Georgia Bills

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 1, 2024

HB 1082: Education; public schools to permit students to engage in privately initiated religious speech and activities; repeal and reenact provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 21 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to brief period of quiet reflection, so as to repeal and reenact provisions relating to the authority of public schools to permit students to engage in privately initiated religious speech and activities, subject to certain conditions; to prohibit public schools from promoting or favoring religion, in general, or any particular religious viewpoint, custom, practice, expression, or activity or attempting to persuade public school students to participate in religious speech or activities or to refrain from doing so; to provide for public school personnel to participate in privately initiated religious speech and activities; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 1, 2024

HR 940: United States Constitution; ratify an amendment

A RESOLUTION ratifying an Amendment to the United States Constitution; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · House Feb 1, 2024

HB 363: Health; eligibility to receive tax credits; revise a definition; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 31-8-9.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility to receive tax credits, so as to revise a definition; to amend Code Section 48-7-29.20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax credits for contributions to rural hospital organizations, so as to increase the tax credit limit for contributions by corporate donors; to increase the aggregate limit for tax credits for contributions to rural hospital organizations; to provide for preapproval of proportional amounts of contributions under certain circumstances; to provide for certain timelines; to extend the sunset provision; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · House Feb 1, 2024

HR 303: General Assembly; authorize local boards of education to impose, levy, and collect development impact fees for educational facilities costs; provide - CA

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the General Assembly may by general law authorize local boards of education to impose, levy, and collect development impact fees and use the proceeds to pay for a share of the cost of additional educational facilities; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 1, 2024

HR 938: State Representative Maretta Mitchell Taylor Interchange; Muscogee County; designate

A RESOLUTION recognizing Representative Maretta Mitchell Taylor and dedicating an interchange in her memory; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 1, 2024

HR 939: State Representative Calvin Smyre Interchange; Muscogee County; designate

A RESOLUTION recognizing Representative Calvin Smyre and dedicating an interchange in his honor; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 1, 2024

HB 1092: Alcoholic beverages; allow local authorization and regulation of the sale for consumption on the premises on a certain number of Sundays during the calendar year

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 3-3-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local authorization and regulation of sales of alcoholic beverages on Sunday, so as to allow for local authorization and regulation of the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises on a certain number of Sundays during the calendar year; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Jan 31, 2024

SB 431: Civil Practice Act; certain factors from consideration in discovery determinations; remove

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 11 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to depositions and discovery under the Civil Practice Act, so as to remove certain factors from consideration in discovery determinations; to repeal Code Section 9-11-26.1, relating to deposition from officers and protective orders; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Jan 31, 2024

SB 428: Torts; a cap on damages recoverable against foster parents in personal injury actions involving the use of a motor vehicle by a child; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to torts, so as to provide for a cap on damages recoverable against foster parents in personal injury actions involving the use of a motor vehicle by a child where the liability of the foster parent is based solely upon application of the family-purpose car doctrine or the negligent entrustment doctrine; to provide that such cap shall be the policy limits of the applicable motor vehicle liability insurance coverage, subject to conditions; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Jan 31, 2024

SR 533: Community Development Districts; provide general law for the creation and comprehensive regulation; authorize General Assembly -CA

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by general law for the creation and comprehensive regulation of community development districts; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Jan 31, 2024

SB 378: Trafficking of Persons; increased sentences for persons convicted of trafficking a minor or a developmentally disabled person for sexual servitude; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-5-46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude, so as to provide for increased sentences for persons convicted of trafficking a minor or a developmentally disabled person for sexual servitude; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Jan 31, 2024

HB 1064: Trauma Informed School Counselors Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide for trauma informed school counselors in Georgia's public schools; to provide for the repeal of provisions for state funding for school counselors; to provide for state funding for one trauma informed school counselor for every 150 full-time equivalent students; to provide for assessing the fidelity of training and implementation for individuals who receive such endorsement; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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