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introduced · Georgia · House Mar 8, 2021

HB 717: Mental health; authorization of peace officers to take a person to a physician or emergency receiving facility for emergency examination under certain circumstances; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 37 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to examination and treatment for mental illness, so as to provide for authorization of peace officers to take a person to a physician or emergency receiving facility for emergency examination under certain circumstances; to provide for immunity; to provide for reports; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sharon Cooper (R) Bill Hitchens (R) Katie Dempsey (R) Eddie Lumsden (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Mar 8, 2021

HB 718: Income tax; all expenditures of a production company's state certified productions may be combined to meet spending thresholds; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions from state income tax, so as to provide that all expenditures of a production company's state certified productions may be combined to meet spending thresholds; to lower spending thresholds; to increase the value of the tax credit; to provide for transferability of the tax credit; to provide for conditions and limitations; to revise a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Carolyn Hugley (D) Debbie Buckner (D) Calvin Smyre (D) Vance Smith (R) Beth Moore (D)
introduced · Georgia · House Mar 8, 2021

HB 722: Georgia Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Public Health, so as to enact the "Georgia Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act"; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for definitions; to require perinatal facilities in this state to implement evidence based implicit bias programs for its health care professionals; to require certain components in such programs; to provide for initial and refresher training; to provide for the compilation and tracking of data on severe maternal morbidity and pregnancy related deaths; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sandra Scott (D) Park Cannon (D) James Beverly (D) Erica Thomas (D) Kim Schofield (D)
introduced · Georgia · House Mar 5, 2021

HB 690: Narcotic treatment programs; licensing; revise composition of regions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 26-5-48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prerequisites to licensing narcotic treatment programs, waivers, and creation of regions, so as to revise the composition of the regions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sharon Cooper (R) Rick Jasperse (R) Katie Dempsey (R) Eddie Lumsden (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Mar 5, 2021

HB 686: Sales and use tax; termination of suspensions of collection of tax on jet fuel; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales and use taxes, so as to provide for the termination of suspensions of collection of sales and use taxes on jet fuel; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Viola Davis (D)
introduced · Georgia · House Mar 5, 2021

HB 702: Professional licensing boards; home addresses of licensees are treated as confidential; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 43-1-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to appointment and general powers of division director, members and meetings of professional licensing boards, examination standards, roster of licensees, and funding, so as to provide that home addresses of licensees are treated as confidential; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Joseph Gullett (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Mar 5, 2021

HB 699: Labor and industrial relations; COVID-19; provide protections for workers

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to labor and industrial relations, so as to provide protections for workers against COVID-19; to prohibit adverse employment actions against workers who report the lack of worksite health and safety practices or who wear their own personal protective equipment; to provide for definitions; to provide for a civil cause of action and for damages and other relief; to provide for certain presumptions and limitations of actions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Dar'shun Kendrick (D) James Beverly (D) Matthew Wilson (D) Yasmin Neal (D) William Boddie (D)
introduced · Georgia · House Mar 5, 2021

HB 700: Labor and industrial relations; essential workers; include COVID-19 within the meaning of occupational disease

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to compensation for occupational disease, so as to include COVID-19 within the meaning of occupational disease for essential workers; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Dar'shun Kendrick (D) Calvin Smyre (D) James Beverly (D) Matthew Wilson (D) William Boddie (D)
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