Georgia Bills

in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 26, 2021

SB 263: Retail Marijuana; regulation; provide; 'Georgia Retail Marijuana Code'

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 provide for the regulation of retail marijuana; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for the regulatory authority of the Department of Revenue; to provide for licensing requirements and restrictions; to provide for regulation of cultivation, manufacturing, testing, and retail sale of marijuana; to prohibit certain acts; to provide for penalties; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date; to provide for automatic repeal under certain conditions; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 26, 2021

HB 626: Unlocking the Promise Community School Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for a pilot program to plan, implement, and improve sustainable community schools, including but not limited to schools with whole child model school plans; to provide for definitions; to provide for planning grants and operational grants; to provide for applications for grants; to require the development of community school plans; to provide for requirements for grant recipients; to authorize the use of grant funds; to provide for reports; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 26, 2021

SB 265: Solid Waste Management; certain buffer areas around landfills; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to solid waste management generally, so as provide for certain buffer areas around landfills; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 26, 2021

HB 618: Wills, trusts, and administration of estates; elder abuse protections regarding wills; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to execution and attestation, so as to provide for elder abuse protections regarding wills; to provide for a definition; to provide for requesting a judgment of validity; to provide for the admissibility of facts; to provide for revocation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 26, 2021

SB 264: Health; Low THC Oil Patient Registry; repeal; 'Controlled Substances Therapeutic Act'

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to health, so as to repeal the Low THC Oil Patient Registry; to amend Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to physicians, acupuncture, physician assistants, cancer and glaucoma treatment, respiratory care, clinical perfusionists, and orthotics and prosthetics practice, so as to repeal provisions relating to use of marijuana for treatment of cancer and glaucoma and replace with provisions to provide for medical use of marijuana; to provide for the automatic registration of individuals registered under former Code Section 31-2A-18; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 26, 2021

SR 165: Marijuana; General Assembly to provide by law for the legalization and regulation; authorize -CA

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Georgia so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law for the legalization and regulation of marijuana; to permit persons 21 years of age or older to purchase marijuana for personal use; to provide that fees and tax proceeds from the sale of such marijuana be dedicated equally between education and transportation infrastructure purposes; to provide a procedure to vacate previous misdemeanor marijuana convictions; to provide for submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 25, 2021

SR 149: Pastor Billy Edmondson Highway; Cherokee County; dedicate

A RESOLUTION recognizing Pastor Billy Edmondson and dedicating a road in his honor; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 25, 2021

HB 596: Motor vehicles; reimbursement of costs expended for clean up of motor vehicle wrecks to tow truck operators; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to provide for reimbursement of costs expended for the clean up of motor vehicle wrecks to tow truck operators; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Feb 25, 2021

SB 243: Sexual Offenses; improper sexual contact by employee, agent, or foster parent; revise the offense

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-6-5.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to improper sexual contact by employee, agent, or foster parent, consent not a defense, and penalty, so as to revise the offense of improper sexual contact by employee, agent, or foster parent; to revise and provide for definitions; to prohibit improper sexual contact within programs and facilities used by individuals as a condition of their probation or parole; to provide for a response to Bully v. State, 2020 Ga. App. LEXIS 628 (2020); to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 25, 2021

HB 602: Bryan County; Board of Education; provide for compensation of members; provide nonpartisan elections

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for the election of the members of the Board of Education of Bryan County, approved March 16, 1978 (Ga. L. 1978, p. 3774), as amended, so as to provide for compensation of members of the board; to provide for nonpartisan elections for members of the board; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 25, 2021

HR 212: Denette Odum Jackson Memorial Bridge; Baldwin County; dedicate

A RESOLUTION honoring the life of Mrs. Denette Odum Jackson and dedicating a bridge in her memory; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 25, 2021

HB 608: State government; planning, deployment, and incentives of broadband services throughout the state; provide

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 planning, deployment, and incentives of broadband services throughout the state; to provide for definitions; to provide for certain powers, duties, and responsibilities of the OneGeorgia Authority and the Department of Community Affairs relative to funding and contractual awards for the deployment of broadband services to unserved areas and unserved locations within such areas; to provide certain criteria and conditions for such awards; to establish a process and procedure for the department to receive and investigate comments and suggestions related to proposed awards; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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