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introduced · Georgia · House Mar 5, 2015

HB 544: Georgia Campus Carry Act of 2015; enact

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 allow for weapons carry license holders to carry in or on real property or buildings owned by or leased to institutions of postsecondary education; to revise definitions; to clarify the rights of private institutions of postsecondary education to exclude or eject a person from its property who is in possession of a weapon or long gun; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Heath Clark (R) Ed Setzler (R) Wes Cantrell (R) David Clark (R) Scot Turner (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Mar 5, 2015

HB 543: Georgia Constitutional Carry Act of 2015; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 12, Title 16, Title 27, and Part 2 of Article 10 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding parks, historic areas, memorials, and recreation, crimes and offenses, game and fish, and parking for persons with disabilities, respectively, so as to change provisions relating to the weapons carry license and the carrying of weapons; to provide for the carrying of weapons by certain persons and in certain places without a licensing requirement; to provide for definitions; to render it a voluntary and administrative action for certain persons to seek issuance of a weapons carry license for the lawful carrying of a weapon; to provide for a short title; to provide for findings; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Heath Clark (R) Steve Tarvin (R) David Clark (R) Micah Gravley (R) Michael Caldwell (R)
introduced · Georgia · House Mar 5, 2015

HB 536: Workers' compensation; filing of claims with State Board of Workers' Compensation and dismissal of stale claims; change certain provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hearings and appeals relative to workers' compensation, so as to change certain provisions relating to filing of claims with the State Board of Workers' Compensation and dismissal of stale claims; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Chad Nimmer (R) Ben Harbin (R) Tom Dickson (R) Mark Hamilton (R)
in committee · Georgia · Senate Mar 4, 2015

SB 201: Local Government; provide for authority to operate vehicles for hire equipped to transport passengers in wheelchairs

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local government, so as to provide for authority to operate vehicles for hire equipped to transport passengers in wheelchairs throughout this state; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Steve Henson (D) Lester Jackson (D) Doc Rhett (D)
introduced · Georgia · House Mar 4, 2015

HB 529: Administrative Services, Department of; commissioning of a disparity study to determine the level of participation of women and minority businesses in state contracting; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Administrative Services, so as to require the commissioning of a disparity study to determine the level of participation of women and minority businesses in state contracting; to require establishment of programs and goals based on the results of such study; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Keisha Waites (D) Virgil Fludd (D) Mable Thomas (D) J. Craig Gordon (D)
introduced · Georgia · House Mar 4, 2015

HB 525: Charter schools; provide for certain accountability requirements; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 31 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to charter schools, so as to provide for certain accountability requirements for charter schools; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for disfavored practices with respect to assessments; to provide for transparency regarding assessments; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sandra Scott (D) Billy Mitchell (D) Mickey Stephens (D)
in committee · Georgia · Senate Mar 4, 2015

SB 198: 'Georgia Retail Marijuana Code'; provide for the regulation of the retail sale of marijuana

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 the retail sale of 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, production, 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.
Curt Thompson (D)
introduced · Georgia · House Mar 4, 2015

HB 539: Stonecrest, City of; DeKalb County; incorporate

A BILL to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Stonecrest in DeKalb County; to provide for a charter for the City of Stonecrest; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide for a referendum; to provide effective dates and transitional provisions governing the transfer of various functions and responsibilities from DeKalb County to the City of Stonecrest; to provide for severability; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
in committee · Georgia · Senate Mar 4, 2015

SR 6: General Assembly; provide by law for the legalization and regulation of marijuana -CA (PF)

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 limited amounts of marijuana for personal use; to provide that the fees and tax proceeds from the sale of such marijuana be dedicated equally between education and transportation infrastructure purposes; to provide that such funds shall not lapse; to provide for submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes
Curt Thompson (D)
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