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signed · Georgia · House Jul 1, 2018

HB 190: Domestic relations; marriage articles and antenuptial agreements; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to marriage generally, so as to change provisions relating to marriage articles; to provide for a definition; to clarify provisions relating to antenuptial agreements; to repeal provisions relating to recording certain documents; to modernize terminology and repeal arcane concepts; to amend Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to contracts, so as to change provisions relating to agreements required to be in writing; to conform cross-references; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
signed · Georgia · Senate Jul 1, 2018

SB 404: Public Water Systems; charging or assessing a separate fee for standby water service for fire sprinkler system connections; prohibit county, municipal and other public water systems

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 5 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public water systems, so as to prohibit county, municipal, and other public water systems from charging or assessing a separate fee for standby water service for fire sprinkler system connections; to provide for a purpose; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Tyler Harper (R) Matt Brass (R) John Albers (R) Jeff Mullis (R) Burt Jones (R)
signed · Georgia · House Jul 1, 2018

HB 840: Revenue and taxation; penalties and interest in the event of military service in a combat zone; provide exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to specific, business, and occupation taxes, so as to provide an exemption from penalties and interest in the event of military service in a combat zone; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
John Deffenbaugh (R) Terry Rogers (R) Bill Hitchens (R) Calvin Smyre (D) Dave Belton (R)
signed · Georgia · House Jul 1, 2018

HB 374: Ad valorem tax; property; allow electronic filing of returns in certain cases

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to allow for electronic filing of returns in certain cases; to provide for certain changes in proceedings before the county board of equalization; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
David Knight (R)
signed · Georgia · House Jul 1, 2018

HB 920: Domestic relations; department's information concerning the parties to an adoption under certain circumstances; allow for the use

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for adoption, so as to allow for the use of the department's information concerning the parties to an adoption under certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
signed · Georgia · Senate Jul 1, 2018

SB 480: Walker County; authorize governing authority to levy an excise tax; procedures, conditions, and limitations; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Walker County to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Jeff Mullis (R)
signed · Georgia · Senate Jul 1, 2018

SB 395: Georgia Joint Defense Commission; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 10 of Chapter 7 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Defense Community Economic Development Fund, so as to create the Georgia Joint Defense Commission; to provide for the membership and purposes of such commission; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Ellis Black (R) Larry Walker (R) Ed Harbison (D) Bill Cowsert (R) Matt Brass (R)
signed · Georgia · House Jul 1, 2018

HB 956: Georgia Veterinary Practice Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 50 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to veterinarians and veterinary technicians, so as to change certain provisions relating to definitions relative to such chapter; to amend Article 11 of Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to military, emergency management, and veterans affairs generally, so as to revise a cross-reference; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Tom McCall (R) Rick Jasperse (R) Clay Pirkle (R)
signed · Georgia · Senate Jul 1, 2018

SB 301: "Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wills, trusts, and administration of estates, so as to enact the "Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act"; to extend a fiduciary's powers to include managing tangible property and digital assets; to provide for exceptions; to provide for definitions; to amend Title 29 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to guardian and ward, so as to provide conforming cross-references for a conservator; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
John Kennedy (R)
signed · Georgia · House Jul 1, 2018

HB 419: Fireworks; certain counties further regulate use or ignition; enable authority

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding local government provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to enable the governing authority of certain counties to further regulate the use or ignition of consumer fireworks; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sharon Cooper (R) Chuck Martin (R) Rich Golick (R) Wendell Willard (R) Jan Jones (R)
signed · Georgia · Senate Jul 1, 2018

SB 458: Ad Valorem Taxation; conditions; family owned farmed entities; discontinue a qualifying use of bona fide conservation use property; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide the conditions upon which family owned farmed entities may elect to discontinue a qualifying use of bona fide conservation use property while incurring reduced penalties; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Matt Brass (R) John Wilkinson (R) Frank Ginn (R) Jeff Mullis (R) Steve Gooch (R)
signed · Georgia · Senate Jul 1, 2018

SB 382: Optometrists guidance and consultation by the Department of Public Health; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-30-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to optometrists, so as to provide for guidance and consultation by the Department of Public Health on certain training programs approved by the State Board of Optometry for doctors of optometry who administer pharmaceutical agents by injection; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Brian Strickland (R) Larry Walker (R) P. K. Martin IV (R) Butch Miller (R) Gloria Butler (D)
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