Georgia Bills

signed · Georgia · House Jul 1, 2019

HB 223: Conservation and natural resources; provide for an exception to notification of spills or releases; provide for definitions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to oil or hazardous material spills or releases, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for an exception to notification of spills or releases; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Tom McCall (R) Terry England (R) Lynn Smith (R) Matt Dubnik (R) Robert Dickey (R)

signed · Georgia · Senate Jul 1, 2019

SB 60: "Jeremy Nelson and Nick Blakely Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act"

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 provide for guidelines and other relevant materials to inform high school students participating in interscholastic athletic activities about the nature and warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest; to provide for definitions; to provide for informational meetings; to provide for removal from an athletic activity under certain circumstances and to establish return to play policies; to require annual review by coaches; to provide for limited liability; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

signed · Georgia · House Jul 1, 2019

HB 392: Board of Public Safety; expense allowance and travel cost reimbursement for members in like fashion as other state boards and commissions; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-7-21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to expense allowance and travel cost reimbursement for members of certain boards and commissions, so as to provide expense allowance and travel cost reimbursement for members of the Board of Public Safety in like fashion as other state boards and commissions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

signed · Georgia · Senate Jul 1, 2019

SB 154: Georgia Coroner's Training Council; hearing complaints from outside parties regarding coroners; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-16-65 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the powers and duties of the Georgia Coroner's Training Council, so as to provide for hearing complaints from outside parties regarding coroners; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

signed · Georgia · House Jul 1, 2019

HB 454: Motor vehicles; operation of motorized mobility devices; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to provide for the operation of motorized mobility devices; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

signed · Georgia · House Jul 1, 2019

HB 613: Flovilla, City of; municipal court; dissolve

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Flovilla, approved April 5, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4663), as amended, so as to dissolve the municipal court; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

signed · Georgia · House Jul 1, 2019

HB 218: Education; eligibility requirements to receive the HOPE Scholarship as a Zell Miller Scholarship Scholar; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 7 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to HOPE scholarships and grants, so as to provide for eligibility requirements to receive the HOPE scholarship as a Zell Miller Scholarship Scholar relative to students who graduated from an ineligible high school or a home study program; to extend the period during which a student may receive a HOPE scholarship; to provide for requirements for continued eligibility for certain students; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

signed · Georgia · Senate Jul 1, 2019

SB 207: Georgia Board for Physician Workforce; change name; board's membership; revise

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 for Physician Workforce, so as to change the name of such board to the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce; to revise the board's membership; to provide for current members of the board to serve out their terms of office; to amend the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to conform cross-references; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

signed · Georgia · Senate Jul 1, 2019

SB 31: Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies; performing any duty at the scene of an emergency; law enforcement officers shall not be liable; clarify

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to clarify that law enforcement officers shall not be liable at law for any action or actions done while performing any duty at the scene of an emergency under certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; to provide for no liability of law enforcement officers for rescuing persons or pets out of certain vehicles; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

signed · Georgia · Senate Jul 1, 2019

SB 133: Insurance; modernization and updates; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to provide for modernization and updates; to amend various provisions of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated for purposes of conformity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

signed · Georgia · House Jul 1, 2019

HB 277: Insurance; allow good will from insurer acquisitions to be treated as an asset

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to allow good will from insurer acquisitions to be treated as an asset; to allow mutual insurers to charge policyholder dividends directly to surplus; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

signed · Georgia · Senate Jul 1, 2019

SB 67: Capital Outlay Funds; eligibility for regular funding, advance funding for educational facilities; destroyed by fire or natural disaster; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 10 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to capital outlay funds for elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for eligibility for regular funding, advance funding, and low-wealth capital outlay funding for educational facilities that are extensively destroyed or damaged by a fire or natural disaster to concurrently repair, update, or replace the portion of any such facility that was not destroyed or damaged; to provide an additional path for eligibility for local school systems for low-wealth capital outlay funding; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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