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signed · Georgia · House Jul 1, 2016

HB 51: Taxes; amount payable at redemption of property; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to redemption of property sold for taxes, so as to change provisions relating to the amount payable at redemption; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill Werkheiser (R) Ron Stephens (R) Tommy Benton (R)
signed · Georgia · House Jul 1, 2016

HB 965: "The Honorable Jimmy Carter Cancer Treatment Access Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general insurance provisions, so as to provide that no health benefit plan shall require an insured to fail to successfully respond to a drug or drugs for stage four advanced, metastatic cancer prior to the approval of a drug prescribed by his or her physician; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Mike Cheokas (R) Dee Dawkins-Haigler (D) Calvin Smyre (D) Gerald Greene (R) Jon Burns (R)
signed · Georgia · Senate Jul 1, 2016

SB 367: Georgia Council Justice Reform; provide for comprehensive reform

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for comprehensive reform for offenders entering, proceeding through, and leaving the criminal justice system so as to promote an offender's successful reentry into society, benefit the public, and enact reforms recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Ellis Black (R) Valencia Seay (D) Fran Millar (R) Charlie Bethel (R) Tyler Harper (R)
signed · Georgia · House Jul 1, 2016

HB 926: Pharmacists and pharmacies; regulation of certain facilities and entities involved in the wholesale, manufacture, and distribution of drugs; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacists and pharmacies, so as to provide for the regulation of certain facilities and entities involved in the wholesale, manufacture, and distribution of drugs; to provide definitions; to provide for licensure and registration; to provide for temporary pharmacy licenses for service members; to revise provisions relating to the compounding of drug products to conform with federal law; to establish requirements relating to drug supply chain security; to revise a provision relating to the return of outdated drugs; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bruce Broadrick (R) Buddy Harden (R) Butch Parrish (R) Ron Stephens (R)
signed · Georgia · House Jul 1, 2016

HB 818: Workers' compensation; insurance, awards, benefits and administration; change certain provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to workers' compensation, so as to change certain provisions relating to workers' compensation insurance, awards, benefits, and administration; to provide that administrative law judges are subject to the Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct; to change provisions related to an employer's duties to provide the State Board of Workers' Compensation with certain information; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Chad Nimmer (R) Jason Shaw (R) Barry Fleming (R) Terry England (R) Bob Bryant (D)
signed · Georgia · House Jun 15, 2016

HB 745: Public property; extend automatic repeals of certain provisions relating to writing off small amounts due to the state; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 16 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to public property, so as to extend automatic repeals of certain provisions relating to writing off small amounts due to the state; to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to extend automatic repeals of certain provisions relating to nonlapsing revenue of institutions in the University System of Georgia and the Technical College System of Georgia; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Earl Ehrhart (R)
signed · Georgia · Senate Jun 3, 2016

SB 255: Garnishment Proceedings; modernize, reorganize, and provide constitutional protections

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 18 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to debtor and creditor, so as to modernize, reorganize, and provide constitutional protections in garnishment proceedings; to provide for definitions; to provide for an affidavit and summons of garnishment, contents, and procedure for garnishment; to provide for property being subject to and exempt from garnishment; to provide for a defendant's and third party's claim and plaintiff's traverse and the procedure for claims and traverses; to provide for procedures only applicable to financial institutions; to provide for and require the use of certain forms for garnishment proceedings; to amend Code Sections 44-7-50 and 53-12-80 of the O.C.G.A., relating to demand for possession and spendthrift provisions, respectively, so as to correct cross-references; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Fran Millar (R) Charlie Bethel (R) Jesse Stone (R) John Albers (R) William Ligon, Jr. (R)
signed · Georgia · House May 3, 2016

HB 859: Firearms; license holders; carrying and possession of certain weapons in certain buildings or real property owned or leased to public institutions of postsecondary education; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying and possession of firearms, so as to authorize the carrying and possession of certain weapons by weapons carry license holders in or on certain buildings or real property owned by or leased to public institutions of postsecondary education; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Rick Jasperse (R) Trey Kelley (R) Dustin Hightower (R) Alan Powell (R) John Meadows (R)
signed · Georgia · House May 3, 2016

HB 1033: Cobb County; Probate Court; change compensation of judge and clerk

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act changing the compensation of the clerk of the superior court, the sheriff, and the judge of the Probate Court of Cobb County from the fee system to the salary system, approved February 9, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 427), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 12, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 3732) and an Act approved May 12, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 4050), so as to change the compensation of the judge of the probate court; to change the compensation of the clerk of the probate court; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Earl Ehrhart (R) Rich Golick (R) John Carson (R) David Wilkerson (D) Bert Reeves (R)
signed · Georgia · House May 3, 2016

HB 737: Code Revision Commission; revise, modernize and correct errors of said Code

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, so as to revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions in, and reenact the statutory portion of said Code, as amended, in furtherance of the work of the Code Revision Commission; to repeal portions of said Code, or Acts in amendment thereof, which have become obsolete, have been declared to be unconstitutional, or have been preempted or superseded by subsequent laws; to codify a joint resolution; to provide for other matters relating to revision, reenactment, and publication of said Code; to provide for effect in event of conflicts; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. (R)
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