal Revenue Code of 1986" and thereby incorporate certain provisions of the federal law into Georgia law; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 8, 2024

HB 1144: Professions and businesses; change certain requirements for issuance of licenses by endorsement for spouses of active or transitioning members of armed forces to conform to federal law

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions of professions and businesses, so as to change certain requirements for the issuance of licenses by endorsement for spouses of active or transitioning members of the armed forces to conform to federal law; to conform certain requirements for license by endorsement for certain professions to those of spouses of active or transitioning members of the armed forces; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 8, 2024

HB 1142: Professions and businesses; remove residency requirement for issuance of licenses by endorsement for certain professions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions of professions and businesses, so as to remove the residency requirement for the issuance of licenses by endorsement for certain professions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 8, 2024

HB 1152: The Georgia Homegrown Solar Act of 2024; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to electrical service, so as to enact "The Georgia Homegrown Solar Act of 2024"; to provide definitions; to allow customers of an electric utility to aggregate demand from multiple locations and subscribe to certain off-site solar facilities; to provide for nondiscriminatory interconnection of such facilities; to provide for consumer protections for customers; to allow customers to access their own meter usage and provide such usage data to authorized third parties; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 8, 2024

SR 454: Right to Register and Vote; clarify -CA

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Georgia so as to clarify that only citizens of the United States shall have a right to vote in elections in this state; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 8, 2024

HB 1159: Elections; certain persons disqualified from holding office pursuant to operation of the United States Constitution shall not be nominated or elected to office; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to provide that certain persons disqualified from holding office pursuant to operation of the United States Constitution shall not be nominated or elected to office; to amend Chapter 5 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to vacation of office, so as to provide for vacation of office by operation of certain provisions of the United States Constitution or by engaging in activities that could result in a person being defined as a subversive person; to provide for related matters; to provide a short title; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 8, 2024

HB 1161: Income tax; exempt all retirement income received as retirement benefits in the armed forces of the United States or the reserve components

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income taxes, so as to exempt from taxation all retirement income received as retirement benefits derived from service in the armed forces of the United States or the reserve components thereof; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 7, 2024

HB 1128: Georgia Women's Bill of Rights; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions, so as to enact the "Georgia Women's Bill of Rights"; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide a specification for the gathering of vital statistics; to amend Titles 15, 17, 20, 40, 44, 49, and 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, criminal procedure, education, motor vehicles and traffic, property, social services, and state government, respectively, so as to provide for conforming changes; to provide for severability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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