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State Legislature US Congress

All 34,025 Active 9,058 In committee 3,683 Passed 19,834 Signed 4,934 Failed 199

introduced · Georgia · House Mar 5, 2013

HB 523: Torts; liability for injury or death related to skydiving; establish immunity

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions pertaining to torts, so as to establish immunity from liability for injury or death related to skydiving; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Mar 5, 2013

SB 246: State Construction Industry Licensing Board; require; provide for reciprocity with other states; licensing of electrical contractors

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to electrical contractors, plumbers, conditioned air contractors, low-voltage contractors, and utility contractors, so as to require the State Construction Industry Licensing Board to provide for reciprocity with other states in the licensing of electrical contractors; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Mar 4, 2013

HB 518: School buses; additional activation of amber flasher lights before and after bus stop; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-6-163 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the duty of a driver of a vehicle meeting or overtaking a school bus, reporting of violations, and enforcement, so as to require additional activation of amber flasher lights on a school bus before and after a school bus stop; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Mar 4, 2013

HR 530: Veterans of All Wars Interchange; Macon-Bibb County; dedicate

A RESOLUTION recognizing United States military veterans and dedicating an interchange in their honor; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Mar 4, 2013

SB 244: Corporations, Partnership and Associations; there shall not be a penalty; member of U.S. armed forces/national guard; annual registration

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 14-2-122, relating to filing fees and penalties relative to business corporations, and Code Section 14-3-122, relating to filing fees and penalties relative to nonprofit corporations, so as to provide that there shall not be a penalty imposed for late filing of an annual registration for a corporation in which the registered agent, president, or chairperson of the board of directors is a member of the United States armed forces or national guard who is deployed on an active duty assignment outside the State of Georgia at the time such annual registration is due; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Mar 4, 2013

HB 510: Forfeiture of bonds; relieve a surety from liability under certain circumstances

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 6 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to proceedings for forfeiture of bonds or recognizances, so as to relieve a surety from liability under certain circumstances; to change certain provisions relating to remission of forfeiture; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Mar 4, 2013

HB 515: Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District; prohibition on interbasin transfer from certain rivers; provide exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-5-584 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to water supply and water conservation management plan and interbasin transfers relative to the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District, so as to provide an exemption to the prohibition on interbasin transfers from certain rivers; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Mar 4, 2013

HR 547: House Student Scholarship Organization Study Committee; create

A RESOLUTION creating the House Student Scholarship Organization Study Committee; and for other purposes.

in committee · Georgia · Senate Mar 4, 2013

SB 245: Employment Security; benefits; noncitizen who are not employed legally

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to employment security, so as to provide that benefits under such chapter shall not be paid to noncitizens who are not employed legally; to provide that such payments shall not be made unless the noncitizen is present in this country legally at the time such payments are made; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Mar 4, 2013

HR 528: Joint Georgia Music Industry Study Committee; create

A RESOLUTION creating the Joint Georgia Music Industry Study Committee; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Mar 4, 2013

HB 519: Education; appointment of local school superintendents; change certain provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local school superintendents, so as to change certain provisions relating to appointment of local school superintendents; to authorize the General Assembly to provide by local law for the election of local school superintendents as an alternative to appointment of local school superintendents; to provide for terms, qualifications, suspension and removal from office, and filling of vacancies; to provide for non-impairment of certain contracts; to provide an effective date; to provide for contingent repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Mar 4, 2013

HB 521: Abandoned motor vehicles; notice to owners of vehicles removed from private property; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to abandoned motor vehicles, so as to provide for notice to owners of motor vehicles removed from private property; to provide for the classification of personal property left within a motor vehicle that is no longer abandoned; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.