A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to raise the age of mandatory education for children from 16 to 17; to revise provisions relating to adult literacy for purposes of conformity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Sponsored bills
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 4 of Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to rights, privileges, and prohibitions regarding military personnel, so as to provide that it is against public policy to discriminate in housing based upon a person's status as a current or former member of the armed forces of the United States; to provide for definitions; to provide for remedies and penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Veterans Service, so as to provide for a competitive grant program to provide assistance for the cost of service dogs for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder; to provide for procedures; to provide for the certification of veteran service dog providers; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the University System of Georgia, so as to provide that members of the armed forces of the United States who are abiding in this state incident to active military duty and their spouses and dependents qualify for in-state tuition; to provide for a continuation of in-state tuition under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION commending and congratulating Matthew Charles Buckley; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to conditions of detention generally, so as to revise provisions relating to punishment; to provide definitions; to provide for a schedule of penalties for administrative infractions; to provide for a schedule of penalties for substantive infractions; to provide maximum periods of consecutive and total time an incarcerated person can be subject to restrictive housing; to provide limitations for the use of restrictive housing; to provide that incarcerated persons subject to restrictive housings receive certain services; to limit the release of incarcerated persons directly from restrictive housing to the community; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3A of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to integrated resource planning, so as to provide for decertification of coal-fired power plants from the electric power generation mix; to provide for decertification of electric transmission lines no longer in use; to eliminate fossil fuel power plants from the electric power generation mix; to accelerate depreciation schedules for gas-fired and petroleum-fired power plants; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION recognizing May 30, 2019, as Foster Care and Adoption Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to limitations on prosecution, so as to add aggravated sexual battery to the list of offenses for which the statute of limitations is tolled if the victim is younger than 16 years of age; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Georgia's Barriers to Access to Adequate Health Care; and for other purposes.