Georgia Bills

died · Georgia · House Feb 26, 2019

HB 298: Retirement and pensions; deduction or cessation of payments owed by a public employee as a result of public employment related crimes; modify manner and timing

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to restrictions and prohibitions on membership in public retirement or pension systems, so as to modify the manner and timing for the deduction or cessation of payments owed by a public employee as a result of public employment related crimes; to increase the time in which a public retirement system shall initiate certain administrative proceedings upon the conviction of a member or beneficiary of a public employment related crime; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

failed · Georgia · House Feb 25, 2019

HB 72: Clayton County; Board of Commissioners; provide salaries of chairperson and members

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Clayton County, approved February 8, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 2064), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 4321), so as to provide the salaries of the chairperson and members of the Clayton County Board of Commissioners; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

died · Georgia · Senate Feb 21, 2019

SB 136: Magistrate Courts; statutory requirements for officers and the executive committee of the Council of Magistrate Court Judges; remove

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to magistrate courts, so as to remove statutory requirements for officers and the executive committee of the Council of Magistrate Court Judges; to allow senior magistrates to serve as officers and on the executive committee of the Council of Magistrate Court Judges; to remove provisions regarding the appointment and term of office of magistrates taking office prior to January 1, 1985; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

died · Georgia · Senate Feb 13, 2019

SR 154: Nagorno Karabakh Republic; honor

A RESOLUTION honoring and recognizing the Nagorno Karabakh Republic; and for other purposes.

died · Georgia · Senate Jan 28, 2019

SB 23: Trailers or Semitrailers; movement on any highway unless engaged in the pickup or delivery of persons or property; prohibit

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions, so as to prohibit the movement of trailers or semitrailers on any highway unless such trailers or semitrailers are engaged in the pickup or delivery of persons or property or traveling to or from such pickup or delivery; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

died · Georgia · House Mar 15, 2018

HR 446: Johnny Tolbert III House Study Committee on Heatstroke; create

A RESOLUTION creating the Johnny Tolbert III House Study Committee on Heatstroke; and for other purposes.

failed · Georgia · House Mar 5, 2018

HB 945: Macon-Bibb County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from certain Macon-Bibb County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of that homestead exceeds the base year assessed value of that homestead subject to an annual change of no more than 2 percent; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

failed · Georgia · House Feb 28, 2018

HB 623: Georgia Crime Information Center; retain fingerprints of certain individuals under certain circumstances and submit to the Federal Bureau of Investigation; allow

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 35-3-33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the powers and duties of the Georgia Crime Information Center, so as to allow the center to retain fingerprints of certain individuals under certain circumstances and submit such fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation; to amend Titles 3, 7, 9, 10, 17, 19, 20, 25, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 38, 40, 42, 43, and 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to beverages, banking and finance, civil practice, commerce and trade, criminal procedure, domestic relations, education, fire protection and safety, guardian and ward, health, insurance, law enforcement officers and agencies, mental health, military, emergency management, and veterans affairs, motor vehicles and traffic, penal institutions, professions and businesses, and social services; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

failed · Georgia · House Feb 28, 2018

HB 877: Revenue and taxation; tax rate on modified risk tobacco products; lessen

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to taxes on tobacco products, so as to lessen the tax rate on modified risk tobacco products; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

failed · Georgia · Senate Feb 28, 2018

SB 418: Selling and Trade Practices; banning the sales of goods, products, or items regulated; sold at properly zoned retail establishments; prohibit county, municipal and consolidated governments

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to selling and other trade practices, so as to prohibit county, municipal, and consolidated governments from banning the sales of goods, products, or items regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture, the United States Food and Drug Administration, or the Georgia Department of Agriculture, which are sold at properly zoned retail establishments; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

failed · Georgia · House Feb 28, 2018

HB 482: Georgia Educational Scholarship Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to education, so as to provide for the establishment of educational scholarship accounts; to provide for qualified education expenses; to provide for qualifications for students to participate in the program; to establish certain requirements for participating schools and service providers; to provide for accounts and account funds; to establish a Parent Review Committee to review expenditures upon request; to authorize the Office of the State Treasurer to promulgate rules and regulations; to provide for annual testing of participating students; to provide for an annual report on the program; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

failed · Georgia · Senate Feb 26, 2018

SR 104: State Ad Valorem Taxes; prohibit levy -CA

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to prohibit the levy of state ad valorem taxes; to provide for applicability; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

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