Georgia Bills

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 22, 2024

HB 1343: Public assistance; provide Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments; to provide for requirements; to provide for submission of a state plan amendment or waiver, if necessary; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 22, 2024

HB 1334: Crimes and offenses; immunity from prosecution and exception; provide for exemptions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Sections 16-3-24.2 and 51-11-9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to immunity from prosecution and exception, and immunity from civil liability for threat or use of force in defense of habitation, respectively, so as to provide for exemptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 22, 2024

HB 1342: Council on American Indian Concerns; revise membership

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 12 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to protection of American Indian human remains and burial objects, so as to revise the membership of the Council on American Indian Concerns; to revise addresses of American Indian Tribes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 22, 2024

HB 1333: Law enforcement officers and agencies; county and municipal agencies to employ civilian personnel to investigate traffic accidents involving property damage; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to authorize county and municipal law enforcement agencies to employ civilian personnel to investigate traffic accidents involving property damage; to provide for violations and penalties; to provide for the establishment of a training program for civilian traffic investigators by the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; to amend Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the uniform rules of the road, so as to authorize civilian traffic investigators to assist in directing and regulating the flow of traffic; to provide that civilian traffic investigators utilize uniform motor vehicle accident reports and reporting procedures; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 22, 2024

HB 1324: Motor vehicles; ride share network services; liability for actions of drivers; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 4 of Article 3 of Chapter 1 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ride share network services and transportation referral services, so as to exempt ride share network services from vicarious liability for actions of ride share drivers by virtue of such ride share network service owning, operating, or maintaining a digital or internet network; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 22, 2024

HB 1345: Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; minimum number of basic training courses and required content for peace officers; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 35-8-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers and duties of the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council generally, so as to provide for a minimum number of basic training courses for peace officers and required content of such courses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 22, 2024

HB 1325: Ad valorem tax; certain senior citizens who volunteer with local governments; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax exemptions, so as to provide for a state-wide homestead exemption from ad valorem taxes for certain senior citizens who volunteer with local governments in an amount to be determined by such local governments; 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 approval and identification of additional terms and conditions by local governing authorities; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to provide for contingent repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 22, 2024

HB 1328: Quality Basic Education Act; table of instructional programs; add program for students living in poverty

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to add a program for students living in poverty to the table of quality basic education instructional programs with weights and student-teacher ratios; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 21, 2024

HB 1300: Ad valorem tax; intent to increase property tax; revise advertisement

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-32.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certification of assessed taxable value of property and method of computation, resolution or ordinance required for millage rate, and advertisement of intent to increase property tax, so as to revise the advertisement of intent to increase property tax; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 21, 2024

HR 1162: Michael Anthony Woodall Memorial Intersection; Taylor County; dedicate

A RESOLUTION honoring the life of Mr. Michael Anthony Woodall and dedicating an intersection in his memory; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 21, 2024

HB 1305: Elections; advance voting; revise provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to revise provisions relating to advance voting; to extend the period of mandatory advance voting; to revise the time for holding runoffs in general and primary elections; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

introduced · Georgia · House Feb 21, 2024

HB 1309: Evidence; creative or artistic expression evidence is inadmissible at trial; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 24-9-923 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to admissibility of photographs, motion pictures, video recordings, and audio recordings when witness unavailable, so as to provide that creative or artistic expression evidence is inadmissible at trial; to provide for a definition; to provide for the presumption of inadmissibility; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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