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signed · Georgia · Senate Jul 1, 2018

SB 409: Railroad Crossings; persons driving vehicles shall exercise due care and caution for other on-track equipment; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to negotiating railroad crossings and entering highways from private driveways, so as to require that persons driving vehicles shall exercise due care and caution for other on-track equipment, as for trains, at railroad grade crossings; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Tyler Harper (R) Brandon Beach (R) John Albers (R) Jeff Mullis (R) Burt Jones (R)
signed · Georgia · House Jul 1, 2018

HB 513: Domestic relations; signs to be posted at certain medical facilities where a newborn child may be left; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10A of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to safe place for newborns, so as to provide for signs to be posted at certain medical facilities to indicate locations where a newborn child may be left such that the mother can avoid criminal prosecution; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Carolyn Hugley (D) Pam Dickerson (D) Pat Gardner (D) Stacey Abrams (D)
signed · Georgia · Senate Jul 1, 2018

SB 425: Professional Land Surveyors; provisions; change

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to change provisions relating to professional land surveyors; to change and add certain defined terms; to provide for land surveyor interns; to change certain educational and examination requirements; to provide certain exceptions; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Larry Walker (R) Jack Hill (R) Butch Miller (R) John Albers (R) Greg Kirk (R)
signed · Georgia · House Jul 1, 2018

HB 700: Georgia Student Finance Authority; service cancelable educational loans; include graduate degree programs

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-3-374 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to service cancelable loan fund and authorized types of service cancelable educational loans financed by state funds and issued by the Georgia Student Finance Authority, so as to include graduate degree programs; to require application for additional educational assistance programs; to implement a two-year service requirement; to correct references; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Josh Bonner (R) Mike Glanton (D) Bill Hitchens (R) Brian Prince (D) David Clark (R)
signed · Georgia · House Jul 1, 2018

HB 121: Trusts; minor or unborn beneficiaries; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trusts, so as to change provisions relating to minor or unborn beneficiaries; to change provisions relating to nonjudicial settlement agreements, the modification and termination of noncharitable trusts, and distribution to another trust; to change provisions relating to modification or termination of uneconomic trusts; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Brian Strickland (R) Chuck Efstration (R) Wendell Willard (R) Scott Holcomb (D) Bert Reeves (R)
signed · Georgia · Senate Jul 1, 2018

SB 397: Real and Personal Property; municipalities to hire state licensed real estate brokers to assist in sale; allow

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 37 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the acquisition and disposition of real and personal property generally, so as to allow municipalities to hire state licensed real estate brokers to assist in the sale of real property; to provide for the duties of the state licensed real estate broker; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Ellis Black (R) Bill Cowsert (R) Jesse Stone (R) Jack Hill (R) Butch Miller (R)
signed · Georgia · House Jul 1, 2018

HB 714: Motor vehicles; reference date to federal regulations regarding the safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles; update

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles, so as to update the reference date to federal regulations regarding the safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Kevin Tanner (R) Chuck Efstration (R) Terry Rogers (R) Trey Rhodes (R) Alan Powell (R)
signed · Georgia · House Jul 1, 2018

HB 751: Georgia Emergency Communications Authority Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the O.C.G.A., relating to emergency management, so as to establish the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority; to amend Title 46 of the O.C.G.A., relating to public utilities and public transportation, so as to revise the Georgia Emergency Telephone Number 9-1-1 Service Act of 1977 to account for the establishment of the authority; to amend Chapter 8 of Title 35, Title 45, and Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to employment and training of peace officers, public officers and employees, and state administrative organization, respectively, so as to make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Chuck Efstration (R) Terry Rogers (R) Rick Jasperse (R) Trey Rhodes (R) Alan Powell (R)
signed · Georgia · House Jul 1, 2018

HB 867: Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; revise quorum for transaction of business; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment and training of peace officers, so as to revise the quorum for transaction of business by the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; to clarify that certain investigators employed by the council may retain their weapon and badge upon retirement; to repeal the requirement that peace officers who do not perform satisfactorily on the job related academy entrance examination be ineligible to retake the examination for a period of 30 days; to repeal requirements for the training and certification of police chaplains; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Kevin Tanner (R) Jesse Petrea (R) Bill Hitchens (R) Rick Williams (R) Eddie Lumsden (R)
signed · Georgia · House Jun 30, 2018

HB 792: Waste management; sunset date for certain solid waste surcharges and hazardous waste fees; extend

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to waste management, so as to extend the sunset date for certain solid waste surcharges and hazardous waste fees; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Randy Nix (R) Chuck Efstration (R) Terry Rogers (R) Trey Rhodes (R)
signed · Georgia · House Jun 7, 2018

HB 1035: Muscogee County; Magistrate Court to impose and collect county law library fees; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the Magistrate Court of Muscogee County to impose and collect county law library fees as part of the court costs in the magistrate court; to provide for practices and procedures connected therewith; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Carolyn Hugley (D) John Pezold (R) Debbie Buckner (D) Calvin Smyre (D) Richard Smith (R)
signed · Georgia · House Jun 1, 2018

HB 946: Houston County; Board of Education; modify compensation of members

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act relating to the Board of Education of Houston County, approved March 31, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 4435), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 16, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 4640), so as to modify the compensation of the members of the Board of Education of Houston County; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Heath Clark (R) Buddy Harden (R) Shaw Blackmon (R) Robert Dickey (R)
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