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in committee · Georgia · Senate Mar 15, 2022

SB 212: "Harry Geisinger Rural Georgia Jobs and Growth Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to provide for pari-mutuel horse racing in this state at a limited number of licensed equestrian centers; to create the Georgia Horse Racing Commission; to provide for the comprehensive regulation of pari-mutuel and related activities; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to enter into the Interstate Compact on Licensure of Participants in Live Racing with Pari-mutuel Wagering; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Billy Hickman (R) Ed Harbison (D) Butch Miller (R) Frank Ginn (R) Jeff Mullis (R)
in committee · Georgia · Senate Mar 15, 2022

SB 618: City of Buckhead City; incorporate

A BILL to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Buckhead City; to provide a charter; to provide for boundaries and powers of the city; to provide for a governing authority of such city and the powers, duties, authority, election, terms, vacancies, compensation, expenses, qualifications, prohibitions, conflicts of interest, and suspension and removal from office relative to members of such governing authority; to provide for inquiries and investigations; to provide for oaths, organization, meetings, quorum, voting, rules, and procedures; to provide for ordinances and codes; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Jeff Mullis (R)
in committee · Georgia · House Mar 15, 2022

HR 581: General Assembly; net proceeds of one or more lottery games to support economic development; authorize - CA

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide for the net proceeds of one or more lottery games to support economic development by providing for loans to support small businesses located in Georgia which are independently owned and operated by Georgia residents, subject to certain conditions; to provide for such conditions; to provide for authorized purposes; to provide for appropriations; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
Randy Nix (R) Yasmin Neal (D) Matthew Gambill (R) Don Hogan (R) Stacey Evans (D)
in committee · Georgia · Senate Mar 15, 2022

SB 617: Atlanta Board of Education; boundaries and service area of said school system; maintain

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to continue the existence of the Atlanta Independent School System under the management and control of the Atlanta Board of Education, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4154), as amended, so as to maintain the boundaries and service area of said school system; to provide that said school system shall provide educational services to both the City of Atlanta and the City of Buckhead City; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Jeff Mullis (R)
in committee · Georgia · Senate Mar 15, 2022

SB 614: Controlled Substances; delta-8-THC derived from hemp is not considered marijuana; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of controlled substances, so as to provide that delta-8-THC derived from hemp is not considered marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinol, tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, or a combination thereof for purposes of the "Georgia Controlled Substances Act"; to provide that it shall not be unlawful to purchase, possess, manufacture, distribute, sell, or consume delta-8-THC derived from hemp; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Jeff Mullis (R)
in committee · Georgia · Senate Mar 15, 2022

SB 552: Superior Courts; eighth judge of the superior courts of the Coweta Judicial Circuit; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for an eighth judge of the superior courts of the Coweta Judicial Circuit; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Randy Robertson (R) Matt Brass (R) Mike Dugan (R)
in committee · Georgia · Senate Mar 15, 2022

SB 627: City of Woodstock; the corporate limits of the city; change

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act reincorporating and re-creating the City of Woodstock, approved April 17, 1975 (Ga. L. 1975, p. 4160), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 12, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5404), so as to change the corporate limits of the city; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Brandon Beach (R)
in committee · Georgia · House Mar 15, 2022

HB 1278: Sales and use tax; sales of tangible personal property used for renovation or expansion of certain museums; exempt

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from sales and use tax, so as to exempt sales of tangible personal property to or used in or for the renovation or expansion of certain museums; to define a term; to provide for limitations; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Calvin Smyre (D) Ron Stephens (R) Patty Marie Stinson (D)
in committee · Georgia · Senate Mar 15, 2022

SB 619: Office of Outdoors in the Office of the Governor; establish

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Governor, so as to establish the Office of Outdoors in the office of the Governor; to provide legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for powers and duties; to require other public bodies to cooperate with the office; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Valencia Seay (D) Sally Harrell (D) Sonya Halpern (D) Kim Jackson (D) Elena Parent (D)
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